Printmaking has historically lived and thrived in community.
Through Education, Support Tiers, Studio, and Events, we are a community hub! Come as you are, connect with other artists, explore our programming and access our purpose built studio
*SNAP was founded in 1982 as an independent, cooperatively-run printshop in the Great West Saddlery Building. This was our first home in the city, preceded by the Army-Navy store, our Jasper ave location, and now our home in Queen Mary Park!
Location & Land Acknowledgment
gaLLERY HOURS: WED - FRI 12-6, SAT 12-5SNAP is located on Treaty 6 Territory, a gathering place for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples since time immemorial. We respectfully honour and acknowledge the Nehiyaw, Niitsitapi, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway/ Saulteaux/Anishinaabe, Inuit, and many others whose histories, languages, and cultures are a part of our community.
The Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers (SNAP) is a non-profit, artist-run centre, and a registered charity* incorporated under the Societies Act of Alberta.
*Registration No. 12293 0019 RR0001
Vision, Mission, Values, & Mandate.
● Vision
SNAP is a leading centre for printmaking in Canada. We expand visual culture by supporting and collaborating with artists, audiences, and communities.
● Values
Artist-Centred: SNAP is run by artists, for artists. Supporting artistic excellence and experimentation is at the heart of our programs and policies.
Inclusiveness: SNAP welcomes the exploration of different printmaking practices and outcomes. We engage with diverse audiences and communities, while continuing to foster new and existing connections with artists. We recognize the colonial complexities within which we operate and work to remove barriers to access.
Educational: SNAP’s programs connect people with new ideas and approaches, for all levels and abilities, to encourage exploration and growth. Print education and advocacy benefits artists, students, patrons, collectors, and the greater arts-ecosystem
Sustainable: SNAP is committed to being here for the long run – maintaining and growing the organization in a responsible and healthy manner that continues to meet the needs of our members and partners.
● Mission
SNAP provides critical space and resources for printmaking production, exhibition, and education.
● Mandate
SNAP is a non-profit artist run centre dedicated to printmaking in all of its traditional and contemporary forms, carrying out the following:
Maintains a publicly accessible printmaking studio facility to enable artists and members of the community to work in a creative environment that is safe and inclusive.
Programs a public gallery featuring print and print-related works by local, national, and international artists.
Offers a wide range of public educational programs in the processes of printmaking and related media.
Connects with the larger arts and culture community in Edmonton and beyond through a publications program.
Produces community events and outreach programming in cooperation with other organizations and partners.
Accessibility at SNAP
SNAP supports artists of all kinds with time, space, and money. This includes paying artists fair wages, removing barriers to accessing our programming, and providing public and private studio space for artists to thrive. This will allow SNAP to be more accessible and welcoming to artists and community members from our local neighbourhood of Queen Mary Park and far beyond. SNAP will be committed to creating as many paths of access as possible and widening our scope of diversity, both technically and socially.
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Our gallery entrances are 2 steps above ground level, and the south Gallery door at the front has a short ramp. The back Printshop door is at ground level. The doors are all manual doors – during regular hours, please call 780-423-1492 and one of our staff can help open the door. Our facilities are all on the ground floor of the building with no steps between any of the areas.
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2 hour paid parking is available in front of the SNAP building. Limited parking is also available in the alleyway behind SNAP.
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ETS bus route stops that are closest to SNAP’s location are stop numbers 1825, 1635, 1671, and 1905.
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SNAP has three single-user bathrooms, all with manual doors that lock. One wheelchair accessible bathroom is available which is equipped with a grab bar. There are hand dryers in each bathroom. There is also an infant change table in our accessible washroom.
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As the floorplan of the gallery changes with each new exhibition, there is no consistent seating plan available for the gallery area. Portable seating can be arranged if needed using folding chairs. Stools and other moveable chairs are available in the printshop area during events based on event capacity.
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Live transcriptions are available on all zoom events. Videos played during in person live events will be shown with captions. If there are any other accommodations that you require to be able to attend a SNAP event or workshop, please don’t hesitate to reach out to printshop@snapartists.com
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People with disabilities are welcome to bring one support person to events or workshops free of charge. Accessibility animals are welcome.
We’re eager to adapt!
If any other accommodations can be made to make our community space more accessible for you or others, please contact Myken McDowell, our Printshop and Programs Coordinator at printshop@snapartists.com.
Small but MIGHTY.
Caitlin Bodewitz
Executive Director
Myken McDowell
Printshop and Programs Co-ordinator
Emily Hayes
Communications and Gallery Co-ordinator 
Georgia Quinlan
Arts and Advocacy Assistant Board of Directors & Committees
We’re Proud of Our Roots.
Many hands have helped form the amazing org before you!
In 1982, a handful of artists established SNAP as an independent, cooperatively-run fine art printshop in the historic Great West Saddlery Building in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1996, SNAP opened a gallery. In 2000, the society built its own gallery, the SNAP Gallery, which exhibits print and print-related art. In that year, SNAP also added its second printshop.
