This Studio Thursday was the first one I had been to, and had I known about this weekly event, I would’ve been to many more. For this particular week, us participants were able to make our own linoleum prints. After reading the event description, I had thought the event would simply be a demonstration of how linoleum prints are made (which would’ve been informative for me anyway, because I didn’t know what a linoleum print was before). However, I was pleased to find that we were going to make our own prints.

The event took place in the basement of the Johnson, in a room similar to the art classrooms I always walked by in high school. When I realized that I would get to make a print myself, I was excited, as I hadn’t been sat down and given materials for an arts and crafts activity since I was a pre-teen. The whole experience was vey nostalgic, as the Johnson workers demonstrated what we would be doing. The step-by-step explanation along with an example of a finished linoleum print made me feel as though I was once again a small child, especially because one of the earliest memories I can remember was one of being in a daycare with other three-year-olds listening to an explanation of an art activity.

Having looked at the Studio Thursday event calendar, it seems that art activities are only done on some Thursdays, while art-related discussions are held on others. I found this activity very enjoyable, and intend to attend more Studio Thursdays on activity days.