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.
NEW COURSE AVAILABLE !!
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 Year
Guest Teachers’ Special Course
Innovations in Mokuhanga, Japanese Woodcut
Water-based Mokuhanga and Stencils – Prof. Keiko Hara
Machine-carved Mokuhanga – Prof. Benjamin Selby
5 – day workshop
Monday to Friday 9 am – 5 pm
Dates: March 30 – April 3, 2026
Arrival date: on Sunday March 29, around 6 pm.
Departure date: on Friday April 3, after 5 pm.
6-8 participants
Where? At the Art Print Residence, located in Arenys de Munt, near Barcelona.
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Etching and Aquatint Refresh workshop
Etching and Aquatint Refresh workshop
Did you learn printmaking some time ago?
Did you learn these processes but there’s been a while since you practiced for the last time?
Do you feel that you need a refresh?
Do you feel that you have a lot of information but you want to come back to the basics of each printmaking technique?
Do you want to learn our method by the hand of our master printmakers?
Learn how we do the Etching processes on copper plates using less toxic solvents.
Learn the processes step by step. We have replaced the traditional products with other alternative products.
We are a professional workshop with many years of experience.
We can guide you in your creative process to achieve better results.
If you are interested, just fill in the form, choose the dates and we will provide you with a budget.
Large format workshop
Large format workshop
Do you know printmaking but you haven’t worked on a large scale yet?
Our workshop is the ideal place to develop big projects. We have large scale presses to accommodate your ideas.
We can provide you with large plates, paper rolls and our technical guidance.
You can choose among different kinds of supports: copper plates, plastic plates, plywood, cardboard, photopolymer plates, etc. and develop a large-scale project on intaglio, collagraph, photoetching, relief…
If you’ve already learned the technique but you haven’t experienced the large scale format, you can fill in the form, choose the dates and we will provide you with a budget.
Looking forward to your big projects!!
Photoetching
PLATE MAKING SERVICE Service temporarily unavailable until January 2026
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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September 2025
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Photographic Mokuhanga” by Katsutoshi Yuasa
Woodblock printing is the oldest known printing technique in the world. Invented in China, woodblock prints were introduced to Japan in the Asuka period (592 – 710) along with Buddhism, and became popular in the Edo period as Ukiyo-e, multi-coloured prints that used many bright colours. A woodblock is carved with carving knives and printed on paper with a hand-printing tool called baren instead of using a press. The time-consuming manual process provides a pleasant stimulus to our brain and body. Woodblock printing using water-based pigments and inks is currently attracting worldwide attention as a printmaking technique with low physical and environmental impact.
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