The Print Center Edition: Daniel Dallman

Ansel Adams (1902 – 1984), the great master of landscape photography, exhibited at The Print Center in 1972. Planned to coincide with the artist’s seventieth birthday, Adams’ exhibition included 120 photographs and was the largest retrospective of his work to date. While photography had been included in shows at The Print Center as early as…

The Print Center was founded as a club, much like its sister organizations The Philadelphia Sketch Club and The Plastic Club. In addition to offering exhibitions, the organization served a social function and was well-known for its afternoon teas, served on silver service, which followed the Philadelphia Orchestra Friday matinee performances.  These afternoons included students…

During the New Deal era, the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project (WPA/FAP) engaged over 10,000 artists in communities across the US. In Philadelphia, a Fine Print Workshop was established in the same building where a WPA/FAP Poster Workshop was housed. The Fine Print Workshop quickly distinguished itself for its openness to both technical experimentation…