The Humboldt Gallery held the first of the summer’s teen art programs on June 18, with a printmaking session coinciding with the end of the Repetition printmaking exhibit on June 20.
The program, unlike other art programs put on by the gallery, were drop in/drop out, so teens could stop by for as long as they wanted and make a gelli print.
To make a gelli print, the teens took a square of rubber and arranged ink and different objects in a configuration they wanted, put a piece of paper on, peeled it off, and got their print. With about an hour left to go, there were four teens at the gallery, and gallery staff member Niki Myker said it went “really well” and that the girls who showed up have been “fantastic.”
It’s the first drop-in art class for teens, but not the last, though Myker said there are no solid plans right now for when or what the next one will be.
“I think it’s important to get teens involved because they have so much creativity, but it’s hard for them to express that creativity,” Myker said. “So by having a drop-in one, they can come and go and they have no pressure about staying for the entire class period. I think it’s better to have that attention for them as well, because they have that creative outlet.”
