For Immediate Release: April 20, 2012
Craft Lake City Announces the third workshop of the Craft Lake Artist Workshop Series: Letterpress Mother’s Day Cards with Nic Annette Miller of Friends Make Prints at SaltGrass Printmakers on April 23
SALT LAKE CITY – Craft Lake City is excited to announce the third installment in the Craft Lake Artist Workshop Series: Letterpress Mother’s Day Cards with Nic Annette Miller of Friends Make Prints (friendsmakeprints.com). Nic will be teaching workshop participants how to make two different letterpress cards, using the original set type method and the digital, new age method using photopolymer plates.
The workshop will be held on Monday, April 23 at SaltGrass Printmakers, a non-profit organization dedicated to the art of printmaking. It is an all-ages event, with a $5 materials fee – the first five participants to arrive at the event will craft for free.
Craft Lake City has created the Craft Lake Artist Workshop Series in an effort to not only support the handmade, DIY community, but also educate and encourage others to get involved. Happening every other month at different locations, participants are taught a simple craft by Alum Artists of the Craft Lake City festival.
For more information or promotional materials, please contact:
Angela Brown, Festival Director: 801.487.9221, angela@craftlakecity.com; Karamea Puriri, Marketing Coordinator: 801.487.9221, karamea@craftlakecity.com; Michelle Stark, Exhibition Coorindator: 801-647-1709, michelle@craftlakecity.com
About CLC: Craft Lake City is an outdoor alternative arts festival held in August every year at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City, UT. CLC was started in 2009 by Angela H. Brown, editor and publisher of SLUG Magazine, as a way to showcase the local do it yourself culture. The festival features over 180 local vendors, along with live entertainment that includes craft demonstrations, street performers and musical acts, and local food vendors. Craft Lake City has filed paperwork with the IRS and is awaiting non-profit 501 (c)(3) approval.
About SaltGrass Printmakers: SaltGrass Printmakers is a non-profit organization dedicated to the art of printmaking. Its goals are to provide educational programs, open community access to professional printmaking facilities, collaborative and individual opportunities for fine art printmakers, and to engage the community to increase the appreciation and understanding of printmakers’ art. The organization is funded by Zoo, Arts & Parks, Utah Arts Council, and Salt Lake City Arts Council. Located at 2126 South 1000 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84106.
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