The Print Center

Artist Talk + Book Launch: Tom Griggs
2024-04-24 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Presented in-person and on Zoom
We are thrilled to welcome Tom Griggs back to The Print Center for an Artist Talk and Book Launch celebrating his book A Creature Obeys a Creature That Wants, 2023, published in an edition of 400 by Mesæstándar, Medellín, Colombia. We will hear about Griggs’ photography and book practice, and have the opportunity to get a signed copy of this spectacular softcover book with Swiss binding and two part rigid cloth slipcase. This event is free and open to the public. Purchase your copy ahead of time here.
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Read what others are saying:
“In A Creature Obeys a Creature That Wants, photographer Tom Griggs shows he is as deft with a pen as he is with his camera. Devastating writing accompanies masterful photography to do the impossible: Condense a sprawling family saga into this slim volume.”
– Nicholas Casey, staff writer at The New York Times

“Any vernacular photo enthusiast will tell you that little skill is required to snap a great picture. But taking a series of such photos and sequencing them in a meaningful way requires a mastery far beyond an MFA. Adding text to this mix makes this task virtually impossible. It’s like adding weights to a house of cards. Tom Griggs is one of the few authors to achieve this balancing act. With A Creature Obeys a Creature That Wants, Griggs weaves his own text and photographs with his father’s notes and snapshots. Authored with restraint and sophistication, the result is more like a powerful novella than a family album.”
– Alec Soth

Virtual Conversation with Stephanie Santana
2024-05-02 18:00 - 19:00
Photo: Noemie Marguerite
Presented on Zoom
Join us for a Conversation with Stephanie Santana. This program is presented in conjunction with Stephanie Santana: Ways of Knowing, on view April 19 – July 20, 2024.

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This program is presented as part of (re)FOCUS, a citywide project celebrating and reflecting on 50 years of feminism in the arts.

Conversation with Nancy Hellebrand
2024-05-09 18:00 - 19:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Presented in-person and on Zoom
Nancy Hellebrand will be joined by The Print Center’s Executive Director, Liz Spungen, to discuss the creation and evolution of the works on view in Nancy Hellebrand: EVERYBODYBEAUTIFUL, on view April 19 – July 20, 2024.

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This program is presented as part of (re)FOCUS, a citywide project celebrating and reflecting on 50 years of feminism in the arts.

POSTPONED: Panel Discussion: 50 Years of Philadelphia Women Arts Leaders
2024-05-23 18:00 - 19:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed until fall 2024. The new date will be announced once it has been scheduled.
Join us for a Panel Discussion exploring 50 Years of Philadelphia’s Women Arts Leaders. This program is presented as part of (re)FOCUS, a citywide project celebrating and reflecting on 50 years of feminism in the arts.
Stay tuned for additional information!

Dinner Date with Nancy Hellebrand
2024-06-20 18:00 - 21:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Nancy Hellebrand, Untitled KD 2691, 2024, photogravure on Gampi, 25” x 19”, variable edition of 5, printed at C. R. Ettinger Studio

We are pleased to invite you to be our Dinner Date! Join us for our spring fundraiser honoring one of Philadelphia’s most highly regarded photographers, Nancy Hellebrand.
Hosted by Michelle Liao at the Liao Collection
The evening will begin at The Print Center, where Supporters will enjoy a private tour and champagne reception of Nancy Hellebrand: EVERYBODYBEAUTIFUL led by the artist.
($120 per person, 6pm)
Next, Patrons will be treated to an elegant dinner at the exceptional Asian art and antiques-filled Liao Collection in Philadelphia’s Callowhill neighborhood, hosted by Michelle Liao. Dinner guests will receive an artist book by Nancy Hellebrand.
($350 per person, $600 per couple, 7pm, including tour)
Thanks to Hellebrand’s generosity, Benefactors will have the opportunity to collect one of her photogravures at a very special price! Subscribers will receive the artwork Untitled KD 2691, 2024, while supplies last (pictured above, valued at $2,000) as well as the artist book.
($1,500 per person, $1,750 per couple, including tour + dinner)

