Red Press Collaborative welcomes guest artist Richard Repasky

April 1, 2022

Chicago-based stone lithographer, educator, and artist Richard Repasky is the guest artist for this year’s Red Press Collaborative at Youngstown State University.

Repasky and YSU art students will participate in printing sessions from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM and 1:30 – 4:00 PM beginning Monday, April 4, 2022 through Friday, April 8 in room 4025 of YSU’s Bliss Hall. In addition, Repasky will present an artist talk Wednesday, April 6 at 5:10 PM in the McDonough Museum of Art lecture hall (room 3000). All events are free and open to the public.

Coordinator and faculty in printmaking in the Department of Art and Architecture at Harold Washington College, Repasky has been making lithographs and teaching lithography for 25 years. He is also the founder of Arbing Editions, an invitational, part-time workshop dedicated to collaborative, hand-printed, original lithography projects in Chicago.

The Red Press Collaborative is designed to promote fine art printmaking at YSU and in the Mahoning Valley. Various printmaking methods, such as intaglio, relief, lithography, screen-print, and digital printing will be utilized and showcased throughout the program.