Meetings, team away days, workshops, talks, screenings and receptions for 8 to more than 100 guests can be organized at Edinburgh Printmakers, the printmaking and visual arts center at Castle Mills in the Fountainbridge district of Edinburgh. Four spaces can be hired, from an eight-seat meeting room to the café and courtyard, inside a working arts building with three galleries and a print studio.
Seminars and company events
The rooms suit corporate meetings, small conferences, networking events, training, interviews, presentations and team days with a creative angle. The venue lists talks, film screenings, classes, wellbeing sessions and interactive learning among typical uses. Full-day bookings run from 9am to 5pm and half days from 9am to 12:30pm or from 1:30pm to 5pm, and times can be adjusted on request. The Meeting Room can also be booked by the hour or outside office hours, before 9am or after 6pm.
Receptions, launches and celebrations take place in the café and courtyard. The café is open to the public Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm, so daytime events are planned around service, and the space can also be hired for the evening.
Rooms and capacities
The Boardroom (54 square meters) sits in the historic wing of the building. It is fully private, has daylight and takes 30 seated or 60 standing. The Learning Studio (129 square meters) also takes 30 seated or 60 standing. It is used for printmaking workshops, so some equipment shows signs of use, which suits groups who want a hands-on session. The Meeting Room (14.4 square meters) takes 8 seated or 15 standing. The Café and Courtyard take more than 100 guests, and the courtyard includes a community garden.
Catering
KUBA runs the café on site, with a menu that brings together Pan-African and Scottish cooking and offers vegan and vegetarian options. Event catering is arranged with the venue team, which publishes separate catering information for hirers.
History and setting
Edinburgh Printmakers was founded in 1967 and describes itself as the first open-access print studio in the United Kingdom. It is a registered Scottish charity supported by Creative Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council. Its home, Castle Mills, is a heritage building that once housed a rubber factory and a brewery complex. Besides the hire spaces, the building holds a large daylit print studio, three galleries and a shop selling original prints, so guests can visit an exhibition during breaks. Galleries and shop open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm.
Getting there
Edinburgh Haymarket station is about 10 minutes on foot, and Princes Street about 15 minutes. The address is Castle Mills, 1 Dundee Street, Edinburgh EH3 9FP, in Fountainbridge, west of the city center.
