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SUMMARY:Workshop Series: Printmaking and the Contemporary Amoxtli with Jo
 sé Hugo Sánchez
LOCATION:Museum\, Escondido CA
DESCRIPTION:This workshop series introduces participants to the artistic 
 language of relief color printmaking while exploring the symbolic univers
 e of the amoxtli/Codex Borgia\, one of the greatest pictorial manuscripts
  of ancient Mesoamerica.\nParticipants will learn both the practical tech
 niques of color printmaking and the philosophical foundations of the amox
 tli/codex tradition. Throughout the workshop\, students will create an or
 iginal contemporary amoxtli/codex\, interpreting present-day life through
  symbols\, narrative sequences\, memory\, family\, community\, ecology\, 
 contemporary mythology\, ritual and personal experience.\nThis workshop s
 eries combines historical knowledge\, studio production\, creative resear
 ch and personal reflection. Each participant will develop original imager
 y and assemble a finished book. Each session combines discussion with dem
 onstrations and guided studio work. Sánchez will provide individual feedb
 ack as participants develop their imagery\, refine their printing techniq
 ues and bring their books together.\nOrganized by the California Center f
 or the Arts Museum in collaboration with José Hugo Sánchez.\nWho This Wor
 kshop Is For\nThis series is for adults and teens ages 15 and older inter
 ested in printmaking\, artist books and visual storytelling. Instruction 
 begins with tool safety and introductory relief-printing techniques befor
 e progressing to multicolor printing and book assembly.\nThe sessions bui
 ld on one another\, so participants should plan to attend the complete se
 ries.\nWhat You’ll Learn and Make\nThroughout the course\, you will:\n• E
 xplore how images and symbols communicate meaning in the Codex Borgia and
  develop your own imagery in response.\n• Transfer drawings to linoleum a
 nd use carving tools safely.\n• Mix printing inks and use registration me
 thods to align successive layers of color.\n• Organize individual prints 
 into a connected visual narrative.\n• Assemble and finish an original pic
 torial book.\nYou’ll leave with a contemporary amoxtli of your own design
  and practical experience in relief color printmaking.\nWeekly Schedule\n
 October 18 | Introduction to Pictorial Storytelling and Relief Printmakin
 g\nExplore the Codex Borgia\, develop ideas for your pictorial book and l
 earn introductory linoleum carving techniques\, including tool safety and
  creating texture.\nOctober 25 | Creation Stories and Personal Imagery\nE
 xplore creation stories and the natural world while developing your own v
 isual vocabulary. Transfer drawings to linoleum\, carve your first image 
 and produce a black-ink proof.\nNovember 1 | Ritual and the Introduction 
 of Color\nExplore ritual imagery while refining your designs. Learn ink m
 ixing and registration techniques before printing your first color layers
 .\nNovember 8 | Calendars and Layered Color\nInvestigate cycles\, time an
 d calendar imagery. Experiment with transparent inks\, overlapping colors
  and multicolor registration.\nNovember 15 | Dreams and Symbolic Imagery\
 nExplore dreams\, identity and symbolic imagery through multiblock\n\nhtt
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