Glasgow Print Studio
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Glasgow Print Studio is an arts organisation situated in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1972, Glasgow Print Studio is an organisation with charitable status that exists to encourage and promote the art of printmaking; it is supported by the Scottish Arts Council
Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council is a Scottish public body that distributes funding from the Scottish Government, and is the leading national organisation for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland...

and Glasgow City Council.

Providing facilities for the production of etchings, lithographs, relief prints and screenprints, Glasgow Print Studio has a membership of over 150 artists who use the custom-built printmakers workshop. The Studio also has two exhibition spaces hosting an exhibitions programme. It also runs a learning programme focused on teaching and developing understanding of fine art printmaking.

As well as providing subsidised printmaking facilities to artists, the Studio also supports its artist members by promoting and selling their art work in the gallery, on its web site and at international art fairs.

The Studio also has a print publishing programme. It has worked with artists, Elizabeth Blackadder, John Byrne, Peter Howson, Christine Borland, Alasdair Grey, and Moyna Flannigan. An artist is invited to the studio to work with a master printmaker in the production of original prints. These publications can be seen in the gallery and on the Studio's web site.

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