Workshop Registration: Advanced Stone Lithography

Instructor: Liz Bannish
4-day Workshop
July 15-18, 2025
10am - 4pm
Class size: 4-5, Advanced
Cost: $495 members, $545 non-members

This class will build on the introductory skills of lithography with demonstrations on acid tinting, reclaiming the stone and making deletions, and pin registration. We will also refresh ourselves on the basics of setting up the stone for drawing, applying etches, and printing. Learn the details of lithography logic and process, and discover a little lithography history!

LIZ BANNISH lives and works in Norwalk, CT as Studio Manager and Collaborative Printer for the Center for Contemporary Printmaking. She earned her BFA in Printmaking and Art History from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2011 with her award-winning show of stone lithographs. Afterward, she served as an intern for Zea Mays Printmaking, bringing their research in non-toxic printmaking to SGC San Francisco in 2013. She served as Printmaking and Photo Technician for Smith College in Northampton, MA for five years, running their printmaking studio, letterpress studio, photo darkrooms, and OSHA compliance programs. Liz has trained with masters Barry Moser (Pennyroyal Press), Peter Pettengill (Wingate Studios), and Liz Chalfin (Zea Mays Printmaking). Her personal work spans the media of sustainable and traditional printmaking and includes relief, etching, lithography, and alternative photography. When not getting her hands inky, Liz dives for the local aquarium.