Ian J. Welch
@ianjwelch.bsky.social
Artist. Printmaker. Educator. Activist/Advocate. College art professor turned elementary school art teacher working in the rural South.
Taught a successful and sold out printmaking workshop at the Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage this afternoon!
June 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Taught a successful and sold out printmaking workshop at the Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage this afternoon!
Sometimes you just need to follow your cat’s lead and disassociate.
June 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Sometimes you just need to follow your cat’s lead and disassociate.
Spent last weekend attending ArtFields in Lake City where my piece “…Unless” is featured at the TRAXvac. In addition to the show I also taught a Gelli-plate printmaking make-and-take workshop for the ArtMakers program through ArtFields where I worked with over 100 kids over a couple of hours!
May 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Spent last weekend attending ArtFields in Lake City where my piece “…Unless” is featured at the TRAXvac. In addition to the show I also taught a Gelli-plate printmaking make-and-take workshop for the ArtMakers program through ArtFields where I worked with over 100 kids over a couple of hours!
Slaps and tags around Miami’s Wynwood District, including a few of my own.
April 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Slaps and tags around Miami’s Wynwood District, including a few of my own.
Spent yesterday walking around Wynwood in Miami, looking for inspiration and hope.
April 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Spent yesterday walking around Wynwood in Miami, looking for inspiration and hope.
New sticker slap drawing.
April 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
New sticker slap drawing.
Taught a watercolor workshop today at The Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage in Ridgeland. I’m proud to collaborate with them as an instructor as well as serve on their Advisory Board.
March 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Taught a watercolor workshop today at The Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage in Ridgeland. I’m proud to collaborate with them as an instructor as well as serve on their Advisory Board.
I’ve started a unit with my 6th graders on making their own DIY sticker slaps, so I felt obliged to make my own. The prompt is about building a collection of images around a theme, so mine was about finding hope in spite of negativity because (gestures broadly).
March 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’ve started a unit with my 6th graders on making their own DIY sticker slaps, so I felt obliged to make my own. The prompt is about building a collection of images around a theme, so mine was about finding hope in spite of negativity because (gestures broadly).
Excited to begin restoring this little press I acquired from Martin Lang at Columbia University. A lot of surface rust, but the drum and rollers turn, and I’m confident I can get a bed fabricated soon. This press will hopefully be my traveling press I can take out to teach workshops.
March 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Excited to begin restoring this little press I acquired from Martin Lang at Columbia University. A lot of surface rust, but the drum and rollers turn, and I’m confident I can get a bed fabricated soon. This press will hopefully be my traveling press I can take out to teach workshops.
Another 20ish minute sketch with a limited palette of controlled burns. Been thinking a lot about the state of our government in comparison to how these spaces are being pruned back and how the folks in charge of these burns are losing their jobs.
February 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Another 20ish minute sketch with a limited palette of controlled burns. Been thinking a lot about the state of our government in comparison to how these spaces are being pruned back and how the folks in charge of these burns are losing their jobs.
Controlled burns outside of Bluffton, SC.
February 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Controlled burns outside of Bluffton, SC.
Thank you Black Creek Arts in Hartsville, SC for hosting my solo exhibition “Land Rites” and the wonderful reception last night. It was a night of good conversations, new friendships and discussions of finding hope in dark times.
February 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Thank you Black Creek Arts in Hartsville, SC for hosting my solo exhibition “Land Rites” and the wonderful reception last night. It was a night of good conversations, new friendships and discussions of finding hope in dark times.
20 minute lunch sketch of something else burning besides our democracy.
February 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
20 minute lunch sketch of something else burning besides our democracy.
Reflecting on some images I snapped yesterday driving back from Lake City.
February 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reflecting on some images I snapped yesterday driving back from Lake City.
I’ve started sketching with a limited palette using Posca markers during my lunch break at school. I’ve been enjoying the challenge of completing a finished drawing in 20 minutes and my students seem to enjoy watching me work.
January 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I’ve started sketching with a limited palette using Posca markers during my lunch break at school. I’ve been enjoying the challenge of completing a finished drawing in 20 minutes and my students seem to enjoy watching me work.
Working on a new print. I’m teaching my 6th graders about advocacy artwork using relief printmaking, so I felt compelled to make a piece reflecting these ideas too.
January 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Working on a new print. I’m teaching my 6th graders about advocacy artwork using relief printmaking, so I felt compelled to make a piece reflecting these ideas too.
“A Surge, A Standstill.” Intaglio with spray paint stencil and papier colle. 11”x14”, 2024.
Part of the Experience and Connections portfolio for MAPC.
Part of the Experience and Connections portfolio for MAPC.
January 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“A Surge, A Standstill.” Intaglio with spray paint stencil and papier colle. 11”x14”, 2024.
Part of the Experience and Connections portfolio for MAPC.
Part of the Experience and Connections portfolio for MAPC.
“Tangled”, etching with soft ground, spit bite and engraving, 8”x10”, 2025.
Trying to get some artwork up here as I slowly port things over.
Trying to get some artwork up here as I slowly port things over.
January 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“Tangled”, etching with soft ground, spit bite and engraving, 8”x10”, 2025.
Trying to get some artwork up here as I slowly port things over.
Trying to get some artwork up here as I slowly port things over.
In a time where we are certainly moving backwards in terms of human rights and restorative practices, it’s challenging to find the good- but it is possible.
“Heel/Heal”, lasercut drawings on handmade paper sourced from local clear cut sites. 11”x14” (each), 2025.
“Heel/Heal”, lasercut drawings on handmade paper sourced from local clear cut sites. 11”x14” (each), 2025.
January 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
In a time where we are certainly moving backwards in terms of human rights and restorative practices, it’s challenging to find the good- but it is possible.
“Heel/Heal”, lasercut drawings on handmade paper sourced from local clear cut sites. 11”x14” (each), 2025.
“Heel/Heal”, lasercut drawings on handmade paper sourced from local clear cut sites. 11”x14” (each), 2025.