Medway Print Festival this month
Get inky at Medway Print Festival this month
The sixth annual Medway Print Festival MPF21 runs throughout June this year with a programme of more than 25 workshops and events.
There will be a combination of online activities and content, as well as six live exhibitions and a growing list of more than 10 in-person printmaking events.
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The festival features the welcome return of several exhibitions open to visitors including; ‘Jane Furst’ at INTRA, ‘Pattern & Beyond’ printed textiles by UCA students, and the long awaited ‘Last Dream of my Soul’ Dickens 150 Print exhibition both at Rochester Art Gallery, as well as The Halpern Galleries Open Call show and POP exhibition by Neil Mattingly at Nucleus Chatham and Rochester.
Workshops and courses include the chance to try linocut, collagraph, monoprinting, cyanotypes, screen and gelli printing. The website also features a range of how to print videos and will be growing an online gallery for local printmakers and studios to showcase their work too.
The talented printmakers and organisations taking part this year including; iPrintedthat, INTRA, Nucleus Arts, Hazelnut Press, Rochester Art Gallery and Medway Adult Education.
Curious visitors can also explore Medway Art Box the former red BT phonebox in Rochester which has an MPF takeover inside all month.
This year, the organisers have opted not to produce the familiar pink printed brochure in order to be able to add new events throughout the month, instead activities will be promoted online and MPF21 has a great new look website too created by Spire Studio.
Visit Medway Print Festival online or via Instagram and Facebook for inky information and news on festival events.