Boulder, CO

Melanie Yazzie is Dine’ from Northeastern Arizona. She is a Professor of Art Practices and the Head of Printmaking at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. She makes prints, paintings and sculpture.  Since 2015 she also began designing jewelry pieces and working on fabric surface design. Yazzie has exhibited nationally and internationally for the past 25 years and continues to push the boundaries with her work with each project she takes on.

WHY MELANIE JOINED THE SPEEDBALL DEMO ARTIST PROGRAM

I have worked with Speedball products since 1984 when I was in high school and have continued to this day. I love the way in which Speedball is always ready to reach out to the everyday artist with its materials. They are earth friendly and it is always one of the things that has kept me using their screenprinting acrylic inks over all these years. 

AVAILABLE DEMONSTRATION FORMATS

Tabletop / Open to Public Events
Lecture Demonstrations
Workshops

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Images of Work

Techniques

Screen Printing
Etching
Intaglio
Lithography
Monotype

Favorite Products

I love the Speedball Acrylic Screen Printing Inks and the Arnhem paper. The inks are earth-friendly and it is always one of the things that has kept me using them all these years. The Arnhem paper is a strong paper that is cost-friendly to my students and performs in such an excellent way. Both these two products are my favorites. I use many of the screen printing items. I feel that they are what I use on a regular basis in my own studio as well.