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“Print Day in May” Printmaking Symposium
Join our Sonoma Printmaking Symposium for Print Day in May! See live demos by 4 Bay Area artists and celebrate the art of printmaking.
About Print Day in May
Print Day in May is celebrated each year on the first Saturday in May by printmakers around the world. Since 2007, the event has highlighted the art and community of printmaking. It’s a day when many artists gather to share their passion by creating prints, exchanging ideas, and demonstrating techniques to engage and inspire new audiences.
You can find more information about Print Day in May here.
About the Symposium
Step into the exciting world of printmaking with a full day of print-focused live art demonstrations led by four talented local Bay Area artists. Each artist will demo twice over the course of the day so that participants will have a chance to experience a session with each visiting artist, learn about and engage in a variety of modern printmaking techniques, including surface design, and Japanese papermaking.
Once enrolled you will be assigned to a group that will progress together through the day.
This Print Day in May celebration is a unique opportunity to connect and be part of a lively, artist-led event rooted in the spirit of honoring printmaking. The festivities will include some hands-on activities, artist talks, Q&A, and end with a mix & mingle happy hour party with homemade pizza in our Secret Garden.
No printmaking experience is necessary, and all individuals are welcome, ages 16+
Full Schedule
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Time |
Activity |
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9:45 AM – 10:00 AM |
Opening welcome & check-in |
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Morning Demo Artists: |
Barbara Schwartzberg & Eileen Parent |
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10:15 AM – 11:30 AM |
First round of morning demonstrations |
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11:45 AM – 1:00 PM |
Second round of morning demonstrations |
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1:00 PM – 2:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
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Afternoon Demo Artists: |
Michelle Wilson & Mark Brodie |
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2:15 PM – 3:30 PM |
First round of afternoon demonstrations |
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3:45 PM – 5:00 PM |
Second round of afternoon demonstrations |
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5:15 PM – 6:30 PM |
Pizza Party Happy Hour in the Secret Garden |
Lunch is not provided. Please plan to bring your own bagged lunch.
There are also many places downtown to grab a quick bite.
“Print Day in May” Printmaking Symposium
Join our Sonoma Printmaking Symposium for Print Day in May! See live demos by 4 Bay Area artists and celebrate the art of printmaking.
Schedule
Saturday, May 2, 2026
10:00 AM – 6:30 PM
This Session
Saturday, May 2, 2026 from 10:00 am to 6:30 pm
Location
Room 110
Room 208
Back Patio
Secret Garden
Experience Level
All-Levels, Beginning, Intermediate and AdvancedAge(s)
16, 17 and 18-overRegistration Cost:
$50
Materials Fee:
Included
Total Registration Cost:
$50
Early Bird Pricing through April 24.
Receive $10 off.
Presenting Artists
Mark Brodie
Technique: Solar Plate intaglio with chine-collé
This unique demonstration will include several artist examples of prints made using photopolymer plates created from original photographic images. The artist will demonstrate intaglio and relief printmaking in layers live on our etching press. Witness a relief photopolymer plate processed & etched with water and post-exposure in the sun. While the relief plate is being post-exposed, an intaglio plate will be inked, wiped and printed, including the use of chine-collé on a paper surface.
markbrodiestudios.com
IG @markbrodie1111
About Mark
Mark Brodie is a printmaker and sculptor whose work is grounded in architectural form and spatial geometry. He began studying printmaking in 2013 at the Art Students League of Denver, Colorado. After relocating to San Francisco in 2019, he joined the Graphic Arts Workshop (GAW), where he continues to produce work primarily with photopolymer techniques. In 2024, he began teaching photopolymer classes at GAW. Mark’s prints explore themes of structure and perspective, often reflecting the influence of his background in sculpture and his fascination with the built environment.
