Tamarind Institute’s new series of immersive, one-week lithography workshops is tailored for artists, educators, curators, and printmakers. Applications are due August 15, 2026.
Tamarind Institute is expanding access to one of the world’s leading lithography programs with a new series of immersive, one-week workshops for artists, educators, curators, and printmakers. Developed in response to growing demand from participants who cannot commit to Tamarind’s longer courses, the expanded workshop series offers concentrated, affordable training under the same in-depth instruction that has defined the institute for more than six decades.
“We kept hearing from people who wanted serious, hands-on lithography training but simply could not step away for a month,” says director Diana Gaston. “This workshop series is our answer to that need: intensive, small-scale programs that allow more artists, teachers, and curators to build meaningful skills at Tamarind while helping sustain the future of lithography.”
The new workshops also respond to a changing landscape for printmaking education. As universities continue to reduce traditional lithography instruction, students and educators alike have fewer opportunities to develop technical skills in the medium. Tamarind’s expanded offerings are designed to strengthen the broader printmaking community by providing focused training for the many people who sustain the field, including not only master printers, but also teachers, artists, curators, and community workshop leaders.
“Tamarind has long emphasized training master printers, but today’s needs require a more robust approach to education,” says Brandon Gunn, Tamarind’s director of education and master printer. “A healthy print community depends on everyone involved understanding the medium. Teachers pass knowledge to the next generation, artists continue to push lithography in new directions, curators help audiences understand its significance, and community workshops create spaces for people to learn and experiment. These workshops are designed to support that entire ecosystem.”
Each workshop is limited to eight to ten participants, allowing for individualized attention, daily printing demonstrations, and hands-on experience.
The 2027 workshop series includes the Curators Workshop (January 11-15), introducing museum professionals to stone lithography through demonstrations, studio practice, and archival study; Tusche Wash on Stone (February 1-5), exploring the expressive possibilities of the water-based drawing material; Photoplate Workshop (March 1-5), covering techniques for working with pre-coated aluminum photographic plates; and Aluminum Plate Lithography Workshop (May 3-7), an introduction to contemporary plate lithography suitable for all skill levels.
Since its founding by June Wayne in 1960, Tamarind has continually adapted its educational mission to meet the changing needs of the field while preserving the highest standards of fine-art lithography and collaborative printmaking. Today, Tamarind continues to shape the future of lithography through artist collaborations, research, publishing, and education, and Tamarind-trained printers are at the helm of workshops and university print departments around the world.
Applications for the 2027 workshop season are now open, due August 15, 2026. Learn more and apply at tamarind.unm.edu.
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