Gallery Demonstration: Tools and Techniques for Etching and Engraving

Gallery Demonstration: Tools and Techniques for Etching and Engraving

Master Printer Chris Shore (Center for Contemporary Printmaking) demonstrates how etchings and engravings in our exhibition were made!

By Fairfield University Art Museum

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Fairfield University Art Museum, Bellarmine Hall Galleries

200 Barlow Road Fairfield, CT 06824

About this event

  • 1 hour

How did Rembrandt, Barocci, and Canaletto create their etchings and engravings? Learn about the traditional techniques and tools of intaglio printmaking with Master Printer Chris Shore of the Center for Contemporary Printmaking.

These 45-minute sessions will be conducted in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries where the exhibition Ink and Time: European Prints from the Wetmore Collection is on view through December 21 (click here to learn more about the exhibition).

Image: Federico Barocci, St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, ca. 1581, etching and engraving. Courtesy of the Wetmore Collection, Connecticut College

Please note that only 2 tickets may be reserved per order. If you have questions, please contact museum@fairfield.edu