Our final workshop in a series of Living Histories, Storied Places workshops in different communities throughout the area is coming back home to the EGPS studio, 240 St George Str, Annapolis Royal on Dec. 13, 1-4pm. We have been warmly welcomed into public spaces from Lawrencetown, Middleton, Bridgetown, Annapolis Royal and Bear River over the past five months. It has been such an honour to connect and learn with so many people through the art of printmaking.
Our final event is a workshop and celebration of the joy of sharing in an afternoon of printing snowflakes, using the letterpress and stamping with plasticine. This is also a good time to just hang out with members, ask questions about printmaking projects you are working on, where to begin your printmaking journey or how to become involved with Elephant Grass Printers in 2026. Join us for relaxed companionship over goodies and printing. There are always goodies at our Open Houses!
Our series of free community workshops, Living Histories, Storied Places, have been possible with an Artists in Community grant from Arts Nova Scotia.
Freshly Pressed, an exhibit of prints by Elephant Grass Printmaker members runs Oct 14-Nov 18 at the Flora Hall Art Gallery, King’s Theatre, 209 St George Street, Annapolis.
Join us at the Opening Sunday Oct 19, 6-7pm for our RAFFLE DRAW where six prizes are to be won by lucky ticket holders!
FRESHLY PRESSED! illustrates a wide variety of creative printmaking techniques with linocut, litho, etching, chine-collé, monoprint, solarplate, cyanotype, letterpress, and more! Come see how EGPS members explore the fine art of printmaking, both traditional and contemporary.
Some of the EGPS members showing in this exhibition: Janel Warmington, Lorna Mulligan, Katie Prescott, Charlott Zimmermann, Bonnie Baker, Eva McCauley, Micheline Gushue, Basma Kavanagh, Sheri Hancock, Susan Tooke, Catherine Ewer and Julie Rosvall.
The gallery is open during its Box Office Hours: Tues-Fri 10am-3pm AND during live performances and film showings.
Join Elephant Grass Printmakers, for 3 hours of printmaking demonstrations and activities led by artists Katie Prescott and Lorna Mulligan. Express yourself creating your own small prints. All materials are supplied, along with encouragement, guidance and a great deal of laughter.
Everyone is welcome.
Through our Living Histories & Storied Places project, EGPS is finding ways for members of diverse communities to come together, share experiences, and shape them into art by offering free workshops and building new connections. Living Histories & Storied Places is supported by Arts Nova Scotia’s Artists in Communities program.
Curious about the art of hand printing but unsure where to begin? Wrap up your summer and join Elephant Grass Printmakers for a morning of hands-on printmaking demonstrations on September 13, 9am-1pm at Annapolis Royal Farmers Market in Annapolis Royal. We will be there to help you ink and print your own mini relief print.
And if you are looking for raffle tickets for our upcoming draw for 6 fabulous pieces made by Nova Scotian artists, here is another chance before the draw in October. We are holding the raffle to help us upgrade some of our equipment. Prizes generously donated by Nova Scotian artists, Deb Kuzyk, Wayne Boucher, Julie Rosvall, Marianne Brown and David Silverberg.
Happy Printer at Mapannapolis eventGetting a little help from EGPS member.Stencil Printing on a rock. Paper is not the only surface you can print on.From one of our Market Day events in 2025Raffle Draw to help EGPS upgrade our equipment.
We have been out of the studio lately, hosting workshops in the surrounding communities, but we know folks have been dropping by and are disappointed no one is in. Because we miss seeing visitors, we’ve decided to host a Summer Open House at EGPS studio on Saturday, August 9, from 11am to 2pm. While you are having fun at the hands-on demonstrations, don’t miss your chance to buy your tickets to enter our 2025 Make the Bed Raffle for one of 6 outstanding prizes generously donated by local artists.
The studio is located at 240 St. George Street, 2nd floor, Annapolis Royal.
Raffle Tickets are $5 ea or 3 for $10. Tickets can be purchased at EGPS studio or directly from EGPS members. You can also buy tickets at The Red Onion Market, 253 St George Street, just across the street. Sorry, no direct online sales, but contact us if you want tickets and cannot buy in person.
Funds raised will help us make upgrades to studio equipment, including replacing the Ettan press bed. A new bed will bring the press back to nearly original condition, allowing printmakers at EGPS studio to create high-quality prints for many years to come.
The raffle draw will take place on October 19, at the opening of “Freshly Pressed” our members’ exhibition at the Flora Hall Gallery, King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal. Shipping of the prize at the winners’ expense. License: AGD-355773-25
The Prizes: (click on image to see details.)
Wayne Boucher, The Red Pony Stuck, painting and collage, 7.5 x 12” $500 value. Who wouldn’t want to win an original Wayne Boucher creation from his recent Red Pony series?!
Marianne Brown pendant with handmade silk cord (adjustable) and tassel, agate, and Japanese glass beads. $175 value. Absolutely beautiful!
