Screenprinting on Fabric
Adult Class | Available
Discover the fundamentals of fabric screen printing, a versatile printmaking technique that transforms your designs into stencils for application on textiles and other soft surfaces. This course introduces the essentials of coating and exposing screens, mixing inks, and setting up a reliable fabric printing workspace. You’ll create prints using both analog and digital methods, exploring how mark-making, collage, and photography can enhance graphic and textural elements on fabric.
What You Will Learn:
- Gain confidence in pulling a fabric screenprint through group and individual instruction
- Produce a one- to two-color printed fabric edition
- Explore a range of stencil-making techniques used in screenprinting for textiles
- Understand the possibilities of the medium through hands-on practice and examples of contemporary and historical textile work
- Set personal goals for the course, informed by your own sketches, ideas, or previous work (printed or non-printed)
Who This Class Is For: True beginners and anyone looking to strengthen their screen printing skills. Questions about whether this class is right for you? Email adulteducation@fleisher.org.
Please note: There is no class scheduled for 9/21 (Yom Kippur) or 10/12 (Indigenous Peoples' Day).
- Speedball fabric screenprint ink in preferred colors
- Cotton t-shirts, totes, yardage, or other clothing items. All fabric should ideally be natural fiber, and should have minimal surface texture
Miriam Singer
Miriam Singer is a Philadelphia-based artist who combines drawing, painting, and printmaking to create layered, imaginative interpretations of city life. Her work explores urban environments through a blend of observation and invention, often merging architectural details, public spaces, and abstract forms. Singer has created murals and public artworks for organizations including the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, the Philadelphia International Airport, and the Albright-Knox Public Art Program in Buffalo, NY. Her mural Compass Map (2020), created in partnership with NewCourtland Senior Services and the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, features drawings of neighborhood architecture surrounding NewCourtland buildings in Philadelphia. It was painted with the help of local seniors, who contributed to both the design and painting process.
An active educator, Singer teaches printmaking at Fleisher Art Memorial, where she leads workshops in etching and screen printing on fabric. Her collaborative, community-based approach extends to her print projects as well. Such as creating screen prints to support mural fundraising and public engagement. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and alternative spaces including Paradigm Gallery, James Oliver Gallery, The Fairmount House, LG Tripp Gallery, and Vox Populi. Singer is a member of the artist collective Space 1026, where she also maintains a studio. She holds an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and a BA from Brandeis University.
https://miriamsinger.com/