Groundworks Art Lab

Participants will create relief prints while exploring experimental approaches that move beyond the traditional edition. Demonstrations will include modular collaborative prints, wall chine collé installations, modular print construction, and alternative methods for displaying, layering, and transforming prints. Through these techniques, participants will discover new ways to expand relief printmaking into one-of-a-kind artworks, layered compositions, and larger installations.

In addition to creating relief prints, participants will see demonstrations of several experimental techniques Salvator uses in her own studio practice. By using individual prints as modules for larger compositions and installations, participants will discover approaches that can expand the possibilities of their own printmaking and artistic practice.

Participants will leave with a series of relief prints, practical knowledge of several experimental techniques, and new ideas for transforming prints into unique artworks, modular compositions, and installations.

Marilee Salvator is an interdisciplinary artist and Professor of Art at Western Kentucky University. She received a BFA in Printmaking from Illinois State University and an MFA in Printmaking from the University of New Mexico. With over twenty years of teaching experience, she enjoys helping artists expand traditional printmaking through experimentation, material exploration, and creative problem-solving. Her work has been exhibited internationally and combines printmaking, sculpture, and installation.