Founded by Nadezhda Georgieva, a Graphic Design graduate, illustrator, and freelance artist, Sito Studio is the first atelier for hand screen printing in Bulgaria, also offering education in the sphere of serigraphy. Back in 2013, Nadezhda fell in love with the manual screen printing technique, and a year later founded Sito Studio with 10 wooden screen frames, a do-it-yourself exposure unit, and some ink.
Since then, almost 9 years have passed, and Sito Studio have held over 200 workshops on screen printing, cyanotype, linocut, and ebru. More than 700 people have been trained in the serigraphy technique, some of whom then continue to be actively involved in the technology. Nadezhda has demonstrated serigraphy and cyanotype techniques to more than 1000 people during various festivals and events.
Now tegistered as a cultural organisation, and having officially translated their operations in the art sector, together with different partners, Sito Studio have been involved with dozens of initiatives and exhibitions, such as Print With Me, Street Art for Home, The Magic of Cyanotype, and New Life for Old Things. For all artists who have passed their courses, they also offer the possibility of membership in the Sito Print Club, which will soon be relocated to a new place in Bulgaria.
Sito Studio offer full, direct, access to the printmaking process through their facilities and courses, allowing for everyone to tangibly experience the core of the graphic technologies. With the development of their facility, and the acquisition of new, long lasting relationships with partners, they provide their audience with more valuable products and services in the field of art. Nadezhda states; “It is our ambition to extend our spectrum of craft workshops, so we can be even more successful in keeping our audience engaged — we believe this can be achieved by building stable partner relationships, direct engagement of the artists in the work process, further modernisation of the material base and investments into the growth of our in-house staff.”
The studio’s mission is to nurture and preserve the desire of the artists to hand-craft their works. By doing so, they make art more accessible and strengthen the relationship between artist and audience. Nadezhda and her team strive to inform on the intricate insights and beauty of the hand-crafted art, whilst giving an insight to their audience in the differences between analogue and digital techniques.
With the development of their facility thanks to the support of National Culture Fund Bulgaria, and the acquisition of new, long lasting relationships with partners, 2023 will be a very exciting year of growth for the studio. They have several exhibitions and activities already planned and funded on local level, including Sito Riso Contest, Street Art for Home Edition 2, and four color screen printing workshops.
www.sito-studio.com
@sito.studio
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