Wednesday November 11, 2026 | 1:00 – 3:00pm
Location: Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, 331 East 70th Street, New York, NY
Free Workshop
Limited to 12 participants. If you require any accessibility accommodations, please let us know at info@residencyunlimited.org when you RSVP and we will be happy to assist.
RSVP required.
Join us for a creative workshop led by Graciela Cassel (2016 RU Alum) exploring monoprinting, a unique form of printmaking where each print is completely one-of-a-kind. Unlike other printmaking techniques that create multiple copies, a monoprint produces only a single impression, making every artwork original and unexpected.
During this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to apply ink or paint to a smooth, non-porous surface such as plexiglass. Using brushes, rollers, and other tools, you will experiment with both additive techniques—building up an image with ink—and subtractive techniques—removing ink to create marks, textures, and shapes. They will then transfer their design onto paper using either a printing press or hand-printing methods such as rubbing with a spoon or baren. The workshop will also introduce playful mixed-media approaches, including stencils, stamps, collage, and chine-collé, allowing you to create expressive, painterly, and spontaneous prints.
By the end of the session, participants will have created their own unique monoprints and gained an understanding of how experimentation, layering, and mark-making can bring energy and surprise to the printmaking process.
No previous printmaking experience is required. All materials will be provided.
This initiative is part of a series of 20 workshops designed to provide post residency support to RU’s local alumni artists. Curated by alum curator Hayley Ferber, the workshops are centered on the theme of creative engagement with the natural environment, inviting participants to explore processes of reuse, observation, material experimentation, and collective making.
About
Graciela Cassel, originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a multidisciplinary artist living in New York City. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Buenos Aires, a Master’s in Education from Yeshiva University, a Master of Arts in Studio Art from New York University, and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts.Cassel’s works are in the collections of Citibank NY, NewSeguros (Brazil) Museo del Grabado (Buenos Aires) Shunck Collection, (Nederland) Lilac Museum (New York) Blue Brothers Collection, (New York) , Port Authority of Santander, Spain. Her work is also in private collections in Argentina, Colombia and Brazil.
Cassel has received numerous accolades, including the 2022 NYFA Work Award, the Altamira Museum Fellowship, and fellowships with organizations like the Queens Botanical Garden and Anklave. She was also awarded a New York Historical Society fellowship in 2020 and was a Queens Council Grantee in 2016 and 2020. She participated in residencies at Residency Unlimited in 2016 and the Lower Manhattan Council for the Arts in 2024, Fusion in Japan
Cassel’s work has been exhibited at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum in 2025-2026, Art on Paper Fair, the Museo de la Naturaleza in Cantabria, Spain, in 2023, and at Brooklyn’s Urban Glass Gallery in 2020. It was also showcased at Museo del Barrio in 2016 and at Weather the Weather, Hall of Science in New York in 2019. She held solo exhibitions at NYLAAT Governors Island in 2023 and the Lilac Museum Ship in 2022. Her work was featured in prominent events like Nuit Blanche Paris in 2023 and the Venice Biennial in 2024.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
In-kind support is provided by Materials for the Arts.
RU is grateful for the partnership with Lenox Hill Neighborhood House.
