Latest News & Events

Temporary Closure of Highland Print Studio

In light of the latest advice given by the government, we've made the unfortunate decision to temporarily close the studio to the public as of today, Tuesday 17 March. We apologise for any inconvenie…

‘Found Materials’ – Rosalind Lawless Exhibition

It's the last couple of weeks to go have a look at Rosalind Lawless's recent exhibition 'Found Materials' on show at Upstairs Gallery. 

"My practice is strongly influenced by my immediate surr…

Relief Printing Class 2020

We had a great turnout on our beginners Relief Printing class on 7-8 March 2020. Everyone who participated bought such great enthusiasm and created the most beautiful prints!

Well-done everyone!…

Membership Renewal

FAO: Print Studio Members

It's that time of year again! Thank you for your support by being a member of the Studio during 2019-2020. We hope you will be happy to renew your membership this year, f…

Spring/Summer Classes 2020

Don't miss your chance to book onto one our spring 2020 classes, which are available for complete beginners or for those looking to refresh their existing skills. We also have classes available for th…

The Arts Society – Polymer Workshop

We had a Polymer Photogravure class on Saturday 22 February 2020, organised by The Arts Society, which is an annual event for High School seniors looking to expand their portfolio for their applicat…

NEW ROLLERS!

After a sad farewell to our long time trusty relief rollers, we got some beautiful new ones in the studio!

Can’t wait to see what prints studio users will make with these 😍…

MERRY CHRISTMAS

The Studio will be closed from Saturday 21 December 2019 until Tuesday 07 January 2020. Bookings enquiries and emails will not be answered during this period.
We would like to wish you all a very Ha…

Scotland’s Workshops

The launch of Scotland’s Workshops is the culmination of a process that began in 2017, when a handful of the Directors in the network expressed a desire to explore how they could collaborate to secu…

Christmas Exhibition !

🎄CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION 🎄
There's no better way to get in the Christmas Spirit than having your own Winter Exhibition.
Starting on Thursday 5 December 2019 until Saturday 1 February 20…

FLOW Exhibition

From 6 September until 28 September 2019, the Studio has the open competition exhibition shortlist on display in the Studio. Most of Flow exhibition photographs on display were printed by our Studio …

ThrowUp20.18 – Fort William Exhibition

On Saturday 14 September 2019, Studio Manager, John McNaught, and Studio Director, Alison McMenemy, made their way over to Fort William to hang up the ThrowUp20.18 exhibition at the Nevis Centre.

T…

WW100 -Update

WW100 Project

The project ‘What do We learn from th1s’ had its first launch tonight at the Scottish Parliament with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop.
Inverness…

ThrowUp20.18 – Oban Exhibition

On Wednesday 14 August 2019, Studio Manager, John McNaught, made his way down to Oban to hang up our Throwup20.18 exhibition in the Oban Communities Trust – The Rockfield Centre. The voice of Shinty…

2020 Print Exchange Exhibition 2019

We were pleased to announce that we exhibited the 20:20 printmakers exchange May - August 2019. Amongst all 545 prints hanging up on the walls, there was work by our very own Wise guys and Studio Memb…

ThrowUp20.18 – Kingussie and Newtonmore Exhibitions

On Tuesday 2 July, Studio Manager, John McNaught, and Studio Director, Alison McMenemy, were both down in Newtonmore and Kingussie hanging the Shinty exhibition.

Due to the rivalry between both tea…

Michael MacKay, ‘Oot n Aboot’

We had a new exhibition in the Studio with photographs from Drummond School Student, Michael MacKay.

Michael was involved in printmaking classes that we hosted for Drummond School pupils, and follo…

WW100 Project

Highland Print Studio, along with four other Scottish print studio’s are working in collaboration with the Glasgow-based design collective, Lateral North on this WW100 project funded by the Scottish…

The Arts Society – Polymer Workshop

We had a Polymer Photogravure class on Saturday 23 February 2019, organised by The Arts Society, which is an annual event for High School seniors looking to expand their portfolio for their applicat…

ThrowUp20.18 – Opening Night, IMAG

ThrowUp20.18 had its official opening night in March 2019 at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery and it had a great success. Opening night couldn’t of went any better, with many people joining us to ta…

HYAH – Hugh Miller Workshops

Over two days, we ran two screenprinting workshops organised by Highland Youth Arts Hub (HYAH) for young people.

Hugh Miller was a lifelong writer and storyteller, keen fossil collector - and much …

20:20 Printmakers Exchange Exhibition

We are pleased to announce that we are currently exhibiting the 20:20 printmakers exchange until September. Amongst all 545 prints hanging up on the walls, there's work by our very own Wise guys.

Y…

Throw Up in the Studio

Last week our Throw Up project artists Deidre Nelson and Roddy Buchanan were in the Studio experimenting with different printmaking techniques, including Polymer Photogravure, Screenprinting, Etching …

Owen Hope Exhibition

Studio Member, Owen Hope, has an exhibition starting on 28 May until 29 June 2018.

His exhibition features photographs taken during his time in India. These beautiful images were printed in the Stu…

Brixton the Frenchie

This is Daniel today: 10 years ago; he learned photoshop from John.

