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A slow-growing directory of artist-run spaces, shared presses and workshops that stay open to the street.

218 listings · updated 9 February

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218 spaces in 41 cities · 6 shown

A letterpress type case filled with lead sorts — CC0 via rawpixel on Openverse Print

Kettle Lane Press

Glasgow · open Thursdays

Est. 2016
A potter shaping a bowl on the wheel — CC0 via rawpixel on Openverse Clay

Hollow Ware

Lisbon · members & drop-in

Est. 2019
A producer at a desk in a small recording room — CC0 via rawpixel on Openverse Sound

Room 4 Tape Club

Rotterdam · nightly

Est. 2021
A sewing machine and thread on a shared worktable — CC0 via rawpixel on Openverse Textile

The Mending Table

Oaxaca · Tue–Sat

Est. 2014
A woodworker's bench hung with hand tools — CC0 via rawpixel on Openverse Wood

Second Bench

Tallinn · by arrangement

Est. 2018
Wood type blocks laid out in rows — CC0 via rawpixel on Openverse Print

Riso & Rye

Montréal · weekends

Est. 2022
Hands centring clay on a spinning wheel — CC0 via rawpixel on Openverse

Listing of the week

Hollow Ware

Four wheels, two kilns and a courtyard that doubles as a drying rack. Marta Quintal opened the door on a Tuesday in 2019 and has kept a standing rule since: whoever fires last sweeps the floor.

Members
34
Day rate
€18
Waitlist
7 weeks

What this is

A directory kept by hand, because the good rooms are rarely the ones with a marketing budget.

Every listing is visited or vouched for by someone already in the index. There is no ranking, no sponsored placement and no map — you have to read. Entries are re-checked each spring; 14 closed last year and we said so on the page.