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EVENT | An informal talk with Anne Desmet RA | Friday 31 July 2026 | 6.30 pm @ 19a Clarence Street | OPEN TO ALL | £5.00
This evening event is an opportunity to meet visiting artist-printmaker Anne Desmet who we welcome to SPW for the first time.
Anne specialises in wood engraving and she will give an informal talk about her work ahead of a weekend workshop in her specialist technique.
For participants on the workshop, the talk is included in the workshop cost, for all others , the cost is £5.00. Please book as places are limited.
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WORKSHOP | Suitable for beginners and more experienced printmakers alike, this two-day class will look at historic and contemporary artists’ wood engravings, studying different tool marks, and learning to use the tools that made them. You can find out more about and book the workshop HERE.
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About the Artist
Anne Desmet RA is an artist-printmaker specialising in wood engraving, linocut and collaged print, often of architectural/metamorphosing subjects, for which she has won 40 awards and has works in museum collections worldwide. Over 50 solo shows include more than ten at national and international museums. Desmet is author of eight books on printmaking/drawing and was editor of Printmaking Today magazine (1998-2013). Commissions include engravings for the British Museum; National Gallery; British Library; V&A; Sotheby’s and the Royal Mint. Only the third wood engraver ever elected to membership of the Royal Academy of Arts (RA), in 2018 she was elected an Honorary Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford University, for ‘distinction in the world of art’. She has a major solo exhibition at the Escher in the Palace museum in The Hague (November 2025 – March 2026). She is represented in London by Eames Fine Art.
You can find out more about Anne on her: | Website | Instagram: @anne_desmet
About the Studio
You can find us in a row of terraced houses, look out for our fabulous door surround set in a green painted house front; the intercom buzzer is on the left of the entrance.
Parking is free outside the studio on Evenings after 6 pm and all day on Sundays only. On Saturday, there is 1 hour parking outside the studio, so you can park there to unload any bags. 3 hour parking is available outside of the controlled city centre zone. There are also multiple long stay car parks in the town centre.
Our Cancellation Policy can be found here.
