Summer School

12 - 16 January 2026

Rangi Ruru Girls' School

9 Hewitts Road, Merivale, Christchurch

Organisers: Di Smallfield and the PCANZ exec team

Self-catering accommodation on site

5 nights Sun/Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs $375

2 nights Sun/Mon or Wed/Thurs $ 150

Choose from 1 x 4-day course or 5 x 2-day courses.

Workshops

4-day workshop:

1. Nan Mulder - Masterclass in Mezzotint - $450

2-day workshops:

2. Tara Axford - ‘Re/Arrange - 2 x 2 day workshops - $250

3. Jeff Lockhart - ‘That’s a Relief’ - our place in the Pacific’ - $220

4. Emma Kitson - ‘Screenprinting with DIY Inks’ -$220

5. Steve Lovett - ‘Pre-Print Research’ - $220

6. Shelley Ryde - ‘Combining Solarplate and Prontoplate Printmaking’ - $220

Join us for an exciting, immersive week of printmaking and connecting with printmakers from around the country.

This year we are thrilled to have international tutor Tara Axford.

Not a member of PCANZ but keen to participate? Join here.

Cancellation policy - Cancellations of the 50% deposit will be refunded less 15% administration fee until early November. Cancellation of full payment after 20 November - there will be no refunds unless in exceptional circumstances (at the discretion of the Executive).

Fees:

  • 4-day workshop: $430 or $805 with 5 nights accommodation

  • 2-day workshop: International tutor Tara Axford - $250 or $400 with 2 nights accommodation

  • 2-day workshop: $220 or $370 with 2 nights accommodation

  • Accommodation $75 per night, 3 nights $225, 5 nights $375

Dates:

From Sunday 11 - Friday 16 January 2026

Location

Rangi Ruru Girls' School

59 Hewitts Road, Merivale, Christchurch 8014

Scholarship:

The Gary Tricker Summer School Scholarship is now open for applications. To learn more, click here. (Scholarship applicants should also book for their workshops via the form on the left, to ensure a place in the workshop/s of their choice.) Click here for the scholarship application form.

Summer School 2026 programme:

Details of each workshop plus hostel accommodation are below.

Summer School Workshop and Hostel Bookings: BOOKINGS VIA THE FORM ARE NOW OPEN. Click on the button on the left.

Download printable pdf of Summer School 2026 programme below .

Programme

Download printable Summer School 2026 Programme here →

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Summer School — Accommodation - Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Jan 11
Summer School — Accommodation - Rangi Ruru Girls’ School

Rangi Ruru Girls’ School Accommodation

Summer School — Nan Mulder - ‘Masterclass in Mezzotint’
Jan 12
Summer School — Nan Mulder - ‘Masterclass in Mezzotint’

Monday 12th to Friday 16th January. Nan Mulder's four-day Masterclass in Mezzotint worrkshop is a time-consuming but a very beautiful technique. During the workshop students would learn how to ‘rock’ a copperplate to prepare the ground for a mezzotint.

Summer School — Tara Axford: Re/arranged - 1st Workshop
Jan 12
Summer School — Tara Axford: Re/arranged - 1st Workshop

Monday 12 th & Tuesday 13 th January. Tara Axford's workshop - Re/Arrange is a playful two-day printmaking workshop where abstract forms, texture, and textile thinking come together in modular prints designed to be cut, layered, and endlessly recombined.

Summer School — Jeff Lockhart: That’s A Relief - Our place in the Pacfic
Jan 12
Summer School — Jeff Lockhart: That’s A Relief - Our place in the Pacfic

Monday 12 th & Tuesday 13 th January. Jeff Lockhart's workshop - That’s a relief - our place in the Pacific. Explore multiplate relief printmaking with an emphasis on using woodcuts and found materials to explore your sense of identity and cultural connection to our place in the Pacific.

Summer School — Emma kitson: Screen Printing with DIY Inks from Reclaimed Pigments.
Jan 12
Summer School — Emma kitson: Screen Printing with DIY Inks from Reclaimed Pigments.

Monday 12 th & Tuesday 13 th January. Emma Kitson's workshop - Screen Printing with DIY Inks from Reclaimed Pigments. Learn to screenprint using your own ink made from reclaimed and foraged pigments with Artist Emma Kitson.

Summer School — Tara Axford: Re/arranged - 2nd workshop
Jan 15
Summer School — Tara Axford: Re/arranged - 2nd workshop

Thursday 15 th & Friday 16 th January. Tara Axford's workshop - Re/Arrange is a playful two-day printmaking workshop where abstract forms, texture, and textile thinking come together in modular prints designed to be cut, layered, and endlessly recombined.

Summer School — Steve Lovett: Pre-print research
Jan 15
Summer School — Steve Lovett: Pre-print research

Thursday 15th and 16 th January. Steve Lovett's workshop - Pre-Print Research : Everything we might do before we go to the studio and get into ink.

Summer School — Shelley Ryde - ‘Combining Solarplate and Prontoplate Printmaking’
Jan 15
Summer School — Shelley Ryde - ‘Combining Solarplate and Prontoplate Printmaking’

Thursday 15th and 16 th January. Shelley Ryde's two-day workshop introduces participants to two photomechanical printmaking processes: Solar Plate Intaglio and Pronto Plate Lithography