The Print Center

BOOK EVENT | Christine Filippone: Science, Technology and Utopias
2017-10-25 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
We welcome former Print Center Executive Director Christine Filippone, Ph.D., (now Professor of Art History at Millersville University of Pennsylvania), for a discussion about her new book Science, Technology, and Utopias: Women Artists and Cold War. She will be joined by her Air and Space Museum fellowship advisor Martin Collins, (Curator, Space History Department, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution).
Science, Technology, and Utopias: Women Artists and Cold War America will be available for purchase and signing following the talk.
Science, Technology, and Utopias: Women Artists and Cold War America, 2017, Routledge, Hardcover, 204 pages, 64 black and white illustrations, $150.

This event is free and open to the public.

Network for New Music: Puryear Connections
2017-11-12 15:00 - 17:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
Network for New Music: Puryear Connections
Sunday, November 12, 2017
3:00 – 5:00pm at The Print Center
We are pleased to welcome Network for New Music back to The Print Center for a performance of new music created in response to artworks by Martin Puryear.
The Network ensemble will debut new works commissioned from composers Cynthia Folio, Robert Maggio, Jeffrey Mumford and Roberto Pace inspired by works in our exhibition Martin Puryear, Prints: 1962 – 2016. Mario Davidovsky’s String Trio will also be performed.
Following the performance, a panel discussion will take place with Cynthia Folio, Robert Maggio and Roberto Pace, Composers; Linda Reichert, Artistic Director and Co-founder Network for New Music and Ruth Fine, Exhibition Curator of Martin Puryear: Prints, 1962-2016.
There will be a reception following the concert.
TICKET REQUIRED. Go to www.networkfornewmusic.org/events

IMPRESSED: The Print Center Benefit Auction
2017-12-02 17:00 - 20:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
IMPRESSED
The Print Center Benefit Auction
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Exclusive Champagne Preview at 5:00pm
General Admission at 6:00pm
Bidding closes at 8:00pm
*Tickets Required
View Full Event Details, Invitation, and Ticket Information Here

BOOK LAUNCH with Greg Pizzoli!
2017-12-09 15:00 - 17:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
BOOK LAUNCH!
The New Picture Book by Greg Pizzoli: The Twelve Days of Christmas
Saturday, December 9, 2017
3:00 – 5:00pm

Come celebrate the release of the new picture book by Geisel Award and Winning Author and Illustrator Greg Pizzoli!
There will be Snacks, Storytime, Raffles and Art Activities – something for kids of all ages! Get copies of 12 Days of Christmas, and his other titles The Watermelon Seed, Number One Sam, Templeton Gets His Wish and Good Night Owl (all $16.99) signed by Greg, as well as a special selection of Pizzoli games and toys. They all make great Christmas gifts!

To learn more about Greg Pizzoli and his books, visit our Gallery Store.

Opening Reception
2018-01-11 05:30 - 19:30
Collaborative Histories: Dieu Donné
AND
By the Book Vol. 2: New Photography Publications
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 11, 6:00 – 7:30pm
Gallery Talk: Thursday, January 11, 5:30pm

Exhibition Page, click here

2018 SPE Annual Conference
2018-03-01 18:30 - 2018-03-03 16:30
Visit Us at the Exhibits Fair!
Uncertain Times: Borders, Refuge, Community, Nationhood
Hosted by The University of the Arts
Exhibits Fair Schedule
Thursday, March 1, 6:30–8:00pm: Exhibits Fair Welcome Reception
Friday, March 2, 10:00am–4:30pm
Saturday, March 3, 10:00am–4:30pm
If you are at the conference, come see us at our table at the Exhibits Fair at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.

The Print Center’s table is T4. The map and list of exhibitors at the Exhibits Fair is on page 28 of the pdf.

Open Door at Taller Puertorriqueño
2018-04-04 17:30 - 19:00 | Taller Puertorriqueño, 2600 North 5th Street, Philadelphia, 19133, United States
Open Door offers unique behind-the-scenes tours at Philadelphia’s most intriguing cultural sites to our audience.
Join us on our upcoming visit to Taller Puertorriqueño, also known as El Corazón Cultural del Barrio (The Cultural Heart of Latino Philadelphia), a community-based cultural organization that preserves, develops and promotes Puerto Rican arts and culture, grounded in the conviction that embracing one’s cultural heritage is central to community empowerment. Taller (literally “workshop”) has its roots in printmaking, established in 1974 by artists and activists looking to provide cultural training alternatives to local youth. They created a community-based graphic arts workshop, and sparked a program of vibrant neighborhood murals.
We will enjoy a special-access tour, including a guided gallery talk of Taller’s current exhibition Jaime Alvarez: Consumption. Photographing found and discarded objects, Alvarez explores intimacy, sentimentality and loss. The show stems from his 2016 residency at RAIR (Recycled Artist in Residency) which operates out of a recycling center in North Philadelphia.
This is a free event, however, space is limited and RSVP is required. RSVP to Mikaela Hawk at mhawk@printcenter.org.

