The Mission Cultural Center’s (MCC) Graphics department was established in 1977, at the same time the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts was founded. Our name is a melding of meanings: Mission in English, is an undertaking and a political commitment to social change, and Gráfica in Castilian, establishes a Latino identity, and defends our roots and values.
Within our collection, we have cataloged more than 4,000 posters. This important collection will become one of the most important collections of Latino / Chicano posters in the country. With this archive, the MCCLA possess an important artistic tool to educate the general public and the Latino community about its artists and their print making. The preservation of this body of work is vital to our rich Chicano and Latino cultural history, and it serves as a powerful monument not only to our culture but to the artistic talents of our proud community.
workshops
Collagraph Workshop for Women and Transgender People
Class date: March 24
Time: 10am-4pm
Cost: $30 for advance registration. Class limited to 8 students.
Instuctor: Mission Gráfica Coordinator Marsha Shaw
In honor of Women’s History Month, Mission Gráfica hosts a Collagraph Print Workshop for Women and Transgender People. Collagraph is a collage based printmaking technique where printable matrices are created by gluing various materials to a cardboard base. Variation in the surface quality of these glued materials yields a wide range of color, shape, value and texture that produces the unique richness characteristic of collagraph prints. The process has great potential for experimentation and innovation through the repurposing of everyday household materials such as tape, spackle, wallpaper, lace, string, thread and fabric scraps.
Material List:
Students are encouraged to bring photos, drawings or other images to work from.
Tweezers, Scissors or Xacto Knife, Textured materials (¼” thick or less)
Rives BFK printmaking paper (can be purchased at Mission Gráfica)
Ink, polymer, and plates provided by Mission Gráfica
To register for classes, contact Mission Grafica at:
415-821-1155 or grafica@missionculturalcenter.org
Weeklong Screenprinting Intensive
Mission Grafica is hosting a 5 day screen printing intensive with San Francisco Center for the Book.
This workshop will cover the basics of water-based screen printing, as well as, various other image
making techniques.
Cost: $325 plus a $15 materials fee.
The class runs February 17, 21, 22, 23 & 24 from 10:00am - 6:00pm.
Payment information can be found at San Francisco Center for the Book
Teen Printmaking Workshop FEB 25 / MAR 31(SOLD OUT) / APR 28 / MAY 26
Hey teens! Mission Grafica invites you an exclusive printmaking workshop series designed just for you! Our new Teen Printmaking Workshops will introduce students to the wide world of printmaking techniques. Whether you’re a beginner or you’ve printed before, this course will inspire and inform. On the last Saturday of each month, we’ll focus on a different aspect of printmaking, such as intaglio, linoleum, monotype, screen and collagraph printing. All students will work one on one with Mission Grafica Coordinator and instructor, Marsha Shaw. Students will work on individual and collective projects. Limit ten (10) students per session.
Ages 13-17
What to bring: Your own drawings and ideas for prints you want to make.
Cost: $20/ session covers instruction and materials.
When: the last Saturday of each month, 11 am – 3 pm.
To register for classes, contact Mission Grafica at 415-821-1155 or grafica@missionculturalcenter.org
How to Rent a Studio
1. Come by business hours: Tuesdays-Fridays from 10am to 5pm
2. Call MG at 415.643.2786 or email at grafica@missionculturalcenter.org
* Studios vary in availability, thus a call in advance is always appreciated.
Please note MG provides the space and equipment for printing.
We do not provide materials (inks, paper, screens and emulsion)
Facilities & Rates
Facilities
Printmaking equipment
• 32" x 56” Griffin etching press
• 27" x 47” Griffin etching press
• 19” x 32” etching press
• Two units for inking
• Assorted work tables
• Guillotine
• Light tables
• Trays Assorted size
Screen Printing equipment:
• Exposure unit with 43” x 62” bed.
• Darkroom
• Screen pressure washer
• Assorted work tables
• Guillotine
• Light tables
• Squeegees
Rates
Mission Gráfica /Studio Rental
• Screen-print & Printing Facilities
1 DAY $35.00
1 MONTH $125.00
• Textile Room
1 day $45.00
1 week (Tues.- Fri.) $125.00
Other Services:
Cleaning, Coating and Exposure Jobs
$10.00 /small size (12x18 or smaller)
$15.00/standard screen (18x22)
$20.00/large screen (23x31)