Our passion for printmaking and especially for the format, our desire to make contemporary artists from around the world converge in an exhibition in our land and that our people have the possibility to enjoy it, have made us to develop it and work to incorporate Cantabria to the international Mini Print circuit.
In 2018 we proposed to the Port Authority of Santander (Cantabria - Spain), councilor of the Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, the joint realization of the first edition of the Mini Print Biennial under the postulate "The Sea and the Lighthouses", in the context of Impact 10 - Encuentro, International Multidisciplinary Printmaking Conference that we organized in the city of Santander.
Although it was born as a Biennial, the immediate success of the call, the excellence of the artworks presented and the wonderful reception of the local public, led us to transform it into an annual event, in which the world of printmaking meets in Santander guided by the light of its most emblematic Lighthouse, the Cabo Mayor Lighthouse.
For this reason, starting in 2019 and again together with the Port Authority of Santander, we began to travel the path of making the International Mini Print Cantabria bigger and more ecumenical year after year.
The second edition far exceeded the records of the first.
The jury selected 446 magnificent artworks by 196 artists from 34 countries, from around the world.
The exhibition of these artworks has been enjoyed by 19,872 spectators.
The inhabitants of Santander have supported and toured the exhibition and the number of visitors has grown considerably due to the huge number of tourists who have seen and enjoyed it.
Mini Print Internacional Cantabria has become a cultural offer for international and from other cities in Spain tourists, who visit Cantabria every summer.
Our challenge will be to continue growing so that more and more artists, from all over the world, participate and their works can be enjoyed by more visitors every year.
In addition, and since the funds of the Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center have grown thanks to the huge number of artists who have decided, in both editions, to donate their works, it is that we propose, together with the Port Authority of Santander, to exhibit these funds in other spaces in Spain and in other places of the world.
