Graphic Arts Workshop

The Graphic Arts Workshop (GAW) of San Francisco, a cooperative print studio, is located in the Dogpatch neighborhood.[1] The studio has approximately 40 members working in fine art printmaking techniques such as lithography, intaglio, serigraphs, and relief printing.[2] GAW offers affordable printmaking studio access and printmaking classes.[2]

Graphic Arts Workshop
Address
2565 3rd Street, #305

San Francisco
,
California
94107

United States
Information
School typeArt School
Founded1952
Sister schoolCalifornia Labor School
Websitehttp://graphicartsworkshop.org/

History

GAW was founded in 1952 by several artists from the California Labor School.[3] The founding members of GAW include: Pele De Lappe, Victor Arnautoff, Emmy Lou Packard, Stanley Koppel, Louise Gilbert, Ed Hanson, Virginia Bogue, Claus Sievert, Frank Rowe, and Irving Fromer.[3][4] Many of the early printmakers at GAW were interested in left-wing leaning politics, Communism, social movements, and the labor movement and as a result they produced images of political, social, labor, and ethnic themes.[5] When the California Labor School closed in 1957, GAW inherited a lot of printmaking tools and supplies.[6][7]


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References
  1. "Graphic Arts Workshop". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  2. "Where to Print". California Society of Printmakers. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  3. Hamlin, Jesse (2002-11-25). "The Graphic Arts Workshop presses forward / S.F. artists group works for social justice". SFGate. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  4. "Stanley Koppel: Artist as Activist". Saint Mary's College. 2018. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  5. Rossman, Michael (2007). "Social Serigraphy in the Bay Area, 1965-85". Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  6. Maitl; Zane; Writer, Chronicle Staff (2000-10-20). "Graphic Artists Keep Work Real / Printmakers shun the computer world to create pieces the old-fashioned way". SFGate. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  7. Carlsson, Chris. "California Labor School, Historical Essay". FoundSF. Retrieved 2019-06-05. and by 1957, the California Labor School closed its doors for good.
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