Artists Image Resource is a print and imaging laboratory designed to support working artists.
Artists Image Resource (AIR) initiates and facilitates projects with professional artists, creating an active laboratory environment where artists, students, and the community interact.
Collective Dreaming 2: LFACxNWC @AIR
A chance meeting between two members of art collectives in May of 2022 germinated the idea of bringing the art collectives, Los Fantasmas (from Denver, CO) and #notwhite collective (from Pittsburgh, PA) together to begin collectively dreaming.
Community Access / Printmaking Services
AIR supports our creative and educational communities in many ways including off the street print related services:
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AIR offers archival digital printing services on heavyweight substrates for artists and others. AIR’s Epson 9890 can print on rolls of media up to 44” wide. Standard flat sheet sizes are 13 x 19 and 17 x 22.
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We offer access to Relief, Etching (30 x 50 and 18 x 36) and Lithographic (30 x 50) presses.
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Images up to 12 x 18 on screens up to 23 x 31 are standard. Larger images up to 32 x 48 on screens up to 48 x 72 can be processed and purchased on a case-by-case basis.
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Artists can schedule printing sessions in two-hour increments to facilitate small screenprinting projects.
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AIR offers stackable learning blocks to artists interested in obtaining a functional knowledge of various print processes. Generally, blocks consist of 4-hour sessions that include materials, instruction, access to equipment and studio time.
Prints from the AIR Archive
AIR works with its collaborators and artists to set pricing and make prints made at AIR available to the public.
