Bold Territory- Experimental Drawing
Jeff Hirst
Hirst Chicago Studio
June 22 - 25, 2026
10. - 4 PM
Class is limited to 7 participants.
Hirst, Planet Path, mixed media on paper, 22” x 14”
This will be a shared studio environment where everyone is actively engaged in the process of making. I plan to make work alongside the participants and I will be fully available to help brainstorm, problem-solve, and offer guidance. With only 7 participants, there’ll be plenty of room to be as expansive as you want in your “Laboratory” explorations of Experimental Drawing!
Participants will work with both traditional and nontraditional materials to create work ranging from quick studies to fully developed pieces. Emphasis will be placed on experimentation, personal vision, and risk-taking, without concern for literal likeness or representation.
Artists will engage a wide range of methods and materials—including cardboard, charcoal, graphite, water media, ash, carborundum, plaster, building materials, ink, R&F Drawing Sticks, and collage—to create work that reflects each individual’s aesthetic interests and artistic direction. Monotype printing processes will be incorporated, encouraging unpredictability and discovery while opening pathways to new possibilities. Because the class is small, participants will have the opportunity to print both by hand and using the press. Daily drawing exercises will foster creative thinking and intuitive, subconscious exploration, which may be integrated into more resolved works. The overall aim of the class is to build, develop, and realize new drawings while engaging in a playful, exploratory, and generative creative process.
Please contact Jeff for more information and to register for the class.
The class cost is $1095 and includes some materials.
$500 at the time of registration and $595 due on June 1, 2026
Payments are excepted through either Zelle or Venmo.
Zelle:
jeff@jeffreyhirst.com or 612-414-3030
Venmo:
Take chances, learn about building drawings.
Hirst, Sidewinder Viewing, mixed media on paper, 20” x 16”
Bold Territory Material List
Students are asked to bring the following supplies
(6) sheets of Stonehenge 22” x 30” 250 gram white
(1) box of compressed charcoal – 12 sticks
An assortment drawing materials that might include: pencils, pens, markers, erasers,
Prismacolor pencils, colored pencils (not everything is needed, but bring a sample of these
materials)
R & F Drawing Oils (optional)
DryDex fast dry spackle – 16 oz
2 large sponges
1 bottle of india ink 8 oz
3 Mr Clean Magic Erasers
1 roll of Lineco Document Repair Tape
1 bottle of PVA glue 8 oz
An assortment of brushes including one, three-inch chip brush
Your supply fee will cover the following
R & F Drawing Sticks
R & F Pigment Sticks
Found Papers
Cardboard
Brayers
Floor Varnish
Carborundum
Jeffrey Hirst earned an MFA from Louisana State Univeristy in 1990 and has worked as an artist since then. Hirst has been showcased at venues around the U.S. and Europe and is represented by galleries in Chicago, Illinois and Columbus, Ohio. Hirst has been a visiting artist at universities around the United States conducting encaustic and printmaking workshops. He owns Hirst Printmaking in Chicago which is a printshop specializing in experimental printmaking and mixing painting and prints.
The recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant, City of Chicago grant and his work is in numerous public and private collections.
Class from June 22nd - 25th, 2026
TOTAL $1095
TO REGISTER: please contact Jeff Hirst at jeff@jeffreyhirst.com
Payments, cancellations, transfers, and refunds:
Registration for this particular class requires a full payment of $500 to reserve your space and the balance ($595) paid on June 1, 2026. If you have to cancel: Refunds are not available unless we can rebook your place. Please note that the closer we get to the event, the less likely we will be able to find someone to replace you.
If you cancel, but we can refill your spot: You will be refunded everything you have paid minus a $100 administrative fee.
If WE have to cancel: We will refund everything you have paid.
If you have any questions regarding any workshop, call 612-414-3030 or email Jeff at jeff@jeffreyhirst.com.