Presentations & Discussion | On Paper | Nicole Donnelly, Leah Mackin and Tara O'Brien
2018-04-05 18:00 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
Please join Nicole Donnelly, Leah Mackin and Tara O’Brien for brief presentations followed by a discussion, exploring the ways paper is made, its history and what role it plays in contemporary art and our lives today. This event is presented in conjunction with our exhibition Collaborative Histories: Dieu Donné.

Nicole Donnelly, Artist and Founder of paperTHINKtank, a hand papermaking studio

Leah Mackin, Artist
Tara O’Brien, Artist and Director of Preservation and Conservation Services, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

This event is free and open to the public.

Images: John Caperton ; Artist Alexis Granwell working at paperTHINKtank (Courtesy Nicole Donnelly); Carol Mackin photo (Courtesy Leah Mackin), William Rittenhouse watermark (Courtesy Tara O’Brien)

Book Launch with Cliff Ross
2018-04-11 18:00 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
JOIN US FOR A BOOK LAUNCH
Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 6:00pm
Cliff Ross and Philippe Jean: Philadelphia Neighborhood Typefaces
Designer Cliff Ross continues leading the way in font innovation through a unique collaboration with local Philadelphia artist, Philippe Jean. The two artists met years ago as co-workers at Philadelphia Weekly. Together, the pair has created a book featuring Cliff’s original Philly Fonts and Philippe’s artwork, all inspired by the city of Philadelphia.
The publication is a hybrid of fine art and typography design. Cliff Ross has always had a passion for great typography, and in 2017 released the first collection of ‘Philly Fonts’. The set featured 10 fonts representing neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia. A second generation of fonts, ‘The Contour Collection’, was created and launched later that year. In the book, each font and the complimentary piece of artwork represents a different neighborhood of Philadelphia. Places like Bella Vista, Manayunk, Swampoodle and El Centro de Oro have all been represented in font form and accompanied by art, also inspired by the area. The hardcover book was designed, printed, and made in Pennsylvania. Each book also includes a sheet insert of ‘Philly Dingbat’ stickers. The ‘Obvious Philly Dingbats’ was the first collection of Philly-inspired glyphs, released by Cliff Ross last year.
You can find and download all the Philly Fonts at www.phillyfonts.com.

This event is free and open to the public.

Lecture
2018-04-12 18:00 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
LECTURE
Thursday, April 12, 2018, 6:00pm
An Evening with Sue Gosin
In conjunction with our current exhibition Collaborative Histories: Dieu Donné, we welcome Sue Gosin to talk about the projects on view and Dieu Donné, the unique organization she founded dedicated to hand-papermaking.
Don’t miss this great opportunity to get an up-close look at the spectacular books in the exhibition! Gosin will share them out of the cases and relate stories about the collaborative process they represent.
This event is free and open to the public.
Click here for more information about Dieu Donné.

Book Launch with Andrea Modica
2018-04-19 18:00 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
The Print Center is very pleased to host the Philadelphia launch of renowned photographer Andrea Modica‘s new photobook titled January 1. The book explores the Philadelphia tradition of the Mummers through a portraits of participants in the brigade known as Wenches. This is the culmination of a 10-year project, made over 10 New Year’s days from 2009 -2018.
Please join us for a reception to celebrate the launch of January 1.
The beautifully crafted book was published by L’Artiere (Bentivoglio, Italy) in an edition of 700. The 64 pages contain 27 tritone black and white plates reproduced at the 10″ x 8″ size of Modica’s original platinum/palladium contact prints. The luxe black cover is printed with silver ink, $72.
Special edition print from January 1 by Andrea Modica, 2018

In addition to Andrea Modica‘s luxurious book January 1, we are pleased to offer an exclusive limited edition book and print set in conjunction with the release. This is an incredible opportunity to collect an outstanding work of art as well as a piece of Philadelphia history and culture. The offer includes a signed book and a masterful 10″ x 8″ contact gelatin silver print from 10 artist’s proofs, which accompany the edition of 20, $575. This special edition is available through The Print Center Gallery Store for a preorder price of $500 until April 18th.