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or call us at 215.735.6090 x2 or email info@printcenter.org.
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Nancy Hellebrand is one of Philadelphia’s most highly regarded and renowned photographers. She studied with renowned masters Bill Brandt, Alexey Brodovitch and John Coplans, and was the first American to have a solo exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery, London. She has enjoyed many solo exhibitions in museums and galleries, and has been included in group exhibitions throughout the US and Europe. Hellebrand has received prestigious fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition to being collected by numerous museums, her work has been covered in every major publication from Aperture and Artforum to The New York Times, The New Yorker and The Village Voice.
Michelle Liao has been an esteemed Asian antiques dealer for over four decades. The Liao Collection is housed in a stunning 6,000 square foot space which showcases a fantastic array of artwork, textiles, furniture, artifacts and more. This is a visit not to be missed!

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20/20 Photo Festival Book Fair
2024-09-07 12:00 - 19:00 | Cherry Street Pier, 121 N Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, 19106
Presented at the Cherry Street Pier
The Print Center is a Programmatic Partner for the 20/20 Photo Festival!
The 20/20 Photo Festival will host a photo book fair at Cherry Street Pier on Saturday, September 7th, 2024 from 12 – 7pm. The event is free and open to the public, giving participants an opportunity to immerse themselves in a wide variety of photographic art all under one roof. The fair features 40+ vendors including artists, book publishers, galleries and more. Learn more
We have a fantastic lineup of book signings! Stop by The Print Center’s table to meet the authors and get a signed copy of their fabulous new books.

Book Signing: Mary Virginia Swanson, 12pm
Publish Your Photography Book (2023, Radius Books)
Book Signing: Ron Tarver, 12:30pm
The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America (2024, George F. Thompson Publishing)
Book Signing: Wendel A. White, 1:30pm
Manifest | Thirteen Colonies (2024, Radius Books)
Book Signing: Andrea Modica, 4:30pm
Catholic Girl (2024, L’Artiere)

Gallery Talk + Opening Reception for Fall Exhibition
2024-09-12 17:30 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Join us for a Gallery Talk and Opening Reception for our Fall Exhibition!
ULAE: Prints for a New Generation will be on view September 13 – November 23, 2024.
5:30pm – Gallery Talk with Lauren Rosenblum, Jensen Bryan Curator
6 – 7:30pm – Opening Reception

ULAE: Prints for a New Generation celebrates the storied printmaking workshop Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE). Founded in 1957, it has consistently welcomed a roster of esteemed artists to create groundbreaking lithographic and intaglio prints. The show will present a building-wide survey of ULAE’s innovative collaborations from the 80s and 90s with Carroll Dunham, Bill Jensen, Suzanne McClelland, Elizabeth Murray, Susan Rothenberg, and Terry Winters, with particular focus on the work of Kiki Smith.
Free and open to the public.

Conversation with IFPDA + Rebecca Gilbert
2024-10-08 12:00 - 13:00
Rebecca Gilbert, The Printmaker (detail), 2020, wood engraving with letterpress, 8 ½” x 6”
Presented on Zoom
As part of IFPDA’s print month, we will present a conversation with artist Rebecca Gilbert and our Executive Director Liz Spungen, exploring Gilbert’s monumental project “A Dance of Death in Two Parts.” When complete, this ambitious endeavor will consist of 82 individual wood engravings in an edition of 82! 41 of the intimately scaled prints recreate the renowned “Dance of Death” series Hans Holbein the Younger published in 1538, with 41 corresponding prints of Gilbert’s own design. Her new compositions respond to the Holbein series with representations of the people, technology and culture of our time. An extremely skilled and accomplished printmaker, Gilbert’s practice exemplifies a dedication to traditional printmaking processes and how they can be employed to offer potent social commentary in a digital world.
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We extend our thanks to the IFPDA Foundation for a grant in support of our upcoming exhibition of this exceptional body of work: Rebecca Gilbert: A Dance of Death in Two Parts.

