Heavy Gel x PSLA New Community Studio Fund
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Heavy Gel and PSLA are moving, merging, and growing!
We are dedicated to fostering printmaking in the greater Los Angeles area through a much-needed community hub centered around accessibility and artist involvement.
Heavy Gel will continue offering print and publishing services, facilities, and workshops.
PSLA Projects will expand its programming to include more in-person artist residencies, fellowships, internships, grants, and fundraising.
Since first opening in 2012, Heavy Gel has opened its doors to artists and soon-to-be printmakers, providing hands-on workshops as well as community access to our facilities and equipment. In addition, we offer commission printing for artists, designers, musicians, companies, and brands.
We are dedicated to fostering printmaking in the greater Los Angeles area through a much-needed community hub centered around accessibility and artist involvement.
Heavy Gel will continue offering print and publishing services, facilities, and workshops.
PSLA Projects will expand its programming to include more in-person artist residencies, fellowships, internships, grants, and fundraising.
Since first opening in 2012, Heavy Gel has opened its doors to artists and soon-to-be printmakers, providing hands-on workshops as well as community access to our facilities and equipment. In addition, we offer commission printing for artists, designers, musicians, companies, and brands.
In 2018 we co-opened The Print Shop LA as a dedicated community space where the public could actively rent the studio to work on their own projects. The studio also functioned as a gallery and event space, hosting print-themed exhibitions, artist and publisher vending opportunities, funded artist residencies, grants, and internships for college credit or studio access. We even gifted a risograph to one lucky printer at one of our exhibitions!
Throughout the pandemic and racial tensions of 2020, PSLA and Heavy Gel, offered safe, private workshops and individual studio access. We opened our Risograph to offer free printing for protest signs. The Trans Healthcare Grant raised over $4,000 going directly to the medical expenses of two recipients. We were able to provide space for one in-person artist in residence. In 2021 we started a new curated publishing program, Artist Series Editions, and awarded 3 remote publishing grants to be printed in our new space.
The studio hopes to be able to offer exhibition, vending, and sales opportunities to the LA community. We are aiming to raise a minimum of 25K in order to cover our moving expenses and expand this accessible printmaking studio to provide art and publishing tools to independent artists.
This support will secure the future of our community printmaking studio and organization, and allow us to keep our doors open to the public. We are dedicated to providing access to printmaking workshops & residencies as well as creating opportunities for publishing, exhibitions, post BFA and MFA opportunities, internships, employment, and studio access.
Breakdown
Studio:
Deposit 3000 x 2 = $6000
First Month= $3000
Equipment:
t-shirt press 4x4 $1000
conveyor dryer= $2000
new semi-auto flatbed graphics press $1000
Paper cutters/ guillotine= $2000
drying racks $500 x 2= $1000
exposure unit= $1000
etching press= $2000
Riso supplies= $500
Moving and Renovation:
moving fees (storage, truck rental, forklifts)= $1500
renovation fees= $2500
washout booth= $1500
$25,000
Gofundme Rewards
$25
Riso print thank you card
$50
Heavy Gel x PSLA Original Tote bag
$100
Heavy Gel x PSLA Original Tote bag and T-Shirt
$200
Heavy Gel x PSLA Original Tote bag and T-Shirt
One Private Risograph Workshop
$300
Heavy Gel x PSLA Original Tote bag and T-Shirt
One Private Screen Printing workshop
$500
Receive a print portfolio of artist editions
1 private workshop of your choice
Heavy Gel x PSLA Original Tote bag and T-Shirt
$1000
Receive a print portfolio of artist editions
1 private workshop for you and a friend
Heavy Gel x PSLA Original Tote bag and T-Shirt
A mention on the thank you plaque at our new location
$5000
WOW!! THANK YOU!
Receive a print portfolio of artist editions
A private workshop of your choice for you and up to 4 friends
Heavy Gel x PSLA Original Tote bag and T-Shirt
Your own personal dedicated thank you plaque at our new location
Support Memberships
Monthly or Annual Support- please stay tuned for information on studio rental memberships and rates.
Give your support to the community print shop for things like lightbulbs and trash bags! Every dollar is an investment in print education, exhibitions, and opportunities for artists. You will receive invites to all events and notifications about upcoming programming and print releases!
Artist level members receive discounts on studio access, workshops, and residency fees, as well as invitations to participate in future print exchanges, calls for art and exhibition opportunities!
Collector level members receive discounts and first dibs on all print releases via our collector newsletter. Collectors will receive copies of prints from future print exchanges, and select publications, artists in residence editions!
All membership levels come with a Heavy Gel x PSLA tote bag and hand printed thank you card.
All membership levels come with a Heavy Gel x PSLA tote bag and hand printed thank you card.
Thank you! We can't wait to print for and with you in 2022!
Organizer
Mich Miller
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
