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Printmakers and Printmaking Arts - Studios, Groups, Galleries & Ateliers

Welcome to the lens on international studios, galleries & ateliers devoted to the fine art of printmaking, or who have regular exhibitions which promote or showcase printmaking arts. The listings are sorted geographically for easier reference.

There is also a list of letterpress and book art publishers on this lens.

Canadian Printmaking
US Printmaking
UK & Ireland Printmaking
European Printmaking
Middle Eastern, Eastern Mediterranean, African Printmaking
Asia & Oceania Printmaking
Central and South American Printmaking
Letterpress Publishers
Online Printmaking
Ex Libris (Bookplates)
Links to Worldwide Printmakers

Canadian Printmaking

ARPRIM - Regroupment pour la promotion de l'art imprimé: Montreal, Quebec - formerly Conseil québécois de l'estampe. ARPRIM is the only association in Quebec dedicated to the promotion of Print Media with it's 200 members. Published the updated Code of Ethics For Original Printmaking in 2000.
Blue Wave Printmakers: Nanaimo, British Columbia - Original Fine Art Prints created with non toxic methods and materials. Workshops and open studio time available.
Dundarave Print Workshop: Vancouver, British Columbia - Located in the Net Loft Building amidst Vancouver's vibrant Granville Island community Dundarave Print Workshop (DPW) is an artists' studio and gallery dedicated to contemporary fine art printmaking and offers professional facilities for intaglio relief-based printmaking and related processes.
Engramme: Quebec City, Quebec - Engramme is a self-run artists centre devoted to the promotion of original printmaking and has been for the past 35 years. It continues to choose the renewal of this field as a privileged domain in visual arts creation. Engramme is particularly present in supporting the evolution of printmaking with its production and diffusion activities, which offer many opportunities to develop new expertise while constantly questioning the medium's traditions. Its programming offers a privileged reflexion of the current trends taking place within the diversity of artistic research in printmaking.
Atelier GRAFF: Montreal, Quebec - Graff, a contemporary printmaking centre, better known under the name of Ateliers Graff, is first and foremost a dynamic place for creation and research geared towards professional artists. Dedicated to the development and the promotion of contemporary printmaking practices, the centre offers printmaking studios for serigraphy, digital printmaking, etching, woodcut and lithography. It also offers specialized training courses, private introductory and proficiency courses, artists' talks given by both national and international figures, and of collaborations between artists and printmakers. The daily interaction of about fifty artists belonging to different generations fosters the exchange of ideas and the convergence of various artistic practices, while stimulating the artists to evolve in their respective processes.
Ground Zero Printmakers: Victoria, British Columbia - MANDATE: to provide a print workshop and exhibition space and opportunities for members; to teach, promote encourage and develop the art of printmaking; to encourage exploration and development in experimental, innovative and alternative printmaking techniques; to promote printmaking with a high degree of professionalism and integrity.

Ground Zero is a broad based group of individuals who are interested in the medium of printmaking and actively promote printmaking within the geographic region. They may be practising printmakers, novices wanting to learn printmaking techniques or individuals who appreciate the art of prints. Ground Zero members are also active in doing public educational presentations and displays in schools and other settings as requested.

Ground Zero involves itself in activities within the art community of the Victoria and the broader south Vancouver Island areas. It uses its facilities to assist other programming within Xchanges Gallery and Artists' Studios such as the May Day Erotica which ran for five consecutive years and Xchanges open house events. Its facilities were used as a teaching classroom for third year students of the Victoria College of Art for a three year period giving them a full hands-on learning experience in printmaking.
Guilde Graphique: Montreal, Quebec - An art gallery specialized in the sale and the edition of original limited edition prints and works on paper. It also offers a professional service of framing and conservation. Focusing on Canadian artists, but European artists are also shown. On the walls of this gallery installed in a historical building of Old Montreal one can see a large variety of works of art, quality framing, as well as learn about the various techniques of printmaking through a multitude of works.
Hamilton Printmakers Art Association: Hamilton, Ontario - Hamilton's newest printmaking facility is a not-for-profit charitable arts organization, that facilitates the production of both contemporary and traditional print media by printmakers, photographers, and digital artists.
Located on James Street North at Cannon, the Print Studio plays a central role in the growing Hamilton arts community found in the historic Jamesville neighbourhood.
The Print Studio engages the public with the printmaking community through educational efforts, innovative programming and special events. Activities are centered in an environmentally responsible print studio that is economically and physically accessible to the novice and expert artist, and to the public.
Atelier Imago: Moncton, New Brunswick - Imago exists to let creative minds expand. This artist-run centre provides research facilities for its members and a full-fledged workshop for print artists that help strengthen links between artists from New Brunswick and the rest of Canada. A laboratory space for creation and experimentation, it only hosts artists in residence, lectures, workshops and interdisciplinary projects, but attracts artists in all fields to work in contemporary print. Imago initiates these exchanges to decompartmentalize print from its traditional approach and bring it into the mainstream of present-day art. By exhibiting in conventional and non-conventional venues, Imago is helping to promote printmaking as well as the region's artists. In addition, Imago supports beginning artists through a Development Scholarship in Printmaking awarded annually to graduating students from Université de Moncton and Mount Allison University in Sackville.
The mission of the Imago workshop is to promote and disseminate the work of artists in the field of contemporary printmaking.
Malaspina Printmakers Society: Vancouver, British Columbia - An artist-run facility and major resource centre to artist-printmakers and to the public at large.
Martha Street Studio: Winnipeg, Manitoba - Martha Street Studio is a production space with a studio gallery, operated by the Manitoba Printmakers Association. Martha Street Studio offers the artistic community equipment, facilities, and support in the production, exhibition, and dissemination of print-based works, at a local, provincial, national, and international level. It serves to broaden the knowledge base of its membership, the artistic community, and the general public by presenting local, national and international work, and challenging its membership and community through development of national and international presentation, exhibition, and residency opportunities. It is the intention of the facility to provide emerging and established artists with a comprehensive, technically suitable environment where they may proceed to explore, develop, and realize print-based works and editioned multiples.
New Leaf Editions: Vancouver, British Columbia - New Leaf Editions is a collaborative printmaking workshop established by Peter Braune in 1985. It is located on Granville Island in Vancouver, British Columbia.
For artists seeking new forms of expression, New Leaf Editions offers the collaborative exploration of image-making using assorted print media. The goal of the collaboration is to allow an artist full expression with print. New Leaf has worked with many locally and internationally acclaimed artists.
Services provided by New Leaf include: copper and zinc etching, photo-etching, relief printing, lithography, letterpress and steel facing. For rates please inquire.
Open Studio: Toronto, Ontario - Dedicated to the production, preservation and promotion of contemporary original fine art prints. Open Studio is a comprehensive artist-run centre for contemporary printmaking practice, providing multi-faceted services, programs and information to artists and the public alike. As a national organization, Open Studio offers affordable and equal access to printmaking facilities, programs and services for artists from across Canada and abroad. As an artist-run centre, it is our priority to support artists in the development of their professional endeavours.
Atelier Press Papier: Trois Rivière, Quebec - Situated in the center of Quebec, the Presse Papier artist's center was founded in 1979 to meet the creative needs of a group of young artists, and now the studio has developed into a multidisciplinary print workshop. The setting up of a collective self-run and fully-equipped studio offers our members, as well as visiting artists, production support the possibility of experimentation in different techniques, the stimulation of research and the encouragement created by healthy confrontation. This initiative to create a center for artists, the first of its kind: in our region, was paralleled, at the end of the 1970's, by many similar initiatives by our contemporaries throughout Quebec. Since then, this has lead to numerous beneficial effects on its members as well as on the community at large.
Our center has preserved its initial collective identity, the self-determined vision of its future and the programming of its day to day organization. Since 1983 Presse Papier is owner of the building complex which houses the workshop and it has astutely managed and diversified its resources. This has guaranteed their continuing development which in its turn ensures access to its equipment for present and future artists. Presse Papier has grown from being a workshop numbering eleven artist printmakers, to a present membership of about twenty multidisciplinary artists and printmakers. The membership increase is partly due to the accessibility of our equipment and also, in large part, due to shared projects with universities. Special attention is paid to the up-and-coming generation and an annual collective project has bean created for them, as well as bursaries for working in the studio and prizes which are an aid to the diffusion of their first creative project.
Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists: Edmonton, Alberta - In 1982, a handful of artists established SNAP as an independent, cooperatively run fine art printshop in the historic Great West Saddlery Building, in central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. SNAP's mandate is to promote, facilitate and communicate printmaking as an art form. In 1996 SNAP opened a gallery. In 2000, the society built its own gallery, the SNAP Gallery, which exhibits print and print-related art. In that year SNAP also added its second printshop.
Spark Box Studio: Picton, Ontario - Our vision includes bringing art outside the studio and into public space through off-site projects such as public installations, outdoor exhibits, and youth outreach programs. Spark Box Studio is also focused on providing artists with career-building material through our Artist as Entrepreneur package and AIR program. Our Open Studio is a great opportunity for visual artists to have access to a communal studio space and printmaking or darkroom equipment. Access to the printmaking and darkroom equipment will be determined by the artists technical training and ability to work independently in the studio. Past participants of the printmaking workshops will also be able to apply to rent open studio time.
St Michaels Printshop: St. John's, Newfoundland - A non-profit lithography, intaglio and relief print studio which provides professional fine art printmaking facilities for established artists, emerging artists and students of fine arts programs.
Underground IMPRESSIONS Souterraines: Shawville, Quebec - This is what constitutes an open print studio. A studio
that is open to the public for the viewing of fine art print work, both finished and in process. An open studio for artists who would like to use the studio facilities for their own work, and open studio for those who would like to learn about the process. In Shawville UIS is mainly set up for Intaglio printing. I do dry-point, mezzotint and collograph with workshops offered in all of these techniques (I am not set up for etching). The lithography studio is almost ready.
Atelier West: Deer Lake, Newfoundland - Atelier West offers one-on-one instruction in relief, intaglio and waterless lithography techniques. Artists are guaranteed complete and undivided attention. Atelier West is a well-designed, intimate space with facilities to support a maximum of two artists at any given time. Artists may also want to avail of our superior printing services.
Your health and the environment are important to us. We use only environmentally friendly European imported esters- no toxic varasol, lacquer thinners or acetone! We also boast a barn fan and exhaust over the enclosed acid sink to eliminate acid and ink/solvent fumes.

