This year we are celebrating 25 years – a huge milestone for a small organisation!
In 2025, through a number of special activities and events, we will celebrate and showcase the creativity and energy of our members and the visiting artists who have contributed to the amazing printmaking that has taken place at 19a Clarence Street over the years.
We will also be offering our usual exciting and varied Workshop Programme, exhibiting members’ work and leading MiniPrint Cymru | Wales alongside the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art in 2025/26.
We look forward to a fantastic year ahead and we warmly welcome everyone to take part in an activity or event and share in our celebrations.
Artist Book Project
A members’ only opportunity initiated and led by members. 23 member artists took part, each producing an image in black and white around the theme of Swansea. More about the Artist Book Project here.
The book is bound on a concertina format and ‘expands’ to a length of 4 metres on display. The book was exhibited in the Exhibition at Oriel Q Gallery, Narberth.
Exhibition at Oriel Q, Narberth | 16 May – 5 July 2025.
Exhibition Private View | Saturday 17 May, 4 pm to 7 pm.
We were delighted to have been invited to exhibit work at this highly regarded venue. We showcased work by invited artists and members and shared the story of what we do @SPW. More about the Exhibition here.
Members Group Print Day | 16 July 2025
Our Group Print Days are something very special and only available to our Members. Sarah Hopkins was the lead artist on this collaborative print day. The theme for the prints was “Shorelines”. A great day, lots of fun (as well as hard work!) to create a fantastic collaborative print. More images on Members Group Print Days.
Members Group Print Day | 12 October 2025 | FULLY BOOKED
Sarah Hopkins will be leading the collaborative print day; the theme is “The Built Environment”. Always great fun! Previous Group Print Days can be viewed here.
MinersImprint at Queen Street Gallery, Neath | 1–29 March 2025.
Another chance to see this exhibition of prints created through a collaboration between SPW and Swansea University to celebrate the South Wales Miner’s Library 50th anniversary. Prints by Paul Peter Piech and artwork by Hilary Powell, produced by the Josef Herman Art Foundation Cymru are also featured.
MiniPrint Cymru | Wales | A Wales-wide, collaborative initiative created to raise the profile of printmaking in Wales. Alongside artists across Wales, SPW members and the wider artist community in Swansea and south Wales are invited to submit small-scale prints for an exhibition. SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS ARE MIDNIGHT ON 28 JULY 2025.
As a volunteer-led, not-for-profit organisation without core funding, the support of our volunteers and members has been key to our journey to where we are now.
Since the very beginning, SPW has been very community-focused – not just the printmaking community but the wider creative and local community. We encourage everyone to make prints!
In About Us and our Archives you can find out how SPW began, its ethos and all the fantastic projects that we have delivered over the years including our other milestone anniversary – 15 Years People and Printmaking.
