Carve Carve Carnival – 2026!

Carve Carve Carnival!

When: Saturday, August 22, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Alberta Printmakers Studio

Join us for a full day of spectacular printmaking funfair for all ages!

Step right up and enjoy our special attractions:

• Make your own buttons! - Take our button maker for a spin to make your own button designs.
• Silkscreen some swag! - Choose from a variety of designs to screen print your own tea towels and bandanas.
• Stamp your own printed card! - Our stamp collection has been growing and is waiting for you to stamp them on your own cards.
• Print your own bookmarks using LEGO and our Nolan Proof Press! - What’s better than LEGO-building? LEGO printing!
• Carve and print your own linocut patches! (Kid friendly materials too)! - Using one of our many printing presses, carve and print your own custom fabric patches.
• Cyanotype sun-printing! - Combine photographic negatives with materials to make your own print using an OG photo process with the sun.
• Create a unique print using textures! - No drawing necessary – we’ll show you how you can use (and re-use) kneaded erasers to make prints.
• Step into a piece of carnival-inspired historical printmaking! - Take a photo in our version of some famous poster reproductions – with a twist.
• Win big at our neigbourhood plinko game! - Everyone’s a winner with this one, so drop your token and take your chances to win a range of local goodies.
• Browse through our A/P member Print Market! - We’re launching our next Print Market on the same day! Prepare to browse and call dibs on your faves.

Market items are priced as marked. All proceeds from the day go toward fundraising for A/P community programming and support the market artists.

Weather permitting, festivities will be set up outside in the front parking lot, as well as throughout the A/P Gallery and Studio.