US Printmaking

American Color Print Society: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The American Color Print Society is a non-profit National Organization Founded in Philadelphia PA in 1939 for the purposes of exhibiting the color print. At that time most of the galleries were showing black and white prints and color prints were not accepted in shows. Today the American Color Print Society accepts black and white prints. The American Color Print Society has always been an invitational members organization. Exhibitions in even years are open to non members whose work is juried for admission as well as for prizes.
Arizona Print Group: Phoenix, Arizona - The Arizona Print Group was created in 2001 when three printmakers wanted to find exposure for their work. The three printmakers, Joan Thompson, Melinda Wing, and Carol Jenna, realized there was no professional print organization in Arizona, and since Arizona State University has one of the best printmaking departments in the nation, it seemed logical and natural to begin. Two other printmakers, Marlys Kubicek and Deborah Hodder, joined in, the five artists rented the Arizona Artists Guild building in April 2001 for the first show, and The Arizona Print Group was born.
Members have enjoyed showing their work in a variety of venues. Venues have included Blue Willow Gallery, Esprit Decor Gallery, Glendale Community College, Kerr Cultural Center, Shemer Art Center, Grand Canyon University, the Tempe Public Library and in 2005 at the University of Arizona Union Gallery in Tucson. Members have given slide presentations at First Mondays at the Burton Barr Library and at the Phoenix Art Museum. Members have participated in process demonstrations and workshops in support of educating all ages in the joys of printmaking.
New members are selected in an annual jury process.
The variety of work created by Arizona Print Group members is united in that all works are handpulled, original fine art prints.
AS220 Print Shop: Providence, Rhode Island - The AS220 Printshop is entirely non-toxic, and no solvents are used in the processes. This eliminates harmful environmental effects commonly associated with printshops, as well as relieving health hazards for adults and allowing children to participate. The Printshop focuses on community and small scale craft, enabling supportive and non-competitive relationships with other related businesses. AS220's Printshop receives technical support, supplies, and repair and maintenance advice from local commercial printshops.
After less than a year in its new space, the Printshop shows great capacity for growth. Classes are consistently fully booked with a wait list a month in advance, and an additional letterpress remains in storage due to insufficient space. Also in storage is a donated lithography press. The Printshop's co-operative structure fosters community and pride among its users.
Atlanta Printmakers Studio: Atlanta, Georgia - Atlanta Printmakers Studio (APS) was founded in 2005 to promote the fine art of printmaking by offering access to a well-equipped studio and diverse educational programs that foster the development of printmaking as a vibrant and progressive art form. On November 1, 2006, our studio near downtown Atlanta opened for printmaking. Besides activity in the studio, APS has developed a continuing calendar of outreach events to serve the local community. We have received support for our programs from the Fulton County Arts Council, the Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs and the LUBO Fund. We welcome all artists and the general public to join us in creating, learning about, and collecting fine art prints.
California Society of Printmakers: San Francisco, California - The California Society of Printmakers is an international membership organization of print artists and supporters of the art of fine printmaking. It promotes professional development and opportunity for printmakers, and educates artists and the public about printmaking.
Cape Fear Press: Carolina Beach, North Carolina - Cape Fear Press is a privately owned photo etching studio located in Southeast North Carolina. The owner of CFP is an artist dedicated to non toxic and technical innovations in the field of fine art photo etching. Cape Fear Press is the exclusive distributor of Puretch, a high resolution photopolymer etch resist for fine art intaglio printmaking.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking: Norwalk, Connecticut - Founded in 1995, the Center for Contemporary Printmaking was established to support and encourage serious emerging and professional artists in the creation of original prints and to educate the community to a better understanding and appreciation of prints and the process of printmaking. It offers both an historic and contemporary view of printmaking, encouraging traditional techniques as well as modern technologies.
Today CCP is the only non-profit center between New York and Boston dedicated solely to the art of the print, including printmaking, papermaking, book arts, photography and related disciplines. It has become a unique cultural resource, acclaimed and respected by those interested in art on paper. It is a place to discover, to experiment, and to learn. The entire spectrum of printmaking arts is here to be explored through workshops, collaborations with master printers, exhibitions, community programs and an Artist-in-Residency Program.
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative: Chicago, Illinois - Founded by Deborah Maris Lader (left) in 1989, the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative provides a studio environment for artist-printmakers to pursue their work and to broaden their knowledge of printmaking media. With facilities for intaglio, lithography, relief, monotype, screen print, and photo processes for printmaking, the CPC has served as a studio for more than 100 members from 14 different countries.
While the CPC provides continuing education through classes, workshops, exhibitions, tours, visiting artist lectures and demonstrations, it has also participated in exchange collaborations with similar institutions such as the Hard Ground Printmakers Studio in Cape Town, South Africa, and Open Press Studio in Denver, CO. Exhibitions in the CPC's Workshop Print Gallery have included traditional prints as well as work that challenges the notions of traditional printmaking to expand the boundaries of the medium.
The CPC has also completed four collaborative suites, hosted a workshop on waterless lithography taught by Jeff Sippel (then the Education Director at the Tamarind Institute of Lithography), and published a six-color lithograph by Tony Fitzpatrick entitled "Pinky."
In the spring of 1999, the CPC moved its shop to an expansive studio space in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood. Shortly after the move, Deborah Maris Lader was awarded the Columbia College (Chicago) Paul Berger Arts Entrepreneurship Award honoring the CPC as a forerunner and innovator among arts organizations in Chicago.
Corvidae Press: Port Townsend, Washington - Corvidae Press is an association of artists who share an interest in printmaking and who support and manage a common non-toxic printmaking facility.
Membership is based on an interest in printmaking and a commitment to the cooperative structure and spirit of the organization.
Corvidae Press is a nonprofit corporation governed by a board of directors, dedicated to the pursuit of the printmaker's craft, with a focus on education, community, and regional interaction.
Cullom Gallery: Seattle, Washington - Established in 2007, the gallery focuses on the tradition and influence of Japanese woodblock prints and related works on paper. This translates into exhibits that range across centuries, media, and historical and contemporary ideas or events. Among the contemporary artists that Beth Cullom represents are Eva Pietzcker and Annie Bissett.
Florida Printmakers: Coral Gables, Florida - FLORIDA PRINTMAKERS is a non-profit organization first incorporated by David Hunter in Orlando in 1986; his purpose was to better educate the public on handmade prints. Since then, Barry Wilson (Jacksonville), Bradlee Shanks (Tampa), and Marcia Stewart (Fort Myers) have served; the current president is Lise Drost and the organization is housed in the Art Department at the University of Miami in Coral Gables. The goal of the present Florida Printmakers Board is to promote the art of printmaking in the state of Florida through exhibitions of the membership, and we aim to attract members from around the world.
Flying Monkey Press: Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico - Flying Monkey Press offers an affordable press rental for printmakers at a private artist studio, conveniently located just off of Highway 518 in Ranchos de Taos.
Our press is a manual Takach table top etching press with a 7.5%u2033 drum, and an 18%u2033 x 36%u2033 press bed. The press can be rented by the hour or by the day. The rental provides the luxury of working in a private artist studio in a peaceful setting on a historic adobe compound.
The private studio is approximately 600 sq ft with ample natural light. The space is heated and has kitchen and restroom facilities for your comfort and convenience. Artists have access to our Gaggia espresso machine and complimentary espresso is included with our press rental.
Forth Estate: Brooklyn, New York - FORTH ESTATE was founded in 2005 by Luther Davis and Glen Baldridge in the interest of producing editioned works by emerging artists using both traditional and technologically innovative approaches to printmaking.
Luther Davis is a master printer who has been printing fine art editions in New York since 1997.
Glen Baldridge is an artist and printmaker living and working in Brooklyn, NY.
Forth Estate prints are in the collections of the New York Public Library, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Newark Public Library, and the Jundt Art Museum.
Frogman's Press & Gallery: Beresford, South Dakota - offering workshops in various print media.
Frogman's humble beginnings date back to 1979 when Professor Lloyd Menard led five school teachers from Sioux City, Iowa to the Black Hills of South Dakota for a drawing class. Prints were first introduced in 1981 and the workshops evolved into the Black Hills Print Symposium which took place at various sites in Western South Dakota. The Black Hills set an amazingly beautiful backdrop to the workshops, but by 1996, the workshops had outgrown the confines of Hills and were moved to Beresford, South Dakota, home of Frogman's Press & Gallery. The workshops would only spend two years based out of Beresford before making their final move to Vermillion, South Dakota and the tremendous facilities of the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts at the University of South Dakota. Frogman's Print & Paper Workshops will be celebrating their twenty-eighth anniversary this summer.
Hand Print Workshop International: Alexandria, Virginia - HPWI is dedicated to innovative printmaking and sharing our artists' unique perspectives and ideas with the community. We offer visiting residency programs for artists from the U.S. and abroad, internships for high school and university students, and educational programs including lectures and exhibitions by our artists. Since 1997, HPWI has sponsored more than 70 artists in residence, many of them leading artists from the former Soviet Union. Work created at HPWI has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.
Honolulu Printmakers: Honolulu, Hawaii - Honolulu Printmakers is a non-profit organization which promotes the appreciation and understanding of printmaking and print production. Established in 1928, we are supported by our members, corporations in our community, and state and private foundations.
International Print Center New York: New York, New York - International Print Center New York was established in Chelsea in September 2000 as the first and only non-profit institution devoted solely to the exhibition and understanding of fine art prints. IPCNY fosters a climate for enjoyment, examination and serious study of artists' prints from the old master to the contemporary. IPCNY nurtures the growth of new audiences for the visual arts while serving the print community through exhibitions, publications, and educational programs.
Independent Publishing Resource Center: Portland, Oregon - The Independent Publishing Resource Center facilitates creative expression and identity by providing individual access to the resources and tools for the creation of independently published media and art.
Since its inception in 1998 the center has been dedicated to encouraging the growth of a visual and literary publishing community by offering a space to gather and exchange information and ideas, as well as to produce work. The IPRC is an Oregon 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization.
Ink Lounge Gallery: Lakewood, Colorado - Ink Lounge is a gallery curated by 2 graphic designers with a desire to share their passion for the craft of printmaking with the community.
They wanted to get back to the craft of working with their hands and connecting with others that do the same, whether it's screen printing, etching, lithography, letterpress, woodblock prints; if it uses ink to create multiple prints they want to share it.
Ink Shop Printmaking Center: Ithaca, New York - The Ink Shop Printmaking Center & Olive Branch Press is a not-for-profit printmakers' center, fine art press and gallery which offers professional facilities for the making of fine art prints. We provide a range of equipment, including etching, lithography, proofing and letter presses, a small darkroom and computer imaging equipment. The Olive Branch Press prints editions and handmade books.
As a regional resource for printmaking, The Ink Shop offers workshops for professionals and the community. The Shop also organizes collaborative projects, group and exchange exhibitions and maintains a slide registry for collectors and curators.
International Printing Museum: Carson, California - The International Printing Museum was founded in 1988 by David Jacobson and Ernest A. Lindner and features The Lindner Collection of Antique Printing Machinery. The International Printing Museum in Southern California is a dynamic museum devoted to bringing the history of books, printing and the book arts to life for diverse audiences. The staff and volunteers make it their mission to take one of the world's most significant collections of antique printing machinery and interpret it for today's audiences through working demonstrations and theatre presentations.
Together with our instructors -- skilled printers and artists all -- we foster the hands-on study of traditional and modern printing techniques in courses that explore paper- and book-making, typography and printing-related arts.
The Museum is an ideal setting for teaching book arts. The student can experience printing and the book arts in a historical context, while the instructor has access to the Museum's extensive collection of historical, working printing presses and equipment, as well as the Museum's 7,000-volume library on printing history, type design, papermaking and the book arts.
Josephine Press: Santa Monica, California - Founded in Santa Monica in 1984, Josephine Press was designed to provide a center where artists can learn and work with various printmaking techniques at a reasonable price. Josephine Press and the affiliated Christopher John Gallery are deeply rooted in the Los Angeles community and committed to making the rich heritage of printmaking tradition available to artists and the public. With the custom designed American French Etching Press and Wright Combination Press, the shop is equipped to work with intaglio, lithography, monotypes, relief printing and non-toxic photo printmaking techniques up to 36" x 54". The staff also works in 'tradigital" (not Giclee) processes, combining traditional printmaking with digital work.
Los Angeles Printmakers Society: Los Angeles, California - he Los Angeles Printmaking Society (LAPS) is a national non-profit dedicated to the encouragement of printmaking, educating the public and promoting the interests of printmaking as an art form. We encourage students exploring printmaking media with student exhibitions and the LAPS Foundation grants. LAPS publishes a quarterly journal Interleaf as well as catalogs and posters in support of our biennial exhibition, The National. We also maintain a web site where members can exhibit their work in our web gallery and where a calendar of events can be accessed. From our website one can explore many resource links to other printmaking sites. LAPS fosters communication among artists interested in expanding the dialogue in the graphic arts.
Making Art Safely: Santa Fe, New Mexico - Offering artist lead creative workshops, based in Santa Fe for artists, teachers and creative professionals who want to work safer and greener. Fifteen years of studio/workshop experience combined with faculty who each have more than 30 years studio/leading experience in the field of better studio practices and safer materials makes MAS the place to come get inspired and smarter.

Change can be infectious and exciting. New space, new courses and an expansion to more year-round programing, MAS is moving ever closer to its full potential. Starting in 2009, in addition to studio based workshops, MAS is offering Plein Air printmaking workshops, thats right, printing right out in fabulous locations surrounding Santa Fe, Galisteo, Canyon de Chelly, the Grand Canyon and more. These workshops offer a whole new experience for print artists and the opportunity to capture a lifetime of inspiration.
Maryland Printmakers: St. Michaels, Maryland - Founded in 1989 by Sam Peters and John Sparks, Maryland Printmakers is an organization that educates the public concerning the techniques, nature and functions of printmaking, and encourages and advances the art of printmaking. Maryland Printmakers, Inc., is a charitable non-profit corporation.
The objective of the organization is to promote printmaking to the general public and artists working in the media through sponsorship of the following: juried, non-juried and traveling exhibits, a slide registry, a newsletter, charitable and educational lectures, demonstrations and programs. Membership is open to any individual committed to the promotion of printmaking. Maryland Printmakers currently has more than 250 members internationally. To find out more about the benefits of becoming a member or how to join click here.

Maryland Printmakers is a member of the American Print Alliance, a non-profit consortium of printmakers' councils in the United States and Canada. The Alliance publishes a journal of critical literature about the print arts and a guide to printmaking workshops, curates exhibitions, provides information and is an advocate for prints, paperworks and book arts.
Atelier Meridian: Portland, Oregon - Atelier Meridian is an educational facility for printmakers in Portland, Oregon. We draw on the vast experience of artists and educators, printmakers and painters, from the Northwest and beyond. Our mission is to promote printmaking by providing the general public with a 24-hour studio facility, as well as a place to teach. We wish to provide a creative outlet for community members, adults as well as children through workshops and memberships.
Atelier Meridian, which is located at 665 N Tillamook, half a block East of Interstate Ave, is equipped with 4 presses and the tools to create Etchings, collagraphs, monotypes, woodcuts, letterpress and eventually Lithography. Artists can rent press time by the day, week, or month. We also provide assisted Monotype sessions and contract printing of editions. Print Arts Northwest members receive a 10% discount on workshops and memberships at the facility.
Mid-American Print Council: The Mid America Print Council is a non-profit organization of artist printmakers and educators. Our membership includes printmakers, papermakers, book artists, students, curators, and collectors from across North America.
Monotype Guild of New England: New England - The Monotype Guild of New England is a non-profit organization founded in 1985 by Beverly Edwards and a group of artists working with her in monotype workshops at the Fuller Museum in Brockton and at the Cope Cod Conservatory in Barnstable, Massachusetts. The group needed to find sites to exhibit their work and exchange ideas with other artists working in this medium. She formed the structure, purpose and by-laws of the Monotype Guild of New England (MGNE).
The purpose of the organization, dedicated to the art of the unique print, is to foster understanding and appreciation of monotypes and monoprints. To this end, the guild sponsors exhibitions, workshops, demonstrations and other special programs for it's members and the public.
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory: The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation is an Ohio non-profit art center dedicated to the preservation of handmade papermaking and the art of the book. Morgan Conservatory will pursue its educational and charitable purposes by serving the greater community locally, nationally, and internationally with sustainable practices in an innovative green environment.

