The two-day event held at Chapter Arts Centre and supported by The Ashley Family Foundation, will showcase a ‘makers trail’ of print artists stalls and opportunities for attendees to roll up their sleeves and try a host of have-a-go activities, from risograph to screen printing and everything in between.
Festival goers will also get to enjoy the preview of a specially curated ‘Art in the Bar’ exhibition. The work will present the results of a series of print workshops held with some of Cardiff’s community hubs - South Riverside Community Development Centre, Grange Pavillion and Railway Gardens.
Following the announcement of the inaugural Printed Festival Aidan Saunders, printmaker and owner of of PrintWagon, said:
We’re always thinking of new ways to share and celebrate print with the community, so we’ve put our heads together to create our biggest venture yet.
Printed Festival will build on South Wales’ thriving print culture by creating a new forum for artists, organisations and educators alike.' Its format is designed to enable new links to be made within the community that will help resources to be shared and serve as a basis of opportunity and participation for all involved.
Tom Whitehead, printmaker and co-founder of The Printhaus, explains:
Print lends itself to accessibility – you don’t have to be able to draw to make a print, or even be particularly creative. This is why it’s the perfect art-form to share with people of mixed abilities, children and even your ‘mamgu’.
