| Graphic Arts Workshop | |
| Address: | 2565 3rd Street, #305 |
| City: | San Francisco |
| State: | California |
| Zipcode: | 94107 |
| Country: | U.S. |
| Schooltype: | Art School |
| Founded: | 1952 |
| Sister School: | California Labor School |
| Website: | http://graphicartsworkshop.org/ |
The Graphic Arts Workshop (GAW) of San Francisco, a cooperative print studio, is located in the Dogpatch neighborhood.[1] The studio has approximately 40 members working in fine art printmaking techniques such as lithography, intaglio, serigraphs, and relief printing.[2] GAW offers affordable printmaking studio access and printmaking classes.
GAW was founded in 1952 by several artists from the California Labor School.[3] The founding members of GAW include: Pele De Lappe, Victor Arnautoff, Emmy Lou Packard, Byron Randall, Stanley Koppel, Louise Gilbert, Ed Hanson, Virginia Bogue, Claus Sievert, Frank Rowe, Irving Fromer, and Charles Keller.[4] Many of the early printmakers at GAW were interested in left-wing leaning politics, Communism, social movements, and the labor movement and as a result they produced images of political, social, labor, and ethnic themes.[5] When the California Labor School closed in 1957, GAW inherited a lot of printmaking tools and supplies.[6] [7]