Founded in 1974, it provides fine art printmaking facilities for established and emerging artists, including intaglio, lithography, and relief printing.
Briefly housed in an old airport hangar in St. John's, its first permanent home was a former schoolhouse in the small outport community of St. Michael's, on the southern shore of the Avalon Peninsula.
It offered workshops and space for visiting artists, and early visitors included Joyce Wieland and Landon Mackenzie.
[3] It has been an important part of the art community in Newfoundland, providing a space for teaching and training, exhibitions, professional development, and artistic collaboration.
[4] In 1991 St. Michael's initiated the Don Wright Scholarship, which provides a recent visual arts graduate with a year's access to the studio.