The Art Institute is perhaps one of the nation's best know training centers for anyone interested in increasing their knowledge of the visual arts, culinary arts, fashion design or media arts. Silk screening courses offered at the Art Institute are taught by professionals who have proven themselves and are well established in the shirt printing industry before joining the Art Institute faculty. The Art Institute has campuses throughout the U.S. and Canada, making it easy for an aspiring student to find a convenient location to pursue her dreams of learning the fun art of shirt printing.
Industry professionals at Ryonet Academy and silkscreeningclasses.com have joined forces to offer a weekend comprehensive silk screening training courses in four locations across the United States. Tuition for each program includes lunch and dinner as well as all of your supplies and of course, you get to keep all of the shirts that you make in class. Classes are offered in New York City; Vancouver, Washington; Los Angeles and Harrison, Arkansas. For those who are unable to travel to these sites, or whose schedules do not allow for attendance in formal classes, Ryonet offers a convenient home study program that allows students to learn at their own pace.
Sparka offers classes in San Francisco, California; Portland, Oregon; Los Angeles, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; Raleigh, North Carolina; Austin,Texas; and Phoenix Arizona. In addition to silk screening techniques and skill development, the Sparka program offers training in setting up a silk screening studio in your home, and equipment maintenance and troubleshooting. Upon completion of the course, Sparka graduates will receive lifetime subscriptions to the Sparka screen printing website, which offers tutorials, advice on troubleshooting, and downloadable .psd files which can be used to print shirts.
Many people opt to learn shirt printing in the convenience of their own homes. For those students, an online shirt printing school is the answer. The training on these websites offer video demonstrations as well as pictorial lessons. Tuition rates for online and distance learning courses are generally lower than traditional classroom settings and with online, self-paced classes, students can set their own schedules.