Verge Center for the Arts

Why did Goya, Picasso, Degas, Kollwitz , Escher, Jasper Johns, Kentridge, Durer, Blake, Rembrandt, Whistler, Lautrec, Hopper, Warhol, Dali, Matisse, Hockney among
others gravitate to this eclectic process? Intaglio printmaking (etching, drypoint, engraving, mezzotint and aquatint) allows a creative process that gives rise to so many possibilities! The uniqueness of the line, the diversity of values, and the tactile experience. All artists are motivated by the process alone. Another magic experience of making multi originals.

In this class we will explore many of the processes, techniques and materials that give this art form is captivating appeal. All areas of intaglio will be reviewed so as to give you the vocabulary to continue to working in this genre and delight in your invention.

WHEN: February 21 & 22, 2026 10 AM - 2 PM

WHERE: Myrtle Press inside Verge

About the Instructors

Howard Levine has been an active printmaker for the past fifty-seven years. Howard taught printmaking and drawing for Sierra College for almost twenty-five years. At Carriage House Press, Grass Valley he had students engaged in all processes: intaglio, relief, litho and monotype for over 45 years. Howard has a M.A. from San Francisco State with an emphasis on printmaking, mainly lithography. He also is a painter, drawer and for-site artist. After dismantling his long time studio and gallery in Grass Valley, CA. he and his wife moved to Sacramento and joined Myrtle Press.

Chanel Mace is a geometric abstract artist and printmaker whose work explores the intersection of organic sensation and structured space. Rooted in repetition and form, her compositions reflect a meditative response to physical and psychological environments. Working primarily with drawing, printmaking, and mixed media paper, she preserves the artist’s hand in every mark—inviting viewers into a layered process of navigation and reflection.

Originally from Sacramento, Chanel holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied at Central Saint Martins in London. She completed a yearlong postgraduate residency at The Wrocław School of Printmaking in Poland. She then spent eight years living and working in Australia. While in Sydney, she was deeply involved in the local printmaking community, working out of The Workshop Arts Centre in Willoughby and serving as acting Secretary of the North Sydney Printmakers Association. After a decade abroad, she returned home to Sacramento, where she now works out of Myrtle Press and is a member of the California Society of Printmakers.

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