Workshops offered on printmaking techniques and book arts.
New Grounds Print Workshop: Albuquerque, New Mexico - We are dedicated to providing artists with a professional, informative, safer and well-equipped environment for the creation of fine prints while promoting the artists and exhibiting their work.
There are several artist studios on the second floor of our building. If you are interested in renting one, contact the New Grounds staff for further information and/or a tour.
New Grounds, one of the first completely non-toxic print workshops in the country, was established by its director Regina Held in 1996 after she received her MFA in printmaking from the University of New Mexico. The award-winning print workshop was first operated out of a small, private building in Albuquerque's rural South Valley. In March 2000, New Grounds moved to its current location in historic Nob Hill, one of Albuquerque's premier shopping and dining areas. During another expansion in 2002, a separate gallery and classroom were added to complete the 4000 square foot facility. With six hand-operated etching presses, New Grounds matches, and even surpasses, the number of printing presses available in many university printmaking departments.
New Grounds is a safer and alternative printmaking facility fully equipped for the creation of prints in etching, photogravure, monotype and relief printing. Regularly scheduled classes are offered in all of these printmaking mediums.
The core of our facility is the membership program, which provides experienced artists with affordable access and flexible hours. In addition, we offer press rental at hourly rates to non-members. Both members and non-members can take advantage of our expertise in custom printing, printing assistance, and plate exposure for photogravure plates.
The interested public can learn about prints through studio tours or printmaking lectures. New Grounds encourages the highest standards of quality in all aspects of printmaking.
New Grounds features a large selection of original works on paper such as etchings and mezzotints by its studio members and a selected group of well-known international printmakers from Europe, Japan and Latin America. Subject matters and styles range from contemporary to traditional with hundreds of framed and unframed works to choose from. Exhibitions rotate every four weeks with a First Friday Artscrawl reception.
Once a year, New Grounds provides a scholarship for women to participate in a class and a 3 month membership
Ningyo Editions: Watertown, Massachusetts - Our contract printing program allows artists to work side by side with a master printer and receive personalized instruction, or to bring us existing blocks or plates for proofing and editioning. For information and project estimates contact Ningyo Editions.
Ningyo Editions offers artists an open and professional environment in which to develop their images in collaboration with Master Printer David Curcio. Consultation and contract printing in etching, monotype and Japanese woodblock printmaking are available. Artists new to printmaking who wish to find the processes best suited to their goals, or printmakers who are unable to print their own work or wish to broaden their knowledge of certain techniques will benefit from these services.
PEARS - Printmaking Education and Research Studio: Fargo, North Dakota - The Printmaking Education and Research Studio (PEARS) program promotes printmaking production, education and innovation in the Midwest. The studio, sponsored by NDSU Division of Fine Arts and Department of Visual Arts, emphasizes new work, ideas and methods, and facilitates interaction among a diverse audience; the studio strives to be an advocate for understanding the past and shaping the future of creative printmaking.
The PEARS program offers:
- Educational printmaking classes, workshops
- Studio rental to qualified artists
- Artist residency program
- Create suites of prints for purchase
- Exhibits artwork produced in the studio
- Provides internships with master printer
Peregrine Press: Portland, Maine - Peregrine Press was founded in 1991, as a non-profit, fine arts printmaking cooperative in Portland, Maine. Peregrine Press is the only such cooperative in Maine, and among the few of its kind in the nation. An elective board runs the studio, and meetings are held three times a year for the full membership to organize events, workshops, and to elect new officers. The current co-presidents are Jeanne Hayman and Robin McCarthy. There are 30 members in the cooperative. The space is available to members anytime to practice a variety of printmaking techniques such as collograph, woodcut, monotype, etching, photo-etching and other mixed media processes. The studio is operated and maintained on a cooperative basis. Peregrine Press is working towards being as toxic free a studio as possible.
Philigrafika: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Philagrafika's mission is to promote and sustain printmaking as a vital and valued art form by providing artistic, programmatic and administrative leadership for large-scale, cooperative initiatives with broad public exposure.
Philagrafika builds upon the Philadelphia region's rich history and abundant artistic resources to increase critical dialogue, provide benefits for the local arts community, and enhance the city's presence as an international center for printmaking. We do this through an international contemporary art festival, an annual invitational portfolio, and special projects. Our programs have been designed to present new curatorial and critical models for printmaking-models in which the medium is presented as an integral component of current artistic practice.
Pittsburgh Print Group: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - The Pittsburgh Print Group is an artist guild affiliated with the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Founded in 1972, the Group's purpose is to support artists who are printmakers through exhibits, educational projects and other promotional activities. The Group is also committed to the advancement and promotion of the printmaking art throughout various educational and community-oriented activities.
We have approximately 55 artist members who work in Southwestern Pennsylvania and exhibit nationwide. The organization is governed by its own by-laws and is administered by a committee of elected officers and appointed chairpersons.
Printmaking is a diverse art form. Artists use a variety of techniques, including intaglio, lithography, relief, monoprint, collograph, embossing and combinations of mixed media to produce images, which are transferred to a medium such as paper or fabric. The group intentionally keeps the definition of a "print" non-specific, so that we may remain open to all present and future possibilities in printmaking.
The Print Group seeks to advance the art of printmaking by providing avenues for local printmakers to exhibit and sell their work throughout open exchange of ideas and technical information. Members regularly conduct demonstrations, give lectures, and produce literature explaining printmaking and its place in contemporary art. We also join with museums, art centers, schools and universities and galleries throughout the Pittsburgh region to produce educational programs covering the art and craft of printmaking.
Pratt Fine Art Center: Seattle, Washington - Pratt Fine Arts Center is a nonprofit arts education and resource center located in Seattle. Pratt offers art classes for every age and every level of ability in four fully-equipped art studios: glass; sculpture; drawing, painting and printmaking; and jewelry/metalsmithing. Each year, more than 3,200 students and 500 working artists are served by Pratt Fine Arts Center's studios and education programs.
Print Arts Northwest: Portland, Oregon - PAN has created a network of artists and collectors offering an information exchange about printmaking. We currently represent 140 artists from seven states and four continents. Our goal remains to support this wonderful art form through the promotion, practice, appreciation, education and collection of original prints.
Print Center: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The Print Center is a nonprofit
gallery whose mission is to support printmaking and photography as vital contemporary arts and encourage the appreciation of the printed image in all its forms.
Print Club of Rochester: Rochester, New York - The Print Club of Rochester is an organization devoted to fine art printmaking. It currently has 117 dues paying members, who primarily live in the North East. We want to spread the message about what we are doing - which is significant.
The Print Club sponsors individual artists to work on commission to create original works of art for the subscribers.
We get great artists to participate by making beautiful editions of prints which are limited to the number of subscribers we currently have (greatly increasing the value and scarcity of the prints that people receive).
The Print Club has been in existence since 1934, and has an unbroken string of commissioned prints and successful shows. Many of the artists we commission are of international stature. Along with this feature of our Club, we also have educational demonstrations and lectures given by visiting artists.
Printmakers of Cape Cod: East Falmouth, Massachusetts - Printmakers of Cape Cod was organized in 1976 to encourage, assist, and promote printmaking on Cape Cod as well as to provide educational opportunities for new printmakers, collectors, and others interested in original prints.

Printmakers of Cape Cod sponsors workshops, exhibitions, and other events during the year. Recent workshops have included oil- and water-based monotype, woodcut, etching, and viscosity printmaking.

Social events include exhibition openings, occasional potluck dinners, bus trips, and the Annual Meeting Picnic Lunch and Print Swap. These events provide informal opportunities for sharing information and developing unique friendships with other printmakers
Printmaking Council of New Jersey: Somerville, New Jersey - The Printmaking Council of New Jersey was created in 1973 to encourage and support the fine art of printmaking in all its varied forms for the benefit of artists and the public through outreach education and exhibition. Furthermore, we established and sustain a creative arts center that promotes interaction among artists of different abilities and encourages advancement of their artistic and professional growth. Finally, we promote participation of the public both at the PCNJ facility and throughout the State of New Jersey.
The uniqueness of our organization lies in its focus on the historic yet innovative medium of printmaking. There are only a handful of organizations in the country, and the world, that focus on printmaking, therefore PCNJ brings an important facet of the arts to our members and our community. The PCNJ facility houses studios in photography, printmaking, papermaking and book arts, two gallery spaces, a library and administrative offices. Members, donations, corporations, foundations and program fees support us.
Pele Prints: St Louis, Missouri - Pele Prints is a collaborative fine art printmaking studio dedicated to creating limited edition prints and original works of art. At Pele Prints, we take a non-traditional approach to each project and encourage experimentation. Here artists are free to explore their ideas in the studio, using multiple print processes as a jumping-off point. While the print medium is the primary focus, finished pieces may also include three-dimensional components, collage, handwork, and/or various other elements. The goal is to create a unique body of work that displays the curiosity, learning, and constant discovery exemplified in the collaborative process at it's best.
People of Print: Boulder, Colorado - We are students of the University of Colorado coming together over a shared love for printmaking within the arts.
Printmakers Network of Southern New England: New England - The Printmakers' Network of Southern New England is a group of independent artist/printmakers and educators from Connecticut, Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts. Our mission is to facilitate education, advocacy and communication for regional artists working in the print medium. The organization seeks to preserve and incorporate the traditions of printmaking while encouraging creative expression in all forms of printmaking. Given the rapidly expanding definition of the print medium, the network encourages the exchange of information and discussion of new standards within the traditional and newer printmaking technologies.
PrintZero Studios: Seattle, Washington - PrintZero Studios opened up its first studio space in 2008, providing a collaborative studio environment for local artists and printmakers. Located in Seattle's Georgetown area, the studio hosts exhibitions and serves as an anchor to south Seattle's printmaking community.

PrintZero Studios has facilities for etching, lithography, screenprint and relief printing.
Red Delicious Press: Aurora, Colorado - Red Delicious Press is a contemporary printmaking facility; our purpose is to provide an art center which is affordable and diverse in its offerings. Red Delicious Press includes Printmaking facilities for intaglio, screen printing, monotypes, relief, papermaking, bookmaking and photo imaging.

It is the only fine art, non-toxic print shop of its kind in the Denver/Aurora Colorado area.

At RDP we use only non-toxic and non-polluting materials and solutions. This "green" approach provides artists and students with a substantially safer and healthier environment in which to work! All of our inks clean up with soap and water.

We are interested in providing educational programs for all age groups and being accessible for anyone interested in Printmaking. Gallery space is provided and visiting artists are invited to share their knowledge and their work. Working in a print shop can be a collaborative process because of the nature of sharing equipment. This is encouraged at Red Delicious Press in hopes that the love of printmaking spreads throughout the community.
Ragged Edge Printmaking Studio: Cohoes, New York - Ragged Edge Printmaking offers a fully equipped studio with a high quality etching press and all support facilities. We facilitate local creative expression through classes, workshops and individual studio time.
We encourage any interested individuals to contact us about sharing our studio space as a member, or as a teacher to facilitate your own class.
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop: New York, New York - RBPMW is a 4,000 square foot air-conditioned, fully vented lithography, intaglio, relief, and digital printmaking workspace located in mid-town Manhattan, just blocks from Penn Station and Port Authority. With more than 150 stones, up to 32%u2033 x 48%u2033 capabilities for aluminum and photo plates, we offer the only co-operative lithography facilities in New York City.
We have five intaglio presses allowing for 40%u2033 x 70%u2033 printing and a vented acid room allowing for etching zinc with nitric acid and copper in vertical etching, ferric chloride, tanks. Our Anderson Vreeland polymer platemaker can produce 24%u2033 x 24%u2033 plates, and our digital printing capabilities are anchored by our Epson 7800 and 1280 inkjet printers.
Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance: Boise, Idaho - The Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance (RMPA) is a non-profit organization founded by, Boise State Printmaking Professor, Jill Fitterer, Wingtip Press founder, Amy Nack and Oxbow Press director, Candace Nicol, along with other mountain state colleagues.

The Alliance serves to strengthen connections, encourage discussion and advance regional awareness surrounding the varied art and artists of printmaking.

"The Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance was established to foster communication, promote exchange and create community between academic professionals, independent presses and individual artists within the region. The Alliance serves to strengthen connections, encourage discussion and advance regional awareness surrounding the varied art and artists of printmaking."
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art: San Jose, California - The ICA Print Center offers year-round workshops, open-access opportunities,private instruction and studio rental to novices and experienced artists. An on-site Master Printer is available to assist and participate in programs upon request.
The Print Center is equipped with a 32 x 60 inch Charles Brand electric etching press, an Amergraph screen and plate exposure table, an Epson Pro 9880 digital printer, 2 PCs and 2 iMac computers. The Center is equipped for monotype and intaglio printing using oil-based and water-soluble inks. The use of an acrylic ground etching method, ferric chloride and non-toxic materials ensures a safe and health-minded working environment.
The ICA Print Center also hosts an Artist-in-Residence Program. Each year four established artists are invited to participate in self-designed residencies. These artists work directly with our master printer to create a suite of monotypes, an edition of etchings, an artist book, or another print-based project of their choosing.
Seattle Print Arts: Seattle, Washington - Seattle Print Arts is an association of artists, arts professionals and collectors who have an avid interest in the expanding field of print arts and an appreciation of the print media. SPA fosters intellectual and artistic dialogue, serves as a resource for news in the field of printmaking, and forges links between artists.
SPA serves as a base for a variety of activities which focus on the print arts. Since its formation in January 2000, SPA has organized symposia, lectures, print exchanges, demonstrations, and several print exhibits, including two major international exchange exhibitions. SPA has also sponsored printmaking scholarships at Seattle's Pratt Fine Arts Center.
Sev Shoon Arts Center: Seattle, Washington - Sev Shoon Arts Center was started in 1991 by Swiss artist, Dionne Haroutunian. Sev Shoon is an environment dedicated to the art of printmaking. We offer studio rental, quarterly classes, host demonstrations of fine art printmaking, and also host monthly exhibitions, which serve as an outlet for our renters, students, and instructors to show their work.
Slugfest Printmaking Workshop: Austin, Texas - Slugfest Printmaking Workshop is a collaborative workshop producing museum quality limited editions of original prints by both established and emerging artists. The workshop is also open to artists who wish to create or edition prints independently or with the assistance of Slugfest's printers. Introductory workshops are offered in lithography, relief printing, monotype, collograph, book arts and letterpress.
Society of American Graphic Artists: New York, New York - SAGA or, the Society of American Graphic Artists represents a group of artist-printmakers each of whom is elected by a group of their peers. SAGA's goal is to promote printmaking as a fine art through juried exhibitions, to publish a newsletter of the professional activities and technical achievements of its members, and to produce special exhibitions focusing on the varied stylistic, thematic, and technical possibilities of prints.
Originally known as the Brooklyn Society of Etchers, the group was founded in 1915 to advance the cause of etching which, due to its autographic and spontaneous nature of drawing onto a grounded copper plate, was perceived as more closely reflecting the artist's creative impulses. This placed etching in contrast to other printmaking techniques at that time, which were more closely associated with commercial processes and less creative application.
Acknowledging the need to recognize the wealth of artists outside of Brooklyn and New York, the Society organized an international show with great success in 1922 and in 1931 changed their name to the Society of American Etchers resulting in the geographical expansion of their membership.
By the 1940's additional printmaking techniques had gained respect and recognition as fine art. In the process of encompassing artists working in these various techniques, in 1947, the group again changed its name to the Society of American Etchers, Gravers, Lithographers, and Woodcutters. Shortly afterwards in 1952 the simpler, geographically, and technically inclusive name, the Society of American Graphic Artists was finally adopted.
Southern Graphics Council: Athens, Georgia - The Southern Graphics Council is a nonprofit membership organization that advances the professional standing of artists who make original prints, drawings, books, and hand-made paper.
The Council also strives to increase public appreciation of these arts. Through an annual conference that draws participants from across the nation and increasingly attracts international participation, significant dialogue andexchange of technical and critical information occurs. Awards, publications and exhibitions sponsored by the Council promote greater understanding, scholarship and enjoyment of these art forms.
St. Louis Artists' Guild: St. Louis, Missouri - One of the Guild's best-kept secrets is our printmaking studio. This studio consists of two separate areas: the inking room and the pressroom. Cabinets, drying racks, blotting tables, rollers, and wall space for display are all part of the studio. This facility is the only off-campus printmaking studio in the St. Louis area. The studio is available for artists to use privately. Fees are $5 per hour for our members and $6 per hour for non-members.
Studio 889: Bronx, New York - Studio 889 began with just one community printmaking workshop through a grant from The Bronx Museum, ACTION LAB - Bronx Museum @ The Point in 2004. Now Studio 889 provides arts in education, community and professional printmaking workshops. Founded and led by well-respected printmaker and BRIO Award-winning artist Alejandra Delfin. As part of Studio 889 mission, Studio introduces printmaking to everyone in the community, encourages individuals of all ages and levels of experience to explore, get involved, and support the arts.
Torpedo Factory Art Center: Alexandria, Virginia - For over 20 years Printmakers Inc. has been a workshop/gallery where professional printmakers share facilities, materials and ideas while interacting with and educating the public about this artform. Located in a cavernous industrial space of exposed beams, ductwork and pipes, the studio is defined by a wall of soaring windows overlooking the Potomac River. Currently nine award-winning printmakers make this wonderful place the center for their creativity; a place that stimulates both friendship and art as well as technical expertise. Art by Printmakers Inc. members has been collected by numerous museums, organizations and corporations, including the Library of Congress, Johns Hopkins University, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, British Airways, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, IBM, Dickenson College, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Two Rivers Printmaking Studio: White River Junction, Vermont - Two Rivers Printmaking Studio supports working artists in their exploration of both traditional and experimental printmaking. Through workshops, lectures and exhibits, we encourage interest in the art and history of the fine arts print - for the general public as well as for artists.
TRPS is a non-profit organization offering membership to artists and others interested in learning and exploring the many and varied forms of printmaking.
TRPS presents workshops, lectures, field trips, and exhibitions about the art of the print, led by accomplished professionals and scholars in historical, contemporary and technical areas of printmaking.
TRPS recognizes the expressive power of all printmaking media and offers instruction in relief, intaglio, stone and plate lithography, monotype, solar and photo transfer printmaking as well as their photographic adjuncts. The studio is a collegial, creative and experimental environment, with excellent facilities.
Vinson Gallery: Atlanta, Georgia - We show contemporary paintings & works on paper by local & international artists, with a focus on British painters & printmakers. As a member of the Atlanta Gallery Association, British American Business Group, Decatur Arts Alliance & Decatur Business Association, we adhere to their high standards and support our local arts & business communities. Our staff collectively has nearly 50 years of art-world experience.
Washington Print Club: Washington, DC - Founded in 1964, The Washington Print Club is open to all who are interested in fine art prints and the graphic arts: collectors, connoisseurs, artists, and just plain folks who enjoy prints as an art form.
Washington Printmakers: Washington, DC - The Washington Printmakers Gallery is a cooperative print gallery located in the hub of Washington's DuPont Circle gallery scene, only one mile from the White House.
Founded in 1985, the Gallery is devoted exclusively to contemporary, original, hand-pulled prints.
Wet Hills Studios: Nevada City, California - a collaborative workspace and gallery
featuring artwork and workshops by Richard Downs and Gwyn Stramler. Workshops available.
Women Printmakers of Austin: Austin, Texas - The Women Printmakers of Austin is an organization dedicated to encouraging women to actively pursue artistic expression through printmaking and to promote community through annual exhibits, regular meetings, and outreach projects. Our objective is to expand the audience for Fine Art Printmaking by increasing public awareness of historical traditions and contemporary techniques.
Women's Studio Workshop: Rosendale, New York - Women's Studio Workshop is a visual arts organization with specialized studios in printmaking, hand papermaking, ceramics, letterpress printing, photography, and book arts. Artists are invited to work at WSW as a part of our Fellowship Program, Artists' Books Grants, Residencies, Internships, or to learn new skills in our Summer Arts Institute and community workshop series.
Our mission is to operate and maintain an artists' workspace that encourages the voice and vision of individual women artists, to provide professional opportunities for artists, and to promote programs designed to stimulate public involvement, awareness, and support for the visual arts.
Zea Mays Printmaking: Florence, Massachusetts - Zea Mays is a studio, workshop, educational facility and research center dedicated to new approaches in printmaking. At Zea Mays we honor the rich tradition of printmaking by exploring alternatives that are safe for artists and the environment.
At Zea Mays we research new developments in alternatives to toxic printmaking. We test products and methods and strive to demonstrate the greatest aesthetic potential of each new medium. We document our research extensively and have a library of material on safer printmaking.
As an educational facility we offer artists, printmakers, students, teachers, and novices classes and workshops in new approaches to printmaking. Our emphasis is on intaglio, relief and monotype printmaking and we offer a wide range of courses for all levels of expertise. Zea Mays 'staff and guest artists teach the courses. We are also available to "take the show on the road" for offsite demonstrations and workshops. Zea Mays is also available for individual collaborations with artists seeking to explore unique issues in printmaking or publish an edition of prints.
Zea Mays is committed to bringing printmaking into the 21st century through research, education and collaboration. We welcome all who want to share in this wonderful journey. Explore this web site and find out about all we have to offer.

