The Lithographische Werkstatt am Neutor in Linz am Rhein is located in a historic building in the historic centre of Linz. The building was extensively renovated in 2022 / 2023. The refurbishment, as well as the establishment of the lithographic workshop, was funded as part of the EULLE development programme with the participation of the European Union and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, represented by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of Rhineland-Palatinate. As well as by the city of Linz am Rhein. As part of the ‘Day of Printmaking’, the Lithographic Workshop at Neutor in Linz opened its doors on 16 March 2024. Experiencing, experiencing, learning artistic printmaking If you would like to take a look behind the scenes or experience this working atmosphere sensually and actively is invited to the following offers: - Visit our workshop during a guided tour of the city. Learn interesting facts. - Workshop experience in which we explain how ‘printing’ works. - Demonstration of flat printing with art-historical references. - Workshops where you can creatively try out the flat and letterpress printing processes for yourself. Children and young people are also welcome to learn how to print. We offer workshops where you can experiment with printing yourself. We show what is possible with simple means and how your own art can be printed at home at the kitchen table.Printmaking - what is it actually? The term printmaking is used for artistic printmaking. The artist applies their own image idea to the respective printing block using the selected process. This printing block is printed, i.e. reproduced. Nevertheless, it is an original (print). Especially if the artist has created the print from their own idea to the finished print. What is lithography? Lithography is a flat print. The printing and non-printing parts are at the same height. Alois Senefelder discovered the process of lithography in 1798. The principle of lithography is based on the property that fat and water repel each other. The drawing on the Solnhofen limestone slate is produced using greasy inks and chalks. The finished drawing is chemically treated, i.e. etched. Once these processes have been completed, the stone is alternately moistened with water and rolled in with greasy colour. The stone is then printed on paper using a special lithographic press. Would you like to visit our workshop during a guided tour of the city? The staff at the City of Linz Tourist Information Centre will be happy to help you. Follow us on Instagram litho_am_neutor - Here you can see what's happening in our workshop. Everything about open days, special workshop demonstrations, hands-on activities, etc. On the website www.kunstverein-linz.de we will regularly report news from the Lithographic Workshop at Neutor. Please send a message or questions to: litho-am-neutor@kunstverein-linz.de Postal address: Kunstverein Linz am Rhein e.V., Marktplatz 9, 53545 Linz Are you fascinated by this traditional craft of lithography? Would you like to help ensure that this craft is preserved for future generations and not forgotten? Would you like to experience lithography at first hand? By becoming a member of the Kunstverein Linz am Rhein e.V., you make it possible to keep this traditional craft alive and promote it.