DonorsChoos Challenge Spotlight: Linocut Printmaking

The second project from our SfSchools Summer of Love Challenge that I would like to shine a spotlight on is Linocut Printmaking. This project comes from a teacher at James Lick MS with an endorsement from one of our sfschools members:

Each year I teach basic printmaking to my 6th, 7th, and 8th grade art students. Most of them have never had any experience with this type of project, let alone any type of art class. It involves sketching scenes of the neighborhood surrounding our school, carving the chosen image into a special type of linoleum, and then inking and printing multiple prints from the "printing plate." Not only does this project excite the students about coming to school, but it builds confidence and pride as each student takes home a matted print at the end of the unit. In the past, we have also used this project as a fundraiser -- students sell their work at the annual art show. Like a gallery, students receive a percentage of the selling price, and the rest goes towards purchasing more supplies for the art studio.

You can check out examples of last year's work online at Artsonia's James Lick Gallery

So go ahead and visit our challenge and make a contribution. Big or small, it all adds up.