The Toi ako Te Kauwhata is calling for artists in our local region to participate in our community Artist exhibition. It is open from 10^th to 12^th October, at Toi ako artspace,

PCANZ are happy to support an exhibiton of one of our founding members of the Print Council of Aotearoa New Zeland. The retrospective is by printmaker Julia Ellery

PCANZ have an exciting Summer School planned in Christchurch January 12 - 16 2026

PCANZ are happy to support Ōtautahi Prints returning to Christchurch October 25th 2025. Location: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

PCANZ is proud to host Dr Mike Dickison Webinar for PCANZ members • Aotearoa Wikipedian at Large

Congratulations Penamino Tuia, a student of Dilworth School, received the NYAA Print Award 2025 for the second year in a row.

The PCANZ Quarterly National newsletter provides information and resources to the Printmaking Community of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Newsletter archive from 2021 to 2025

The Print Rebound Project closed 29 November 2024.

An online exhibition of the final prints is now online.

PCANZ is proud to support Printopia Festival of Original Print in Auckland, bringing another weekend of print-filled fun 2-4 May 2025.

Congratulations to Viv Aitken, the 2025 Gary Tricker Summer School Scholarship recipient. We look forward to meeting you in January!

NZPPA2025 entries are now open and close on 16 December 2024. PCANZ is proud to be a sponsor of the Main Print Prize again this year. The annual New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards are held at Artspost galleries in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton.

The Gary Tricker Summer School Scholarship is now calling for applications to attend Summer School 2025. The scholarship assists an emerging printmaker to attend the annual PCANZ Summer School. Applications close 1st November 2024

PCANZ Hamilton representative Vicki Jones presented the print award for the Waikato Society of Arts National Youth Awards 2024. PCANZ has sponsored this award for some years as part of its aim to promote printmaking. This year’s winner is Penamino Tuia, a student at Dilworth School.

Congratulations to Lori Pittard, the 2024 Gary Tricker Summer School Scholarship recipient.

The new Gary Tricker Summer School Scholarship is now calling for applications to attend Summer School 2024. The scholarship assists an emerging printmaker to attend the annual PCANZ Summer School. Applications close 1st November 2023.

PCANZ is excited to announce a new fund has been created to support the Summer School Scholarship, now named the Gary Tricker Summer School Scholarship. Applications will be called for, when Summer School 2024 expressions of interest information goes out.

PCANZ is proud to support Printopia Festival of Original Print in Auckland, bringing another weekend of print-filled fun 5-7 May 2023.

PCANZ is proud to be a main sponsor to the Major Print Prize to the 2023 NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards. Congratulations to the 2023 NZPPA awards winners!

Exciting news! PCANZ book publication “PROOF: Two decades of printmaking” has been published and due to be publicly released in November 2022 at the retail price of $70 available at selected bookshops throughout NZ.

The Printopia Festival was a hugely successful inaugural event that showcased the variety and exciting possibilities of printmaking. Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand was proud to be involved.