Artist Talk + Book Launch: Wendel A. White
2024-10-09 18:00 - 19:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Presented in-person and on Zoom
Join us to celebrate Wendel White’s new publication, Manifest | Thirteen Colonies, co-published by Radius Books and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University. We will learn more about White’s photography practice and have the opportunity to get a signed copy of his beautiful hardcover book. This event is free and open to the public. Purchase your copy ahead of time here.
Manifest | Thirteen Colonies is a journey through the repositories of African American material culture found in libraries, museums, and archives of the original thirteen English colonies and Washington, DC. White’s project is a personal reliquary of the remarkable evidence of Black agency and racial oppression stored in public collections.
“I am increasingly interested in the residual power of the past to inhabit material remains…Manifest is an effort to seek out the artifacts and material evidence of the American construct and representation of race.”
— Wendel A. White
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Registration not required for in-person attendance.

Exhibition Tour: "ULAE: Prints for a New Generation"
2024-10-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-11-06 17:30 - 18:00, 2024-11-15 12:00 - 13:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Join us for a guided tour led by our Jensen Bryan Curator, Lauren Rosenblum. These free, in-person tours of ULAE: Prints for a New Generation will examine the innovative collaborations between esteemed artists and the storied printmaking workshop, Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE).
Tour Schedule:
Wednesday, October 16, 12pm
Wednesday, November 6, 5:30pm
Friday, November 15, 12pm
Wednesday, November 20, 5:30pm
Registration requested, but not required.

50 Years of Philadelphia Women Arts Leaders
2024-10-17 18:00 - 19:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Presented in-person and on Zoom
(Rescheduled from May)
Join us for a discussion exploring 50 Years of Philadelphia’s Women Arts Leaders. Since its founding in 1915, 9 out of 10 of The Print Center’s Directors have been women. Elizabeth Spungen, (Executive Director since 2006), will be joined by former Directors Christine Filippone (1998 – 2003) and Ofelia Garcia (1978 – 1986) for a discussion moderated by colleague Thora Jacobson (Director of Fleisher Art Memorial 1972 – 2006; Philadelphia Art Alliance 2014 – 2018). They will discuss their experiences related to being a woman arts leader in Philadelphia – and the challenges and circumstances unique to that position. We will also explore how that role has changed, what has not, and what change they worked to render.
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Registration not required for in-person attendance.
This program is presented as part of (re)FOCUS, a citywide project celebrating and reflecting on 50 years of feminism in the arts.

Conversation with ULAE
2024-10-24 18:00 - 19:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Presented in-person and on Zoom
Please join us for a Conversation with Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE)! Lauren Rosenblum, The Print Center’s Jensen Bryan Curator, will be joined in conversation by ULAE’s Director, Larissa Goldston and Master Printer and Studio Manager, Brian Berry.
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Registration not required for in-person attendance.

About Universal Limited Art Editions
ULAE is celebrated for its nearly seventy years of steadfast dedication to supporting the work of contemporary artists and sustaining the tradition of fine art printmaking in the United States. It was founded in 1957 in a small cottage on Long Island by Tatyana Grosman (1904-1982) as a printmaking workshop dedicated to creating fine art lithography. She established a guiding ethos centered entirely on the artist’s vision by offering exclusive and nearly limitless access to the lithography press. ULAE soon gained recognition for its collaboration with young artists of the sixties, including the luminaries Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, and led the way for a revival in the medium in the United States.
Bill Goldston assumed the position of Director in the early 1980s and followed Grosman’s precedent by inviting younger generations of artists. He built a larger, state-of-the-art printmaking facility staffed by several highly skilled master printers to ensure ULAE could meet their ambitions. To this day, under the directorship of Bill’s daughter Larissa Goldston, ULAE continues to collaborate with the most prominent and innovative artists of our times in lithography, intaglio, woodcut and digital processes.
The Museum of Modern Art collects all of their editions, from its first to the most recent. There have been several major exhibitions of work produced at ULAE, including a commemoration of its first twenty-five years at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990, and a celebration of its fortieth anniversary at the Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, DC, 1997.