UK & Ireland Printmaking

Artichoke Printmaking: London, UK - Artichoke is an outstanding printmaking facility for professional artists. Our sessions provide the artist with opportunities to use some of the best fine art printmaking equipment in the areas of intaglio, lithography, relief printing and photographic printmaking media. We actively support the sales of artists prints; and our commercial editioning, publishing services, and courses are a core part of the workshops setup. Artists from the UK and countries such as Korea, China, Japan, Russia, New Zealand and the USA use the workshop. This LIVELY mix of artists creates a stimulating atmosphere with a constant exchange of ideas and working practices. Artichoke Print Workshop was established by Melvyn Petterson and Colin Gale in 1992 and is based in a unique Victorian granary warehouse in a thriving area of Brixton, in the southeast of London, England.
Badger Press: Hampshire, UK - The Badger Press is an open-access printmaking studio established by Michael Griffiths in 1982. In 2008 the management of the Badger Press was taken on by a team of professional printmakers - Angela Fry, Annet Kuska, Marcia Gillespie, Nicola Lewith and Jo Savage.

The spacious and well equipped studio has facilities for artists to produce prints in many media, including etchings, relief prints, solar plates and screen prints.

Printmaking services and activities offered include:

* Practical courses and workshops
* Studio Hire for experienced printmakers
* Sales of printmaking materials
* Staff development for educational institutions
* Consultancy services

Recently the Badger Press has been in the forefront of research in the UK into photopolymer (solar plate) printmaking. Specialist courses are offered in the new, non-toxic medium and the Badger Press supplies plates by mail order.
Bankside Gallery: Bankside Gallery is the home of two historic art societies; the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.
Since the beginning of the twentieth century the two Societies have shared premises and the Gallery's exhibition programme seeks to reflect the activities of the Members of both Societies through a mixture of Society exhibitions, one person shows, and themed mixed exhibitions of both watercolours and prints.
Bath Artist Printmakers: Bath, UK - Bath Artist Printmakers (BAP) are an artist's cooperative of over 30 members who work from a studio in Larkhall in Bath. The members regularly exhibit both locally and nationally and the studio also runs short courses on Saturday mornings in various aspects of printmaking.

BAP Aims
* To run a printmaking studio for artist printmakers.
* To promote community awareness of fine art printmaking in the City of Bath and surrounding areas.
* To promote general facilities for fine art printmaking for the community through: short courses, workshops and open days for schools, colleges, clubs, societies and individual members of the public; providing displays, exhibitions, lectures and seminars to a wide audience.
Belfast Print Workshop: Belfast, Northern Ireland - Belfast Print Workshop is the largest place in Northern Ireland where professional printmakers can share facilities, materials and ideas with each other to express their art, and where they can sell their prints through an integrated gallery and online to a worldwide audience. We also welcome other artists keen to learn printmaking techniques.
Birmingham Printmakers: Digbeth, Birmingham, UK - Set up in 1982, Birmingham Printmakers has a large well-lit workshop in Digbeth. It is available to all artists, specialist and non-specialist printmakers.
Black Church Print Studio: Dublin, Ireland - Black Church Print Studio is one of the leading fine art print studios in Ireland. It was established in 1982 as a non-profit organisation and is grant-aided by the Arts Council and Dublin City Council.
Initially located in Ardee Street, Dublin, the Studio moved to purpose-built premises in Temple Bar in 1994. Plans to equip the new studio for traditional and multi-media printmaking were put in place, and a programme of printmaking activities was developed.
Today, the Studio provides professional printmaking facilities for an increasing number of members and non-member artists. Artists have access to etching, lithography, screenprint and relief presses, and to multi-media equipment. A computer system allows artists to manipulate and generate images that can be output directly onto archival paper or transferred to screenprint and photo-etching processes for printing in the traditional manner.
As well as providing facilities for members, the Studio is open to artists wishing to use print as an ancillary activity. For example, we have assisted artists in the production of etched metal, which was later incorporated into sculpture. Painters have used the facilities to screenprint onto canvas, board, and plaster walls.
Core activities include an access programme, editioning service, exhibition programme and the provision of a valuable resource centre. Outreach and education programmes encompass talks, classes, workshops and an established Friends Scheme. The Studio has organised many exhibitions in Ireland and promotes the awareness of international printmaking by participating in exchange exhibitions and residencies where possible.
Blue Room at the Blue Coat: Liverpool, UK - Blue Room is an arts service for adults with learning disabilities that operates 3 days a week, 48 weeks a year at the Bluecoat in partnership with Liverpool City Council. Service Users attend the Blue Room one day a week to create exciting art work, in response to exhibitions at the Bluecoat and neighbouring galleries.

With a forty year history of printmaking on site, the Bluecoat has reopened its Print Studio to the public and is available for hire. The Studio is clean, safe, light and airy, and current working practice is geared towards new developments in 'safe' printmaking.
Boden Press: South Bucks, UK - Bodenpress provides a workshop facility in Chesham, South Bucks offering established artists and the new printmaker an opportunity to enhance and expand their print knowledge.
Brighton Independent Printmaking: Brighton, UK - The studio is an open access fine art print workshop. An artist lead, voluntary organisation dedicated to the production and promotion of original prints as a fine art medium. The regular staff and the two directors are unpaid; invited tutors receive a fee. All earnings are put back into the continued development and running of the workshop.

Ann d'Arcy Hughes and Jane Sampson founded B.I.P in the year 2000 with the aim of securing the future of traditional Printmaking combined with the development of the new technology within the medium.

We welcome all those interested from beginners to accomplished printmakers to learn and use printmaking as a creative process.

Facilities for experienced printmakers for:

* SCREENPRINTING
* ETCHING
* INTAGLIO
* RELIEF
* MONOPRINTING
* LITHO
Clò Ceardlann na gCnoc: Derrybeg, Co. Donegal, Ireland - Cló is a resource facility for the creation and production of art. Cló is a visual workshop combining traditional forms of image making with contemporary media. Cló is an artist lead initiative providing a platform for creative exchange between artists worldwide and the Gaeltacht community.Cló fosters the emergence of artists in the Gaeltacht through providing access to professional development services.

* Explores relationships between indigenous cultural forms and new forms of expression.
* Facilitates artists and groups to create original works which can be used for exhibition, documentation or broadcast.
* Initiates and promotes collaborative arts projects and public art commissions.
* Publishes limited edition prints, DVDs, CDs and artists' books.

Facilities in the workshop include etching, stone and plate lithography, wood block relief printing, digital media - sound and video, and artist's books.
Cork Printmakers: Cork, Ireland - Cork Printmakers is an artist resource, committed to promoting print as a public art form. We provide a professional, open access, fine art print workshop so as to facilitate printmakers and visual artists working through the medium of print. A range of presses, tools, equipment and materials, required to produce a body of work, are available to members.
In 1991, Cork Printmakers artists workshop was set-up by a number of fine art printmakers in Cork City to support both established and emerging artists working in print media. The workshop became fully functional in 1994 and new members were invited to join. Today Cork Printmakers supports over eighty working artists based in Ireland, Britain and the United States. Based in the historic centre of Cork City, Cork Printmakers is located in refurbished 19th century warehouses at Wandesford Quay, between Sharman Crawford St and Clarkes Bridge.
Cork Printmakers provide a professional, open access, fine art print workshop so as to facilitate printmakers and visual artists working through the medium of print. We are very active in the exhibition of print in public and private spaces. In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of printmaking courses for adults and through our artists in schools programme, which won an AIB Better Ireland Award, we bring the art of printmaking to children between the ages of eight and eighteen.
Curwen Print Study Centre: Cambridge, UK - Here in Curwen Print Study Centre we teach traditional and contemporary printmaking skills to artists, schools; students and teachers, corporate groups and families.

Our education programme is very successful with school students visiting from Cambs, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Herts. They gain by extending the use of media in support of the curriculum with finished pieces of work, material for sketchbooks and portfolios whilst allowing the use of facilities not available in school. Plus they gain from the opportunity to work with artist printmakers. The majority of schools re book every year encouraged by the higher grades achieved at GCSE, AVCE, AS and A2. The content can be adapted to suit all ability levels from the least able to gifted / talented students who need enrichment and extension.

Our general course programme offers something for everyone. There are courses for those new to printmaking and those who have previous experience. We welcome adults of all abilities. The courses vary in duration from 1 day workshops through to a 10 week certificated course and cover a wide variety of printmaking skills. Open access is available to artists who have successfully completed the relevant course. During the summer we offer an adult summer school with guest tutors - Stanley Jones MBE, John Mills ARCA PPRBS FRSA and Chloe Cheese Printmaker and Illustrator. Young artists are not forgotten with fun sessions in the summer including family days where all ages can visit together.

We offer a very flexible approach and are happy to discuss individual needs.
The Curwen Studio: Cambridgeshire, UK - The Curwen Studio is a unique organisation in fine art printing for artists/photographers and has an outstanding international reputation. We offer a special creative service for artists, photographers and publishers. The keys to our success are the working relationship with the client, our open approach to each project, the knowledge of our technical staff and the high quality of the materials used. We pride ourselves in offering an environment which is forward thinking and innovative at the same time as respecting our rich and distinguished history.
Double Elephant Print Workshop: Exeter, UK - Double Elephant is an open access community based printmaking studio available to anyone, professional printmakers, artists and beginners alike.
We aim to offer resources, equipment and tuition to the highest professional standards. We encourage creativity and artistic personal development through a friendly approach and a focus on the artistic integrity of your printmaking.
Dundee Contemporary Art: Dundee, UK - DCA is not just about exhibitions and cinema. It is also a place to make art. In fact, lots of artists use our Print Studio every week to create high quality print editions, working with our friendly and experienced technical team.
You may have seen some of the prints they have produced on show around the building and it's possible to learn more about the processes involved by taking part in one of our regular courses that are listed in this guide. We also have traditional photographic darkrooms as well as resources for digital scanning, image manipulation and printing.
East London Printmakers: London, UK - East London Printmakers is a group of contemporary artist-printmakers based in Hackney, East London. ELP manage a spacious and modern printmaking studio with open access, organise exhibitions for members and run workshops and educational programmes for members and the general public.

