Printmaking – South Dallas Cultural Center https://sdcc.dallasculture.org Sat, 11 Mar 2023 21:31:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.12 https://oca-media.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/06/cropped-SDCC-LOGO_Updated_Sankofa-32x32.png Printmaking – South Dallas Cultural Center https://sdcc.dallasculture.org 32 32 Protest Signs As Art Printmaking Workshop https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/2023/03/11/protest-signs-as-art-printmaking-workshop-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protest-signs-as-art-printmaking-workshop-2 Sat, 11 Mar 2023 21:30:42 +0000 https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/?p=7387 Matt Bagley of Iron Frog Press and PrintShop a Go-Go hosted a collaborative printmaking workshop to celebrate Dallas icon, Juanita J. Craft. The Iron Frog Press team and participants worked together to create and print an edition of four color (CMYK) linoleum block prints.

(Photos: SDCC Staff / Imani Chet Lytle / Kendall Ferguson)

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]]> Protest Signs as Art Printmaking Workshop https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/2023/01/25/protest-signs-as-art-printmaking-workshop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protest-signs-as-art-printmaking-workshop Wed, 25 Jan 2023 22:39:11 +0000 https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/?p=6853 + Read More]]> To honor Juanita Craft, Matt Bagley of Iron Frog Press and PrintShop a Go-Go will host a collaborative printmaking project to celebrate this Dallas icon. The Iron Frog Press team and participants will work together to create and print an edition of four color (CMYK) linoleum block prints. The Protest Signs as Art Printmaking Workshop is an advanced class, but all skill levels are encouraged to participate because this is a team effort. This project is open to the citizens of Dallas and admirers of Juanita Craft. Adults with special needs are welcome. This class is available to twelve participants who must sign up in advance.

1st Class: Saturday, February 25 | 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

2nd Class: Saturday, March 4 | 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Location: South Dallas Cultural Center

This workshop is free with registration. Participants must be 16 years of age or older and commit to both classes to complete the workshop.

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]]> Creating Out Loud: Printmaking with a Purpose Workshop https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/2022/04/26/creating-out-loud-printmaking-with-a-purpose-workshop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creating-out-loud-printmaking-with-a-purpose-workshop Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:11:55 +0000 https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/?p=5180 + Read More]]> Paying homage to Juanita Craft and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., participants of the “Printmaking with a Purpose” class attended a free 5-hour adult workshop and learned how to create a two-color linocut with Matt Bagley of Iron Frog Press. They also learned about historical information on how printmaking was used to produce posters and inspire change during the Civil Rights Movement.

(Photos: SDCC Staff / Imani Chet Lytle)

This class was part of SDCC’s New Years, New Skills creative workshop series.

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]]> Thankful for Printmaking https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/2021/11/24/thankful-for-printmaking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thankful-for-printmaking Wed, 24 Nov 2021 17:00:25 +0000 https://sdcc.dallasculture.org/?p=4205 + Read More]]> We all know the history of Thanksgiving the food, the historical events, and the celebration but do know about Homowo?

Last weekend the SDCC team up with Ashely Jordon from The Coloring Boxx to lead a workshop which took a deeper look into Homowo, an annual Festival celebrated by the Ga people of Ghana. Community members of all ages explored the history of printing making, which introduced the class to Adinkra, symbols traditionally used on fabrics during celebrations, specifically, Homowo. With the foam sheet to foam board method, guests were invited to use various adinkra symbols to create individual stamping blocks and practiced printmaking on selected fabrics. And a special thanks to Deception Spirits for providing drinks for the adult class.

Here’s what we learned about Homowo:

  • Homowo means to hoot at hunger. (HOMO- hunger WO- hoot)
  • Homowo celebration marks the opening of fishing season. The Ga people participate in rituals, such as gift giving, home purifying, enjoying Kpoi kpoi or Kpekple, dance, and a day of remembrance.
  • The tradition of Homowo started with a period of hunger leading to famine due to the failure of the seasonal rains needed by the Crops in the Greater Accra Region. The Ga people still remain in this Reg ion mostly.
  • The Ga people of Ghana are a part of a large ethnic group “Akan’: The Supreme god in their religion “Nyame’:
  • Homowo starts in May which is the beginning of fishing season, and sowing millet crop. Ending, in late September at harvest time.
  • Kpoi Kpoi or Kpekple is a traditional pain nut soup prepared with fish.

Three Traditional Rituals:

  • Gbemlilaa – Forbids drumming and music to allow time for farming.
  • Nshobull mo – to calm the sea.
  • Okomfemmaa – bass fishing in the lagoon until Homowo ends.

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