Exhibition Tour: "ULAE: Prints for a New Generation"
2024-11-20 17:30 - 18:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Join us for a guided tour led by our Jensen Bryan Curator, Lauren Rosenblum. These free, in-person tours of ULAE: Prints for a New Generation will examine the innovative collaborations between esteemed artists and the storied printmaking workshop, Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE).
Registration requested, but not required.
Tour Schedule:
Wednesday, October 16, 12pm
Wednesday, November 6, 5:30pm
Friday, November 15, 12pm
Wednesday, November 20, 5:30pm

Gallery Talk + Opening Reception for the 99th ANNUAL Solo Shows
2025-01-23 17:30 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Please join us for a Gallery Talk and Opening Reception for three solo exhibitions awarded from the 99th ANNUAL International Competition:
Alanna Airitam: Black Diamonds: The Black Outlaw Bikers
William Camargo: The Sense of Brown
and
Juana Estrada Hernández: !Echale Ganas!
5:30pm – Gallery Talk with Estrada Hernández and Lauren Rosenblum, Jensen Bryan Curator
6 – 7:30pm – Opening Reception

The exhibitions will be on view January 24 – April 5, 2025.
Free and open to the public.

Artist Talk with William Camargo
2025-02-20 18:00 - 19:00
On Zoom
Join us for an Artist Talk with William Camargo, presented on Zoom. This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition William Camargo: The Sense of Brown, on view at The Print Center January 24 – April 5, 2025. Camargo will discuss the works in the exhibition and his artistic practices.
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Artist Talk with Juana Estrada Hernández
2025-03-06 18:00 - 19:00
On Zoom
Join us for an Artist Talk with Juana Estrada Hernández, presented on Zoom. This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Juana Estrada Hernández: !Echale Ganas!, on view at The Print Center January 24 – April 5, 2025. Estrada Hernández will discuss the works in the exhibition and her artistic practices.
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Exhibition Tour for the 99th ANNUAL Solo Exhibitions
2025-03-12 17:30 - 18:00, 2025-04-02 17:30 - 18:00, 2025-04-04 12:00 - 12:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Join us for a guided tour led by our Jensen Bryan Curator, Lauren Rosenblum. These free, in-person tours will explore our three current exhibitions:
Alanna Airitam: Black Diamonds: The Black Outlaw Bikers
William Camargo: The Sense of Brown
and
Juana Estrada Hernández: !Echale Ganas!
Tour Schedule:
Wednesday, March 12, 5:30pm
Wednesday, April 2, 5:30pm
Friday, April 4, 12pm
Registration requested, but not required. Email info@printcenter.org to RSVP.

Artist Talk with Alanna Airitam
2025-03-20 18:00 - 19:00
On Zoom
(Rescheduled)
Join us for an Artist Talk with Alanna Airitam, presented on Zoom. This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Alanna Airitam: Black Diamonds: The Black Outlaw Bikers, on view at The Print Center January 24 – April 5, 2025. Airitam will discuss the works in the exhibition and her artistic practices.
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Conversation: Mark Thomas Gibson & Lauren McCardel
2025-04-01 18:00 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Presented in-person and on Zoom
Join us at The Print Center for a reception and conversation between artist Mark Thomas Gibson and Berman Museum of Art’s Executive Director Lauren McCardel. This program is presented in conjunction with Gibson’s exhibition Overture, on view at the Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College.
Gibson and McCardel will discuss the development and collaborative process of creating the work in the exhibition, Gibson’s forthcoming monograph and other upcoming projects.
6pm – Reception with the speakers, light refreshments will be served
6:30pm – Conversation with Gibson and McCardel (in-person and on Zoom)
This event is free and open to the public. RSVP is requested for in-person attendance.
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Overture is on view at the Berman Museum of Art through April 6, 2025. Learn more here.

