The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Will Stokes Jr.

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The Fabric Workshop & Museum (FWM) was founded in 1977 by Marion “Kippy” Stroud (1939 – 2015) after she had spent many years as a Board member of The Print Center and the Artistic Director of Prints in Progress. While … Read More

Ofelia Garcia: Our Fifth Director

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Ofelia Garcia was the Executive Director from 1978 to 1984. In 1978, The Print Center’s sixty year long practice of selling prints while having nonprofit status was scrutinized by the federal government. The Board of Governors decided to separate The … Read More

The Print Center Edition: Benton Spruance

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Benton Spruance (1904 – 1967) was a very significant member of The Print Center’s community.  His prints have been included in over 75 exhibitions at The Print Center, including five solo shows. Spruance, who was born in Philadelphia, was a … Read More

Brandywine Workshop, Lois Johnson

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The Brandywine Workshop was founded in 1972 by Philadelphia artist Allan Edmunds, in a space that was originally a Prints in Progress workshop. Since that time, the Brandywine Workshop has become an internationally recognized center for printmaking, in particular for … Read More

Kathleen Edwards: Our Seventh Director

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Kathleen Edwards served as the Executive Director from 1989 until 1998. She set out to make the organization as well-known within the city as it was nationally and internationally. She recognized a national trend toward collaborative printmaking and a second wave … Read More

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