Edinburgh Printmakers

Edinburgh Printmakers is a centre for printmaking and the visual arts in Fountainbridge.

About Edinburgh Printmakers

	Castle Mills 1 Dundee Street , Edinburgh East EH3 9FP
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Edinburgh Printmakers is set in Castle Mills, a beautiful heritage building that used to be a rubber factory and a brewery complex. Castle Mills houses two galleries, with a changing programme of contemporary visual art exhibitions.
It’s also home to one of the largest printmaking studio in Europe. It’s open to anyone who would like to join a course or become a member. It was established in 1967 as the first open-access studio in Britain.

We provide space, expertise and support for artists to develop their practice, networks and professional experience, at different stages of their careers. We have a distinctive offer for printmakers and has developmental opportunities for both artists and the creative industries, supporting learning, production, presentation and exchange that will have a significant impact on their practice and profile.

The gallery shop sells original prints and design-led handmade products, by artists in residence and providing a key outlet for Scotland-based artists and printmakers.

Castle Mills has spaces for hire including a large board room seating up to 60 auditorium style, and a smaller room for meetings and events. It also has a learning studio for schools and groups up to 35 people, that can be hired by the community for learning activities and workshops.

Our Creative Industries Hub has seven studios for creative use at Castle Mills, including art, architecture design and Craft Scotland.

Edinburgh Printmakers also provides low-cost spaces for creative use across Scotland, with EP Spaces.

The onsite café is a beautiful and vibrant space that makes the perfect place to enjoy delicious seasonal dishes and home-baked goods, inside or in the courtyard.
Edinburgh Printmakers works in partnership with various organisations including UnLtd Scotland. Together, they run a programme of funding and support for creative social entrepreneurs to make a difference in the local community.

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Upcoming Events at Edinburgh Printmakers

Family and Kids

Family Print Club

Selected dates between 26th January 2025 - 30th November 2025

Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh East

Edinburgh Printmakers' Family Print Club is perfect for children as they explore lots of different printmaking techniques and have fun as well!

Workshops

Photo Plate Lithography Weekend

Selected dates between 10th May 2025 - 5th October 2025

Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh East

Explore layering images in colour to create painterly prints with a delicacy of mark and tone, characteristic to this medium, at Edinburgh Printmakers' Photo Plate Lithography Weekend.

Arts and Crafts

Drawn and Painterly Approaches to Etching Summer Course

12th July 2025

Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh East

Join us at Edinburgh Printmakers from 12th - 14th July for this 3-day Drawn & Painterly Approaches to Etching course with Robert Powell!

Arts and Crafts

Collagraph Summer Course

19th July 2025

Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh East

Join artist and printmaker Gillian Murray at Edinburgh Printmakers to develop your collagraph skills on this three day course in July!

Arts and Crafts

Screenprinting Summer Course

26th July 2025

Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh East

This 4-day expanded practice screenprinting summer course is taking place at Edinburgh Printmakers from 26th -29th July!

Exhibitions

Robert Powell: Hall of Hours

1st August 2025 - 2nd November 2025

Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh East

Hall of Hours explores time through Robert Powell's unique imagery capturing humanity's complexity, grandeur, and folly in intricate and thought-provoking compositions.

Exhibitions

Aqsa Arif: Raindrops of Rani

1st August 2025 - 2nd November 2025

Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh East

Aqsa Arif's exhibition Raindrops of Rani uses elements of South Asian folklore to explore themes of fractured identity, displacement, and cultural synthesis through fantasy and world-building.

Arts and Crafts

Relief Printing Summer Course

9th August 2025

Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh East

Explore ways of creating striking images with this simple yet powerful print medium process on this course at Edinburgh Printmakers from 9th - 12th August!

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