Today: he has almost 20,000 followers on his Instagram brixton_the_frenchie. Maybe he could teach us a thing or two!…

Appeal for Help finding former Skye Camanachd volunteers

Our Skye Camanachd #throwup2018 shinty artist John McNaught is urgently appealing for help finding information on and images of Skye Camanachd volunteers from the past. For more info read John's lates…

Keith Moss – Talk and Workshop in the Studio

The studio had the pleasure to host a Ffordres Photographic event in the Studio with photographer Keith Moss on 25 March 2018. Keith gave a talk to two groups of keen photographers before heading out …

Throw Up 20.18 – latest blog by John McNaught

Read the latest #throwup2018 blog post by Skye Camanachd #shinty artist #JohnMcNaught…

Bronwen Sleigh: Exhibition

Highland Print Studio is exhibiting a selection of etchings and lithographs by internationally acclaimed Bronwen Sleigh Artist. Bronwen regularly tutors screen printing and etching classes in the Stu…

Throw Up 20.18 blog – Screen Test

Read 'Screen Test', the latest #throwup2018 blog post by Skye Camanachd​ shinty artist, John McNaught...

John will be tearing himself away from the ironing to attend this Friday night's screen…

Beauly Shinty Club: 125 Years in the Making

Artist Tom Smith is working with Beauly Shinty Club as part of our Throw Up 20.18 project. Read Tom's blog post about a new book celebrating Beauly's 125 years.…

Throw Up 20.18 blog post – I Swallowed a Red Cuillin

Read artist John McNaught's latest ruminations on Skye shinty, printmaking and ... slimming? #throwup2018 #takepridetakepart #GoPro…

Throw Up 20.18 blog – Unsung Heroes

Read artist John McNaught's latest blog post Unsung Heroes about last weekend's Skye Camanachd Shinty Ball, celebrating 125 years of the club.…

Watch Wise Guys on Burdz Eye View!

Did you see Elaine C Smith learning how to spin a roller with our Wise Guys in the first episode of her new series of Burdz Eye View, filmed in Inverness? It was on STV on Friday, 17 November at 8pm.…

Throw Up 20.18 – blog update

Read our latest Throw Up 20.18 blog post from artist John McNaught, who's working with Skye Camanachd on our shinty art project which is funded by Highland Culture Strategic Board’s ‘Highland Cu…

New exhibition: Face to Face, 4 – 31 Oct 2017

Our latest exhibition 'Face to Face', showing as part of Luminate: Scotland’s creative ageing festival, is now on display in the Studio until Tues 31 Oct (Tues-Sat), free entry.

Young people invo…

Exhibitions in full FLOW

Still time to catch FLOW Photofest at various venues throughout the Highlands, and also in An Lanntair, Stornoway until the end of September. We have the Open Competition exhibition shortlist on displ…

Throw Up 20.18 – interview with artists

Two of our Throw Up 20.18 artists - John McNaught and Deirdre Nelson - were interviewed for the Half Time Feature on BBC Alba's live coverage of the Camanach Cup semi-final on 26 August. Great to see …

Wise Guys Works – exhibition 2-26 August 2017

Our new exhibition 'Wise Guys Works' is now on display in the Studio until 26 August.

It features recent prints by our Wise Guys group, all framed by a Wise Guy (with the help of some apprentices .…

Emotions by Emma Grady: 1st – 28th July

Our new exhibition at the studio is Emotions by Emma Grady, who is local to Inverness and has been a member of Highland Print Studio since she was 12. Now being 17, she has recently finished her 6th y…

Throw Up 20.18 – artists appointed

We are delighted to announce the four artists who have been appointed to our new shinty project, Throw Up 20.18.

Roddy Buchanan, John McNaught, Deirdre Nelson and Tom Smith (Lateral North) will eac…

Fortrose Academy – Dementia Friendly Community

Congratulations to Fortrose Academy who on 15 June 2017 became the first school in Ross-shire to be recognised  for their involvement with Alzheimer Scotland's Dementia Friendly Communities Project.…

Highland Print Studio – Shinty Clubs Selected

Recent press release from the Camanachd Association about our joint shinty project for 2017-18. More details to follow soon!

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The Arts Society – Screenprinting workshop

We had a Screenprinting class on February 2017, organised by The Arts Society, which is an annual event for High School seniors looking to expand their portfolio for their applications for Art Unive…

Studio Newsletters

Look out for our new quarterly newsletters during 2017! Meanwhile, click on the link below to read about some of our Studio highlights  in 2016 and the beginning of 2017.

Highland Print Studio …

Studio’s new addition

The new addition to the printmaking studio family, a screw press from Mr Colin Munro at HRI Architects. The press is originally from Carrels Keith & Co Stationers, Inverness.

It is now in the S…

A Story on John Stoker

A profile on studio member John Stoker and his prolific use of the Bromoil Process.

John is a retired Cardiologist with a keen interest in photography and the Art of Bromoil.

Written by Gordon …

A Story on the Artist | Ade Adesina

View the article by clicking here. …

Monocrom – John McNaught Exhibition

Monocrom - Linocuts, Gravures, Photographs. 28 August - 17 October 2015

All of the Cromarty Film Festival - All by John McNaught.

Monocrom has come about as the result of a Creative Scotland pro…

Call for Artwork

The Studio is looking to increase its stock of original prints for sale. If you would like to submit work into stock, please e-mail 3 to 6 jpegs of your work to info@highlandprintstudio.co.uk…

The Arts Society – Etching Workshop 2013

We had an Etching class on Saturday 26 January 2013, organised by The Arts Society, which is an annual event for High School seniors looking to expand their portfolio for their applications for Art …