Following on from the successful Aberystwyth printmaker/IBERS Miscanthus exhibition in 2024 we are proud to announce this year’s collaboration on the theme of the mid Wales coast, with a focus on seaweed.
Both partners are close neighbours on the IBERS campus and are keen to develop the interface between art and science. We will be drawing on the expertise and knowledge of academics, research scientists, historians and artists together with our local community.
The resulting exhibition will coincide with the British Phycological Society Conference to be held in Aberystwyth early in 2026.
A Brief History of Aberystwyth Printmakers
What began in the late 1970’s as a small group of university printmaking students exhibiting together developed into what became known as Aberystwyth Printmakers in the 1980’s with founder members, Prof Alistair Crawford and postgraduates Robert Meyrick, Neil Holland, Jenny Fell, Gerrard Hastings and Sarah Richardson.
Unfortunately, Aberystwyth Printmakers did not have a base of its own but in 2004 Stuart Evans, Judy and Rob Carpenter rekindled the idea of a print group.
They collaborated in setting up its first printmaking studio and re-establishing Aberystwyth Printmakers. Now residing in its fourth studio the group is flourishing with more than ninety members.
The anniversary publication (available in our online shop) celebrates its 20 years in the making. Long may Aberystwyth Printmakers continue to educate and inform, collaborate and celebrate print-making in all its diverse forms.
Jenny Fell, founder member of Aberystwyth Printmakers
To use the studio your membership must be up to date, you must attend an induction session to familiarise yourself with the new layout and protocols before you try booking time slots using our new online system.
If you are intending to work in the studio unsupervised, you will be issued with a keycard, providing that we feel confident that you are competent to use the facilities without need of assistance.
Those wanting to work with a supervisor - will be able to contact one of our supervisors to arrange a time that is mutually convenient as was the case when we were in Old College. We are still in process of putting together a list of supervisors – and this will be posted on the website in due course. If you are interested in becoming a supervisor – please let us know.
Browse some of the prints from our distinguished members
Image: Veronica Calarco ' Gwreiddiau'
Aberystwyth Printmakers is run by volunteers and that includes all members of the Board of Directors, all of whom are registered at Companies House.
The Directors are responsible for the strategic direction of the organisation and the effective administration and management of all our activities.
We all look after different aspects of the necessary legal and financial framework of a community organisation, the running and updating of the website, the print club and workshop programme and the practical upkeep of the facilities.
If you are interested in helping with the running of AP please contact us via our website contact form. We are looking for Directors who have business expertise as well as artistic experience.
