Artists can arrange to work with the Center’s Print Staff for editioning, special projects, collaborative printing, or private instruction.
The Center for Contemporary Printmaking’s professional printers are proficient in almost every method, including intaglio, screenprint, lithography, monotype, collagraphy, relief, and photo-based processes. We also support combination and experimental projects.
Recent CCP Editions include work by Diane Victor, Bill Jacklin, Lisa Lou, Jill Moser, Richard Meirer, Howardena Pindell, Robert Cottingham, Emily Lombardo, Julio Valdez, Julie Headland, Frances Ashforth, Kees De Waal, Amanda Seelye Salzman, Donald Sultan, Richard Haas, and others.
Work With Us
Staff Printer Rate: $65/hr
Please contact the printers directly (emails below) for more information and to arrange sessions. Note: Private sessions usually book out 2-4 months in advance. Please plan ahead!
Our Printers
Christopher Shore, Staff Master Printer
Christopher received his MFA from the Pratt Institute (Brooklyn) in 2001, with a concentration in printmaking. Additionally, he has studied printmaking techniques in Venice and Florence, Italy. His work explores many types of traditional and non-traditional printmaking techniques, and has been exhibited in numerous group shows throughout Tri-State Area and in venues around the world including the Katonah Museum of Art (NY), the University of Richmond Museum (VA), the Southampton Arts Center (NY), and in the 9th Duoro Biennal Print Exhibition in Portugal. As Staff Master Printer at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, he is both an instructor and collaborative printer, working with internationally renowned artists as well as emerging and established artists.
Reach out to Christopher Shore at cshore@contemprints.org
Brian Garner, Studio Manager / Collaborative Printer
Brian Garner studied printmaking at MICA and UMBC in addition to earning a Professional Printers Certificate from the Tamarind Institute of Lithography. During his professional career, he spent three years as the Head of Workshop and Master Printer for STPI in Singapore, has worked as the Master Printer at multiple studios around the U.S., taught printmaking as a professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, Davidson College, MICA, and others, and has been recognized with awards from the Baltimore Museum of Art Print Fair and the Maryland Institute College of Art. Past projects include prints by Eric Fischl, Liliana Porter, William Pope L., Christian Marclay, and many others.
Reach out to Brian at bgarner@contemprints.org