Deb Kuzyk’s Bluebird Ginger Jar, 2025, 9” h x 6” diam. Stoneware is so very elegant, with its wraparound bird imagery, and also very useful! $450 value
An unforgettable outing for two at Julie Rosall’s studio in Annapolis Valley. First Impressions: Printmaking with Natural Materials, Two tickets for this FoodArtNature experience. $158 value
Julie Rosvall’s hand-knit lace scarf is also hand-dyed! This wool, silk, and mohair blend fashion item is so soft, you won’t want to be without it. $140 value
5 Birds, engraving on lexan, artist’s proof, 5.5 x 9.5” $400 value. An original etching from the imagination of David Silverberg, one of Maritime’s master printmakers and artists. In his print, narrative realism is countered by an incredible fantasy. This is a rare opportunity for the serious collector of fine art prints.
Wayne BoucherMarianne BrownDeb KuzykJulie RosvallJulie Rosvall
Our first workshop in the Living Histories & Storied Places project took place last weekend at a local cafe and community hotspot in the village of Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia. It was a huge success with plenty of folks of all ages participating! Many created their own simple relief prints and then expressed themselves with personally chosen words in letterpress. As each visual story was revealed at the press, people, sometimes complete strangers, traded personal stories with one another in a relaxed, fun space. Lorna Mulligan and Katie Prescott, EGPS instructors, guided this casual workshop and had a blast helping everyone discover the joys of printmaking!
The full schedule of workshops is complete, with our next session on August 23, 2025. Free for all. No registration required. Just show up and tell your story.
August 23, 10am-1pm Rosa M. Harvey Middleton and Area Library 45 Gates Street, Middleton, Nova Scotia
September 27, 10am-1pm Bridgetown Area Library, 38 Queen Street, Bridgetown, Nova Scotia
October 25, 11am-2pm Annapolis Royal Library, 143 Ritchie Street, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
November 23, 2-5pm Oakdene Centre Bear River, 1913 Clementsvale Road, Bear River
Dec. 13, 1-4pm EGPS Studio, 240 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
Try something new! Elephant Grass Printmakers’ Society (EGPS) is hitting the road! Bringing printmaking and its possibilities directly to neighbouring communities in Annapolis County with a project called Living Histories & Storied Places. Like many arts organizations, EGPS is re-imagining its role in the community beyond providing a space for artists to make their work. We want to find ways to bring members of diverse communities together, share our experiences, and shape these into art by offering free workshops and making new connections. Our first two gatherings are already on the calendar, and stay tuned for dates leading up to our December event at the Elephant Grass Printmakers space in Annapolis Royal.
Hands-On Printmaking Activities for Everyone
July 27th
Join Elephant Grass Printmakers for letterpress & simple printmaking at Bee’s Knees General Store and Bakery. Express yourself!
Time: 2-5 pm Location: Bee’s Knees General Store and Bakery, 498 Main Street., Lawrencetown, NS
Instructors: Katie Prescott and Lorna Mulligan
August 23rd
Letterpress & textile relief printmaking, create art at the Middleton and Area library. Try something new!
Time: 10am to 1pm Location: Middleton & Area Library, 45 Gates Avenue, Middleton, NS Instructors: Julie Rosvall and Katie Prescott
More dates and locations are being added soon, so keep checking back. Visit us @egpcprintmakers on Instagram or Elephant Grass Printmakers on Facebook.
This relationship-building project gives us the opportunity to transform individual artist connections with nearby communities into deeper connections with the larger EGPS group. We believe a free printmaking workshop (with snacks!) is the perfect way. Each gathering, EGPS will come together in a community space, provide tea and snacks, two hours of printmaking instruction and play, and an hour for chatting and brainstorming future projects and prospects with participants. A final session on letterpress printing will be held at the EGPS studio in Annapolis Royal for anyone who wishes to participate, using less portable equipment, like metal type, antique advertising, and other images, and the platen press used to print from these materials.
This project is supported by Arts Nova Scotia’s Artists in Communities program.
To celebrate, honour, and respect 2SLGBTQI+ people and families in the Annapolis area, EGPS members are hosting hands-on printing fun for everyone in two locations on Saturday, July 5.
Visit our table at the Annapolis Royal Farmers and Traders Market, 9am-1pm, or come by the studio at 240 St. George Street, 2nd floor, in the afternoon. Watch for the sandwich board outside our building for studio hours.
The 2025 Saturday Open House season has begun! Join your EGPS printmakers for a day of inky fun and hands on demos on Saturday May 17, 11am -2pm at our studio, 240 St. George Str., 2nd floor, Annapolis Royal.
Sheri Jean Hancock will be showing the magical effects of a rainbow roll on a relief print. Or print your own mini letterpress takeaway plus on one of our letterpresses.
Bonnie Baker of Bonnie Baker Studio will be demonstrating how to do polaroid lifts in her adjourning studio.
Are you thinking about a printmaking activity or a project in the works in your future? You are welcome to come by, check out the different ways you can print at the studio or be involved as a member or just hang out for the conversation. So why not drop in after your market shopping and play with us?
Boots on the GroundRainbow roll with multiple colours on the same roller.
Elephant Grass Printmakers Society 