Eileen Parent
Technique: Tetra-Etcetera, featuring Tetra-Pak® intaglio, and drypoint on sustainable surfaces
Tetra Pak® printmaking is an eco-friendly and accessible art technique that repurposes used food and beverage cartons – like those for milk, juice, or broth – as printing plates. It is a form of intaglio printmaking (similar to drypoint etching), where you scratch or “incise” a design into the carton’s inner foil or plastic lining to create a printable surface. Learn how discarded plastic trays, lids and clamshells can be used to create quality modern intaglio prints. This demonstration will give you a glimpse into this new and exciting, non-toxic sustainable printmaking process. Learn how to create original prints from start to finish by engraving, incising, and texturizing these easily accessible and recycled material surfaces in creative ways.
About Eileen
Eileen Parent is an abstract artist living in Sonoma County, C.A. She was born in upstate New York and grew up surrounded by nature. Her artwork is influenced by her surroundings and her curiosity to explore the organic shapes and patterns she finds in nature and urban environments. She uses lines and mark making to create a response to these patterns. She is interested in time, repetition, and the documentation of our physical presence. Eileen is an abstract artist working in the mediums of printmaking, painting, and drawing. She has earned a Bachelor of Arts in painting and drawing from UC Berkeley and a second Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from Sonoma State University.
She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the California College of the Arts and is currently a lecturer in Art Studio at Sonoma State University, Napa Valley College, and Santa Rosa Junior College. Her artwork has been showcased in various professional exhibitions and shows, including the de Young Museum. In her spare time, she can be found working in her studio, curating exhibitions, volunteering at the Sonoma Community Center and teaching creative workshops.
Website: eileenparentart.wixsite.com/mysite
IG: @eileen.parent.art
Barbara Schwartzberg
Technique: Linocut relief work in clay
This demonstration will include a wide variety of linocut examples used to create relief work on clay surfaces. The artist will discuss her tips and advice for creating successful linocut carved designs on clay. A discussion about materials, molds, form, imagery and texturing techniques which lend unique inspiration to her artistic practice merging printmaking with ceramics.
About Barbara
Barbara Schwartzberg received her ceramic instruction through years of community classes and workshops. Barbara draws much of her inspiration from Asian art seen during trips to Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. Her current body of work is inspired by studio research in Jingdezhen, China, which culminated with an exhibit at the Menlo Studio Gallery.
Website: www.edgehillpottery.com
FB: facebook.com/Edge.Hill.Pottery
IG: instagram.com/Edgehillpottery
Michelle Wilson
Technique: Japanese style papermaking from fiber to sheet
This hands-on demonstration will include the process and use of washi (Japanese-style paper), and the process of making washi by hand, from fiber to sheet. The artist will discuss the nagashizuki method of forming sheets of paper and invite everyone to create their own sheet of handmade paper to take home.
About Michelle
Michelle Wilson is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist whose work is rooted in hand papermaking. Her work takes the form of installations, sculptures, prints, textiles, artist books, and social practice interventions, in which hand papermaking transcends material and process to become signifier, embodiments of site-specificity, and community building. She is a past Artist-in-Residence at many institutions, including the Penland School of Crafts (Asheville, NC), the Jentel Artist Residency Program, (Banner, Wyoming), the San José Museum of Quilts and Textiles (San Jose, CA), and LAB-8’s Riabitare con l’Arte program in Abruzzo, Italy. Recent awards and fellowships she has received include a 2025 Arts Catalyst Fellowship from Stanford University, a 2025 Winter Fellowship from Penland School of Crafts, and a 2026 Artlift Grant from the city of Palo Alto. She is one-half of the collaborative social practice collective known as the Rhinoceros Project, and teaches printmaking at Stanford University, as well as workshops around the world.
Website: www.michellewilsonprojects.com
IG: @michellewilsonprojects
Membership has its benefits
All Silver Memberships and above receive 10% off the registration cost for any class purchase over $40.
Materials fees are not discounted.
Become a member today and find community, connection, and creativity.
Class FAQ
We ask that you notify us at least 10 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 days’ notice, we will not be able to provide refunds, due to our contractual obligations and material purchases for each class.
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.
You can view our full class policies and guidelines 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 [email protected] so that he can forward them to the relevant Program Director and Instructor.
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 [email protected] to request a late addition.
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