Visitors are welcome during open access hours.
Edinburgh Printmakers: Edinburgh, Scotland - Established in 1967 as the first open access studio in Britain, Edinburgh Printmakers (EP) is dedicated to the promotion of contemporary printmaking practice.
It achieves this by providing, maintaining and staffing an entrance free gallery and inexpensive, open access print studio, where artists and members of the public can use equipment and source technical expertise in order to develop their hands on printmaking skills.
As a not for profit organisation that is also a registered charity, EP receives approximately 50% of it's funding through revenue and project funding from the Scottish Arts Council as well as support from the City of Edinburgh Council. This enables the organisation to highly subsidise the cost of using the print studio, making access to creative facilities affordable to a wide range of people. This includes professional artists, students, community groups and members of the public, who wish to develop new or existing skills.
Fife Dunfermline Printmakers: Dunfermline, Scotland - The Fife (Dunfermline) Print Workshop was formed in 1982 by a small group of artists including John Binning, Terry Keast, Ian Lindsay, Margaret Mathew, and Ann Smith.
We have charitable status; we lease the basement of the Dell Farquaharson Institute from Fife Council and within this area we provide etching, screenprinting, lithography and relief printing tuition and equipment to a membership from a huge variety of backgrounds, which encourages a lively mixture of approaches to the medium. No one style predominates and there is a great sense of achievement and exhilaration.
We feel that we have our own identity and priorities. The larger printmakers' workshops have paid technicians and administrators and run galleries, whilst we remain exclusively run by volunteers, have no gallery facilities and, very importantly, we do not have the big budgets and local authority/SAC support that these organisations require - but we do not have to submit to their conditions either.
We hold and participate in exhibitions throughout Scotland. Individual members contribute to galleries and exhibitions both national and international, many receiving recognition and awards for their work.
Our survival depends entirely on our own efforts. Yet we achieve much with our limited resources and operate very closely to the original ideals that gave birth to the Printmaking Workshop movement. Our aims are to promote the skills of printmaking in all its forms and to make our facilities available to all who may wish to acquire or practice those skills.
Gainsborough House Print Workshop: Suffolk, UK - The Print Workshop at Gainsborough's House is an open-access studio available to anyone interested in printmaking. The Workshop was established in 1978 in premises opening onto the charming garden at Gainsborough's House.
A small staff maintains the Workshop and develops its facilities. A membership scheme is open to all - complete beginners and established printmakers. A voluntary committee organises members' exhibitions, visits and fundraising events.
The Workshop is exceptionally well laid out, the result of major refurbishment in 1997. The presses are on the ground floor together with custom built sinks, a fume extract cabinet, darkroom and screen-wash. Double doors open into the garden. Screen printing takes place on the first floor where there is further bench-space for drawing on plates.
Anyone may use the facilities upon payment of an annual subscription. Help and advice is available from the technician, while experienced printmakers are free to work on their own. There is a session fee which covers processing chemicals and other consumables. Paper and printing plates may be purchased at very reasonable prices.
Glasgow Print Studio: Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow Print Studio is based in the heart of Glasgow, providing a range of services to artists and the public in the West of Scotland. These include a custom-built printmakers workshop, a gallery exhibiting local and international artists and a retail outlet: Gallery III.
The Glasgow Print Studio is a unique organisation with charitable status which exists to encourage and promote the art of printmaking in the West of Scotland. Founded in 1972, Glasgow Print Studio has grown in both reputation and size to offer world class facilities and a wide range of services to the public and artists alike.
Glasgow Print Studio is one of the largest publishers of original prints in the UK. Every year leading artists are invited to collaborate with our master printmakers to produce original prints of the highest quality. These publications can be seen in Gallery III and are also available by mail order.
Gloucestershire Print Council: Gloucestershire, UK - The GPC was set up in 2005 to provide much-needed specialist fine art printmaking facilities for artists in the Gloucestershire area. The first studio was opened at Griffin Mill in Thrupp, near Stroud in September.
There is now a second studio on the site. Together these two studios provide facilities for etching, plate, lithography, screen printing, relief printing and photo- mechanical processes.

Since 2005 The GPC has gone from strength to strength, meeting our outlined objectives of:
- providing a centre of excellence for Printmakers
- offering courses, educational events, exhibitions, talks and demonstrations for the general public and specific educational groups (including widening our remit to the young, the disabled and other vulnerable groups)
- forming links with other artists nationally and internationally.
Graphics Studio Dublin: Dublin, Ireland - Graphic Studio Dublin, established in 1960, is the largest and oldest fine-art print studio in Ireland. It is supported by the Arts Council and IONA Technologies. Graphic Studio Dublin facilitates etching, lithography, woodblock and carborundum printing for upwards of sixty members annually. An additional fifteen to twenty Visiting Artists are invited to the studio each year to make a series of prints with the assistance of a skilled technician. Since the inception of the programme in 1980 the list of established and emerging Irish and international artists who have worked at the studio reads as an impressive survey of Irish art. Artists participating in the recent 2008/2009 programme include William Crozier HRHA, Martin Gale RHA, Guggi, Christopher Le Brun, Barbara Rae and Seán McSweeney HRHA.
Graphic Studio Dublin fosters creative project ideas and actively supports artist-led projects from the studio. Past successes have involved Graphic Studio Dublin's collaboration with national cultural institutions, Art into Art at the National Gallery of Ireland in 1998, Holy Show at the Chester Beatty Library in 2002 and The Garden of Earthly Delights programmed at the Chester Beatty Library for 2005. Tours of the studio by interested groups and third parties are facilitated by prior appointment with the studio administrator.
Green Door Open Access Printmaking Studio: Derbyshire, UK - The workspace includes the main studio which features floor to ceiling windows on two sides with daylight recessed ceiling lights giving maximum consistent light. There are four sinks for paper soaking and etching/metal preparation, an aquatint booth and metal bench plus work benches for inking up and plate preparation/mono-printing etc. We supply printmaking materials for members to buy at discount prices.

- Three presses:
» One etching flat bed (bed size: 46 cm x 84cm)
» One adapted Mangle (bed size: 44cms. x 86 cm)
» One Nipping Press (platen size: 64cm x 48 cm)
- Facilities for mounting and framing prints
- A small library for members use within the studio
- An Apple iMac and Epson A4 inkjet Printer/Scanner

We also have a separate small darkroom facility equipped with a UV light and vacuum - bed size measures approx. 65cm x 80cm.

We also have equipment for Screen Printing (Serigraphy).

Recently we have also created a semi permenant Gallery space beside our Studio, where we show and sell the work of our members. It is called the 'STAIR GALLERY'.

An important part of the Green Door ethos is that the Studio should become the focus of a thriving artistic community. Although members join as individuals, it is our hope that they quickly form part of a supportive group that shares its creative ideas and influences.
Greenwich Printmakers Association: Greenwich, UK - The Greenwich Printmakers Association was founded in 1979 with the primary aim of providing a permanent display of members' work in their own gallery. It is run as a cooperative, staffed and administered by the artists themselves who mount five exhibitions of new work each year, in addition to several other locations which have been as far afield as Canada, Germany and the USA.
Hampen Factory: Cheltenham, UK - Hampen Factory is a purpose built studio run by Carolyn Foulkes, situated in beautiful Cotswold countryside, off the A436 between Andoversford and Bourton-on-the-Water. Built from the ruins of a dairy, on the site of a historic flax mill and bone factory, the studio provides comfortable and inspirational space for a wide variety of creative workshops and classes.
Within an open plan the facilities include a kitchen area, two large work sinks and an etching press. In fine weather the garden courtyard offers a relaxing outdoor area.
Upstairs provides an additional lunch area away form the main work space
There is ample parking and the studio has wheelchair access.
Hand Print Studio: Penzance, Cornwall - We continue to be committed to the research and development of innovative printmaking practice, and, from May of this year, will offer an exciting programme of intensive workshops dealing with specialist aspects of creative print processes.
These workshops are aimed at a wide audience, are suitable for both beginners and more experienced printmakers alike, and cover a wide range of methods and processes in an expert, accessible and informal manner.
The course tutor, Peter Wray R.E., is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, and one of UK's foremost exponents of Collagraph/Carborundum printmaking. He has over 30 years' of successful teaching experience across a wide range of levels, and enjoys an international reputation as an artist- printmaker. He has exhibited widely throughout Britain and abroad, and his work is held in many prestigious private, public and corporate collections. Partner and fellow artist/tutor, Judy Collins, is a talented printmaker and gifted teacher with extensive experience of exhibiting throughout the UK.
Hole Editions: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK - Hole Editions was established by Lee Turner who has many years of printmaking experience in all aspects of traditional printmaking techniques, as well as in digital printmaking. He received his BA (hons.) in Fine Art Printmaking from Manchester Metropolitan University in 1996, an MFA from Newcastle University in 1998, and TMP (Tamarind Master Printer Certificate) from Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico in 2004. Since graduating from Tamarind, Lee has printed in New Zealand at the University of Canterbury and at The Artists' Press in South Africa, after which he returned to England to begin this venture.
Hole Editions is able to offer a collaborative lithography editioning service, working either in the capacity of publisher or as contract printer. Monotype sessions are also available.
Horsely Printmakers: Northumberland, UK - Horsley Printmakers is an independent working studio where Carol Nunan and Rebecca Vincent make and sell original and limited edition hand-made and giclee prints. They also teach printmaking workshops to groups and individuals, and in partnership with The Centre of Lifelong Learning (accredited by The University Of Sunderland).
Horsley Printmakers is one of eight artists' studios & a coffee shop based in a converted 17th century manse and 19th century schoolrooms situated in Horsley not far from Hadrian's Wall, ten minutes west of Newcastle and Gateshead off A69 roughly half way between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Hexham.
Hot Bed Press: Salford, UK - Hot Bed Press is the largest open access print workshop in the region. With 130 members and rising we provide specialist printmaking equipment and expertise in printmaking and related media, (such as bookmaking). We are open 5 days a week, with technical support on hand.

We welcome new members; beginners or experienced printmakers, and run a range of popular courses throughout the year, which suit complete beginners as well as the more seasoned printmakers.

Our facilities include equipment for screen printing, etching, drypoint, collagraphs, relief printing and other related processes. Our screenprinting is waterbased with two light boxes for photo-screenprinting and a darkroom facility for coating and exposing screens. In our etching area we have nitric acid for steel and zinc plates as well as ferric chloride and now also saline sulphate, [including for aluminium]. Our aquatint is 'traditional' resin.

At Hot Bed Press we have incorporated recent innovations in printmaking into normal studio practise, such as the use of vegetable oil, new degreasants and mordants for etching. We will continue to improve and innovate on health and safety and environmental issues and to enhance creative printmaking practises making us a centre for excellence in the North West.

Within the workshop we also have 9 artists studios. They are 24 hour accessable and independently locked spaces with good lighting and access to all facilities.
Inky Cuttlefish Print Studios: London - The primary goals of the studio are to:
1. open to the public four days a week
2. have a working printmaking studio that is open to the community for open access ten hours a week
3. running a variety of art workshops for the community one evening a week
4. providing art studios for rent
5. having morning drop in art clinics one day a week for disabled and elderly people
6. organising art events for artists and the local community
7. provide exhibition opportunities for studio artists and invited artists
8. provide Artist in Residence opportunities for artists eager to learn more about how to run and manage a studio, and give them opportunities and time in the studio to learn more about printmaking
Leicester Print Workshop: Leicester, UK - Leicester Print Workshop is a regional centre of excellence for fine art printmaking. The studio offers a high quality experience of printmaking in a supportive environment that welcomes established professional as well as beginners. The studio offers specialist knowledge of traditional and non traditional techniques in a well equipped, well lit, ground floor studio. It runs an active course programme which is open ot members and non members throughout the year. Members have access to workshop facilities through open access hours where technical help is on hand if required. The studio is situated close to the city centre, only 10 minutes walk from the train station, visitors are welcome to view the studio but please ring first to arrange your visit. Leicester Print Workshop also houses 7 artist studios that are used by a variety of visual artists.
Leinster Print Studio: Clane, Ireland - Since its formation, its membership has increased fivefold and it has acquired five presses. The Leinster Print Studio practices "green printmaking" techniques in response to growing environmental concerns, and was the first "green" studio in the country. It is committed to the provision of facilities, which enables its members to produce work to the highest standard.
London Print Studio: London, UK - londonprintstudio is a small not-for-profit organisation that provides educational resources in the graphic arts for artists, community organizations, education institutions and the public, including:

* gallery exhibitions and education programmes.
* open-access to printmaking and computer graphics facilities
* courses and training programmes
* innovative education projects.
* volunteer traineeship programme.
* digital services.
* editioning projects.
* MA and Postgraduate Diploma in Printmaking and Professional Practice (in partnership with the University of Brighton).
Magenta Sky: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK - 'The Printmaking Academy' is a leading provider of printmaking tuition and distance learning programmes for students worldwide. Plus we also offer design services, run live classes and workshops and have an online gallery and shop for you to purchase recent work and see what we have been up to.

Discover Printmaking With Our Popular Distance Learning Course! Introduction to Printmaking is a complete distance learning programme based upon our popular printmaking workshops and classes, allowing you to develop your skill and ideas through structured modules, all in the comfort of your own home. Start from just £197!
Milton Keynes Printmakers: Milton Keynes, UK - Milton Keynes Printmakers is an artist led group dedicated to the production of original prints.

Printmaking is a major form of expression in Fine Art. An original print is an image created from a hand cut, or uniquely produced source. The number produced is determined by the artist or the printing process.

We have on site facilities for
* etching
* drypoint
* relief printmaking
* monoprint
* collograph
* carborundum
* photopolymer printmaking
Northern Print: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - Northern Print is the centre for contemporary printmaking in the North East. We're here for everyone interested in any aspect of printmaking.

Our studio is based in Ouseburn in Newcastle upon Tyne and receives regular funding from Arts Council England, North East. This is what we do:

* Provide first-class printmaking facilities to meet the needs of our studio users.
* Place the very best artists at the centre of our programme and promote printmaking to the widest possible audience.
* Promote and sell prints, thereby generating income as well as contributing to the stature and financial well being of artists and printmakers in the North East.
* Contribute to ongoing research and development of printmaking together with printmakers from around the world.
* Act as a focus and catalyst for all those involved in the advocacy of printmaking, including schools, colleges, curators, artists groups and collectors.
North Notts Non-Toxic Printmaking Workshop: Nottinghamshire, UK - The North Notts Non-Toxic Printmaking Workshop was opened in summer 2006 by professional Artist Sarah Godfrey.The aim being to create an awareness of non- toxic printmaking techniques through provision of high quality courses and exhibiting opportunities.

The Workshop is situated in the beautiful grounds of Welbeck Abbey in the Dukeries area of Nottinghamshire and is one of 24 others forming the Harley Foundation Artists Studios.

All materials are provided, and at the end of all courses you will have completed a series of Artist quality prints to take home and display. Courses are available at weekends, on weekdays and in the evenings and new for 2007 there will be a series of residential taster and professional courses organised to be held over 3 days, including accommodation, food and social events. Courses are kept small, to a maximum of five people, in order to give each person enough space and time to gain as much as possible from the experience.

After attending a course you may feel you would like to continue your printmaking but do not have the facilities to do so at home. There is the opportunity to come and use the workshops facilities on an OPEN ACCESS basis. This will be charged at an hourly rate of £2.50 plus materials.
North Star Printmakers: Brighton, UK - North Star Studios is a Brighton based printmaking cooperative. It was founded in 1977 by a group of artists with the common interest of promoting new and contemporary work. It is continuing to work to this remit today.

As a cooperative we exhibit on a regular basis at numerous venues including North Star itself. The studio has also been used for workshops and talks, which are integral for the future programming of events.

The studio opens its doors annually to the public as part of the Open Houses for the Brighton Festival in May.
Oxford Printmakers Co-Operative: Oxford, UK - The OPC is an open access Fine Art Print Workshop which offers a high standard of printmaking facilities for people whose special interest is printmaking. We are a non-profit organisation. During 2008 Oxford Printmakers has received donations totalling £1,550 from the following colleges: All Souls, Christchurch, Jesus, Magdalen, Merton, St. Johns, Trinity and University Colleges. Apart from that the workshop is entirely self sufficient and currently recives no other core funding.

