Print Study Centre

Since the 1950s, the University of Alberta Museums Art Collection has acquired prints through both donation and purchase. Today, the collection holds a significant number of works on paper (approximately 4,000), spanning a wide variety of printmaking methods, cultural contexts and time periods. In addition to printmaking, the PSC also contains drawings, books, and photographs.

Strengths of the print collection include:

• Japanese Prints: The Print Study Centre holds both a significant number of historic and contemporary print-based works. Significant artists include Kunisada II, Tetsuya Noda, Noboru Sawai, Hiroshige II, and Ryoji Ikeda . The PSC also holds a number of 19th century books from Japan.
• Inuit Prints: Prints by notable artists such as Jessie Oonark, Kenojuak Ashevak, Pitseolak Ashoona, Joe Talirunli, Annie Pootoogook, Helen Kalvak, Noah William and Shuvinai Ashoona. 
• Canadian and Indigenous Prints: Highlights include prints by Canadian artists such as J.C. Heywood, Wally Dion, Liz Ingram, David Blackwood, Jane Ash Poitras, Carl Beam, Walter J. Philips, Robert Davidson, Jennifer Dickson, Lyndal Osborne, Katie Ohe and Takao Tanabe. 
• European and International Prints: Primarily composed of prints by internationally acclaimed artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandt, William Kentridge, Walter Jule, Emre Sinan, Stanislaw Fijalkowski, Andy Warhol and Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.

The Print Study Centre includes biographical information on artists whose works are in the collection, as well as artist monographs and exhibition catalogues related to works of art in the Print Study Collection.

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30th Anniversary Events 

Print Study Centre Open House

Friday, September 18, 2026
2:00 - 7:00 pm (Drop-In)

Drop in to visit the Print Study Centre! Learn more about some of the prints it houses and see what makes it so special.

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Discover Printmaking (An All-Ages Activity)

Saturday, September 19, 2026

11:00 am - 12:30 pm
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm 

Get inspired by prints in the University of Alberta Museums Art Collection and try your hand at printmaking! We’ll kick things off with a relaxed chat about some featured artworks before rolling up our sleeves to make our own prints using styrofoam and acrylic paint.

All materials are provided (children under 12 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.)

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Stories from the Collection

Explore the Print Study Centre in this virtual reality tour

Request post-secondary class access to the Print Study Centre