Printmaking Residencies in United Kingdom

Acme

London, United Kingdom

Acme Studios, established in 1972 and celebrating its 50th anniversary, is a London-based not-for-profit organization that provides affordable studios, work/live spaces, and a comprehensive artist support program. Acme supports over 800 artists across 15 buildings in Greater London annually. The organization offers a range of residency programs, including fully funded and subsidized opportunities tailored to artists at different career stages—from early-career to established practitioners. Acme’s residencies provide financial support, professional development, mentoring, and exhibition opportunities, all within a supportive artist peer community. Their flagship Fire Station Residency offers artists a five-year term to focus on their practice. Acme also engages in various partnerships that extend additional opportunities to resident artists.

Beam

Chesterfield, United Kingdom

Beam, a cultural development organization based in Wakefield, North of England, offers a Socially Engaged Artist Residency in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. This residency aims to engage the community and visitors through creative participatory activities and animation, exploring unique and hidden stories about the town. The program runs for six months and provides an all-inclusive fee of £14,700 plus VAT. Beam supports artists with technical, administrative, and mediation assistance, offering a residency base in an empty shop in Chesterfield town center. The residency includes community engagement sessions, research, and creative outputs displayed in the town center. Beam emphasizes the importance of community involvement, cultural exchange, and the creation of high-quality public art.

Contact Darkroom Residency

Totnes, United Kingdom

Contact Darkroom offers a resource-based, self-directed photographic residency with daily access to fully equipped colour and black-and-white darkrooms, a dedicated workshop room, and an open gallery space. The program supports immersive, hands-on making for emerging and established artists across photography, film, and lens-based practice, with scope for interdisciplinary and alternative processes. Located in the South Hams, Devon, the residency environment of rivers, hills, and coastline encourages reflection, experimentation, and connection to place. Optional add-ons such as workshops, guided walks, excursions, and local gallery visits can be arranged, fostering engagement with the local cultural landscape.

Cove Park

Helensburgh, United Kingdom

Cove Park is an international artist residency centre on a 50-acre rural site overlooking Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland, near Helensburgh, hosting national and international artists, writers, researchers, and creative practitioners across all art forms and career stages. The program supports research, experimentation, development, and production of new work in a supportive environment with communal facilities and events. Residencies vary from funded opportunities with stipends and housing to self-funded stays, typically lasting 2-4 weeks.

DRAWING with PLACE Creative Retreat in the Orkney Islands, Scotland

Stromness, United Kingdom

Organizer Information Led by award-winning artist, curator, and educator Tracy Mackenna, this retreat is an extension of the Museum of Loss and Renewal residency programs. Mackenna, an Orkney resident, brings decades of experience in gathering people to foster unexpected creative energy and interdisciplinary dialogue. Title & Description DRAWING with PLACE . This 8-day creative retreat

Dundee Contemporary Arts

Dundee, United Kingdom

Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) is an internationally renowned centre for contemporary art in Dundee, UK, featuring gallery spaces, cinema, a print studio, and learning programs. DCA occasionally organizes artist residencies in collaboration with various international organizations, often utilizing its print studio for production-focused opportunities. Past residencies have included month-long print studio programs funded by Jerwood and six-week residencies like the competitive AIR at the printshop.

Hospitalfield

Arbroath, United Kingdom

Hospitalfield is a residency program based in a 13th-century Victorian-Gothic estate in Arbroath, Scotland, supporting artists, researchers, and creative practitioners across all art forms in developing new work. It offers funded visual art residencies, self-funded interdisciplinary programs, and regional studio access, providing dedicated time and space for artistic exploration. Programs emphasize contemporary art practice with facilities including studios and workshops.

MoorBees at Wray Barton Self-Directed Art

Moretonhampstead, Devon, United Kingdom

Organizer Information: MoorBees at Wray Barton is an artist-run, nature-based art space located on an 11-acre historic estate on the edge of Dartmoor National Park in South-West England. The property features a Victorian Gothic manor, 1,000-year-old ruins, ancient rose gardens, wild beehives, and secret monks' tunnels, providing a highly magical and historical environment for creative

No Place Art Edition One Materiality

London, United Kingdom

About the No Place Art Established in , No Place Art is an artist-led initiative dedicated to supporting and connecting emerging and mid-career artists with those who may support their art. We do this by co-designing, curating and delivering honest ways to connect emerging artists with their future champions. The No Place Art | Edition

QE Artists-in-Residence

London, United Kingdom

This residency is open to emerging and mid-career artists working in all disciplines across the Bay Area. For four months the artist-in-residence will be given a studio in the Quinn Emanuel Silicon Valley office to support their existing practice or a new project as appropriate. Who can apply: Local Emerging/Mid-career artists, any medium but please note the studio is in an office so we can't have a kiln on site. What you get: Studio space, exhibition, $20,000 grant and $1,500 for materials. 14 August Organiser: Quinn Emanuel Artists Foundation Locations: North America Apply

Rhodes Trust

Oxford, United Kingdom

The Rhodes Art for Global Impact Residency is an international program hosted by the prestigious Rhodes Trust. The residency seeks to support artists whose practices are rooted in social justice and addressing some of the most pressing global challenges. Through collaboration with the Rhodes Scholar community, artists are provided an opportunity for intellectual exchange and creative development. The program culminates in a public exhibition at Rhodes House in Oxford, fostering dialogue around contemporary issues through art. The residency runs annually, alternating between open applications from the public and selections from within the Rhodes Scholar network. Artists working in diverse media, including painting, sculpture, mixed media, and photography, are encouraged to apply, with an emphasis on themes of social impact. Financial support and logistical resources are provided to help artists engage fully with the community and produce impactful works.

Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

RSA Residencies for Scotland is an artist-led scheme providing research and development opportunities for visual artists at all career stages across Scotland's centres of artistic excellence. Artists can apply for up to £5,000 in funding and are responsible for managing their own residency in collaboration with partner venues, with emphasis on research, production, skill development, and idea exchange.

Seacourt Print Workshop

Bangor, United Kingdom

Seacourt Print Workshop offers a self-arranged artist residency programme within its open-access printmaking facilities in Bangor, Northern Ireland, providing artists with studios and resources to create print-based work. Founded in 1981, it serves as Northern Ireland's premier printmaking centre, accommodating various artists including painters, jewellers, and animators in its studios launched in . The programme emphasizes the transformative power of printmaking for artists of all ages and abilities.

Stirchley Printworks

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Stirchley Printworks, located in South Birmingham, is a contemporary print studio established in 2022. Their residency program, supported by Arts Council England, aims to make printmaking accessible to underrepresented artists from the West Midlands. The program offers four artists a six-month residency, including 24/7 access to the studio, a £2,500 stipend, and a £300 materials budget. Artists will receive technical and artistic support, and the residency will culminate in a shared exhibition. This opportunity is open to artists from diverse backgrounds, and prior experience in printmaking is not required. The goal is to support and develop underrepresented talent in the arts.

Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre

Western Isles, United Kingdom

Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre in Lochmaddy, North Uist, offers artist residencies that engage with the unique ecology, culture, and Gaelic heritage of the Outer Hebrides, often focusing on environmental, socially engaged practices, and the Hebridean Way route. Residencies provide access to studio spaces, print facilities, darkroom, digital media production, and potential exhibition opportunities, with programs hosted in collaboration with organizations like the Royal Scottish Academy and National Trust for Scotland. Typical stays range from a minimum of 2 weeks to 1 month, with costs around £600 per month for studio use.

The Art House

Wakefield, United Kingdom

The Art House in Wakefield, West Yorkshire hosts the Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) International Residency: two fully funded two-month residencies a year for international visual artists who have not yet exhibited or worked in the UK. Eligibility covers artists from Commonwealth or former Commonwealth countries, the US, EU/EEA and Switzerland. Residents receive a dedicated studio and on-site accommodation, travel and visa costs, a per diem and a materials budget, plus access to print, ceramic and darkroom facilities with technician support. The programme emphasises creative development over required outcomes — open studios or an exhibition are optional — and includes mentoring, professional development and gallery visits in London. Applications are made through ROSL, which selects and funds the residency.

The Fish Factory Art Space

Cornwall, United Kingdom

The Fish Factory Art Space in Penryn, Cornwall, UK, offers a rolling programme of 2-4 week artist residencies in a former sail loft, providing desk space in an open-plan co-working area, access to a darkroom, photography studio, vegan cafe, gallery, and optional live/work accommodation. It supports emerging local and international artists working in diverse mediums like visual arts, performance, installation, printmaking, music, and film, focusing on project development, networking, and engagement with the Cornish art scene. Residents may hold public events or exhibitions, with costs ranging from £250-£400 without accommodation or higher with it.

The Lemonade Press Residency

Bristol, United Kingdom

Short Description Here at The Lemonade Press we offer artist residencies in Bristol, UK for visiting artists. These are designed for artists requiring studio access for a specific project or to spend time exploring ideas within the lithographic medium. Residencies are split into two main types; either a learning residency or a collaborative residency. Residents

Wasps Artists Studios

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Wasps Artists Studios is a Scottish charity providing affordable studio spaces to around 900-1000 visual artists, makers, arts organizations, and creative businesses across 20 buildings in Scotland, including several in Glasgow. It supports artists through studio rentals, exhibitions, workshops, professional development, and occasional residency opportunities, often in partnership with programs like RSA Residencies for Scotland. Facilities vary by location, such as The Briggait and South Block in Glasgow, focusing on long-term tenancies rather than short-term residencies.

Wells Art Contemporary (WAC) International

Wells, United Kingdom

Organizer Information Established in , Wells Art Contemporary (WAC) is an international competition that provides a unique stage for innovative visual art. The exhibition takes place within the historic Wells Cathedral, the first Gothic cathedral in England, which attracts approximately 18,000 visitors per month. Title & Description Wells Art Contemporary . This competition invites artists