Make Christmas Special with Gift Vouchers from Curwen. Redeemable for courses, Open Access Sessions, some materials or purchase a Curwen Print. Buy online now to the value of your choosing.
Our 21st graduating CPSC Certificate group celebrate the culmination of their year long course with an exhibition of their work 27th November 2023 - 12th January 2024. Free Entry & all welcome.
What will you choose? Screen Printing or Etching in Autumn or our Certificate course starting at end of January 2024? Lots to choose from our extensive Course Programme. Visitors welcome in our Gallery with free parking adjacent.
We have a dedicated Open Access Studio for artists to work on their own practice. We offer a number of options; Become a Curwen Print Member for unlimited studio use, Join for a month, or come for a day. Click above to find out more.
This Autumn we will be showing a selection of rarely seen lithographs and proofs from the Curwen archive by HM King Charles III.
The Prince of Wales, as he was then known, made a series of lithographs with the late Master Printer Stanley Jones MBE in the 1990s. His Majesty has always been a talented watercolourist, and through the success of the lithographs, he went on to raise millions of pounds for charities including the Prince’s Trust. The Curwen archive holds some of the working proofs and correspondence relating to the creation of these special works.
It is with immense sadness we share with you the death of Stanley Jones MBE at the age of 89. Stanley died peacefully on 10 February just 2 months after the passing of his beloved wife, Jenny. Our heartfelt thoughts are with his children Matthew and Liza and the extended family.
Stanley was our Founder and Life President of The Curwen Print Study Centre. Curwen was his life’s work from the successful establishment of The Curwen Studio in the 1950’s to the establishment of The Curwen Print Study Centre as an educational charity in the 1990’s.
In the 1950s, after studying lithography in Paris, he returned to Britain to set up the renowned Curwen Print Studio which spearheaded a rapid expansion in British Printmaking. Today he is revered in artistic circles as one of the greatest master printers of all time. His clients read like a rollcall of the 20th century's... Continue reading
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An educational Fine Art Printmaking charity formed in the 1990’s and now firmly established with a reputation for excellence in its field. The course programme offers something for everyone regardless of age or ability. Schools, students and teachers,visit from across the region encouraged by both enrichment and higher exam grades.
The aim of The Study Centre is to preserve and develop the essential experience and skills that underpin the concept of the artist’s original print.
