Black Gully Printmakers (BGP) are a community member group who meet up to develop their own practice in the studio space within the Museum of Printing below New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM), in Armidale NSW.

We’re run by a diverse group of passionate motivated volunteers, who believe in the importance of printmaking and the Museum of Printing. The Museum of Printing (MOP) displays a collection of priceless items, including countless lead-type, wood-blocks, printing presses, bookbinding equipment, and typewriters. In addition, the collection contains items from F.T Wimble & Co, Australia's sole type foundry during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  Through group exhibitions, self-directed projects and occasional workshops we seek to make the arts accessible, sustainable, and relevant to the community.

 
Talented BGP members shared their gel plate skills at an in-house workshop today. Big thanks to: @the_trippers1 @emilysimson.art @putonthejam @chrisvickeryart
A couple of trips to Tamworth (thanks chrisvickeryart) and some heavy lifting, we’ve now added cabinets and vintage lead type to the teaching collection. This was made possible through community fundraising, the support of Friends of NERAM, and
Now is your chance to learn more about drypoint etching and/or Lino printing with an experienced printmaker ⭐️👏 Running over 3 Mondays in Museum of Printing @mopneram studio @neramuseum Dates | July 29, August 5 & 12 Time | 10.30 - 3.30 Bookin
Apart from learning some new printing techniques at the workshop with Martin King yesterday, we were shown some simple set up tricks to make multi-plate printing more successful. A very useful and creative workshop! #watercolour #chinecollé #
What an action-packed day today in the studio, exploring the use of watercolour and chine colle with drypoint etching, under the expert guidance of Martin King. So many variations! #watercolour #chinecollé #drypointetching @artmartz #printisno
ARTIST OF THE MONTH ~ on the wall for the month of May is a selection of prints by Jennifer Miller @putonthejam showing the possibilities of gel plates 👏 “Earlier this year I travelled overseas to Bali and Dubai and decided to take minimal su
A great turnout for Print Day in May today 👏🐝😀 #printdayinmay #letterpressprinting #mopneram @mopneram
All set for tomorrow’s Print Day in May! 10am - 1pm 😎 Many hands on deck last night to set the type and proof the text~ Come along to print your own postcard & see what else MoP & BGP has to offer. Saturday 4 May in the Museum of Pr
Don’t miss out! Print your own postcard this Saturday, share the puns and share the love of print. As part of our Print day in May celebration we have lead type ready to Print a May the 4th ~ STAR WARS inspired pun! #mopneram #printdayinmay #
Some lovely layered botanical monoprints from one of the first sessions of the High Country Autumn Printmaking School. #neram #worksonpaper #monoprint #printisnotdead Lizzie Horne
As part of this year’s Seniors’ Week at NERAM-New England Regional Art Museum, BGP printmaker and artist, Rhonda Ellem, demonstrated hands-on printmaking using gelli plates where prints are created without the use of the press. Lots of lo
Friends of NERAM Autumn Printmaking School Immerse yourself in a weekend of printmaking with workshops and social events coinciding with the Southern Highlands Printmakers’ Exhibition at NERAM. Friday 12 - Sunday 14 April, NERAM Take a
Setting up the blocks from the Armidale Folk Museum tonight....Bonox anyone?? Thanks to the CASP grant we are learning how to use these old adverts from the Uralla times and Armidale Express. @hopscotchpress.au @mopneram @creatensw @artsnorthwest
BGP members had fun today, getting prints ready to hang. Our “Visions of New England” exhibition opens this Thursday at 6 pm in the studio next to the Museum of Printing. Come along and see some beautiful prints, and talk with the printma
Getting ready for an exhibition of BGP works: Visions of New England. #cleaning #measuring #cuttingmountboards #worksonpaper

Join BGP

BGP membership is open to the whole community. All BGP members are also volunteers who take turns to open MOP to the public between 11am – 3pm Tuesdays and Sundays. BGP members also have access to the studio space during NERAM’s opening hours.