Sonoma Community Center
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March Print Lab – Gyotaku Fish Printing
Friday, March 28 from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Age
12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 16 and 18+Class Details
Schedule
Friday, March 28, 2025
5:30 – 7:30 PM
Instructor
Kelly Autumn
Location
Ages
All ages 12+ are welcome to attend
16 and under must be accompanied by an adult
Skill Levels
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Registration Cost
About the class
Please RSVP for each guest attending Print Lab. This helps us to ensure your attendance and prepare enough materials for each person. $10 minimum registration fee per person. Please choose your sliding scale contribution to attend. Print Lab relies on sliding scale community contributions to help cover the cost of the activity and refreshments provided. Each contribution is greatly appreciated. It supports and engages our community to offer this kind of affordable programming for all.
Roll up your sleeves and join us for another evening of P R I N T L A B!
Our mission is to explore an affordable and creative arts technique socially with our community. Print Lab is not a class, but an experience. We welcome you to print, play and experiment with an art activity to create something unique in our communal studio!
This month, explore the ancient art of gyotaku printing!
Gyotaku (gyo=fish, taku=rubbing) is a traditional Japanese method of printing fish. This practice dates back to the mid-1800’s, when fishermen wanted a way to document the fish they caught at sea. Pronounced “ghe-yo-tah-koo” the process involves applying inks or pigments directly to the fish, and this inked fish impression is then carefully pressed and rubbed onto paper.
In Japan, fish rubbings became a very accurate way to preserve and record the species and size of a catch. Still popular today as a form of nature printing, it is practiced by sportsmen and artists alike!
Come experience a rare demonstration of gyotaku printing and even try it yourself! We will have a small range of fish (both real and simulated) available as printing surfaces. Come try it out with us in our art studio!
Print Lab relies on sliding scale community donations to help cover the cost of the activity and refreshments provided. Each donation you make is greatly appreciated. It supports and engages our community to offer this kind of affordable programming for all.
This Print Lab activity is organized in support of the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art’s exhibition, Book Becoming Art 芸術になった本, on view January 18 – April 27, 2025. For more information, visit https://svma.org/exhibition/book-becoming-art/
About the instructor
Kelly Autumn
INstructor / Artist
www.kellyautumn.com
https://www.instagram.com/kellyautumn/
Class FAQ
All Memberships(Excluding the $50/year tier) receive 10% off any purchase above $40. You should have received your discount code in your membership confirmation email.
If you have any questions regarding the use of your code, you can contact Sean Baskin at sean@sonomacommunitycenter.org or call the office at (707)938-4626.
Not a member? View more information about our monthly and yearly plans here.
The Sonoma Community Center is committed to creating an accessible learning environment. If you require any special considerations(medical, physical, learning) please share them with Sean Baskin, Program Associate, by emailing him at sean@sonomacommunitycenter.org so that he can forward them to the relevant Program Director and Instructor.
We ask that you notify us at least 10 business days in advance of a class if you need to cancel your registration. You may cancel by phone or email and we will gladly offer you a refund or credit toward a future class. If you cancel with less than 10 business days notice, we will not be able to provide a full refund. A flat cancellation fee of $15 will be charged to cover the transaction fee.
Sometimes, the Sonoma Community Center has to cancel a class due to low enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as a natural disaster or health emergency. If this happens and we do not offer a reschedule date, you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee (minus the payment processing and services fee), or credit towards a future class. If we are able to offer a reschedule date but you are unable to make the new date, we will gladly offer credit towards a future class.
All credits must be used within 1 year.
Late additions to any program, class, or workshop that has already begun will be allowed on a per-case basis depending upon the Program Director & instructors approval. Late additions will have to pay the full registration cost of the class, along with any materials fees, and will not be prorated for the time missed. You may reach out to the program directors directly, or the Program Associate Sean Baskin at sean@sonomacommunitycenter.org to request a late addition.
You can view our full class policies and guidelines here.
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