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Botanical Prints: Gelli Plate Printing with Daniella Napolitano
Sunday, June 14 | 12–4 PM
Layer, press, and pull vibrant botanical prints using leaves, plants, and everyday textures. This beginner-friendly Gelli plate workshop is all about experimenting with color and pattern. Turn your prints into a set of one-of-a-kind greeting cards to take home. No experience needed. Recommended for adults and ages 8+.
Daniella Napolitano is a printmaker, designer, and art educator based in Phoenix, Arizona. Her work is inspired by the plants and animals of the Sonoran Desert, with a focus on the often overlooked species that live alongside us in urban environments. Through printmaking, she explores the connections between humans, wildlife, and the ecosystems we share.
Drawing from both art and science, Daniella’s practice is rooted in observation, pattern, and storytelling. In her workshops, she brings this approach into a hands-on setting, encouraging participants to experiment with natural forms, textures, and color while developing their own visual language.
Daniella received her MFA in Printmaking from Arizona State University and has exhibited her work nationally and internationally.
Block Print Your Own Notebook with Lily Reeves
Sunday, July 12 | 12–4 PM
Carve, print, and create your own custom notebook. In this beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll design and carve up to three stamps, then use them to print a one-of-a-kind cover. Leave with a finished notebook and a set of stamps you can keep using at home. No experience needed. Recommended for adults and ages 13+.
Lily Reeves is an artist and educator based in Arizona whose work explores light, material, and symbol as ways of shaping meaning and experience. Drawing from craft traditions, design, and personal mythology, she creates work that connects people to place through simple forms and visual language.
Her practice often centers on repetition, pattern, and the creation of symbolic marks, or glyphs, that carry personal and collective meaning. In her workshops, she brings this approach into an accessible, hands-on format, guiding participants to develop their own imagery through carving and printmaking.
Lily is an instructor at Arizona State University and the founder of Reeves Studios, where she creates large-scale light-based works.
Sun Prints on Fabric: Cyanotype Bandanas with Daniel Mariotti
Saturday, July 18 | 12–4 PM
Design your own cyanotype bandana using a sun-powered printing process. Arrange objects, experiment with light and shadow, and watch your design develop into rich blue tones. Leave with a one-of-a-kind wearable piece you can use every day. No experience needed. Recommended for adults and ages 8+.
Daniel is an interdisciplinary artist working across photography, sculpture, and installation. His practice explores memory, cultural identity, and the meaning carried through objects, materials, and everyday gestures.
Drawing from both technical skill and experimentation, Daniel often works with processes that allow for chance and transformation. His work invites reflection and encourages viewers to consider their own experiences in relation to the materials and forms he presents.
In his workshops, Daniel brings this approach into a hands-on setting, encouraging participants to explore process, material, and image-making through accessible techniques like cyanotype. He creates space for experimentation while guiding participants to develop their own visual outcomes.
Daniel holds an MFA from Arizona State University and has exhibited his work throughout Arizona and internationally.
