About us
Belfast Print Workshop is the largest place in Northern Ireland where professional printmakers can share facilities, materials and ideas with each other to express their art, and where they can sell their prints through an integrated gallery and online to a worldwide audience. We also welcome other artists keen to learn printmaking techniques.

History
The Belfast Print Workshop, initially known as Endhouse Print Workshop, grew from the activities in the early seventies of a group of artists and printmakers who were interested in establishing
a workshop in Belfast. A constitution was
drawn up, and an etching press purchased.

Endhouse Print Workshop was taken under the financial wing of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in 1977 and its name changed to Belfast Print Workshop. In addition to funding the purchase of equipment and staffing, the Arts Council also offered space in what was then its headquarters, Riddel Hall. The workshop was located in the former kitchen area at the rear of Riddel Hall, a former student Halls of Residence, built in 1913.

During the late 1990s the Workshop decided to look for alternative premises that would allow for development. Eventually, the decision was made to move to Cotton Court, a former Bonded Warehouse, re-furbished for Arts usage by Laganside Corporation. Located in the developing Cathedral Quarter in central Belfast, it offered a considerable potential. The move took place early in 2003.

Since the move, the Workshop has seen the beginnings of the re-vitalisation that was anticipated. A busy programme, new members, a new Director and Workshop Manager, reflect the renewed energy of Belfast Print Workshop.

Director
Paula Gallagher
email Paula Gallagher

Manager
Struan Hamilton
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Gallery
Carrie Neely
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Board of Trustees
Colin Maxwell (Chair)
Corrina Askin
Michael Hart
Graham Gingles
Bronagh Lawson
Peter Hutchinson