Katie Gilmartin

Katie has a warm, relaxed, organized approach to teaching Monotype print class. She was very good at guiding students new to the process with gentle suggestions to create amazing printed pieces. She is wonderful at moving at the pace of the class and the students skill level. It was fun and amazing to see everyone’s finished prints.

Katie Gilmartin has great breadth and depth of knowledge in all things printed. She is organized, helpful, enthusiastic and extremely clear in her instructions. It is rare that I have so many pieces I love after after a five-​hour monotype class. Can’t wait to take her linocut class on August 24.

About 2 years ago I took Katie’s Monotype printing class. It was the first printing class I had ever taken and since then I have taken Katie’s classes almost continually. Katie really knows what she’s doing and she knows how to run a class that allows for creativity, learning, productivity and fun. Katie is able to instruct the group and at the same time she attends to everyone’s individual needs. She has really brought out the best in me. I can’t say enough about Katie’s classes.

Katie is awesome. The other reviews all give her qualities and my experience adds a double underline to the facts written. The only thing sad about this is the last class. I’ll take more classes. Sign up early and often. This is joy and magic in art. Don’t be shy. This is where you FIND your art heart.

Katie is incredible. The classes I took were fantastic. The instruction truly teaches you enough to be dangerous. And in this case, dangerous turns out to involve ink and paper and presses and more fun than I’ve had in quite a long while.
As a teacher and artist and great conversationalist, there is probably no one that better combines all of those things. I learned, I created and I had a lot of fun doing it. I really, really looked forward to each Wednesday class — to the opportunity to learn something and to create something and to see what fellow students were doing.
I can’t recommend a class with Katie highly enough. I’ve taken two and will be back for more. Loved every moment and look forward to more.

I just finished a weekend class with Katie Gilmartin at her studio and it was a fabulous experience. She is clear, detail-​oriented, supportive, and a wonderful instructor. She makes the art form and her studio accessible, is warm, creative, and enabled me to create art I am excited to share with others. I can’t wait to take another class with her!

I just finished a three day printmaking class with Katie in her SOMArts Chrysalis Studio. What fun! What great learning. She briefly taught a lesson at the beginning of each day and I was pleased that the typical use of plants and other materials turned out so much more beautifully than in other printmaking classes I’ve taken. This is thanks to Katie’s great sense of design and her superb printmaking expertise.
The inks and equipment she provides produce superior results. She is fun and funny, but also quite serious about the craft so you can really learn a lot either as a one-​time event or if you are into printmaking for the long haul. Her studio is amazingly organized with everything right at hand. Even though there were four of us in the class, we had plenty of room to move around to run our pieces on her lovely Griffin press. I highly recommend Katie Gilmartin for print workshops.

Katie’s perfect blend of patience, compassion and professionalism matched with her unending creativity makes each studio session with her a constant adventure. (I should also mention that she is one of the MOST fun and coolest women you will ever meet!). She possesses what only the very best art teachers have: the ability to instruct with innovation and precision while always bringing forth a student’s very best creative zest. With Katie I always produce my best work.
I had never done printmaking before taking a class with Katie, but I learned incredible techniques in her first class that I still use. Katie’s teaching method is gentle, approachable, thorough, and always fun.
I now have taken her Mesmerizing Monotype class twice as well as attended countless Open Studio nights and Katie never ceases to inspire and encourage me with whatever (sometimes zany) plan I come up with. I never feel weary about whether something can be done, I am always assured that Katie will be my partner in figuring out how to guide me to execute it. That’s a pretty great gift to give to an artist.

Katie is one of the best art teachers I have had the pleasure to learn from. Given I grew up surrounded by art and artists this is no small compliment. She is caring compassionate and yet does not lack in expertise and creative solutions for all kinds of challenging technical questions. Thank you Katie for rekindling the creative process in me. Highly recommended for art seekers of all levels.

I just finished taking my 3^rd linocut class with Katie in less than a year. No matter your skill level, Katie makes you feel like your artwork is the most creative, inspired, beautiful work she’s ever seen. And she genuinely means it! She creates an incredibly caring, nurturing, and fun studio environment that you can’t help but have fun. Katie is an incredibly talented print maker and she willingly shares her knowledge and experience with everyone in the class. I really appreciate that she keeps the class size small so that everyone gets her attention (if you want it). If you’ve ever thought about taking an art class — or even if you haven’t — I highly recommend taking a class with Katie. She is one in a million.

Katie is AMAZING. Here’s what I wrote to her after having just 3 classes with her (I’ve now had more like 18, and I plan on taking many more). «Katie: Your teaching style is so warm and engaging. You have the perfect mix of being supportive and encouraging as well as giving easy-​to-​understand, detailed and appropriate instructions. You obviously have great intuition about people as well as art and I feel lucky to be learning from you.»
If you are at all interested in print-​making — even if you think you are most decidedly NOT an artist (as I did) — I strongly encourage you to take a class with Katie. I am 100% confident you will be thrilled that you did.

I’ve taken luminous linocut twice, even though I’ve been printmaking a long time. Why? ‘Cause Katie rocks and she knows her stuff — materials, methods, etc. My prints come out better there than anywhere else. She’s also really encouraging, patient and positive. If you want to learn or improve your relief printmaking, this is a great place to go.

I recently took Katie’s Monotype printmaking class and LOVED it! I had never taken a print class before, and it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Katie is a great teacher – warm and fun, and easygoing, while giving just the right amount of information and guidance.
The printmaking process is a fun one, and easy to get into in very little time. You leave each class with several finished pieces. And the prints are beautiful! I looked forward to each class, and was sorry each time 9:30 rolled around and it was over. I hope to take another class in the future.