What’s On

Black Church Print Studio’s second children’s book project is a collaborative partnership between our studio, Gaelscoil Inse Chór, Kilmainham Gaol, Fighting Words, and Inchicore Library.

Funded by DCC Community Development Funding.

Kathryn Graham is the winner of the Black Church Emerging Curator Award 2027. Belfast-based Visual Artist, Curator, and Fine Art Print Lecturer, Kathryn Graham will curate an exhibition of Black Church and Invited Artists in The Library Project in February 2027.

Master Printmaker: TBC

This residency will run for 24 months

‘I’m buzzing to be reigned in a bit during my ‘Process’ residency and follow a set of technical guidelines. Un-rooted trees, incongruous skies, discontent beyond the horizon. I will be a novice in the print studio, keen and curious and welcoming the unknown’. David Eager Maher, July 2026.

Colin Martin will curate Satellite Salon on behalf of Black Church Print Studio in The Library Project in September 2026.

Satellite Salon
Black Church Print Studio Exhibition
Curated by Colin Martin
4th – 26th Sept 2026

Deadline: 28 August 2026

Commissioned and hosted by Black Church Print Studio, this Award supports emerging curatorial research through an exhibition of print and expanded print practice featuring members and invited artists at The Library Project in February 2027.

Sitsong Chen
6 July – 5 Aug 2026

Born 1996, Sitsong is a multidisciplinary artist and illustrator based between London and Shenzhen. Her practice explores the intersection of image and text, focusing on visual storytelling, printmaking, and…

Stanhope Street School,
Cabra Library, Navan Road, Dublin 7
10 June 2026

As part Black Church Print Studio’s ongoing programme of professional development; a group of studio members were recently taken on a guided tour of William Blake: The Age of Romantic Fantasy in the National Gallery of Ireland.

Membership Award: Sophie Hannah Hayes, IADT
Access Award: Ciara Hederman, IADT
Education Award: Amy Mc Andrew, IADT

Supported by K&M Evans Arts Supplies

Drypoint workshop with 120 Transition Year students in Scoil Dara, Kilcock, Co. Kildare
14th April 2026

Screenprint, Etching, Lithography, Relief and more. Workshops to cater for all levels of ability.

Open Call for submissions:
Deadline: 29th May 2026

Black Church Print Studio would like to invite International artists actively engaged or informed by contemporary printmaking practice to apply for a four-week residency in Black Church Print Studio, Dublin in 2027.

11.30 am, Wednesday 22 April 2026
Meet at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
Booking required.

Black Church Print Studio is excited to announce an Art/Science commission opportunity in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin ‘Witness Tree Project’.

As part of an ongoing programme of professional development for Black Church Print Studio members, a group of studio members were recently taken on a guided tour of Picasso: From the Studio in the National Gallery of Ireland.