Submission is open NOW until midnight Monday 28th July 2025
Submission is via CuratorSpace.
Full Submission Guidelines are available on CuratorSpace and below in English.
The Guidelines can also be viewed and downloaded as PDFs: Canllawiau Cyflwyno Cymraeg (PDF) | Submission Guidelines, English (PDF). Please read the Guidelines carefully.
Key Information
- Any artists who reside in Wales or are a member of one of the Regional Partners – such as Swansea Print Workshop – or who are a member of a Wales-based printmaking facility are eligible to submit work.
- Any small-scale prints which have been created in the last 3 years are eligible.
- The print image must be contained within a square area of 10cm x 10cm on a paper size measuring exactly 18cm x 18cm
- You can submit up to 3 individual artworks in total
- Artists must ensure there are 4 editioned prints available for each of the artworks
- All prints must be available for sale
Key Dates
- Entries open – Monday 14 April 2025
- Closing date for entries – Midnight, Monday 28 July 2025
- Artist informed of selection – Monday 11 August 2025
- Deadline for prints to arrive at Swansea Print Workshop – Monday 8 September 2025
For Canllawiau Cyflwyno (Cymraeg), please go to the link above.
Submission Guidelines
Print Submission Requirements
- Submissions are invited from artists using any recognisable hand-produced printmaking technique, such as screenprinting, lithography, etching, engraving, collagraph, monotype, block printing, woodcut etc.
- Giclee prints will not be accepted. However, digital processes can be used to enhance prints that are traditionally printed
- The print image must be contained within a square area of 10cm x 10cm on a paper size measuring exactly 18cm x 18cm
- Artists are invited to submit up to 3 individual artworks in total
- Artists must ensure there are 4 editioned prints available for each of the artworks
- If selected, artists will be required to send 4 of the edition to Swansea Print Workshop. 2 prints will be framed for exhibitions at Mission Gallery and the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, and 2 prints will remain unframed
- All prints must be available for sale
- The cost for submitting artwork is as follows: 1 print £15 | 2 prints £20 | 3 prints £25
- There is no specific theme however, as Mission Gallery and the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art are open to the public, we reserve the right not to display anything we deem to be unsuitable
- Please upload your submission via CuratorSpace, ensuring your images are high quality as the panel will make their selection based on these digital images
- All works will be prepared for exhibition by Swansea Print Workshop and will be presented in a box frame, which will be hung in both Mission Gallery in Swansea and the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art in Conwy
- All prints must be signed, numbered, and titled by the artist, in pencil, beneath the image
- All entries must be original and created within the last 3 years.
Sale of Work
Each selected artist will be required to submit 4 copies of the same selected print (unframed) and we will be responsible for framing.
The MiniPrint Cymru | Wales Exhibition is a selling exhibition, where all prints will be available for sale. Artists are advised that 40% commission will be retained by the galleries (30%) and Swansea Print Workshop (10%) so please set your selling prices bearing this in mind.
- 2 prints – 1 framed and 1 unframed – will be exhibited and available for sale at both exhibition venues. Therefore each selected artist will be required to send 4 of the same print, also on paper measuring 18cm x 18cm. If the print is a monotype then a similar themed monotype will be acceptable
- All payments for sales of prints will be made by Mission Gallery in the South and the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art in the North, to the artist at the end of each exhibition period.
Eligibility
All artists and printmakers residing in Wales or members of one of the current Regional Partners: Royal Cambrian Academy of Art (North), Swansea Print Workshop (South), Aberystwyth Printmakers (West) and the Regional Print Centre (East) or a member of a Wales-based printmaking facility.
Any artwork created in the last 3 years which complies with the Print Submission Requirements above.
Submission Timetable
- Digital submission – Closes midnight, Monday 28 July 2025
- Selected prints to be delivered to Swansea Print Workshop by 4pm on Monday 8 September 2025
Selection and Delivery of Prints
After the digital submission, the selection process by the MiniPrint Cymru | Wales Selection Panel will take place and the artist will receive a notification by email of selection no later than Monday 11 August 2025.
Artist names will not be visible during the selection process, and selection will be made by consensus of the whole Selection Panel.
Instructions for the physical delivery of your prints will be outlined in the selection email. Selected works must be delivered to Swansea Print Workshop at 19a Clarence Street, Swansea SA1 3QR.
Please note that Miniprint Cymru | Wales does not cover any transport costs, including shipping or postage.
Return of Unsold Work
All unsold prints can be collected following the final exhibition at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art. Details for collection or postal return will be given following selection.
Liability
All work is always the responsibility of the artist, so please ensure that your work is adequately insured.
Publicity & Copyright
All participating artists agree to their selected work being featured in digital and traditional publicity and marketing materials promoting the exhibition. The copyright of all works remains vested in the artist, but the right is reserved for Mission Gallery, the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art and Swansea Print Workshop to reproduce any of the prints in connection with the exhibition and its publicity, free of charge.
Exhibition Venues and Contact Details
South Wales: Mission Gallery, Gloucester Pl, Maritime Quarter, Swansea SA1 1TY
North Wales: Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Crown Lane, Conwy LL32 8AN
Summary of dates
- Entries open – Monday 14 April 2025
- Closing date for entries – Midnight, Monday 28 July 2025
- Artist informed of selection and delivery details – Monday 11 August 2025
- Deadline for prints to arrive at Swansea Print Workshop – by 4pm Monday 8 September 2025
- Private View at Mission Gallery – Saturday 8 November 2025
- Gallery Exhibition – Saturday 8 November 2025 to Saturday 10 January 2026
- Private View at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art – Saturday 7 March 2026
- Gallery Exhibition – Saturday 7 March 2026 to Saturday 25 April 2026
- Collection of unsold prints – to be advised following selection.
All information provided through the application process will be shared with the MiniPrint Cymru | Wales partner organisations and exhibition venues, and retained for MiniPrint Cymru | Wales purposes only.
MiniPrint Cymru | Wales is supported by funding from the Arts Council of Wales
