Thank you to everyone who attended Printfest 2026
Congratulations to Martin Grover who has been nominated as
Printmakers’ Printmaker for 2027
Congratulations to Joshua Miles who was awarded
Visitors Choice for 2026
Printmaker of the year 2026 ~
Anne Desmet~
One of Britain’s most celebrated printmakers and only the third wood engraver ever elected to the Royal Academy of Arts, Anne Desmet RA RE will headline the 2026 festival, bringing with her a career of innovation, precision and poetic vision in print spanning four decades.
Printmakers’ Printmaker award winner 2025
Aga Kubish ~
Aga said on Instagram “PrintFest 2025 – thank you! It was an incredible intense and inspiring weekend. Huge thanks to the organisers of @printfestulverston for a well-curated event, and to everyone who stopped by my stand — I had countless meaningful conversations, received a flood of kind words, and felt genuinely seen . I’m deeply honoured to receive the Printmakers’ Printmaker award — especially as it came from fellow printmakers. It means a great deal.” Aga returns to printfest 2026 to take up her free stand!
YOUNG Printmaker of the Year ~
The the Young Printmaker of the Year Awards: Asya, age 15, from Ulverston Victoria High School and Memed, age 9, from St George’s Primary School in Barrow. Congratulations to both of them.
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Printmaking in the North
There are printmaking workshops taking place all over the North of the UK. Click the image, choose a location, book yourself into a workshop
