The concept of the Curwen Print Study Centre is one that seeks to promote a personal engagement and involvement in printmaking regardless of experience and stature.

The many courses and ongoing activities promoted through the centre give rise to a rich engagement with the world of fine art printmaking. These activities can be individual "adventures" or within a peer group. The course content can be tailored to meet the individual's needs maximising the value of the time spent with us.

Within this creatively charged but relaxed environment, the school student and graduate student right through to the highest-level professional can be assisted in their quest for creative knowledge and enrichment.

The desire to want to draw and/or experiment is the basis from which to encounter the world of printmaking. Our facilitates and in-house expertise will ensure that these principles are converted into the kind of dynamic energy that will secure a true and lasting impression for anyone who works with us here at the study centre.

Specific training courses for the teaching profession both at primary and secondary levels.

The course structures build to a complete hands-on printmaking experience although individual workshops are designed to be stand-alone.

All the workshops are practical printmaking days producing a wealth of material and techniques to take back to school. It is not essential to have a printing press in school to be able to achieve quality print making in a school environment.

Workshops

• Printmaking without a Press
  Relief and mono printing including experimental techniques.
• Printmaking with a Press
  Screen printing and etching without chemicals.
• Taking Printmaking into a new dimension
  Extending 2D print into 3D forms to create exciting new variants using collage and multiple Print forms.
• Taking Print making through the computer
  Combines today's technology of computer-generated artwork with traditional print making skills.
  

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Taster Days

An opportunity for anyone of any age or ability to experience a variety of printing techniques as an insight into the world of printmaking.

Suitable for individuals, who may wish then to pursue a skill further, and for groups from schools to allow them an opportunity to use facilities otherwise not available, or groups of adults as a corporate away-day to free up their creativity or simply cleanse the mind and boost team morale. Plus art groups who would like to try new skills.

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Courses Specifically for Schools

Flexibility is the key word here. We can organise courses to fulfil curriculum needs and tailor them to match the age of the students. You can choose the Print making skill and the duration of the course. It does not have to run on consecutive days or always with the same group of students.

It could be a rolling programme for an entire year group which would allow each student to attend a printmaking workshop as part of their coursework, or learn a specific technique or a mixture of techniques to illustrate varied use of media and form extended from one original image.

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Bursary Awards

As an educational charity we have limited funds to offer schools Bursary places for talented or deserving students to study printmaking.

It gives students the opportunity to try and experiment with a multitude of techniques plus the opportunity to visit the Curwen Studio (http://www.thecurwenstudio.co.uk) the commercial fine art editioning house which is located adjacent to our premises.

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