Experimental Printmaking Workshop: Introduction to Woodcut

Buy tickets at Eventbrite

In this one-day printmaking workshop, Back to Havana artist and Director of Printmaking at Havana’s Higher Arts Institue, Aliosky García Sosa, will introduce participants to traditional woodcut printmaking techniques as practiced at Havana’s Taller Experimental de Gráfica.

A break is scheduled from 1PM – 2PM, participants are encouraged to bring a lunch or snack. Due to the use of sharp tools, this workshop is only available for ages 13+, and participants younger than 16 must be accompanied by a guardian.

Aliosky Garcia Sosa (b. 1979, Havana) is an artist and curator based in Havana whose figurative woodcut prints display an enigmatic symbolism. Garcia studied fine arts at Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana where he is Professor of Art and Director of Printmaking.

Selected solo exhibitions include Sala Rubén Martínez Villena | UNEAC, Havana, 2015; Palacio del Conde Lombillo, Havana, 2014; UNEAC, Pinar del Rio, 2013; Stiftung Bartels, Zum Kleinen Markgräflerhof, Basel 2013. Recent group exhibitions include Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa, 2016; Centro de Prensa Internacional, Havana, 2015; Firehouse Gallery, Bordentown, 2014; Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, 2014; Galería Francisco Oller, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, 2014; Spectrum Gallery, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 2014.

Generous funding for Back to Havana is provided by Wind Creek Hospitality and also by The City of Mobile, Mobile County Commission, Alabama State Council on the Arts, The Hearin-Chandler Foundation, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, The Crampton Trust, The Sybil H. Smith Charitable Trust, Visit Mobile, The Support The Arts License Tag, and The Community Foundation of South Alabama.

We are also grateful for the support of our media partners: IHeartMedia, Alabama Public Radio, and Alabama Coasting. Back to Havana features a number of works graciously loaned by the collection of Terri and Steven Certilman – Discoveries in Art and is a P.S. Satellite, a project of Prospect New Orleans. Photo: Richard Dollison / rdollison.500px.com