Art Print Residence is a professional Printmaking Studio specializing in intaglio etching and other printmaking methods.
We provide a welcoming creative space for printmakers from all over the world and studio space for local artists. We are located in Arenys de Munt, close to Barcelona (Catalonia, Europe).
Art Print Residence offers the convenience of being close to the city with the peace and quiet of a rural setting. We are self-funded and do not rely on grants for our sustainability. Our organization was founded in 1992 but we have been operating under its name since 2012.
The living spaces are joined to the studio and surrounded by a beautiful garden. Accommodation in the residency consists of private/shared rooms in a shared apartment.
Our fully-equipped studio is a comfortable place to work in. We offer access to specialist printmaking equipment for experienced printmakers and a wide range of courses in printmaking for those new to the processes.
We provide the artists with a large variety of printmaking tools, papers for printing, plates, and other supplies required for the processes. We have 5 intaglio printing presses, plus one relief printing press and another for letterpress. Art Print Residence hosts independent workshops and residencies, especially those focused on large-scale printing.
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OPEN CALL RESIDENCIES 2025 – 2026
Printmaking Residencies
Intaglio
Woodcut
Mokulito
Monoprint
Artist’s Books
Wood block typography
Open call 2025-26
Artist Residencies
Artist residencies provide artists, scholars, educators, and other creative professionals with time, space, and resources to work, individually or collectively.
Individual Residency
Residencies for individual artists
This residency is designed to give you the space and time to immerse yourself in your creative process, allowing you to develop your ideas and artwork individually.
Group Residency
Residencies for a group of artists
Artistic Group Residency is intended for groups of artists who work together.
The Group Residencies offer between three to eight participants a supportive, discursive environment for practice and research, exchange, and co-learning.
We encourage you to gather a group of like-minded artists to participate in a collective residency.
Courses on request
Individual or group Customized courses
Intaglio etching describes any printmaking technique in which the image is produced by incising into the printing plate. Intaglio Printmaking refers to a printing method in which the printing elements are all below the plate surface, having been cut, scratched, engraved, or etched into the plate.
We offer Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced Courses in different forms of Intaglio Printmaking.
INDIRECT TECHNIQUES ON COPPER PLATES
DIRECT TECHNIQUES ON COPPER (non toxic methods)
PRINTING PROCESSES
ALTERNATIVE INTAGLIO METHODS
ELECTROETCHING
Electroetching consists of replacing the acid used for etching metal plates with a much less toxic electrolytic bath.
WOODCUT / RELIEF PRINTING
Woodcut is a non toxic printing process. We can show you how to work into various surfaces by using different kinds of tools. You can also work on large scale!
MONOPRINT
Monoprint. Spontaneous and impulsive paintings to create one unique print or a serie
ALTERNATIVE LITHOGRAPHY
Mokulito is a Japanese non toxic technique based on the principles of the lithography with the addition of wood grain.
thography.
ARTIST’S BOOKS
Design of an artist’s book applied to a printmaking projec
Mokuhanga – Mokulito Year
MOKUHANGA – MOKULITO STUDIO
We’ll keep you posted.
Looking ahead to 2026, we are delighted to introduce one of our upcoming Mokuhanga experiences: a warm and welcoming space inspired by Japanese aesthetics, set within a Mediterranean environment.
A place to learn, create, and immerse yourself in the spirit of Japanese woodblock printmaking.
Special Guest Teacher: Anthony Tung Ning Huang
Layered Impressions
Image-Making through Monotype and Chine-collé
Anthony Tung Ning Huang
Image-Making through Monotype and Chine-collé
General Information
Professor: Anthony Tung Ning Huang from United States
5-day workshop
Monday to Friday, 9 am – 5 pm
Dates: June 7-11, 2027
Arrival: Sunday, June 6, between 6 pm-8pm.
Departure: on Friday June 11, at 5 pm.
Participants: 6–10
Location
At Art Print Residence, located in Arenys de Munt, near Barcelona.
Workshop Description
This five-day workshop explores the meeting of Eastern and Western approaches to printmaking through press-free hand-printed monotype, collage, and chine-collé. Combining the spontaneity of Western monotype with the material qualities of Eastern papers, participants will explore how prints can be created, fragmented, layered, and reconstructed into new images.
The workshop begins with a short field observation session, gathering visual references from the surrounding landscape through sketches, photographs, textures, shapes, and other details that catch our attention. Back in the studio, participants will translate these observations into a growing collection of monotypes, printed entirely by hand without the use of a press.
Rather than treating each monotype as a finished work, participants will use these prints as material for further image-making. Over the following days, prints will be cut, torn, edited, rearranged, and recombined through collage, with particular attention to scale, repetition, transparency, negative space, and layering.
Working with Eastern papers, participants will explore how the character and translucency of the paper can become an active part of the image. Chine-collé will then bring these printed fragments and layers together into more resolved compositions.
Throughout the workshop, participants will move continuously between printing and composing—responding to what emerges, printing new elements when needed, and allowing images to develop gradually through the process.
Open to different levels of printmaking experience, the workshop emphasizes experimentation, material sensitivity, and the development of a personal visual language.
Special Guest Teacher: Roslyn Kean
Innovation in Relief Printmaking
Encaustic Paper Staining, Woodblock and Mokuhanga Workshop
ROSLYN KEAN
Encaustic Paper Staining, Woodblock and Mokuhanga Workshop
Professor: Roslyn Kean from Australia
5 – day workshop
Monday to Friday 9 am – 5 pm
Dates: July 12-16, 2027
Arrival date: on Sunday July 11, between 6 pm-8pm.
Departure date: on Friday July 16, at 5 pm.
6-10 participants
Location
At Art Print Residence, located in Arenys de Munt, near Barcelona.
Workshop Description
This five-day workshop explores a combination of direct mark-making techniques on lightweight papers, Western-style woodcut and Japanese mokuhanga printmaking.
Participants will learn how to use wax as a resist to create layered, stained images on lightweight Japanese papers. Delicate washes of colour can be applied before the wax is removed, revealing patterns and tonal variations. These papers can then be overprinted with relief woodcuts or incorporated into prints using the chine-collé technique.
The workshop will explore different approaches to woodblock printing, from bold black-and-white imagery to multicolour compositions using multiple blocks. Reduction carving will also be introduced as a way to develop tonal variation within an image.
Participants will be introduced to key mokuhanga techniques, including image transfer, registration methods and printing with different types of baren. They will also explore how stained papers can be combined with relief printing to create layered and richly textured images.
Throughout the workshop, participants will develop their image ideas through drawings made to scale and transferred onto the blocks using a variety of methods, including laser-printed photocopies.
Combining these techniques offers new possibilities for experimentation with colour, texture, layering and image-making in contemporary relief printmaking.
PLATE MAKING SERVICE
Photoetching
Would you like to transfer your digital images or pictures onto photoetching plates?
We can make your photopolymer plates for you and we ship worldwide. Many sizes available: A5, A4, A3 or A2 size.
They will be ready for you to print on your printmaking studio or you can also come to Art Print Residence to print them. For more information ask for a budget.
Furthermore, if you are interested in having an edition, we can also print the edition in our studio.
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November 2026
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