From 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, … Read More
Sam Maitin (1928 – 2004) is one of the artists most closely associated with The Print Center. He was a celebrated printmaker whose work was included in at least 45 shows during his lifetime. Maitin took part in Stanley William … Read More
William Earle Williams, Untitled, 1988/2011, Gelatin Silver Print, 10 x 8 inches, Edition of 25
In 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 … Read More
Dolan was the Director from 1973 – 1978. in addition to mounting an impressive exhibition schedule, she focused efforts on strengthening membership, particularly by encouraging non-artists to join and by cultivating interactions between artists and collectors. Exhibitions were as frequent … Read More
Daniel Dallman, Anthracite Winter, 1971, Lithograph, 30 x 22 inches, Edition of 40
Emma Wilcox, Call Before You Dig, 2012, Letterpress, 8 x 10 inches, Edition of 25
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 … Read More
In 1990, The Print Center organized an exhibition of works by the Philadelphia photographer Robert Cornelius entitled Abandoned Shoes of Philadelphia. Professor Cornelius is one of the founders of Pittsburgh’s Silver Eye Center for Photography and has taught photography at several … Read More
Joe Goode, Untitled, 1973, Screenprint, 13 x 17 inches, Edition of 75