Hoofprint Workshop Open House

A full afternoon of craft instruction and fun is slated for the Hoofprint Workshop Open House from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the workshop on the sixth floor of Building A in the Central Manufacturing District, 1965 W. Pershing Road, Chicago. At the open house, the Hoofprint collective of local artists open its doors to discuss their methods, share their artwork and enjoy some entertainment.

• At 12:30 p.m., artist Doug Bosley will discuss how mezzotint engraving is used to portray his Auxons — populations of self-replicating robots — and he'll demonstrate his mezzotint rocking machine called The Crawler.
   
• At 1:30 p.m., Tabor Shiles will demonstrate the fundamentals of screen printing with dyes on silk, and attendees will be able to take away a silk scarf chosen from designs by Shiles and guest artists Nicole Marroquin and Chloé Perkis.
   
• At 2:30 p.m., painter Ricardo Santos-Hernández will share etchings from a new work series in progress and share his background as a Chicago- and Arizona-based artist.
   
• At 3:30 p.m., the Apartment Comedy Tour entertains attendees with performances by Clare Austen Smith, Brandon Kiefer, Brandon Kirkman and Carolyn Twyman alongside snacks, coffee and cold Metropolitan Brewing beverages.

For more information and directions, contact Liz Born by calling (773) 896-4326 or emailing hoofprintchicago@gmail.com.