Intaglio Printmaking: Etching and Beyond
4-weeks (last 4) | Registration closed 2/23/2026
Explore printmaking techniques using an etching press, including embossing, chine-collé, etching and drypoint. Students will learn and create artwork using a different technique each week, printing on the studio’s etching presses as well as learning about methods they can use to print at home.
Course Location:
PUF Community Printmaking Studio
Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory
8 N. Cherry Street, Poughkeepsie
Anita Fina Kiewra
Anita Fina Kiewra is a teaching artist (M.S. Art Education, The College of Saint Rose) working in community development for Hudson River Housing, where she leads HRH Made, an arts-based workforce training social enterprise for people transitioning from homelessness. She manages the Community Printmaking Studio on the second floor of the Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory. Anita is a member of the National Association of Women Artists and the Tivoli Artists Gallery and exhibits her work locally and regionally.
Nora Quinlan
Nora Quinlan holds a B.A. in history from Queens College, CUNY, an M.S. in Library Service and an M.A. in art history from Columbia University. She was the head of special collections at the University of Colorado at Boulder, worked as a rare book cataloger at the University of Miami, and was an assistant special collections librarian at the University of Kansas. She has extensive training and experience working with art, rare books, manuscripts, early photographs, and ephemera. In addition, Nora was the head of Reference and Instructional Services at Nova Southeastern University’s Alvin Sherman Library and oversaw their gallery.