We run courses each year on the following print processes;

* Artist's sketchbook
* Wood/Linocut
* Mixed media printmaking
* Process camera and darkroom use
* Screen printing
* Book structures
* Making collagraphs
* Introductory etching
* Monoprinting
* Safe etching
* Viscosity etching
* Intermediate etching

Exhibitions are held annually.

We do community outreach work, taking a portable etching press to schools and community groups for taster sessions in printmaking and we make links with other print workshops in the UK and abroad including residencies and exchanges.

The workshop facilities are available to all members.

The OPC occasionally takes on school students for one week's work experience. This is negotiated with the school and the hours are arranged between the student and technician.

We offer consultancy and advice and have a print process and print supply database which many people refer to.
Peacock Visual Arts: Aberdeen, Scotland - Peacock Visual Arts is the main contemporary visual arts organisation in Aberdeen and the North-east of Scotland and is supported by Aberdeen City Council, the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen.

We aim:

* To play a leading role in nurturing a culture of creativity in Aberdeen and the North East of Scotland.
* To be renowned internationally as a centre of excellence and innovation where artists and public engage to share and explore ideas and to make and present art in exciting, stimulating and challenging ways.
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We passionately believe that art offers empowerment, increases understanding and improves communication. All our collaborative projects, residencies and learning opportunities are about increasing participation. We organise an annual programme of national and international contemporary art exhibitions, as well as talks, critical debates and workshops.

We also provide the widest range of media openly available anywhere in Scotland. These facilities include the hire of video equipment and the use of our printmaking workshops and photography darkroom.
Poole Printmakers: Workshop for printing:
* Ample work and display surface
* Regular printing courses
* Weekly open workshop sessions

Excellent Printing Facilities
* Large Albion press for relief printing
* Large press for intaglio and lithography
* Hopkinson press for typography
* Extensive facilities for screen printing

Regular Exhibitions
* Exhibition of member's work throughout Wessex
* Held in high quality galleries and venues.

Strong Membership
* Over 50 experienced printmakers
* Beginners welcome
Printmakers Council: London, UK - The Printmakers Council was founded in 1965 to promote the art of printmaking and the work of contemporary printmakers.
It continues to pursue this aim by organising a program of exhibitions in London, throughout the U.K. and worldwide. These exhibitions show both traditional skills and innovatory printmaking techniques.
The PMC has a slide index and planchest of PMC members work which is regularly consulted by galleries, exhibition organisers and potential buyers.
Membership is open to all printmakers, students, interested groups and individuals.
Red Hot Press: Southampton, UK - Red Hot Press is a fine art print workshop open to the public, dedicated to the production and promotion of original prints as a Fine Art medium. Sarah Mander and Katherine Anteney founded Red Hot Press in 2004.
It is a print facility that caters for relief and intaglio printmaking techniques.
All are welcome from interested beginners to accomplished printmakers to learn and use printmaking as a creative process.
Seacourt Print Workshop: Bangor, Northern Ireland - Seacourt Print Workshop is an artist print studio located in Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, offering facilities for Etching, Relief, Lithography, Screen-printing, Photo-intaglio and other fine art printmaking processes. It caters to everyone with an interest in printmaking, from the beginner to the professional artist. Seacourt maintains an annual Artist Residency and often invites artists to give talks and demonstrations in a variety of techniques. It holds several exhibitions a year for its members, and has established international links with similar studios in Europe and America to facilitate the exchange of artists, ideas and exhibitions.
Seacourt strives, whenever possible, to use safe and non-toxic materials and methods. It was the first print workshop in Ireland to adopt Acrylic-Resist Etching techniques, as promoted by Edinburgh Printmakers. A programme of research is under way exploring galv-etch, cnc machining of plates and waterless lithography utilising water-based inks.
Education has been an essential aspect of Seacourt's activities since its inception. Its original premises were within a teachers' college and public classes in all techniques are still offered on a regular basis. Partnership programmes with the South Eastern Regional College and local secondary schools allow students to work alongside professional artists. Targeted outreach for groups in health and community settings is also an important part of our educational strand.
Skylark Studios: Cambridgeshire, UK - The main studio is a light spacious room 5 metres by 11.5 metres with high ceilings giving a light feel to the space. The studio provides tables or easels to work at with plenty of space for each student. The printmaking area houses a large etching press with a bed size of 84cm by 124cm, a smaller bench top etching press, an impressive antique circa 1840 Britannia Platen Press with a bed size of 60cm by 80cm and 2 small nipping presses.
Spike Print Studio: Bristol, UK - Spike Print Studio in Bristol is a space for visual artists to explore & experiment with printmaking.

We aim to support, challenge and inspire and offer great facilities supported by technical expertise. We are a membership organisation, and keyholders have 24 hour access. Our courses are very popular and known for their quality. The Studio also offers an Editioning facility.
St. Barnabas Press: Cambridge, UK - St. Barnabas Press offers artists' proofing and professional editioning services, studio space for rental by artists working on individual projects in printmaking or related disciplines and media, and open-access printmaking courses for artists.
Swansea Print Workshop: Swansea, UK - Swansea Print Workshop (SPW) is a fine art printmaking studio, run by a group of artists.
We produce original prints entirely by hand, the printmaking processes used include: linocut, woodcut, screenprinting, etching, aquatint, drypoint, collagraph and cyanotype. We also have photographic and digital facilities that contribute to printmaking processes such as photoscreenprint and photoetch
Swansea Print Workshop provides a hub for fine art printmaking in South Wales. It is a focus for contemporary print and a regional centre of excellence. All those who use our facilities or attend courses benefit from a wide range of access to facilities and opportunities to share and develop their creativity. Our members, and the professional artists who use the workshop, have a both broad and in depth knowledge and range of expertise and experience.
As a community arts provider, training and workshops are delivered to a wide range of ages, experience and abilities; from masterclasses for professional artists and inset training for teachers, to workshops for primary schools.
We curate exhibitions and develop international exchange projects; and also sell original prints on behalf of our members, associates and visiting artists.
West Yorkshire Print Workshop: Mirfield, UK - West Yorkshire Print Workshop is an open access printmaking facility. We also run a regular programme of specialist printmaking courses and other related activities including arts and crafts activities and workshops for young people. We support artists and creative businesses by providing printmaking facilities, affordable studio spaces and exhibiting opportunities for members.
WYPW is a registered charity and a Regularly Funded Organisation of the Arts Council, England. We welcome any offers of voluntary assistance and sponsorship from the private and business sectors.
Yale College: Wrexham, Wales - The Regional Print Centre at Yale College offers an exciting open access facility for everyone to enjoy the art of printmaking.

Set up jointly by Yale College and the Arts Council of Wales, the Centre offers courses and demonstrations for those who are new to printmaking, as well as professional development for more experienced printmakers and artists.

The Centre also organises an exciting series of projects with community groups and hosts the annual Wrexham Print International Exhibition jointly with Wrexham Arts Centre.

European Printmaking

Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier: Amsterdam, Netherlands - Since 1958 The Amsterdam Graphic Studio/Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier (AGA) aims to be a workshop and production place for every professional artist who masters the graphic techniques and wants to explore them. These graphic techniques cover a vast area ranging from traditional nineteenth century craft techniques up to contemporary photographical, digital and other printing techniques and processes. The AGA studio (600m2) is optimally equipped with the necessary materials and technical equipment required. %u2028The AGA is provided with a number of artists/managers who artistically and technically will provide guidance in every discipline, occasionally as well as by means of projects.
With this broad spectrum of professional graphic possibilities the AGA distinguishes itself explicitly from other graphic institutions.
The AGA stands for an experimental, multidisciplinary approach in the arts. As a future laboratory the AGA wants to explore all (new) possibilities in art production. The AGA therefore cooperates actively with distinguished (inter)national art institutions.
The facilities (studio, materials, techniques, knowledge) are the foundation of the AGA to which every professional artist can apply. Furthermore the AGA is developing a program aimed at optimally using its contacts with related institutions for the artists who will be working here. This program entails workshops, master classes, presentations, guest artists and international exchange projects.
The gallery, overlooking the workshops, is equipped with tables for preparatory and finishing work.
Artists working in the AGA are obliged to conform to the requirements for environmentally safe use and disposal of materials.
Association of Estonian Printmakers: Talinn, Estonia
Il Bisonte: Florence, Italy - The International School of Specialisation in Printmaking 'Il Bisonte' offers courses in the traditional techniques of printmaking, following the old tradition of artistic skills and craftsmanship of the printing workshop established in 1959. The School puts at the disposal of its students tools, stella presses - at which over two hundred contemporary artists have worked - a three-thousand-volume library, photographic archives with thousands of slides and colour photographs, and the archives of the works carried out in the Stamperia and in the School.
Falu Konstgrafiska Verkstad: Falu, Sweden - Falu Print Workshop with access for relief, intaglio, lithography, silkscreen and digital print work. In addition we offer the possibility of working with non-toxic graphic techniques and materials, such as non-toxic ink solutions
Frans Masereel Centrum: Kasterlee, Belgium - The Flemish centre for the graphic arts 'Frans Masereel' is a dynamic, varied and forward-looking international centre for the contemporary visual arts and focuses on the printed image.
The Frans Masereel Centre is a centre for creation, but also for the communication of knowledge, international collaboration and research.
The aim of the Frans Masereel Centre is to bring artists into contact with every aspect of the printed image by means of residences, workshops, demonstrations and exhibitions.
Contacts between artists and the exchange of ideas are essential for the positive evaluation that artists have when they've stayed at the centre. The FMC is visited annually by more than 100 artists, both young and established.
Fyns Grafiske Vaerksted: Odense, Denmark - Established over 30 years ago, Fyns Grafiske Værksted in Odense, Denmark, is an exceptionally well-organised and creative environment for printmaking.
It has over 275 members, and continues to attract professional artists from all over the world. Applications for membership are considered twice yearly by members of the Workshop Committee. Once accepted, members have 24-hour access to the facilities for an annual fee of only 500 DK Kr (68 euro). All profits go straight back to the workshop to improve and maintain facilities there. A gallery on site also promotes and sells prints, thereby generating support for the workshop and it's artists, and promoting printmaking to a wider audience.
The studio is well equipped and very accessible. Facilities include equipment for etching, relief printing, lino/woodcut and lithography. Traditional and contemporary techniques come together in the workshop, as members with many different backgrounds and skills work alongside each other. There are several short courses each year in various printmaking techniques to further enable this exchange of knowledge. Experimentation and invention are welcome!
The workshop has strong links with other printmaking studios around the world, and participates in frequent artist exchanges and residencies. There are also firm connections with the local art academy.
Grafisk Eksperimentarium: Copenhagen, Denmark - Henrik Boegh is a well known author and artist in the printmaking world. Since he established The Printmakers' Experimentarium in Copenhagen in 1997 he has been working hard to spread the techniques of Non-Toxic Intaglio all over Europe. More than 800 printmakers from all over the world have been participating in his workshops all over Europe throughout the years since 97. His book "Handbook of Non-Toxic Intaglio" has been published in Danish, English, Spanish, Flemish, Dutchand French language. The book has been visualized in the video and DVD programme "Non-Toxic Intaglio Step by Step." From the very beginning Henrik has been testing and evaluating the non-toxic printmaking methods and materials. The results of his investigations in photopolymer materials and acrylic etching grounds has been published currently through his free electronic newsletters to more than 1500 printmakers around the world
A crucial objective for Henrik has always been to stay clear of affiliation with particular manufacturers or products. His Printmakers' Experimentarium remains completely independent of financial or other kinds of stakes potentially held by the industry. In order to realize this project he has only received financial support from The Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs as well as The Danish Ministry of Environmental Affairs.
Grafisk Kunst: Naestved, Denmark - The Graphic Arst Print Workshop was established in 1988 with support from Storstroem County. The counties in Denmark were closed down by January 1, 2007, and the print studio is now supported by the municipality of Naestved.
The Workshop is situated in the beautiful old former Groennegade Military Barracks - now a cultural center - in the very center of the
provincial town Naestved in the Southeastern part of Zealand.
The Print Studio is a cooperative of artists interested in working seriously and professional with printmaking and have a board with 5 members selected by the artists.
The Print Studio provide facilities for the artists to make prints using a variety of methods including etching, lithography, photopolymer gravure, linocuts, woodcuts, computer graphic and other related processes.
The Studio / Workshop is small - only about 70 square meters - and it is difficult for more than one or two artists to work at the same time.
If accepted by the board the artists join on a membership basis and have free access to the facilities.
Members have added benefits such as participating in frequent courses at the workshop and in exhibitions arranged by the Workshop different places in Denmark.
Jyväskylä Centre for Printmaking: Jyväskylä, Finland - Set up in 1978, the Jyväskylä Centre for Printmaking is a municipal unit affording artists, mainly professionals proper, functional and inexpensive facilities for work. To serve artists' needs for further education, various courses and workshops related to the artform are arranged here every year. In its own field, the centre is also dedicated to creating and promoting international contacts. Another major concern in to serve nonprofessionals: guided by trained artists, they have the possibility of studying and trying out various techniques.
As regard the general public, The Centre for Printmaking aims at increasing its knowledge of and insight into the art of printmaking. This is done, for example, by arranging changing print exhibitions at the Galleria Harmonia, which present works by Finnish and foreign printmakers.
Pomegranate Editions: Granada, Spain - Pomegranate Editions is the printmaking and editioning studio of Anglo-Spanish printmaking maestra, Maureen Booth. The studio is located at the edge of a village in the inspiring foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Granada, Spain. Since the mid 1970's, Maureen has created and printed her own etchings, portfolios, and artist's books, as well as offering summer courses for print artists and doing editioning commissions for selected clients.
Atelier Montmiral: Montmiral, France - Art courses and workshops in drawing, painting and printmaking are run from early spring through to late autumn and are structured to accommodate a wealth of creative pursuits from preliminaries like basic colour mixing through to more complex processes such as digital photo etching. Mick and Bunny Newth are both established artists and professional tutors with over 25 years experience, together they offer a unique learning experience for practising artists through to complete beginners. Unlike many art courses they provide full time daily tuition and individual guidance to their art students at all levels.
Murtra Edicions: Arenys de Munt, Spain - We are a professional workshop specializing in intaglio printmaking. We publish prints, artists' portfolios and books for publishers, museums, companies, galleries and individual artists.
Taller de las Vistillas: Madrid, Spain. Site in Spanish.
Venice Printmaking Studio: Venice, Italy - The Venice Printmaking Studio is a non-profit international studio devoted to large-format printmaking and artist's books. We encourage the exploration of traditional as well as experimental printmaking practices and ideas. Our facilities allow for both large and small format intaglio etching, screenprinting, relief printing and letterpress. Through our residency programs, workshops, exhibitions, community projects and printmaking ventures we are a vibrant, contemporary space in the city of Venice.

