Hands-on Workshops

Workshops with Ron Pokrasso take place throughout the year and around the globe with exciting opportunities to study in Europe, Mexico, throughout the US or right in Pokrasso’s home-town – Santa Fe, NM.

And if you’re interested in assisted sessions or creating a tailor-made workshop, just send an email with your requested dates and details to pokrasso@gmail.com.

Solarplate and ImagOn Platemaking services are available as well. Send an email to pokrasso@gmail.com to discuss your project needs.

Upcoming Workshops


Mastering The Monotype

September 22, 2026 - September 25, 2026
Location: Center For Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
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You will not find a more comprehensive monotype workshop anywhere on the East Coast! Ron Pokrasso’s approach to monotype will open your eyes and your artistic process to a whole new range of possibilities. As a primer for MONOTHON 2026, this workshop is great for beginners as well as a perfect tune-up for experienced monotype artists.

Layered Monotype and Collage Intensive

December 4, 2026 - December 6, 2026
Location: Fallbrook School of The Arts, Fallbrook, CA
2023-7P Display Above The Tire Wall

Pokrasso’s unique approach illustrated with concise demos and interspersed with art making philosophies makes this an intensive, enriching, eco-friendly three-day art immersion. This workshop is great for beginners as well as a perfect tune-up for experienced monotype artists. 

Protected: Monotype and Mixed Media Printmaking in Guanajuato Mexico

February 2, 2027 - February 10, 2027
Location: Piramidal Grafica, Guanajuato Mexico
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Treat yourself to an exciting art adventure while immersing in Guanajuato, the jewel of the Colonial cities of Mexico. The emphasis is on “the artist as an inventor,” and each participant will be encouraged to stretch his or her methods of expressing and breaking barriers into new and uncharted territory.

Layers and plates – A Mixed Media Printmaking Experience in Ireland

April 19, 2027 - April 27, 2027
Location: Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland
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Immerse yourself in a fabulous week long printmaking journey in the majestic beauty of coastal northwest Ireland and to the unique opportunity of working at the prestigious Ballinglen Arts Foundation. Workshop is limited to 8 participants.

Past Workshops


Complex To Simple Printmaking with Hugo Anaya

August 21, 2026 - August 23, 2026
Location: Galisteo Street Studio 1417 Galisteo Street Santa Fe, NM
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Using a variation of the CMYK four color process and working with one or more plates, you will layer transparent applications in multiple printings bringing images to life. Having presented many workshops in Mexico and the U.S., Hugo Anaya is bringing his “can’t miss” process to Santa Fe for the first time.

Florence 2026 – Innovations in Mixed Media Printmaking with Ron Pokrasso and Devin Kovach

May 4, 2026 - May 17, 2026
Location: Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
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This spectacular two week program offers the opportunity to live and create in Florence, Italy, a cultural capital of Europe. Santa Reparata International School of Art (SRISA) is a fantastic facility to use as a home base with all that is needed to experiment and evolve in the creative process of image making.

Monotype and Chine Collé with a Side of Photopolymer, with Ron Pokrasso

June 9, 2025 - June 13, 2025
Location: Remarque Print Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
Ruby’s Pillar Relationship

Ron Pokrasso’s approach to monotype in combination with chine colle/collage and photopolymer platemaking will open your eyes and working process to a whole new range of possibilities. This week long summer workshop is suitable to all levels of experience.

AKUA 5 X 5

November 13, 2024 - November 17, 2024
Location: Spotted Dog Studio
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Pokrasso’s unique approach illustrated with concise demos and interspersed with art making philosophies makes this an intensive, intimate, eco-friendly five-day art immersion limited to just 5 spaces.

Re-Treat Summer Series: Layers and Plates, A Monotype Intensive

August 22, 2024 - August 26, 2024
Location: AH HAA School for the Arts, Telluride, CO
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Ron Pokrasso’s approach to monotype in combination with chine colle’/collage and drawing will open your eyes and your working process to a whole new range of possibilities. In addition to an intensive, intimate learning experience participants will enjoy a seasonal supper with a local chef, the opportunity to take a private historic walking tour of beautiful Telluride, and discounted lodging at the Madeline Hotel Resort & Spa.

Layers And Plates – Santa Fe

July 29, 2024 - August 2, 2024
Location: Galisteo Street Studio, Santa Fe, NM
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Working with Akua products and using monotype as a primary mark making technique this 5 day workshop focuses on the integration of multiple plates and collage elements to create richly layered compositions. Limited to just 7 participants, this workshop is suitable to all levels of experience. This workshop is currently full. Contact me to be placed on a wait list.

Mastering The Monotype

October 10, 2023 - October 14, 2023
Location: Center For Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2015-17P March Two Step

Ron Pokrasso’s approach to monotype with chine colle/collage and drawing will open your eyes and process to a whole new range of possibilities. As a primer for MONOTHON 2023 this workshop is great for beginners as well as a perfect tune-up for experienced monotype artists.

MONOTHON Santa Fe 2023 – Print Week

April 1, 2023 - April 8, 2023
Location: Galisteo Street Studio and 5 other print shops, Santa Fe, NM
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Artists find Sponsors. Sponsors find artists. Sponsored artists work in 5-hour, fully assisted monotype printing sessions in one of 6 local print shops. One work is chosen from each artist session to be exhibited and sold at the Monothon exhibition, April 22-May 26 to benefit the youth arts non-profit Partners In Education.

Monotype and Mixed Media Printmaking in Guanajuato Mexico

January 29, 2023 - February 8, 2023
Location: Alma del Sol and Piramidal Grafica, Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico
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Treat yourself to an exciting art adventure while immersing in Guanajuato, the jewel of the Colonial cities of Mexico. The emphasis is on “the artist as an inventor,” and each participant will be encouraged to stretch his or her methods of expressing and breaking barriers into new and uncharted territory.

Hand Printing Monotype Intensive

January 10, 2022 - January 12, 2022
Location: Tubac School of Fine Arts, Tubac, AZ
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In this intensive 3-day hand printing workshop you will learn a wide range of basic monotype techniques and gain a true understanding of the flexibility of working with Akua non-toxic products.