Gelli Printing: Rethinking Permanence
Gelli Printing: Rethinking Permanence
Date/Time: Saturday, June 6, 2026
10:00 am to 12:30 p.m.
Teaching Artist: Pamela Grau
Cost: $50 per person
Preregistration required
Join us for an exciting workshop led by exhibiting artist Pam Grau, who will guide participants through techniques in gelli printing. Pam will begin with a lecture on the digital component of her process, demonstrating how she uses the program Procreate to draw figurative elements. The class will then transition into a hands-on project that explores the painterly aspects of her work using stencils, leaves, acrylic paint, alcohol ink, and 6” x 6” gelli plates.
Pam’s solo exhibition, Pam Grau: A Woman’s Painted Journey will be on view from May 16, 2026, to September 13, 2026, at the Santa Paula Art Museum.
This one-day workshop will be taught Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 10:00 am to 12:30 p.m. This class is for ages 16 and over. The cost of the one-day workshop is $50 per person. All skill levels are welcome and all materials are provided. Preregistration is required and space is limited. The course will be held inside SPAM’s Cole Creativity Center located at 123 N 10th Street, Santa Paula, CA. Free parking is available directly behind the building and students may enter through the front or back door.
Questions? Please call the Museum at (805) 525-5554 ext. 104 or email creativity@santapaulaartmuseum.org.
About Our Teaching Artist:
Pam Grau is a mixed-media painter based in Ojai, California. Her work blends painting, collage, and digital techniques to create richly layered compositions inspired by travel, nature, and personal transformation. Drawing from her experiences, Grau creates images that function as visual postcards—capturing fleeting moments of beauty and reflection through texture, color, and layered imagery.
She holds a BA in art history and studio art from Mills College and studied illustration at Art Center College of Design. With more than four decades of experience as a painter, Grau brings a deep understanding of both traditional and contemporary practices to her teaching.
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