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Tom Powers, Canto VIII<\/em>, 2022, relief print with ink and vinyl paint on canvas, 70″ x 106″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>
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Presented on Zoom<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Join The Print Center for Dante in Philadelphia: Looking Back and Forward<\/strong>, a conversation celebrating Tom Powers\u2019<\/strong> giant woodblock prints from his “Inferno” series. Powers will discuss these prints, inspired by the cantos of Dante Alighieri\u2019s Inferno<\/em>, with artist Jane Irish<\/strong> and\u00a0master printer Cindi Ettinger<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

With symbolic imagery and hand-worked surfaces, Powers creates powerful landscapes that traverse the circles of sin, inviting viewers into a timeless journey through human fragility, its consequences and the hope of redemption.<\/span><\/p>\n

Register for Zoom<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This program is presented in conjunction with Dante in Philadelphia<\/em>, an exhibition of\u00a0<\/span>six monumental relief prints by Tom Powers, <\/span>presented in two venues during the month of November:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Garden Loom J Irish Studio<\/strong>
\n737 N. 2nd<\/span> Street
\nPhiladelphia, PA 19123
\njaneirish.com\u00a0<\/a><\/span>
\nOn view November 7 \u2013 23, weekends from 12 \u2013 6pm and by appointment (drumwire@gmail.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

C.R. Ettinger Studio<\/strong>
\n2215 South Street
\nPhiladelphia, PA 19146
\ncrettinger.com<\/a><\/span>
\nOn view Saturday and Sunday, November 15 \u2013 16, from 1 \u2013 4:30pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cindi Royce Ettinger<\/strong> (b. 1956) was raised in Rosyln, NY. She enrolled at the Philadelphia College of Art (later known as the University of the Arts), intending to study painting, but soon changed her major to printmaking, earning a BA in 1978. After graduating, Ettinger worked for two years in a New York print shop before returning to Philadelphia. She established the C.R. Ettinger Studio in Philadelphia in 1982. Working as a master printer for over four decades, Ettinger has collaborated on a diverse group of projects and has had studio exhibits both nationally and internationally. Today, C.R. Ettinger Studio specializes in intaglio and relief techniques.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jane Irish<\/strong> has an extensive career as as artist. Her work has been exhibited at\u00a0<\/span>the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD;\u00a0<\/span>Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX;<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the Walker Art Center,\u00a0<\/span>Minneapolis, MN;\u00a0<\/span>Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA;<\/span> and <\/span>the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art and ICA, all Philadelphia, PA<\/span>. She has received recognitions from the Pew Fellowships in the Arts, the Joan Mitchell Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts as well as held residencies around the world. Irish is based in Philadelphia, utilizing an 1,100 square foot live\/work artist\u2019s space which was once a lingerie factory in Northern Liberties. She says, \u201cMany artists my age in the city can offer these great spaces that are now centrally located. We believe in sharing the space for projects and exhibitions.\u201d\u00a0 Irish is represented by Locks Gallery, Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas Powers<\/strong> (b. Connecticut) spent his formative years in Latin America. He has a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore and an MFA from Queen\u2019s College Graduate School of the Arts, Flushing, NY. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums including The Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and Queens College and The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, both NY. He currently lives in Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This program is presented in conjunction with Dante in Philadelphia, an exhibition of\u00a0six monumental relief prints by Tom Powers, presented in two venues during the month of November:\u00a0 Garden Loom J Irish Studio 737 N. 2nd Street Philadelphia, PA 19123 … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-17530","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/17530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/17530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17540,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/17530\/revisions\/17540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17530"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=17530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}