ORDER YOUR SIGNED BOOK TODAY!
For more information, contact Evan Laudenslager at elaudenslager@printcenter.org or 215.735.6090 x2

This program is co-sponsored by the
Drexel University Photography Program

Press Release
Press
“Andrea Modica’s ‘January 1’, It’s a man’s world,” Broad Street Review, Lev Feigin, April 22, 2018 pdf
“Mummers off Broad: New book of photos documents a decade of wenches,” WHYY, NewsWorks Tonight, Peter Crimmins, April 20, 2018 pdf
“Andrea Modica: January 1,” Lenscratch, Aline Smithson, April 17, 2018 pdf
“In ‘January 1,’ A New Photography Collection Casts Mummers In A Different Light,” University City Review, April 11, 2018 pdf
“Review: ‘January 1’ by Andrea Modica, (L’Artiere Editions),” Fototazo, April 8, 2018 pdf
“Book Launch and Reception: Andrea Modica, ‘January 1’,” artblog, April Picks, April 4, 2018
This event is free and open to the public.

Press Images (password protected)

Gallery Talk with the Artists and Curator & Opening Reception
2018-05-17 17:30 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
92nd ANNUAL
Daniel W. Coburn: Becoming a Specter
Julie Anne Greenberg: Considerable Uncertainty Remains
Jacob Koestler: Copy of a Copy
May 18 — August 4, 2018
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 17, 6:00 – 7:30pm
Gallery Talk with the Artists and Curator: Thursday, May 17, 5:30pm
The Print Center is pleased to present solo exhibitions of new work by Daniel W. Coburn (Lawrence, KS), Julie Anne Greenberg (Raleigh, NC), and Jacob Koestler (Cleveland, OH). These artists were selected from the 420 applicants to our 92nd ANNUAL International Competition. The jurors for this competition were Keliy Anderson-Staley, Assistant Professor of Photography and Digital Media, University of Houston, Texas and Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe.
The three artists selected for these exhibitions take a critical view of the role of the printed image in their work, from images by Coburn that challenge the tropes of the family photo album, to Greenberg’s use of screenprinting as a means of creating and breaking apart patterns, to Koestler’s use of a mixture of different print media to capture the relationship between observation and final image.
– John Caperton, Jensen Bryan Curator, The Print Center
Thursday, May 17, 2018
5:30pm Gallery Talk with the Artists and Curator
6:00pm – 7:30pm Opening Reception
Free and open to the public
Exhibition page
Annual International Competition page
Images (left to right): Daniel W. Coburn, Untitled, 2017; Julie Anne Greenberg, System IX Hermine; “Labor Day Weekend Worry”, 2017, Jacob Koestler, My Copy of The Emigrants, 2017

Field Trip: Pace Paper, Dieu Donné and IPCNY
2018-06-02 10:00 - 20:00
Please join us for an outing to New York City where we will have exclusive behind-the-scenes access to studios, artists, demos and curator led exhibition tours!
Saturday, June 2, 2018 | Venues: Pace Paper, Dieu Donne and IPCNY
In conjunction with our exhibition Collaborative Histories: Dieu Donné, we are pleased to offer a trip to New York to visit the new home of Dieu Donné in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, as well as the Brooklyn home of Pace Paper – the printshop of Pace Prints and IPCNY in Manhattan for a tour of their highly acclaimed Paper/Print: American Hand Papermaking, 1960s to Today exhibition with curators Sue Gosin and Mina Takahashi of Dieu Donné.
At Pace Paper we will be met by master printer Ruth Lingen who will be joined by one of the artists currently printing for Pace. Our next stop will be Dieu Donné, where we will enjoy a tour of their wet papermaking studio and talk with Tatiana Ginsberg and visiting artist Ethan Greenbaum about his current project. Our last stop will be at IPCNY’s Manhattan gallery, where we will enjoy a reception and a tour of Paper/Print which focuses on the important role of paper in contemporary printmaking led by curators Sue Gosin and Mina Takahashi.

Cost – $135 per person includes round trip transportation from The Print Center and a box lunch.

