Join printmaker Rhonda Babb at Wissahickon Trails for a fun, 2-hour workshop where you'll use found and foraged natural objects to create monoprints.
This art-making process invites you to slow down, observe, and appreciate the delicate balance of local ecosystems, like the Wissahickon watershed, which provides clean water and habitat for plants and animals. Finished nature prints can be displayed in frames or used in collage and scrapbooking projects. No prior printmaking experience is required. All materials, including paper, inks, and natural objects, will be provided. We'll be using water-soluble inks, but some pigments may stain, so we recommend bringing an apron or wearing old clothes.
Fee: $25 per person
Rhonda Babb is a screen printer, graphic artist, and photographer. As a graphic designer, she focuses on brand identity and marketing communications for small businesses and non-profits.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Rhonda received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, PA, where she majored in Fashion and Advertising Illustration. She returned to Moore for a Certification in Interior Decoration. Concern for the environment led Rhonda to earn a master’s degree in Sustainable Design from Philadelphia University, now known as Thomas Jefferson University. She studied screen printing under Lisa Marie Hamilton and Tony Rosati at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in their Continuing Education Program. She is a member of a cooperative printmaking studio and artist collective, BYO Print, artist group, InLiquid, and is a board member of the American Color Print Society (ACPS).
Rhonda lives and works in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Accessibility information:
The first floor of the Four Mills Barn (where the program takes place) is wheelchair accessible and has heating/air conditioning, a water bottle refilling station, accessible all gender bathrooms, and seating available. The first floor family restroom has a private changing table and there is a nearby private area that can be used as a lactation room.