Middle Eastern, Eastern Mediterranean, African Printmaking

Art Print, South Africa: White River, South Africa - Art Print South Africa is dedicated to bringing you the finest limited edition original prints available in South Africa. Our focus at Art Print South Africa is on handprinted lithographs, monoprints, letterpress, intaglio and photogravure work. The artists that we represent are among the finest in South Africa and have exhibited locally and internationally.
Artist Proof Studio: Johannesburg, South Africa - Our large professional workspace features some of the best state-of-the-art facilities for printmaking in the country. APS is equipped with one of the finest etching presses in South Africa, with a press bed that can print 1,2 x 2,4m plates. In addition, the professional workshop features a Tackach direct lithography press (maximum sheet size1,12 x 0,76m) as well as four etching and lithography presses, set up in the student workshop.
The printmaking workshop is fully ventilated with a fireproof acid room and solvent storage facility to maintain strict health and safety standards. Full-time technical assistance is available to professional artists.
APS aims to develop the Professional Studio into an income-generating and training development unit for the studio and its learners, who intern in this space. As part of their learnership workplace training, two second-year learners have been interning with studio printer, Timothy Foulds.
David Krut Print Workshop: Johannesburg, South Africa - David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) was established in 2002 at 140 Jan Smuts Avenue. The aim of the workshop is to provide a professional facility for collaborations between South African artists and local and international printmakers. Emerging and established artists are regularly invited to create limited edition intaglio prints and monotypes at DKW.
Jerusalem Print Workshop: Jerusalem, Israel - The Jerusalem Print Workshop, a non-profit organization founded in 1974, is an art center dedicated to the advancement of printmaking in Israel.
It is the largest and most important of its kind in the country. Its goal is to explore, along with the artists, the unlimited possibilities of printmaking, while preserving uncompromising criteria of quality of printing and materials, and upgrading standards of edition management, exhibition and commercial publishing.
The JPW, located in a spacious 19th century Ottoman building in the heart of Jerusalem, houses a workshop on its first floor and a gallery on the upper floor.
In keeping with our goals, we invite artists to work and create original art prints in collaboration with our highly skilled master printers. The artists are provided with the printmaking facilities - lithography, etching, woodcut and screenprinting - and all the guidance and advice they need.
The JPW also offers Open Studio facilities - at the moment only in etching - for artists who want to work independently, as well as courses in the various techniques for those who want to acquire skills in the media.
Our gallery stocks the largest print and artist's book collection in the country, representing a unique cross-section of Israeli art. The gallery holds exhibitions curated by either the JPW or by guest-curators.
The JPW's publications consist of limited, signed and numbered editions of prints and artist's books by guest artists. We also publish catalogues to accompany the exhibitions.

Asia & Oceania Printmaking

Australian Print Workshop: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - A unique centre providing both established and emerging artists with access to a wide range of printmaking equipment and expertise in the context of a world-class printmaking workshop.
The Australian Print Workshop fosters the development of printmaking as a vibrant and progressive art form. Through its annual program, the Workshop represents the very best in contemporary printmaking.
Hong Kong Open Printshop: Hong Kong, China - The Hong Kong Open Printshop was founded in 2000. It is the first non profit-making open printshop that is run by artists. Our major objective is to promote visual art with an emphasis on image making. Apart from creative works, we also try our very best to give back to the community by providing art services, so people from all classes and ages can enjoy art.
Besides international exchange exhibitions, HKOP has started the "Artist-In-Residence" scheme so that young or budding artists can be provided a space for their creative work and exchange. In promoting image-making, HKOP has been co-organizing printmaking or imaging courses and classes with schools and tertiary institutes in providing studio space and equipment support.
Recently, HKOP has also been partnering with social work institutions to cultivate creativities and artistic skills for underprivileged groups - from new immigrant children to old aged pensioners, in letting them to share the joy of creating, so as to help them regain confidence and fuse into the community better.
Hunter Island Press: Hobart, Australia - Hunter Island Press is a not-for-profit organisation which is run by a dedicated committee of seven members, all of whom are practising artists. We were formed in 2004 with the primary objective being to establish and operate a professional public access print studio in Hobart which would cater for the needs of Tasmanian Fine Art printmakers. Such a studio will provide a place for artists to create work and pass on their skills to others in the community. Although established in Hobart it is intended that the studio cater for the needs of all Tasmanians interested in using its facilities or learning about this art form. To this end we have developed a program of workshops and exhibitions which will expose printmaking to the wider community and also provide an opportunity for artists to promote and sell their work.
The studio has a strong community focus and an active and involved membership. Through a variety of initiatives such as special exhibitions, artists-in-residence and youth focused and cross-cultural activities we foster a creative community and encourage an interactive approach with other community organisations. We aim to provide an inspiring and memorable experience for diverse groups of all ages, consisting of the local community and others throughout Tasmania.
Kyoto International Woodprint Association: Kyoto, Japan - The Kyoto International Woodprint Association was formed in 1997 by Mr Richard Keith Steiner and the students of his Steiner Print Workshop in Kyoto. Meetings of the Executive Board are held monthly. In the spring and fall, the Distinguished Speakers series are conducted. Annual Members' Meetings are usually in December. A 14 page newsletter, KIWANews, is published, at present once a year, detailing the past year's activities, plans for the future and also containing articles on print history, personal opinion essays and general art news.
Membership is open to anyone, whether a printmaker or not, who is interested in KIWA's purpose to hold competitions triennially and to build up a collection of contemporary woodblock prints. Membership is annual and includes an original print by Mr Steiner, invitations to KIWA events and a KIWANews subscription. Payment is easiest by International Postal Money Order made out to Richard Steiner.
Megalo: Canberra, Australia - Megalo is an open access printmaking organisation that provides artists, students and the general community with access to specialised printmaking facilities. Megalo is located in Canberra and is funded by the ACT Government. Megalo was established in 1980 as a community access screenprint workshop. In 2000 the printmaking equipment from the Studio One print workshop was incorporated to establish what is now a comprehensive printmaking facility.
Open Bite: Perth, Australia - Open Bite is an open access print workshop run within the Printmaking Studio in The school of Communication and Contemporary Arts, Edith Cowan University. The workshop has been established to offer access and instruction at various levels to artists and members of the community wishing to engage in printmaking.
The studio is equipped with excellent facilities and technical resources and is supported by a regular Artist in Residence / Guest Lecture program. Open Bite provides a professional working environment that enables not only the more traditional approaches of print production to be investigated but also the opportunity for those artists seeking to work more experimentally, challenging the accepted notions of printmaking through an involvement in large scale, multi media or electronic imaging. The overall philosophy within the studio sees printmaking as a major means of artistic expression without stylistic constraints toward content or medium, and therefore encourages artists to expose the full potential of printmaking as a creative process.
The studio also operates a professional print publishing program for artists. Open Bite has worked in collaboration with Desert Designs WA and Indiginart to offer access and publishing facilities for the production of limited edition prints by a number of indigenous arts communities across central and western Australia. A recently published article expands on one of these projects.
Singapore Tyler Print Institute: Singapore - The Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI) is an international publisher and dealer of fine art prints and works on paper. With its unique facility and dedicated team, STPI collaborates with outstanding artists from around the world to push the technical and aesthetic frontiers of printmaking and papermaking, creating edition prints and unique works on paper.
Local art students (18 years and above) can apply for (course credit) internships (min. 2 weeks) in STPI's workshop and paper mill.
Experienced printers and papermakers from around the world are invited to share their practical expertise with STPI's workshop and paper mill team. Project-based residencies are available to suitable candidates.
STPI aims to share its knowledge with local primary and secondary schools, tertiary institutions and community organisations via participation in Art Exposure Days, providing guided tours of STPI's facilities, and making physical resources available for student and teacher training.
Printmaking and papermaking workshops tailored to any age group or level of understanding. Suitable for teambuilding and nurturing creativity.
Studio Printmakers: Auckland, New Zealand - Studio Printmakers Collective is a self funded, non profit making group of up to ten printmakers working as a co-operative. The Collective, founded in 1990, grew out of printmaking classes at the Auckland Society of Arts. It was housed in the stables of the historic Monte Cecelia convent and for many years was known as The Stables Print Workshop. Over the intervening years the Collective has moved many times, the name has changed to reflect the changing locations and only two of the original group remain members.
Tijdamar Printmaking Studio: Indonesia - Tjidamar Printmaking Studio is an Indonesian Printmaking Organization which is located in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Founded in 2001 as an open studio under supervision of Indonesia Printmaking Foundation, it was originaly RedPoint Printmaking Studio which has been split into two divisions: RedPoint Printmaking Gallery and Tjidamar Printmaking Studio.
Tjidamar Printmaking Studio, equiped with 4 etching presses to produce relief, intaglio and aluminium plate litho, offer open studio access for local and international artists, as well as artist in residence.
Warringah Printmakers Studio: Manly Vale, Australia - Warringah Printmakers Studio specializes in the promotion of safer printmaking techniques & environmentally sound work practices. It is a community based, non-profit access studio offering classes, workshops, regular exhibitions & a variety of exciting and innovative projects for artists with full Studio membership. The accomplishment of the Studio's initiatives relies entirely on the voluntary efforts and dedicated hard work of the management committee & members. It is important that the strong community involvement, characteristic of the early days of the developing Studio, continues & a close working relationship with the local councils of Warringah, Manly & Mosman is fostered at every opportunity.
Wharepuke Print Studio: Bay of Islands, New Zealand - Non Toxic Printmaking Art courses include a variety of non toxic printmaking techniques.nontoxic printmaking New Zealand
* Small Groups
* Suitable for all levels of experience
* Can be tailored to suit
* Residential Holiday Courses with Accommodation
Traditional printmaking techniques expose the artist and the environment to a multitude of toxic materials. The safer printmaking promoted with the Non Toxic Printmaking approach allows for all the traditional techniques to be replicated with less harmful, but equally effective, environmentally friendly methods.
Wharepuke Print Studio is a fully equipped printmaking workshop specialising in non toxic printmaking techniques. Set within the two hectares of the award winning Wharepuke Subtropical Garden on The Stone Store Hill in historic Kerikeri in The Bay of Islands.
The studio offers a range printmaking courses, workshops and services to professional artists and the public.
Mark Graver, trained at Leeds Polytechnic UK (BA Fine Art) and Camberwell College of Arts London (MA Printmaking). Mark is a professional artist and qualified art teacher who exhibits in New Zealand and internationally.
The gallery space showcases his work and is open to the public.

Central and South American Printmaking

Proyecto ACE: Buenos Aires, Argentina - We offer to artists, galleries, museums and companies, Artistic Edition services on traditional graphic techniques, experimental and digital. The artists can work together with the masterprinter in our workshop (there is also a private drawing room available) or leave your images so as to let us edit them. Our services include the realization of the plates and the work edition. Proyecto'ace gives all the materials for the plates and the edition, except for the paper and some external services, such as the realization of graphic films

Letterpress Publishers

Letterpress, bookbinding, book arts publishers.

Aardvark Letterpress: Los Angeles, California - Unlike many "design studios," who are simply jobbers that farm out their printing work to others, Aardvark Letterpress is a true and classic printing business. All of the letterpress printing is performed onsite at Aardvark Letterpress by Luis, his sons Brooks and Cary, and their lead pressman, Oscar Gomez. Aardvark still has the old Chandler & Price, but has added two 10 x 15 Heidelberg windmill presses, a Miehle V-50 vertical press, and a Superior handpress.
Aardvark Letterpress is also unique in that, unlike most letterpress printers, Aardvark has full typesetting capabilities. As former typographers, Aardvark Letterpress still has its own fully operational Linotype machine, two Ludlow typesetting machines, and an extensive collection of hand-set type. Aardvark Letterpress has more than 200 typestyles that can be set "in house" and used in the letterpress job.
Aardvark Letterpress provides high-quality craftsmanship from a bygone era. Every job is unique and, to a large extent, handmade. Aardvark Letterpress maintains extremely high standards and works meticulously to ensure that every letterpress piece created is a true work of art.
Barbarian Press: Mission, British Columbia - Established in 1977 in Kent, England, where the Elsteds worked with Graham Williams at the Florin Press. Having acquired three flatbed hand presses - an 1850 super royal Hopkinson & Cope Albion, an 1833 foolscap folio Barrett bench Albion, and an 1854 foolscap folio Sherwin & Cope Imperial - together with many cases of type, they returned to their native Canada in 1978 and set up shop in Mission, British Columbia, about 50 miles east of Vancouver in the Fraser Valley, where they remain. To the English hand presses they have added Vandercook Universal I and Universal III proofing presses, two Chandler & Price vertical platen presses, much more type, and a small hand bindery.
Boxcar Press: Syracuse, New York - Boxcar Press is a nationally established commercial letterpress shop based in upstate New York--a beautiful, hilly, and often snow-covered part of the country that not enough people seem to visit. With 50 tons of equipment housed in 10,000 square feet of space, we are one of the largest letterpress print and pre-press shops in the country. But we know it's not all about heavy machinery-we are friendly heartfelt printers with perfectionists' souls. We are also 100% letterpress fanatics! Go letterpress go! We're committed to creating the finest handcrafted letterpress printing and the finest photopolymer plates in this entire universe. We are actively working hard to lessen the environmental impact of our business. We believe in the power of business to do good.
Why are we here? To print beautifully; use the best materials; and support and inspire the letterpress community.
Briar Press: Briar Press is a community of letterpress printers, book artists, and press enthusiasts. The site is dedicated to the preservation of letterpress-era equipment and the art of fine printing.
Crown Point Press: San Fransisco, California - Crown Point began in 1962 as a print workshop, but started publishing prints in 1965 with etching porfolios by Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud. It functioned as both workshop and publisher until 1971 when Brown formed an alliance with the New York publisher, Parasol Press. In that year Crown Point Press moved from Brown's Berkeley basement to a loft space in downtown Oakland, and -through Parasol Press- began working with New York artists Sol LeWitt, Brice Marden, and others who would later be seen as key members of the Minimal art movement.
Oakland gallery.Oakland gallery. In 1977 Crown Point Press shifted its emphasis back to its own publishing program, and began working with a group of mainly Conceptual artists including Vito Acconci, Chris Burden, Tom Marioni, John Cage, and Pat Steir. Artists published by Crown Point since that time represent a wide variety of contemporary art approaches, and many of them live in countries other than the United States. Art historian Susan Tallman in her 1996 book, The Contemporary Print, describes Crown Point as "the most instrumental American printshop in the revival of etching as a medium of serious art." From 1982 through 1994 Crown Point added Asian woodcut techniques to its etching program, taking artists to Japan, and later China, to work with craftsmen in those countries.
Outside of the Folsom St. gallery.Outside of the Folsom St. gallery. Crown Point Press celebrated its 25th birthday with an exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and archives of its work are owned by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the National Gallery in Washington, DC. An exhibition jointly sponsored by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the National Gallery was held in 1997, Crown Point's 35th year. Since 1986 Crown Point Press has been located in San Francisco, where it has a gallery open to the public and two large etching studios. With a staff of twelve, the press currently publishes etchings by five or six invited artists a year. It also holds summer workshops open to all artists.
Deep Woods Press: Mancelona, Michigan - Deep Wood Press has continued the tradition of hand crafted printed items, bindings and book matter. With a foundation in fine art and a careful attention to craftsmanship and detail the end result is more than a vehicle for information.

