Create in the beautiful, colonial city of Guanajuato and enjoy the amazing architecture and the beauty of this wonderful city! Enjoy the local culture whether it’s starting your day going for an early morning hike or having a coffee on the rooftop patio of Alma del Sol, there’s so much to bask in and enjoy!

Last year we had 10 artists in the class and everyone had plenty of room to spread out and work. The facility is amazing with 3 large etching presses, multiple inking stations, and a large outdoor course yard

Printing with Akua Intaglio Ink

Location:  Guanajuato, Mexico.

Workshop Venue:  At the beautiful printmaking Estudio Piramidal

This unique class brings together two experienced printmakers to teach side by side. Together, Hugo and Jeff bring decades of printmaking experience and a shared passion for experimentation, innovation, and pushing the boundaries of the medium. Through demonstrations, discussion, and hands-on exploration, they encourage participants to expand their creative practice while discovering new possibilities in print.

In this printmaking workshop, artists will explore the following:

• Three Color prints using various monoprint processes

• Working with Tetra Pak plates that including building plates with an emphasis on collage

• Carborundum plates and combining Tetra Pak and Carborundum

• Drypoint processes

• Viscosity Printing

• Chine Colle

• Various registration processes

 The class will involve printing multiple plates that add to complex layers of visual information.

 All images will be printed using Akua intaglio and liquid pigment inks. Artists will be exposed to transparent and opaque color relationships that add to richness to images. The class will cover multiple registration systems that make printing easy and accurate.

While much technical information is covered in the class, the overall emphasis is using the processes to reflect each artist's personal vision. Workshop participants will create, build, and re-build printing surfaces and imagery to explore personal direction while at the same time stretching individual boundaries. Using prompts to promote intuitive approaches will be covered during the class.

 Express your Visual Voice through Printmaking is open to artists with no printmaking experience to advanced printmakers.   Class size is limited to 10.

Cost:  $1600 per person

What is included:

• Welcome botanas (hors d'oeuvres) and drinks

• 6 days of instruction with one day off that includes class sketching

• An awesome printmaking studio

• 7 breakfasts (if you stay at Alma del Sol or Hotel del Color)

• 6 home cooked lunches

• Daily coffee, tea, and agua fresca (light fruit-flavored water)

• Daily hora feliz (happy hour) on the beautiful Alma del Sol rooftop

• Akua inks and other printmaking materials

What is not included:

• Lodging

• Airfare and taxis to/from the airport

• Dinners

• Optional free day excursion cost to San Miguel to Allende or another preplanned day trip.

Accommodations

We suggest that you stay at Hugo Anaya's venues:

Alma del Sol or Hotel del Color.

Please contact Hugo at hugo_ana@yahoo.com

Those of you staying at either of these properties will be served a delicious breakfast each morning, as well as a happy hour each evening after class in Hugo's fabulous rooftop terrace.

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.

Hirst is a recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant, City of Chicago grant, a Ballinglen Fellowship and his work is in numerous public and private collections.

Hugo Ayana earned his BFA in Printmaking from Portland State University in Oregon and has worked professionally as a printmaker for many years. He is the founder and owner of Piramidal Gráfica in Guanajuato, Mexico, an expansive studio specializing in intaglio-based printmaking.

Hugo has taught workshops and classes throughout the United States and Mexico and served as master printer for renowned artist and printmaker Carol Summers. An exceptional instructor, he is known for his experimental approach to printmaking and his ability to help students develop and realize their individual artistic vision.

His work has been exhibited extensively in both the United States and Mexico.

Estudio Piramidal, Guanajuato, Mexico
Express your Visual Voice Through Printmaking in Guanajuato, Mexico
Arrive March 10th - Depart 16th 2026
Class from March 11th - 15th, 2026
TOTAL $1600

TO REGISTER: please contact Jeff Hirst at jeff@jeffreyhirst.com

Please contact Jeffrey Hirst with any questions on the class directly on email jeff@jeffreyhirst.com.

Payments, cancellations, transfers, and refunds:

Registration for this particular class requires a payment of $500 to reserve your space and the balance ($1100) paid on February 1, 2027. 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.

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