{"id":2678,"date":"1960-01-01T13:37:25","date_gmt":"1960-01-01T18:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2016-02-24T15:46:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T20:46:42","slug":"prints-in-progress-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/1960\/01\/01\/prints-in-progress-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Prints in Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2679\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PiP-quilt.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2679\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2679\" src=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PiP-quilt-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"PiP Quilt\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PiP-quilt-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PiP-quilt-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PiP-quilt-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PiP-quilt-520x290.jpg 520w, https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PiP-quilt-260x145.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Quilt created at Prints in Progress, c. 1980s, Screenprinted fabric; Collection of Diane Pieri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1960 Prints in Progress, a program to bring together practicing artists and children through printmaking, was launched by Board member\u00a0Walther &#8220;Billy&#8221; Wolf. Prints in Progress was always taught by artists, and began with a portable press that visited area schools. \u00a0Directed by Marion \u201cKippy\u201d Boulton Stroud and funded by a prestigious grant from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fordfoundation.org\/\">Ford Foundation<\/a>, it eventually grew to include numerous workshop locations throughout the city. A number of significant Philadelphia artists taught for Prints in Progress and both the<a href=\"http:\/\/brandywineworkshop.com\/\">\u00a0Brandywine Workshop<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org\/\">The Fabric Workshop &amp; Museum<\/a>\u00a0grew out of this celebrated program. Prints in Progress was famous for its student created Christmas cards, but their pot holders, quilts and other fabric-based projects were also very popular.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe mission is to bring art to children with limited access to creative experiences. \u00a0We want kids to learn that art isn\u2019t something you do just in art class, It\u2019s in your neighborhood. It\u2019s part of your heritage.\u00a0 It\u2019s part of how you understand other people.\u201d <\/em>\u00a0Walther L. Wolf, Founder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1960 Prints in Progress, a program to bring together practicing artists and children through printmaking, was launched by Board member\u00a0Walther &#8220;Billy&#8221; Wolf. Prints in Progress was always taught by artists, and began with a portable press that visited area &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/1960\/01\/01\/prints-in-progress-2\/\" aria-label=\"Prints in Progress\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-timeline"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2678"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2956,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678\/revisions\/2956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}