Event Title:

Organization:

  Visual Arts

  San Francisco

Start Date:

  11/22/2025

End Date:

  11/22/2025

Start Time:

  12:00 PM

End Time:

  4:00 PM

Event Info: 

  In this one-day workshop, students will immerse themselves in the dynamic process of Risograph printing, gaining hands-on experience with essential file preparation and equipment basics. By the end of the session, each participant will produce a unique Risograph print of their own design.

Prerequisite:
No prior printmaking or design experience is required. Students must be 18+ years or older.

Bring to first class:
Please bring a file you'd like to print-it does not need to be color-separated for the Risograph.

Instructor bio:
Yasmeen Abedifard (b. 1996) is an Iranian-American artist born in the San Francisco Bay Area and is currently based in Oakland, CA, USA. She holds an MFA from Cornell University, where she received the Charles Baskerville Painting Award. Her work is centered around storytelling mediums, including comics, illustrations, and animation. Her work has been featured in various spaces, such as the SF Art Book Fair, Rubenstein Arts Center, Shapeshifters Cinema, Jack Hanley Gallery, and San Francisco Center for the Book, and has received various accolades, including the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic for Death Bloom in 2023. She has taught comic workshops at BAMPFA, Kala Art Institute, Sequential Artists Workshop, and Black Mountain Institute. She has created several published comics, such as When to Pick a Pomegranate (pub. Silver Sprocket), Death Bloom (pub. Lucky Pocket), and Burnt (pub. Wiggle Bird Mailing Club). She is also part of a comics collective called D.R.Y. with her peers, Daniel Zhou and Raul Higuera, aimed at fostering community and highlighting the Bay Area comics scene. You'll find her at CCA glued to the Risograph machine.

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Location:

  California College of the Arts - 145 Hooper

Room:

Address:

  145 Hooper St

Phone:

City:

  San Francisco

State/Province:

  CA