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Museum of Lithographic Art
The Lithographic Academy in Tidaholm runs a museum-
gallery specialized in showing lithographic art. The museum- gallery has since it started in
1997 had a varying programme
of both historical and contemporary shows.
Printing service
The Lithographic Academy offers a hifh qualified printing
service to artists. The masterprinters of the Academy have
a great experience in collaborative printing and can offer a
highly considerate help to artists in producing lithographic editions.
Helliden Graphic School
Helliden Graphic School, run by Helliden Folkhighschool,
is a 1-3 year education. The school is focused on developing artistic ability in
lithographic technics. The school wants
to stimulate students to experimental word within the field
of lithography. Painting and drawing are important parts of
the education. The education includes also intaglio, wood-
and linocut. The school is situated in the same buildings
as the collective workshop. This means that the school is
very well equiped with a large number of presses, drawing
and painting studios. Papermaking is also a part of the
education.
Paperworkshop
Beside the graphic workshop in the old factory
laundry in a house from 1790 there is a paper-
workshop which is a part of the collective work-
shop. Members and visiting artists here have
the possibility to make their own paper. The work-
shop also provides good opportunities for artists
to work with paper-art. The paperworkshop has
two beaters, presses and a variety of moulds.
On top of the paperworkshop are guestrooms
for visiting artists.
Collective Workshop
Lithographic printmaking has been going on in Tidaholm
since 1897. That was the year when Vulcan match-
factory started it´s matchlabel printshop. The match-
labels soon became a well known trademark that made
the name Tidaholm known worldwide. At the end of
1950´s the Vulcan printshop was closed and production
was moved to other plants in the Swedish Match
concern. At that occasion a young entusiastic artist
in Tidaholm, Karl-Åke Nyström, got the oportunity
to procure some of the printing equipment.
The lithographic tradition in Tidaholm
was thus conti-
nued by Karl-Åke byút now in an entire artistic way.
Karl-Åke founded the Tidaholm Collective workshop
directed towards lithographic artistic printing. To start
with the printing activity took place in Karl-Åke´s
private studio. But as the number of member artists
grew one had to find a new localization for the work-
shop. In 1982 one could move back to the old build-
ings of the Match factory now abandoned. The coll-
ective workshop together with Helliden Graphic
School moved into one of the old beautiful brick-
buildings of the former factory. The buildings were
now owned by the Tidaholm township, who strongly
supported the workshop and put three buildings at the
workshop´s disposal together with a yearly allowance.
The collective workshop has today more
than 100
member artists from all over the country. The workshop
is today the most well equiped lithoworkshop in Scandi-
navia. The mecanical equipment includes 6 hand-
presses, 1 schnellpress, 2 minor and 2 big size
offsetpresses. The largest press prints 90x135 cm.
The workshop also has an intaglio department as
well as a papermaking department. Together with
Helliden folkhighschool the workshop runs Hellidens
Graphic School, a 3 year training for artstudents.
Beside Helliden Graphic School the workshop also
provides shorter courseactivities for artists. The work-
shop has a guesthouse for members and visiting
artists.
For more information:
E-mail: lito@helliden.fhsk.se
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The museum-gallery.
The masterprinters, here with Swedish
artist Cecilia Friesendal.
Student printing at one of the
offset presses.
The paperworkshop (also includes
guestrooms for visiting artists).
The collective workshop and
graphic school.
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Read
about the 4:th International Lithographic Symposium 2002 here!