Printshop Open Hours
Monitor:
Matt Forehand
The Printshop provides a wide variety of printmaking mediums such as relief printing, silk screen, lithograph, drypoint etching, monotype. Artists utilizing our shop will have access to a Charles Brand etching press, brayers, general tools, cleaners, drying rack, silkscreen darkroom with exposure unit, stretched screens, etc.
Prior printmaking experience is required. Before using the facility you will need to have attended one of the printmaking classes offered at the Oolite Arts Printshop, or have taken a professional level printmaking course within the past 6 months. An orientation session can be arranged for those individuals with prior experience but who have never used our facilities before.
For dates and times to use the Printshop check the calendar below.
Capacity is 4 people. You can book your spot by contacting the monitor at [email protected].
Please be conscious of the time it takes to set-up and clean-up after your project. This time must be accounted for in the Open Hours that you reserve.
Reservations will be charged in advance in order to hold your time slot for Open Studio Hours. Cancellations and/or rescheduling must take place at least 24 hours in advance or you will forfeit your payment.
Materials in the Printshop include:
- 24 stretched screens for silkscreen printing: 22” x 24” screens
- Full palette of professional grade Spectrachem textile screenprinting inks
- Paper screenprinting inks – ideal for posters, and fine art prints
- Bright liquid dyes and dye-printing chemicals great for natural fabric dyeing and textile printing
- Zinc Lithograph Plate $15 for one 15”x18” plate) Plus Gum Arabic, TAPEM Gum solution, Lithotine, asphaltum, Lithograph ink, etc.
- Charles Brand Printing Press (bed size = 28” x 50”)
- Brayers and Block-printing Ink
- Etching needles and burnishers
- Plexiglass in various sizes for monoprinting
- Ryonet Professional Exposure Unit (36” x 50”)
- Squeegees, spatulas, color mixing tools for screenprinting
Location
Oolite Arts
924 Lincoln Road, #103
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Printshop contact: Matt Forehand
Fee
Without Materials: $6 per half hour*
Includes use of the following General Equipment: Charles Brand etching press, exposure unit, wash-out stations, spatulas, squeegees, brayers, screens, scissors, rulers, X-Acto knives, paper cutters, etching equipment, mono printing plates.
*This fee does not include use of consumable materials.
With Materials: $12 per half hour*
Includes use of general equipment AND consumable materials** such as: screen printing inks, block printing inks, emulsion, emulsion remover, cleaning supplies, plate processing items, and newsprint.
*Price per hour based on small sized projects with limited print runs. For larger projects that include extensive use of inks, emulsion, or other consumable materials, please consult the Resident Print Artist to arrange an appropriate rate.
**Not included: paper, fabric, or other substrates you intend to print on.
Contact
Monitor at [email protected]
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Upcoming Printmaking Classes
Gelli Plate Printmaking
One-Day Workshop
Saturday
May 30, 2026
10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Saturday
May 30, 2026
10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Monotype Printmaking
One-Day Workshop
Friday
June 12, 2026
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Friday
June 12, 2026
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Collagraph, Printing with Texture
Three-Week Workshop
Thursdays
June 25 - July 9, 2026
6 - 8:30 p.m.
Thursdays
June 25 - July 9, 2026
6 - 8:30 p.m.
The Fabric of Remembering: Cyanotype and Digital Photo Quilting
Three-Week Workshop
Wednesdays
July 14 - 28, 2026
6 - 9 p.m.
Wednesdays
July 14 - 28, 2026
6 - 9 p.m.
