Curwen Print Study Centre

Jerwood Foundation has awarded Curwen Print Study Centre a grant of £10,657 to complete Phase II of Artists’ Lithography in Britain: Making the Curwen Archive Accessible for All.

 

Established in the late 1990s by Master Printer Stanley Jones MBE and local entrepreneur and art lover Sam Alper OBE, the Curwen Print Study Centre is dedicated to the protection and preservation of fine art printmaking and has established a reputation for excellence in its field.

 

This grant will allow the completion of the digitalisation and cataloguing of approximately 1,000 historic items relating to their archive of lithographic prints from the Curwen Studio. It will also enable someone to curate and manage the data for the newly built archive website, as well as deliver digital marketing activity to promote the launch of the website. The archive is a unique national resource regarding printmaking heritage, and this project will ensure that the Curwen Archive is fully accessible to artists, researchers, and the public, preserving over 50 years of printmaking for future generations.

 

Lara Wardle, Executive Director and Trustee, Jerwood Foundation said:

This grant will have a meaningful impact on CPSC, allowing them to complete the digitalisation and cataloguing of 1,000 historic items and enabling this valuable archive of work to be made accessible, and benefit, a wide audience.

Lorraine Chitson, Director, Curwen Print Study Centre said:

We are enormously grateful to Jerwood to enable us to continue the archive work we are highly invested in. It is important, perhaps now more than ever, to preserve the legacy of a place where imagination was encouraged to ‘roam freely’ across the page. We look forward to sharing the unique stories and breadth of artwork made at the Curwen Studio with the wider community for public enjoyment and benefit.

 For further information please visit Curwen Print Study Centre

 

April 27, 2026