Date Monday 12 January 2026
Location Darkroom Bar @ London College of Communication
Overview
What do you mean by printed items?
We're trying to be quite flexible; it could be an art print, but it could also be an illustrated print, a risograph print, cyanotype print, a photography print, a screenprint, a print of an etching, a linocut print, stickers, a zine, and more!
Key Dates
Application Deadline: Sunday, 1st February 2026, midnight.
The applications will then be looked over by a panel made up of Sabbatical Officers and SU staff.
Responses Sent: Week commencing Monday, 2nd February (roughly 3 weeks before the fair)
Event Date: Arts SU Print Fair, Wednesday 25th February - Setup and meet your fellow traders: 11:00 am, Fair Opens: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
What is the opportunity?
Be a trader at our Arts SU Print Fair and sell your printed items to your fellow students and UAL staff. The fair will be an internal event, not open to the general public and will be located at London College of Communication (LCC) in Arts SU's Darkroom Bar. Please note all UAL students are invited to apply or attend and you do not need to be a student at LCC to be part of this event.
We currently have 14 places available. Those selected will share a table with a fellow student and receive 1 free hot drink from the SU bar. You will need to be responsible for taking your own sales. However, a small amount of equipment, including Sumup payment machines, will be available to borrow on a first-come, first-served basis. We want all our opportunities to be free to take part in and will not charge for the stall space or take a commission on any sales. Those selected for this event will have the opportunity to apply to the Professional Development Fund for support. For example, this could cover the cost of travel to and from the event, for display equipment or the cost of re-printing a completed design for the event.
Criteria for applying:
- This opportunity is open to current UAL students only; you can study at any UAL college.
- We are asking that only finished designs be submitted; this could be prints already physically ready to sell, or artwork you plan on printing if selected. We would also like you to have multiple copies available of the items for sale, for example, a print edition of at least 5-10. If you are selected for this opportunity and want support in printing copies of your items, you can apply to our Professional Development Fund.
- We will have a sale price cap of £30 max. This means we are looking for printed items for sale at £30 or under. We hope that this will make the event more accessible and affordable for attendees.
- We will be looking for a mix of those who have never tried to sell their work before and are looking for an opportunity to try it out and build their confidence, and people who have sold their work before and might have some advice to share with fellow stall holders
- You must have the right to print and sell the work you are applying with
- We won't be accepting prints with nudity. Neither would we consider any submissions containing sexual, violent or discriminatory content.
This is a selling event and, therefore, is not open to international students due to restrictions of the Student Route Visa (T4 Visa) set by the UK government. Unfortunately, we don't have the power to change this. However, International students can join in with our Swap Stall—see below for details. Want to expand international students’ working rights in the UK? Check out Inter.work by UAL alumni Brenda Hernandez.
Swap Stall
At the fair, we will also have a SU-run Swap Stall, where you can exchange your printed item for another of similar value. This is open to both international and UK-based students, bring your print, stickers, etc, along on the day, ready to swap! We'll also have some external zines and prints available to swap.
Apply Here:
Want to be a trader at our fair and sell your printed items - fill in an application form here before Sunday, 1st February 2026, midnight.
This Open Call isn't open for applications yet. Please check back later and look out for announcements on our Arts SU Instagram account or newsletter.
Please note you or someone you nominate will need to be available to attend and sell your items at the fair on Wednesday, 25th February 2026. We will ask you to come on the day at 11 am to set up, grab a free hot drink and meet your fellow traders. The fair will be located in the Darkroom Bar at the London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, London, SE1 6SB
Don't want to sell but want to swap instead? There is no need to apply; bring your printed items (including stickers) to our SU Swap Stall on the day and trade! We'll also have some printed items available to swap!
Resources:
The internet has loads of ideas, and a few free printmaking workshops in London, but here are a few resources we picked out...
If you have any questions or would like to have a chat about the application process, please email Lotte Dawson, Arts Programmer at artsprogramme@su.arts.ac.uk