Our books are printed via letterpress on fine papers and illustrated with quality artwork from original wood engravings, lino cuts and intaglio prints. These sheets are then bound by hand in traditional and contemporary book structures to please the eye as well as the mind - which we endeavor to impress as carefully as our papers.
De Walden Press: British Columbia, Canada - DE WALDEN PRESS publishes Jan Kellett's Limited Edition miniature books. For detailed information and pictures of the books, click on All Books above.

De Walden Press books are published in small editions (recently thirty or fewer), and are known for their original content, fine bindings, and hand-coloured illustrations. The aim is to design and make books that are interesting and pleasing to view and handle, appealing to the eye and mind in equal measure, with every aspect of the book being given due consideration.
DWRI Letterpress: Providence, Rhode Island - DWRI Letterpress is a custom letterpress print shop focusing on print collaborations with designers, artists, fellow printers, and all those in need of fine letterpress printing. Founded by Dan Wood, and located in Providence, Rhode Island, projects can vary from simple stationery, wedding invitations and announcements of all kinds, to broadsides, artists books, and editioned fine art relief prints.
Capabilities include short and long run letterpress printing on a 10x15 Heidelberg Windmill, a 10x15 Chandler and Price, a Vandercook No. 4, and an automatic fed cylinder MAN Poly 50. Foil stamping, die-cutting, and many bindery/finishing techniques are also available.
Erika Ebert Press: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The things that we communicate to others in writing- on paper- taken out of an envelope- coming into our homes from far away places is a part of us as people. Good design, beautiful materials, being made with the human hand and keeping trades alive in this time is an interest I share with many people throughout the world. I am happy that this is what I do.
Frog Hollow Press: Victoria, British Columbia - Letterpress and bindery publishing works by Canadian poets and artists.
Kat Ran Press: Florence, Massachusetts - Kat Ran Press was founded in 1994 with the aim of combining contemporary art with classical typography via traditional bookmaking techniques. We've been very fortunate to do this for such a long period of time, but as we pondered issues of design, function, and use, we've decided to not limit ourselves to letterpress printing and handmade paper, and to incorporate modern methods of book production. Our materials and methods are still top of the line, and we still work with the best printers and binders. We just get things done faster.
Lone Oak Press: Petersham, Massachusetts - The Lone Oak Press, a private press, was established in 1989 in Petersham, Massachusetts, to publish letterpress-printed fine press books, broadsides and ephemera with wood engravings and etchings by Abigail Rorer. The mission of The Lone Oak Press is to choose text that is engrossing and visually inspiring and to strive to publish it in a visually beautiful manner. The press was named in honor of a huge 200+ year old oak tree which stood majestically alone in the middle of the field behind the artist's home and because the press was going to be a solo venture. The tree has since fallen but the press carries on- a tribute to the oak tree, its many fruitful years, and its progeny.
The engravings and the letterpress type are printed on a Vandercook #4 proof press. The etchings are printed on a small modified M. M. Kelton & Son iron press.

All the editions of the prints and the type for the broadsides and ephemera are printed by Abigail Rorer at the Press while for the books she collaborates with other printers and binders.
Lunalux: Minneapolis, Minnesota - Lunalux has been preserving the traditions of letterpress printing since 1993. In our Minneapolis studio overlooking Loring Park, we create charming paper goods using vintage letterpress equipment and modern photopolymer technology.
Palindrome: Portland, Oregon - palindrome is paper cuts and inky hands; a letterpress and design studio crafting unique goods by Alisha Henson in Portland, Oregon. Inspired by vintage fabric and wallpaper, polaroids, collections of natural objects, old signs, handwriting, doodles, & thrift shopping. I create tactile work blended from these random and moving instants.
Peter Koch Printers: Berkely, California - Peter Rutledge Koch has been designing and printing books and ephemera since 1974, beginning his career in Missoula, Montana with one platen press. He since settled in the San Francisco Bay area and following the San Francisco literary tradition of fine press printing, has acquired an international reputation and several more presses. His clients and collectors range from major international research libraries to bibliophilic organizations and private collectors and publishers. Between commissions, he designs, prints and publishes limited editions of ancient Greek philosophers, the musings of maverick poets, and the images of world-renowned wood engravers and photographers. Editions Koch specializes in publishing limited edition livres d'artiste, broadsides, portfolios, and text transmission objects.
Primrose Hill Press: Newville, Pennsylvania - Primrose Hill Press is dedicated to promoting and publishing the art of engraving on wood as an art form and as a medium of book illustration. Our books on cats, gardens, waters, poetry and the like are illustrated by leading wood engravers. We also publish reference books on bookplates, books about books, biographies of engravers and other artists, reference works, instruction on engraving and biographical dictionaries.
Richard Seibert Letterpress: Berkely, California - A letterpress shop today is a curious mix of past and present: 19th century machinery sits comfortably next to the 21st century's keyboards and monitors.
Cases of metal type inhabit dusty cabinets, while Bezier curves define those same letterforms in the abstract virtual world. The smell of ink and solvents mingle in the hum of scanners and laser printers.
There is an inevitable collection of ephemera. Old thoughts, which someone wanted to remember, were carefully printed, and are now carefully archived.
Every printer working today learned from someone, who learned from someone, ... who learned from Johannes Gutenberg.
Shanty Bay Press: Shanty Bay, Ontario - Shanty Bay Press was established in Shanty Bay, Ontario, in 1996 as a private press devoted to publishing livres d'artistes in which the texts and the illustrations accompanying them would have equal weight in the design of the books. The press is a partnership: the type-setting, presswork and binding are the work of Janis Butler, the illustrations are by Walter Bachinski, and the editorial, design and publishing decisions are shared. The press's equipment includes a Vandercook SP20, Vandercook Universal 1, double crown Washington hand press (1836), an etching press, and a growing collection of type.
Star Shaped Press: Chicago, Illinois - Here at Starshaped, nostalgia is the order of the day, meaning that all of the projects are printed using antique metal and wood type. Most of the types in my studio are at least 50 years old, some are 100 years old, and there is no digital equivalent to them! Because of their age and purpose, these types cannot be used to punch a deep impression into paper, which is very popular with new-fangled letterpress. I design all of the projects here in the studio, exclusively using my type collection, along with illustrations that I either appropriate from other sources or draw myself. I work by first collecting all of the info for your project and then mocking up a number of layouts for you to choose from. These are done digitally in an effort to approximate what the types will look like. When a final design is chosen, I then set the type and proof it for you to approve (and spell check! Such a thing doesn't exist when setting type by hand!). After that it goes on the press. All of the tasks are performed in my studio, and if you're curious, you're welcome to come and check out the process.
Wild Carrot Letterpress: Hadley, Massachusetts - In letterpress, working directly from type cast in metal or from relief plates, the impression you are holding in your hand is actually in the paper, not on it; the type is pressed directly into the paper. This creates an image retaining all the finer details of the type design. The process also makes for the best possible contrast between paper and type, an image that is more stimulating to the subliminal thinking process associated with visual perception.

Online Printmaking

Alter Printmaking: Alter printmaking - where printmaking is de-constructed and re-proposed as a conceptual process. It's not just about mark-making, but making your mark, process and dispersion and heralding changes in print technology from cut and paste publishing to a printer in every home, printed images the size of buildings, variable print, delivering tailored information, the PDF, the virtual print that only exists on a hard drive and unfolds like a performance. Lastly, print passes the baton to the www.
I Love Typography: All about typography and fonts. iLT is designed to inspire its readers, to make people more aware of the typography that is around them. We really cannot escape typography; it's everywhere: on road signs, shampoo bottles, toothpaste, and even on billboard posters, in books and magazines, online...the list is endless, and the possibilities equally so.
Philagrafika Blog: Welcome to the Philagrafika Blog a virtual space for sharing new and exciting artistic projects which embody the use of the printed image in new and exciting ways. Please share these or send me links to new projects. We will be posting the curatorial statement for Philagrafika 2010 in the coming months and we will begin a series of posts relating to the festival's themes.
Printeresting: Printeresting is an online resource for "interesting printmaking miscellany."
The site presents a range of content relevant to the contemporary print artist, including artwork, news, resources, and critical discourse. We favor forward-looking print work that addresses current art concerns, but the site is also a place to keep abreast of developments in the field, and to take note of those rare occasions when printmaking intrudes into the popular culture.
We hope PRINTERESTING will become a useful community resource for artists, teachers, curators and the generally curious. As such, we welcome your comments and suggestions.
Let us know what you think, and please spread the word!
The Print Perspective: New online 'zine for printmaking and printmakers, incorporating helpful resources and a discussion forum, too. Contact matt82kuhlman at gmail dot com to contribute.
Tradigital Printmaking: An original fine art print may combine different techniques such as silkscreen, wood cut, lino cut, intaglio, lithography, etching, collagraph and so on. However it is the use of inkjet (digital) print in combination with any of the traditional techniques that are the focus here. As I could not find a website that offered this research, I thought I would share my own, in this respect. Contributions are welcome.

Ex Libris (Bookplates)

Bookplate Society: Bookplates, also known as ex-libris, have since the 15th century been placed in books to declare ownership. Many artists, some famous such as William Hogarth, Aubrey Beardsley and John Piper, have designed bookplates, and many significant people
(e.g. Samuel Pepys and Rudyard Kipling) have used them, but a personal bookplate has been available to anyone owning a library and wishing to place in the books a printed design as a mark of possession.

Founded in 1972, The Bookplate Society is the direct descendant of the world's first such organisation, the Ex Libris Society, 1891-1908, and its creation and successor, the Bookplate Exchange Club. Our purpose is to encourage the production, use, collecting, and study of bookplates. We achieve this through our publications, lectures, visits to collections, members' auctions, social meetings, and exhibitions.

Links to Worldwide Printmakers

American Print Alliance: Atlanta, Georgia - The American Print Alliance is a consortium of non-profit printmakers' councils in the United States and Canada. If you're not already a member of one of our councils, please contact one listed below for membership information. The councils provide opportunities to meet and talk with your colleagues, attend lectures and demonstrations, and take part in exhibitions.
The Alliance sponsors national and international projects, like the September 11 Memorial Portfolio, the List of Contemporary Print Collections, travelling exhibitions, our Internet gallery and other programs. Alliance funding comes primarily from subscriptions to our journal, Contemporary Impressions. Read it to catch up on the critical issues surrounding contemporary print arts, take part in the dialogue and inspire your creativity. By supporting the Alliance with your subscription, you also get an advocacy organization, exhibitions, resource publications, and more. Make a commitment to help us bring the print arts to their fullest potential!
IPCNY Directory of North American Print Workshops: Welcome to the Directory of North American Print Workshops compiled by IPCNY to provide a comprehensive listing of printshops across the United States. Listings, which may be viewed alphabetically or by state, offer basic information such as whether a workshop does publishing, contract printing, offers cooperative opportunities for artists or offers classes, as well as what media it specializes in and a description of the on-site facilities. To view the listings alphabetically, click on the letter of the alphabet on the top left corner, or scroll down the list using the scrollbar. To view listings by state, click on the option, "view workshops by state" directly beneath the alphabet.
Meet Your Printmaker: Listing print workshops, printmakers, print co-operatives and letterpress printers around the world.
Prints and Printmaking Australia Asia Pacific: Prints and printmaking Australia Asia Pacific provides a gateway for information on printed images from Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
The focus of the site is prints and printmaking by artists from Australia, Aboriginal Australia, the Torres Strait Islands, Papua New Guinea, Maori and Pakeha Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific region including , New Caledonia, Nuie, Samoa, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands. The site also includes references to prints and printmaking in China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Print Council of America: New York, New York - The Print Council of America is an incorporated non-profit organization with elected membership, officers and a board of directors. Membership in the Council is achieved through a process of nomination by existing Council members and review/approval by the board of directors at their semi-annual meetings.
The Print Council of America is a professional organization of print specialists with a current membership of over 200 individuals most of whom represent collections of works of art on paper throughout the United States and Canada. While the organization is comprised primarily of museum curators, it also includes university professors, conservators of works on paper, and independent scholars with a strong commitment to the study of prints.
Print Workshop Central: Print Workshop Central is a new World Printmakers initiative designed to offer a series of services and resources to fine-art printmaking workshops around the world.
After consulting print workshop professionals on four continents we have concluded that they have essentially everything in common, and there are valuable online services which World Printmakers can provide for all of them, as well as for their community as a whole. These include, of course, a source of shared technical information and a central register of opportunities for print workshop people, such as grants, sponsors, potential clients, residencies, etc. But they go well beyond those essential features.
These are Print Workshop Central's principal objectives:
* To provide a high-visibility universal showcase for professional fine-art printmaking workshops, their artists and their work
* To provide these workshops with an open forum for the interchange of ideas, suggestions, best practices, and points of view
* To make creative use of the World Wide Web and the Web 2.0 to increase awareness and impact of authentic fine-art prints and their authors among art lovers everywhere.
* To provide information regarding issues of authenticity and authors' rights
* To be an advocacy and organization center for the defense of authentic fine-art prints
* To maintain a central register of opportunities for print workshops and artists
* To provide print workshop people with a forum for exchanging current technical information on the ever-evolving states of the various print media
* And to offer them a comfortable and familiar context in which to relate to, learn from and share with one another

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Heike Heilig Sep 22, 2011 @ 7:41 am | delete

where can I go and find a fine art printing coop in Germany south or Switzerland?!

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noellenowater Mar 9, 2011 @ 12:13 am | delete

Monoroid | Philadelphia, PA | Screen printing fine art prints & posters.
http://www.monoroid.com/monoroid.html

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makingamark Feb 16, 2011 @ 10:21 am | delete

I know how long these compendiums can take to put together. This is a massive resource for all fine art printmakers.

Blessed and tweeted and added into my resources for artists group

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Perry Obee Oct 20, 2009 @ 2:06 pm | delete

The link for the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, CT, is incorrect. The correct link is: http://www.contemprints.org

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Jordi Roses Mar 11, 2009 @ 8:56 am | delete

Murtra Edicions
http://www.murtraedicions.com/
http://www.intaglioworkshop.com/

We are a professional workshop specializing in intaglio printmaking. We publish prints, artists' portfolios and books for publishers, museums, companies, galleries and individual artists.
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