printPHILLY! 2025 Print Fair
2025-04-12 10:00 - 16:00 | Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Join The Philadelphia Print Consortium on Saturday, April 12, 2025, for the third annual printPHILLY! print fair.
Hosted at The Free Library’s Parkway Central Library, (1901 Vine Street, between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway), the fair will showcase over 40 vendors, including The Print Center Gallery Store! This one-day fair is free and open to the public from 10am – 4pm.
At 11am, join Lauren Rosenblum, The Print Center’s Jensen Bryan Curator, for a lecture about the history of The Print Center.
For a list of participating shops, collectives, nonprofits, and individuals, please visit the Philadelphia Print Consortium’s website.

printPHILLY! 2025 Lecture: The Print Center and the Continuous Contemporary
2025-04-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Bertha von Moschzisker, who became the Second Director of The Print Center in 1944, shown in the first floor gallery.
Join Lauren Rosenblum, Jensen Bryan Curator, at The Free Library’s Parkway Central Library, Heim Center (Room 131/132), for a lecture on the history of The Print Center, presented as part of the printPHILLY! 2025 print fair.
Since our founding in 1915, The Print Center has been a medium-specific venue dedicated to printmaking and photography as fine arts. In many ways, our core programming has persisted. Exhibitions reflect the concerns of their times and the gallery store cultivates a buying public to support working artists. How, then, can these two platforms be understood to have defined over one hundred years of modern and contemporary graphics?
Free and open to the public.

Gallery Talk + Opening Reception for Spring Exhibition
2025-04-17 17:30 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Cecilia Paredes, Dreaming Rose, 2009
Please join us for a Gallery Talk and Opening Reception for the Philadelphia-debut exhibition of work by Peruvian-born artist Cecilia Paredes:
Cecilia Paredes: By my side or back of me
5:30pm – Gallery Talk with the Artist and Lauren Rosenblum, Jensen Bryan Curator
6 – 7:30pm – Opening Reception

The exhibition will be on view April 18 – July 19, 2025.
Free and open to the public.

Exhibition Tour of Cecilia Paredes: By my side or back of me
2025-04-30 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-05-28 12:00 - 12:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Join us for a guided tour led by our Jensen Bryan Curator, Lauren Rosenblum. These free, in-person tours will explore our current exhibition, Cecilia Paredes: By my side or back of me.
Tour Schedule:
Wednesday, April 30, 12pm
Wednesday, May 28, 12pm
Friday, June 6, 5:30pm
Friday, July 18, 5:30pm
Registration requested, but not required. Email info@printcenter.org or call 215.735.6090 x1 to RSVP.

Artist Talk with Steven CW Taylor
2025-05-08 18:00 - 19:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
“SA Blues” Special Edition ©Steven CW Taylor 2025
Presented in-person and on Zoom
Join The Print Center and Steven CW Taylor to hear the artist and gallerist discuss his practice, his beautiful wood-bound artist book, his Germantown gallery space and the overarching philosophy of Ubuntu that guides his work.
Taylor moves between photography, printmaking and material exploration. His photographs reflect his lived experience shaped by movement, observation and choice. In 2021, he founded Ubuntu Fine Art, a gallery grounded in the principle of Ubuntu – which means “I am an amalgamation of the people I’ve met along the way.” It operates as both a fine art space and a neighborhood anchor. Ubuntu is the thread that connects every image, conversation, and encounter that happens within it. Ubuntu Fine Art is a physical expression of Taylor’s lived philosophy – one that values presence, curiosity and connection.

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Conversation with Cecilia Paredes
2025-05-28 18:00 - 19:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, United States
Cecilia Paredes, Wisdom, 2021, inkjet print, 59” x 60”
Presented in-person and on Zoom
Join us for a Conversation with Cecilia Paredes, presented both in-person and on Zoom. This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Cecilia Paredes: By my side or back of me, on view at The Print Center April 18 – July 19, 2025. Paredes will discuss her extensive career, the works in the exhibition and her artistic inspirations.
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