Print City, a project by Print Festival Scotland will be hosted by Dundee Design Festival 2017. West Ward Works will once again be the home to the celebration of design from May 24 to 29 2017. For more details see the Print City website.
Exhibition of Bindings in Aberdeen
April 25, 2017
An exhibition of book bindings that belonged to people of note, many of them specially bound by hand. Cover stories: what bindings say about books is on at the Gallery in the Sir Duncan Rice Gallery, University of Aberdeen until the end of May 2017. For more information and details of opening hours etc see […]
Map exhibition at NLS
March 23, 2017
You are here, an exhibition about maps, how they show us the world, and how they are made, is open until Sunday 2 April at the National Library of Scotland’s George IV Bridge building in Edinburgh. The exhibition includes one of the finest plans of Edinburgh, the first map of Scotland, as well as railway, […]
Life in Letterpress
January 24, 2017
There is a major retrospective exhibition covering Alan Kitching’s life and work, spanning six decades currently in progress at the Lighthouse Gallery in Glasgow. Called A life in letterpress it includes examples of his work, sketchbooks, proofs, artefacts and equipment from his studio. The exhibition is on until 5 March 2017.
Oxford Guild of Printers Wayzegoose
October 7, 2016
On Saturday 22 October 2016, the Oxford Guild of Printers is holding a Wayzegoose at Oxford Brookes University from 10am to 4pm. Entry is free, and there will be more than 35 exhibitors. For more information see the Oxford Guild of Printers website.
Just My Type!
April 11, 2016
Drop in to St. Ronan’s Wells Visitor Centre on Saturday 16 April 2016. You will have a chance to view the exhibition celebrating 150 years of Robert Smail’s Printing Works and print your own souvenir keepsake using original typesetting and printing techniques! This is a free event, and no booking is required. For more information, […]
Lunchtime talks at Comic Invention
April 7, 2016
There will be a series of free lunchtime talks in assocation with the Comic Invention exhibition, currently underway at the Hunterian Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow. Topics will include a Comic Invention overview with exhibition curator Professor Laurence Grove, Hogarth and the Comic Strip with exhibition curator Peter Black and Colonna Hynerotomachia with […]
Display of letterpress posters
April 2, 2016
The National Library of Scotland is hosting a display of limited edition letterpress posters from 1 April to 2 May at their building on George IV Bridge. The posters have been designed by graphic design students at Edinburgh Napier University, where printing was taught for more than 40 years. The posters have been inspired by […]
Comic Invention exhibition opens in Glasgow
March 22, 2016
The major new exhibition, Comic Invention, opened at the Hunterian Art Gallery on Friday 18 March 2016. Featuring works by Lichtenstein, Warhol, Picasso and Rembrandt, the show looks at how we tell stories with pictures. Comic Invention also establishes the Glasgow Looking Glass of 1825 as the world’s oldest comic, confirming Scotland’s place as the […]
Exhibition opens
March 20, 2016
An exhibition celebrating 150 Years of Robert Smail’s Printing Works opens on Friday 25 March, and will run until the end of October at St Ronan’s Wells Visitor Centre, Wells Brae, Innerleithen. For full details of opening times, see the National Trust for Scotland’s Robert Smail’s website. Admission Free.
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