Screenprinting: A Posterization Approach (4 weeks)

In this 4-week workshop, participants will learn screenprinting via posterization, where continuous tone is split into multiple regions.
About this Event

Screenprinting: A Posterization Approach (4 weeks)
Sundays, October 04, 2026 - October 25, 2026
1pm - 4pm
Instructor: Nicole Banton
Class Capacity: 6 participants
Materials included | No prior experience needed | All skill levels welcome
Over the course of this 4 week class, you will be introduced to a variety of mark-making techniques and materials to create transparency films that will be exposed onto a silkscreen. You will also learn two different techniques for posterization, one digital done through photoshop and one analog done through multiple screen exposures. Participants will be guided through all the steps of the process from transparency preparation, emulsion coating, screen exposure, printing and screen reclamation. You will walk away with a small edition (10-15) of multi-layer, posterized prints. This is a great class for anyone who is interested in combining mark-making techniques with digital imagery.

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About the Instructor: Nicole Banton (she/her) is a visual artist and printmaker. She received a BFAH in visual art from Queen’s University, and an MFA in visual art from the University of Regina. She recently exhibited her work in a solo exhibition at the Fifth Parallel Gallery in 2024, and her work has been included in various group exhibitions including “Print Pulse 30: NUPE Exhibition” at Union Gallery, and “Echoes from this Land” at the Grimsby Public Art Gallery. From 2023 to 2024 her research and creation projects were supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Banton predominantly creates text-based silkscreen prints and installations that incorporate layers of handwriting, found text, autographic strikethroughs, mark-making, and photographic imagery. Her work also has strong autobiographical tendencies and explores concepts of loneliness, longing, and privacy as an aesthetic strategy for artistic experimentation and self-reflection.

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Banner image (detail): Nicole Banton, Rubber Soul, 15" by 22", UV silkscreen, 2022.