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Christmas Market and Open Days

Edinburgh Printmakers will be opening the doors of our historic building Castle Mills to welcome you to a fun-filled weekend of activities, workshops, and our bespoke Christmas Market!

Christmas Market and Open Days

About Christmas Market and Open Days

Our building will be open from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm.

What to expect:

Our Christmas Market will host a selection of creatives and makers - perfect for last-minute Christmas gifts and stocking fillers! Open from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Printmaking workshops, including: Dry Point - Etch a Sketch, Litho Workshop - Astonishink, Monothon, and Screen Monotype - all workshops are £5, and suitable for all ages!

Come along to some of our demonstrations and artist talks, including: Tea with Head of Editions, Stone Litho Demonstation, or Women Lithographers Roundtable.

Join a tour to learn about our historic building - we have building tours running each day at 1pm, as well as a British Sign Language tour on Sunday at 11am.

Our galleries will be featuring our annual Members' Exhibition

Our café Holy Cow Lounge will be open with the festive vegan food and drinks all weekend long!

Our studio workshops are supported by the City of Edinburgh Council & Fair Saturday Community Engagement Fund and supports the local community.

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