We still have plenty of time to plan and join the global community of printmakers for Print Day in May.
Print Day in May began in 2007 at the Monterey Peninsula College (MPC), Monterey, CA. The MPC Fine Art Print Club (now the MPC Printmakers) created it to encourage printmakers everywhere to create prints on the same day . . . an all-inclusive printmaking effort! Join the MPC Printmakers, and make some prints during Print Day in May!
You can get into the international event:
- Register for free on their website
- plan a print day with your print buddies
- get psyched about and share your passion on social media with the #printdayinmay
I have been brainstorming ideas for the event. It will be a world wide print-along, a celebration of all that printmaking has to offer.
Here are a few ideas:
- Print botanicals with your best friend
- Make messy painted monotypes with your Grandkids
- Make tiny gelatin plates and print a tote bag
- Do a print exchange with a small circle of artists
- Visit a print studio and print with them
- Try a new method of printmaking
- Do trace monoprints at a life drawing class
- Make a manhole cover print
The main goal is to print and share the joy of printmaking with other. More info about Print a day in May on their website.
