March 15, 2015
Noisemusick Kit v.3
The 555 Noisemusick Kit is a musical instrument that generates chaotic square wave noise from two 555 oscillators. It's fun, noisy, and playable.
February 26, 2015
Fab Academy Topical Lecture 1: The Linear, the Circular and the Devolved
The first Fab Academy topical lecture with Ken Webster and Joe Iles from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
February 3, 2015
AS220 Industries Open House: Tuesday, February 3rd
Interested in learning more about the AS220 Industries? What workshops are currently being offered?
November 29, 2014
AS220 4th Annual Holiday Sale
Come get in the holiday spirit at the 4th Annual AS220 Holiday Sale on Saturday, December 6th! Who needs Black Friday, when you can show some love to your favorite local artists and makers?
November 4, 2014
Free! Artist talk Nov. 4 at 7:30pm at AS220 Industries
Scott Indermaur is a professional photographer whose work has included local and museum solo exhibits, international assignments for corporations and news organizations as well as interesting, notable subjects as Alan Greenspan to clients like General Motors.
July 28, 2014
Instructor Spotlight: Lara Henderson
Lara Henderson is a book artist, a printmaker, and a teacher. She holds degrees in Graphic Design and Letterform and Book Arts/Printmaking. As AS220’s Industries Director, Henderson oversees the printshop and media arts facilities and teaches classes. We talked with Henderson to find out why she’s hooked on books and what she loves about AS220.
July 25, 2014
Face Factory Workshops
We have a giant fake school bus and we are gonna drag race it down Empire Street with all of your favorite Providence Comics Consortium characters at Foo Fest. But we need your help!
July 21, 2014
New Toys!
AS220 Labs has a new addition to their collection of tools: a brand-new Shapeoko milling machine. We won the machine in a national competition by Inventables, a supply store for the artistically and technologically minded. The company selected an organization in each state for the prize, and they chose AS220 to represent Rhode Island.
July 3, 2014
Instructor Spotlight: Carey Goodrich
Carey Goodrich was born and raised along the shores of Connecticut and Massachusetts. She graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, GA with a BFA in Photography and Printmaking in 2013.
July 2, 2014
Learn to Silkscreen
Screenprinting is a versatile process that can be used to transfer graphic images to paper, wood, and fabric. It is ideal for making t-shirts, posters, coasters, greeting cards/stationery, and more. The AS220 Printshop offers monthly classes in screenprinting. The next class is Thursday July 10th and 17th from 6-10pm.
June 17, 2014
MACHINES COME TO LIFE
Join us at the Performance Space this Saturday, June 21 at 7pm for A Night of Machine Stories, a fundraiser for the AS220 offset press hosted by Walker Mettling. Saturday June 21st 7pm $10.
June 13, 2014
Cyanotype Workshop
On Wednesday, June 18th from 6-10pm, the AS220 Printshop is offering a course in Cyanotype. Cyanotype, a photographic printing process that results in a cyan-blue print, is the perfect place to start an education in alternative (non-silver) photographic processes.
June 6, 2014
ROB DUARTE ARTIST TALK: THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH
Rob Duarte is AS220's Artist in Residence for the month of June! He'll be working at the AS220 Labs working on a project involving custom laser-etching onto 35mm motion picture film stock and a DIY-built telecine machine for viewing. He'll be talking about this, and more, on Thursday at the Labs!
May 28, 2014
SUMMER CLASSES AT AS220!
Summer classes are being offered for machine operation, software, arts, and more!
May 13, 2014
TWO Adventures with Mark Hosler of Negativland @AS220
May 15th: Hosler will play a rare solo set at the 95 Empire Black Box using homemade one-of-a-kind electronic devices. May 16th: AS220's Media Arts Lecture Series presents Mark Hosler's "Adventures in Illegal Art".
April 15, 2014
SIGN UP FOR COLLOGRAPH!
Collograph is a unique process that combines the sculptural elements of mixed media with printmaking. The plates not only produce interesting patterns and embossments in print, they also become beautiful objects in their own right.
April 8, 2014
celebrate 20 years of the paul krot community darkroom
When AS220 purchased and renovated a permanent home on Empire Street in Providence, one of the first programs to spring up in the new environs was the AS220 darkroom, now known as the Paul Krot Community Darkroom.
March 26, 2014
providence business news: five questions with shawn wallace / fab academy
Shawn Wallace is the local instructor for the Providence Fab Academy at AS220, an intensive six-month certification program in digital fabrication first conceived by Center For Bits and Atoms Director Neil Gershenfeld at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
March 7, 2014
Bring JavaScript Into Your Life
Learn to create and use Javascript to add interactivity to websites. A great follow-up to our Intro to Web Programming workshop!
March 4, 2014
INDUSTRIES OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT, MARCH 4th!
The AS220 Industries Open House offers you the chance to tour our facilities and check out all of our equipment and resources! Find out about classes and membership! Talk to Industries staff and members, meet new friends, and walk away with some AS220 swag to boot!
February 27, 2014
