Printmaking has historically lived and thrived in community. Through Education, Membership, Studio, and Events, we are a community hub! Come as you are, connect with other artists, explore our programming and access our purpose-built print studio
SNAP is a leading centre for printmaking in Canada. We expand visual culture by supporting and collaborating with artists, audiences, and communities.
SNAP provides critical space and resources for printmaking production, exhibition, and education.
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.
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.
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.