Membership

BAP membership is currently open. We warmly invite those with previous printmaking experience to enquire. We will provide induction days so you can learn about our facilities, good studio practise and Health & Safety, the day to day running of our CO-OPERATIVE studio and how you can become a member. You can then decide if it is the studio for you. 

If you are interested in membership, please contact us by email or by direct message via our Instagram account. You can informally come visit our studio for more information. 

We look forward to hearing from you. 

Full Membership

£55 per month, payable to BAP by standing order on the 1st of every month. 

This provides you with a key (for which a £20 deposit is required). This grants you access to the studio, at times to suit you*.
(*N.B. BAP Members are unable to use the studio during courses, notably Wednesday mornings when the bookbinders meet, occassional Saturdays and Wednesday evenings.)

You are provided with an Artist Page and a link from the BAP website to your own website (see Galleries).

Induction

Induction sessions will are 2hours at £35 per session.
All sessions have to be prepaid/paid on the day before the session starts. 

To join our studio, Induction sessions are compulsory. Depending on your ability and your experience this may vary - a minimum three sessions for all. For budding printmakers thinking about membership our classes are a good way to perfect your printmaking skills and to build on your studio practise before enquiring about induction sessions.

What is to be expected?
Part of your Induction will be showing you the facilities we have and day to day running of our studio, and Health & Safety. It will be discussed what will be expected of you as a member of a CO-OPERATIVE studio if you were to join us: what skills could you bring to the studio, what area could you get involved in.  You will also discover how you and your practise would benefit being apart of our studio and if in fact being apart of our studio is the right for you.
The other part of your Induction will be you working alongside a BAP member demonstrating skill and knowledge in at least one printmaking process and good studio practise. Please bring along a print or two you hope to work on during your induction session. Please note this is not a taught lesson - these skills you should already possess. It is also advised that you bring a small selection of current work to show us and to demonstrate you are an active creative person. 

 

Open Access

We are not currently offering open access. This situation is kept under regular review.