Similar Posts
The Print Center Edition: Joe Goode
ByadminJoe Goode, Untitled, 1973, Screenprint, 13 x 17 inches, Edition of 75
A New Name
ByadminFrom 1915 until 1996 The Print Center was known as The Print Club, and was one of many media specific, member-based clubs in Philadelphia, such as The Plastic Club, The Sketch Club and The Pen and Pencil Club. In 1996, The Print Center changed its name to properly mark our engagement with an audience much broader…
Color Motion: Edna Andrade Prints
ByadminThe exhibition and publication were made possible by special project support from the Estate of Edna Wright Andrade. Exhibition September 14 – November 17, 2012 Noted Philadelphia artist Edna Andrade (1917-2008) is best known for her hard-edged Op Art abstractions. This retrospective exhibition was the first dedicated to her printed works and brought together over…
The Print Center Embraced Photography
ByadminThe 1960s and 1970s was a time of transition in American art. Artists clamored for change, crossing boundaries previously drawn between art and popular culture. Photography played an active role in this period as artists who were not photographers, used the medium at the service of their ideas, while others addressed the nature of photographic…
A History of The Philadelphia Print Club
ByadminIn 1929 we published A History of The Philadelphia Print Club. The book is authored by Dorothy Grafly, who had a long career as an art journalist, including as a columnist for The Philadephia Inquirer. Engraved and printed by The Beck Engraving Co., the charming book chronicles the organization’s early years.
Prints in Progress
ByadminIn 1960 Prints in Progress, a program to bring together practicing artists and children through printmaking, was launched by Board member Walther “Billy” Wolf. Prints in Progress was always taught by artists, and began with a portable press that visited area schools. Directed by Marion “Kippy” Boulton Stroud and funded by a prestigious grant from the…
