The Gloo Factory is an independent media center located in the warehouse arts district in Tucson, Arizona. The Gloo Factory is home to a number of projects, including Feral Press and Peace Supplies, and offers services and education in printing and the graphic arts. Our clients are primarily from Tucson’s progressive community. They include labor, environmental, and human rights groups, and progressive political groups and candidates.

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AmeriCorps member Luz Torres, along with her daughter, Jerhaldy and husband, Jose, assisted with the production of buttons to help out The Gloo Factory in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, on January 18. The Gloo Factory was one of nine different organizations chosen to receive volunteers for MLK Day as part of “MLK through Art & Accessibility,” a string of day-long service projects created by AmeriCorps Leaders Sara Scott and Ryn Shane-Armstrong to give back to artists and community organizations in Tucson.

In addition to help with production, storage cleaning and organizing, The Gloo Factory also benefited from having volunteer, Daina Dajevskis, who completed data entry tasks to keep the volunteer database up to date and organized. Thirty-four other volunteers were spread out around the city painting, cleaning and organizing storage units and offices, all in the spirit of MLK.

The other eight organizations that received volunteers for “MLK through Art & Accessibility” were: Arts for All, Inc., Arc of Tucson, Bicas, Direct Center for Independence, Inc., Handi Dogs, Raices Taller 222 Gallery, The Drawing Studio and United Cerebral Palsy of Southern Arizona (UCPSA). Brooklyn Pizza contributed by donating seven pizzas for lunch for volunteers.

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Please be sure to scroll all the way down so you don’t miss any of our awesome up coming workshops. We are currently offering 2 beginning Screen printing workshops and one more advanced workshop.

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Event Registration for Screenprinting 101 April 10th 9am-5pm

Basics of Do-it-Yourself Screenprinting. Take your artwork from concept to print. In this class you will: Stretch your own silkscreen. Prepare your artwork. Expose and prepare photo silkscreens for printing. Print your image on a t-shirt. In addition, we will discuss screen printing processes, materials and techniques and advise students on how best to set up their own printing systems.

Screenprinting 101 April 10th 9am-5pm - Cost $ 120.00

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Event Registration for Screenprinting 102 April 11th 10am-5pm

$80 (completion of Screenprinting 101 required) includes materials We will build upon the basics from the first class and include more time for hands on applications. This class will provide information on printing processes beyond textiles, including stickers, posters, and signage. Participants will reproduce their own designs on vinyl stickers. We will also cover: Image manipulation and preparation techniques Making color separations for multiple color prints Printing two color designs Printing vinyl bumper stickers Proper screen exposures and handling More on setting up your own system

Screenprinting 102 April 11th 10am-5pm - Cost $ 80.00

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