EP Winter Print Fest 2024

EP Print Fest celebrates all things printmaking throughout the winter months! Learn more about printmaking with an artist talk or workshop, explore new exhibitions, or get in the festive giving spirit with our Christmas Market and new print launches.

Printmaking is a remarkable and accessible artistic process which has made valuable contributions to the art world throughout history, and continues to have relevance in our world today.

Edinburgh Printmakers is a world class printmaking centre with a strong sense of local purpose, providing creative activities and spaces for all. Take part and learn something new!

Christmas Market and Open Weekend
- Events
  Christmas Market
  Sat 30 Nov - Sun 1 Dec, 11am-5pm
  Our Christmas Market will host a selection of creatives and makers - perfect for last-minute Christmas gifts and stocking fillers! Open from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm.
- Printmaking Workshops
  Sat 30 Nov - Sun 1 Dec
  Our printmaking workshops include Dry Point - Etch a Sketch, Litho Workshop - Astonishink, Monothon, Relief Print-Festive Imprint and Screen Monotype - all workshops are £5, and suitable for all ages!
- Building Tours
  Including a British Sign Language Tour Sat 30 Nov - Sun 1 Dec
  Join a tour to learn about our historic building - we have building tours each day at 1pm, as well as a British Sign Language tour on Sunday at 11am.
- Tea with Head of Editions
  Sat 30 Nov, 2-3pm
  Learn more about the fascinating medium of Stone Lithography and assist to a demonstration with Head of Editions Alastair Clark, who has worked with EP for over 30 years.
- Stone Litho Demo with Tash Thomas
  Sun 1 Dec, 3pm
  Join printmaker Natasha Thomas to see a demonstration of stone lithography and learn more about this fascinating process. Attendees will then be gifted a small Christmas token printed by Natasha!
- Women Lithographers Roundtable
  Sun 1 Dec, 4:30pm
  Join an informal discdussion with three artist printmakers at different stages of their careers, all experimenting and working in Stone Lithography at Edinburgh Printmakers.
The Art of Printmaking International - Online
Kinngait Print Studio, Nunavut, Canada
This programme of online talks aims to build our relationships with similar printmaking studios around the world. Invited representatives of each studio, as well as artist members, students or collaborators will give a talk and introduce their organisation, work, projects and facilities to an international audience of creative printmakers.

On Thursday 12th December 2024 we will be speaking with Kinngait Studios in Nunavut, Canada.

The West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative in Kinngait (Cape Dorset) has earned a worldwide reputation for the quality and originality of limited edition prints made by its member artists. Every year since 1959, the printmaking studios (now known as Kinngait Studios) have released an annual catalogued collection of between 30 and 60 images as well as numerous commissions and special releases. Kinngait Studios is the longest continuously running print studio in Canada.

The talk will be at 5pm GMT, and tickets are £5/£2 concession.

Book your tickets online
New Print Launch
Thurs 5 December 2024
Wolf in the Mist, Quvianaqtuk Pudlat, lithograph and screenprint, 2023

Based in Kinngait, Nunavut, Quvianaqtuk Pudlat worked collaboratively with EP Head of Editions Alastair Clark to produce a printed lithograph for sale in Scotland and in Canada.

Kinngait Studios has earned an international reputation for the quality and originality of the limited edition prints made by their artists. Over the decades, the studio has developed programs for lithography, engraving, etching, and stonecut - a uniquely northern form of relief printmaking inspired by Japanese woodblock. Kinngait Studios is known as one of the pillars of contemporary Inuit art, and is the longest continuously-running printmaking studio in Canada.

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Drop-in creative sessions
As part of our project 900 Stories in Print, we are hosting free weekly creative workshops on Fridays (11am-1pm) for anyone to join.

The relaxed events will vary week to week, and might include printmaking, cookery, storytelling, poetry, crafting, or other creative activities. Whether you're feeling in the mood for making or just want to meet people, come along and chat with us about your experiences of the local area, memories of its history, or hopes for its future.
- Friday 29 Nov, 11am-1pm – Crochet with our Gallery Assistant Larisa Hamilton
- Friday 6 Dec, 11am-1pm - Pasta (print)making with Carla Smith
All of the workshops will also include free lunch for all participants.

No need to book - just come along for as long as you like and say hello!
Our studio workshops are supported by the City of Edinburgh Council & Fair Saturday Community Engagement Fund and supports the local community.

Our artist talks are part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.

Castle Mills: Then & Now | 900 Stories in Print is part of the Edinburgh 900 programme, supported by the City of Edinburgh Council.