2024 IMPRESSED 2/3 November & 9/10 November 11am - 4pm Ilkley Manor House Gallery, Ilkley Printmakers Circle’s exhibition Impressed celebrates over 10 years of this group of professional artists who specialise in printmaking and live & work in North Yorkshire. To mark a decade of collaborating & exhibiting together, they will be launching their brand new book of the same name. Impressed features in-depth interviews with each of the members giving insights into their techniques, working methods and inspirations. The book will be on sale at the exhibition alongside framed and unframed original prints. Amongst the techniques on show will be etchings, screen prints, collagraphs, linocuts, monotypes & carborundum prints. Two of the artists will be at the exhibition each day to welcome visitors and answer questions. Members are: Laney Birkhead, Hester Cox, John Jones, Caroline Machray, Ian Scott Massie, Moira McTague, Helen Peyton, Bridget Tempest, Philippa Troutman https://www.ilkleymanorhouse.org/
2019/2020 ARTIFACT III 16th November 2019 – 12th January 2020 Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley Tuesday – Saturday 10-4pm Sunday: 11-3pm Monday: Closed Printmakers Circle members will be showing their latest Artifact Print exchange work alongside a selection of prints from each individual member in an exhibition that showcases some of the best printmaking in the North. Techniques used include collagraph, carborundum, monotype, monoprint, screenprint, lithography, linocut, etching, aquatint & drypoint. Sunny Bank Mills gallery is a lovely spacious exhibition space with a cafe and shop within the historic mill complex.
2019 ARTIFACT II 13 July – 30th September Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole, North Yorkshire, YO62 6UA Open daily, free entry, 10am – 5pm Artifact II is the second collective exhibition of the Printmakers Circleto be shown at Ryedale Folk Museum. This exhibition will include a wide range of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques and styles and will respond to the theme of ‘artifact’ – a man-made cultural object, reflecting and inspired by the rich heritage of arts and culture in Ryedale Folk Museum, its collections and surrounding area. The exhibition will feature a suite of specially prepared prints, exploring the theme through a range of relief and intaglio processes including etching, linocut, wood cut, wood engraving, collograph, monotype, screen print, drypoint and polymer.
HEPWORTH PRINT FAIR The Hepworth Wakefield 1-3 Mar 2019, 10am – 5pm £2 entry/Members and Under 16s free
The Hepworth Wakefield’s popular Print Fair returns in 2019 with a host of exciting stalls, activities and events celebrating the art of printmaking. Held in The Calder, our converted mill space, and featuring a handpicked selection of over 50 printmakers, collectives and galleries from around the UK, the fair will provide a friendly atmosphere in which to find work by artists, illustrators and designers working in print.
2018 SUMMERS CALL 7 July - 27 August 2018 Masham Gallery, Masham, North Yorkshire, HG4 4EB
Printmakers Circle have been invited to exhibit at Masham Gallery and members will be showing a mix of new work created especially for the exhibition, and inspired by the return of the migrating swifts to Masham, and other prints celebrating aspects of the season.
HEPWORTH PRINT FAIR The Hepworth Wakefield 23-25 Mar 2018, 10am – 5pm £2 entry/Members and Under 16s free
The Hepworth Wakefield’s popular Print Fair returns in 2018 with a host of exciting stalls, activities and events celebrating the art of printmaking. Held in The Calder, a converted mill space, and featuring a handpicked selection of over 50 printmakers, collectives and galleries from around the UK, the fair will provide a friendly atmosphere in which to find work by artists, illustrators and designers working in print.
2017 PRINTMAKERS CIRCLE @ Sunnybank Mills Gallery Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley 8th April - 14th May
2016 ARTIFACT 10th September – 4th December Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole,
2015 PRINTMAKERS CIRCLE @ Studio 6 Number 6 Studio Gallery, Pateley Bridge, N.Yorks 11th - 16th May HIVE (Harrogate International Visual Arts Expo) Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate 21st & 22nd November