{"id":16477,"date":"2005-03-03T17:16:53","date_gmt":"2005-03-03T23:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=16477"},"modified":"2023-11-20T15:46:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T21:46:09","slug":"organization-profile-saltgrass-printmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/organization-profile-saltgrass-printmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Organization Profile: Saltgrass Printmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Allen Bishop | Photos by Tami Baum<\/div>\n
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When printmakers Sandy Brunvand<\/a> (MFA) and Stefanie Dykes<\/a> (BFA) graduated from the University of Utah, they recognized a real need in the Wasatch Front art community, one I also felt after graduation years ago. Many art students revel in learning printmaking techniques on expensive equipment in college and university art departments, but no longer have access to that equipment after graduation. Realizing this need hatched an idea that in turn became the mother of Utah\u2019s first non-profit cooperative printmaking studio.<\/p>\n

Saltgrass Printmakers<\/a>, located at 2126 South 1000 East in Salt Lake City, has assembled much of what printmakers need to continue their passion, and plans to acquire other equipment to make available to anyone interested in making (or learning to make) prints for a modest monthly membership fee or for an hourly rate (Open press times are Thursdays 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays 3 to 6 p.m., advance reservations required). The shop offers working spaces with presses, roller, brayers, and other materials needed for professional artists, students and the curious public to create a broad range of relief and intaglio prints. As the membership grows, Saltgrass may add lithography and screen printing to their arsenal of capabilities. On a regular rotating basis, classes and workshops in wood block, etching, collagraph and monotype printing are taught.<\/p>\n