March 10, 2016
Drink + Ink Spring 2016
Consider this event a kind of Print Recess if you will - you don't need to bring anything but a little social energy and curiosity about printmaking!
September 2, 2015
Learn To Solder With Mitch Altman: Make a TV-B-Gone
Mitch Altman, inventor of TV-B-Gone, is in residence at AS220 for most of September 2015. Come to AS220 Labs for this workshop and learn to solder while putting together a socially-redeeming kit: the TV-Be-Gone.
August 12, 2015
Foo Fest 2015
Thanks for making it out to this year’s Foo Fest! We’ve got some photos up from last weekend on Flickr. Check them out here! More to come as we sift through through the rubble.
July 4, 2015
Fab Academy 2015 Final Projects
The 6th class of the Fab Academy wrapped up last week. Everyone had to make a single slide (and an optional movie) in addition to documenting everything.
July 3, 2015
CNC Guitar Making with Larry
For the past few months, Larry has been leading a workshop using all of the tools of the Lab to make guitars with three folks from CCRI.
May 21, 2015
Monotype and Collograph Narrative Class
In this class students will learn both the process of Monotype printing and Collograph printing to produce a short visual narrative. Monotype printing is done by applying ink to a sheet of plexiglass and then running the sheet through the press to produce one, unique image.
April 12, 2015
AS220 Labs at Robot Block Party
AS220 Labs was at the Robot Block Party this past weekend.
April 4, 2015
Open House April 7th: Printshop Bingo
Print your own bingo card on the letterpress, then play Printshop Bingo.
April 4, 2015
2015 Print Lottery
April is Print Lottery month! This biennial fundraiser is a vital source of operating funds that helps us keep the doors open and the space accessible. See printlottery.as220.org.
March 20, 2015
Spring Recess Photo Bootcamp for Kids
April 20-24, 11am-3pm: This class will train students how to see the world and their surroundings in a new way, as well as what goes into making great photos.
March 17, 2015
Fab Academy Adventures #1 by Erin Kennedy
Erin Kennedy is a Fab Academy student in Canada, working remotely from Providence. She'll be writing a bi-weekly post for the Make Magazine blog highlighting the weekly projects of Academy students.
March 16, 2015
Topical Talks #2: Hacking the Common Denominator with David Cuartielles
Fab Academy Topical Talks continue, this week with David Cuartielles explaining his research on how technology can help meet everyone's expectations around education.
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
