Tamarind Institute: Lithography Workshop and Gallery

custom printing

Call 505.277.3901 for pricing

Artists who wish to collaborate with Tamarind printers
may contract for our professional services to make monotypes or editions of lithographs.

		At Tamarind, artists' lithographs are printed under conditions that meet the highest aesthetic and ethical standards of the art. While in residence at the Institute, artists create their images on stones and/or aluminum plates. The artist works closely with the printer to create a series of proofs, using different ink colors and papers, selecting one as the standard for the edition. Each impression in the edition is printed by hand in our workshop by a skilled professional, and is then inspected carefully by the Tamarind curator before it is signed and numbered by the artist. lithography printing For lithography, costs are determined by the number of colors, paper size, and the number of impressions in the edition. For example, the cost to produce a four-color lithograph that measures 22 by 30 inches would be approximately $100 per impression, depending upon the number of impressions in the edition. The cost for a small one-color lithograph is significantly lower.

monotype printing Our normal charge for one day of monotype printing, including the services of a printer for eight hours and all materials except paper (which we make available to artists at our cost) is $400 per day, $500 if two artists share a day. accommodations A fully equipped studio apartment, located above the workshop, is available to artists while they are working at Tamarind for a charge of $75 per night. Unfortunately, we no longer have a guest artist program except under the terms of specific grants. Our limited number of publishing ventures are by invitation only.