The Buchanans also run shorter weekend programs for kids age 12 and older. Through the end of September, "Underwater Prints" is offered on Sundays at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

"We design a print, break it down into the different layers, give a synopsis of what screenprinting is and then they get to print the print," says Melissa. "It's more of an activity than a class and we tie the print into stuff that's been going on in the museum."

Currently, the subject du jour is Melvin the puffer fish, who can be found in the Discovery World's aquarium.

This weekend the Inkblot Academy invited guest artists Dan Ibarra and Michael Byzewski of Aesthetic Apparatus for a lecture about their work: some of the most famous and visually witty rock concert posters of the past 20 years.

Unlike the illustrative focus of Little Friends of Printmaking work, Aesthetic Apparatus works primarily with found images and print type, a tradition in which poster making is deeply rooted. The Minneapolis duo is, essentially, the chocolate to Little Friends' vanilla.

"Sometimes people look at out stuff and get intimidated because it's all drawing and they think, 'Well I can't draw so I can't do graphic design,'" says Melissa. "Aesthetic Apparatus are masters of arranging preexisting images. Their lecture says, 'We do this, and you can do this too.'"

Aesthetic apparatus is doing a lecture for the public on Friday, then running the first day of the Inkblot course on Saturday (Sorry, it's for Super Champions only).

"We're trying to give people opportunities that don't exist here in town," says Melissa. "We'd like to keep this up quarterly; bring in visiting artists from around the country, have them lecture, then have them do a class for our Super Champions. This is the start of what we want to do with the adult programming."