SUMMER WORKSHOPS 2024

JULY & AUGUST WORKSHOPS WITH MASTER PRINTMAKER DON GORVETT

At the DON GORVETT STUDIO & GALLERY, Beacon Marine Basin, 211 East Main St, Gloucester, MA.

REDUCTION WOODCUT JULY WORKSHOP #3: 2 spaces available, SIGN UP NOW!

Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, July 8 -12 Price: $545.00. Six spots are available. All supplies included. Toolset purchase is optional. Please bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy wharfside. All skill levels are welcome. Some experience is good.

REDUCTION WOODCUT JULY WORKSHOP #4: 2 spaces available, SIGN UP NOW!

Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, July 22 -26. Price: $545.00. Six spots are available. All supplies included. Toolset purchase is optional. Please bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy wharfside. All skill levels are welcome. Some experience is good.

REDUCTION WOODCUT AUGUST WORKSHOP #5: 4 spaces available, SIGN UP NOW!

Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, August 12 -16. Price: $545.00. Six spots are available. All supplies included. Toolset purchase is optional. Please bring a brown bag lunch to enjoy wharfside. All skill levels are welcome. Some experience is good.

Registration is open for Don Gorvett's week-long summer workshops on reduction woodcut. The workshop is for adults seventeen or older. We offer two courses in July and one in August at The Don Gorvett Studio and Gallery at the Beacon Marine Basin, overlooking Gloucester Harbor. 

The workshop will cover block design, tool & press usage, and relief printing techniques as practiced by Don Gorvett. We will also discuss color theory as an integral part of the process. Art history, woodcut printing in the twentieth century, and selections from Don's classical music collection will be part of the conversation throughout the courses. The goal is for participants to understand the intricacies of relief block printing and create an edition of ten prints.

Workshops are limited to six participants, and we welcome all skill levels. We supply the woodblock, oil-based relief ink, some paper, and studio carving tools. Please bring a sketchbook for drawing and note-taking, drawing implements, and paper towels for clean-up. If you have carving tools, please bring them. We have studio carving tools available during the workshop, and new carving tool sets are available for purchase.

Workshop dates are Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, July 8 -12; July 22 - 26; and August 12 - 16. The fee is $545—a deposit of $100 to hold your spot. Please send a check to Don Gorvett Gallery, 123 Market St., Portsmouth, NH 03801, or call 603-436-7278 for a cc transaction.

The Don Gorvett Studio, The Don Gorvett Gallery, and its employees or volunteers assume no responsibility for any loss, personal or physical. By enrolling in a course with Don Gorvett, participants may be photographed in class for future teaching and promotional efforts for the Don Gorvett Studio or the Don Gorvett Gallery.

Registration & Payment

To register and hold your place in the course, please email info@dongorvettgallery.com with your name, address, and phone number and a check for a $100 deposit to Don Gorvett Gallery, 123 Market St., Portsmouth, NH, 03801. You can also make a payment over the phone by calling 603-436-7278. The balance is due in the first class. 

Withdrawal & Refund Policy

If you need to cancel your participation and want a full deposit refund, you must do so one week before the start of the class. Otherwise, we will refund one-half of your deposit unless you or the Don Gorvett Studio can find a replacement, in which case you will receive the full deposit. Once the course begins, no refunds will be given. If, for any reason, the Don Gorvett Studio cancels, we will notify registered participants and refund all fees. If the course does not meet a minimum enrollment of three, we will cancel it within two to four business days before the class begins.

For additional information, please call the Don Gorvett Gallery at 603-436-7278 or Don Gorvett at 207-337-1651 or email info@dongorvettgallery.com. Once your spot in the workshop is confirmed, please send a deposit of $100 to Don Gorvett Gallery, 123 Market St, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, or drop it off at the Gloucester studio.