Itinerary
The Print Center Leave 10:00am
First Stop 12:30pm
Pace Paper (Brooklyn) – Artist Talk and Demo with Ruth Lingen, Master Printer.
Second Stop 2:15pm
Dieu Donné (Brooklyn Navy Yard) – Tour of the wet studios, demo by Tatiana Ginsberg, Studio Collaborator & Production Manager and Artist Talk with Ethan Greenbaum.
Final Stop 4:30pm
IPCNY (Manhattan) – Reception and Tour of the Exhibition Paper/Print: American Hand Papermaking, 1960s to Today with Executive Director Judy Hecker and curators Sue Gosin and Mina Takahashi.
Philadelphia Return 8:00pm
Reserve your spot soon, because space is limited! or call Mikaela Hawk at 215.735.6090 x1

Dinner Date with Jan Gordon and Jane Irish
2018-06-08 18:00 - 21:30
Please join us for our Spring Fundraising event Dinner Date honoring collector Jan Gordon and artist Jane Irish.
This special evening will be hosted by Drs. Marsha + Stephen Silberstein in their spectacular Liberty Place home.
Friday, June 8, 2018
The evening begins at The Print Center with a private champagne tour of the solo exhibitions from the 92ND ANNUAL with Executive Director Elizabeth Spungen at 6 pm.
Dinner follows at the art filled home of the Silbersteins, where we will be treated to a view of their exceptional contemporary photography, print, sculpture and glass collections.

Tickets range from $100 – $1,200 with various benefits. For subscription levels and tickets click here.
Guests at the Benefactor level or above will receive signed copies of Eureka, an artist book by Jane Irish and Crispin Sartwell based on Edgar Allan Poe’s essay on the nature of the universe and a new monograph, Jane Irish: Architectures of Resistance, published by Locks Gallery in conjunction with the exhibitions Jane Irish: Antipodes at Philadelphia’s historic Lemon Hill presented by Philadelphia Contemporary and Architectures of Resistance at Locks Gallery.

Jan Gordon is an exceptional art collector with a long connection to The Print Center, developed through her friendship with Sam Maitin, Kneeland McNulty and Berthe von Moschzisker. She has a special interest in Philadelphia artists which she initially explored with gallerist Marian Locks. Gordon enjoys acquiring artworks by artists she knows personally, especially women. She has built a collection featuring Maitin, Elizabeth Osborne and Edna Andrade; and more recently, has become a dedicated collector of Jane Irish’s remarkable works.
Jane Irish is an outstanding Philadelphia artist. She has been in important exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art and ICA, Philadelphia; the Walker Art Center; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Baltimore Museum of Art. She has received prestigious recognitions from the Pew Fellowships in the Arts, the Joan Mitchell Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts as well as residencies all over the world. Irish is represented by Locks Gallery.
Drs. Marsha + Stephen Silberstein have created a home filled with an impressive collection of art, with an especially strong selection of classic and contemporary photographs. They have works of art from all over the world, as well as an exceptional group of pieces by Philadelphia artists. From Brassai to Sally Mann and Vic Muniz to Isaiah Zagar – this is a visit not to be missed!
Former Honorees
Jesse Burke
Sarah McEneaney
Matt Neff
Lydia Panas
Serena Perrone
Bill Scott
Emma Wilcox
William Earle Williams
Dinner Date Committee
Julie Jensen Bryan + Robert Bryan*
Joan Wadleigh Curran*
Avi Eden*
Barry Eiswerth
Ofelia Garcia*
Eileen Kennedy + Robert Heim*
Sueyun Locks
Karen Mauch + Diane Zilka
Donald W. McPhail*
Robert Morrison*
Harry Philbrick
Barbara Schaff*
Michael Shannon*
Anna + Menno Tas*
Zabeth Teelucksingh
Gina + Dave Walton
John Wind*
* Former Host
View the full invitation here.
Image from Eureka, 2016 by Jane Irish

BYO Social with Qiaoyi Shi
2018-07-26 18:00 - 19:30
STOP IN FOR OUR BYO SOCIAL
WITH QIAOYI SHI
Thursday, July 26, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
FREE
Join us for a fun and casual BYOB evening at The Print Center with printmaker Qiaoyi Shi!

BYO Socials bring artists and art appreciators together for casual conversation and the chance to see new artwork.

Come talk with artist Qiaoyi Shi and get a first look at her recent risograph and lithograph prints and books, as well as a selection of amazing tote bags, cards, t-shirts and more. Chat with Qiaoyi about her process and projects – and pick up one of her whimsical, colorful pieces!

About the artist: https://printcenterstore.myshopify.com/collectio…/qiaoyi-shi

Image: Qiaoyi Shi, Green Melon, 2018

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Book Launch with Jacob Koestler
2018-08-04 15:00 - 18:00
The Print Center is very pleased to host the launch of
Jacob Koestler‘s photobook titled Everybody Wants Somewhere.
Please join us for the book signing.
Koestler’s work was selected from the 92nd ANNUAL Competition to receive a solo exhibition at The Print Center. Jacob Koestler: Copy of a Copy is currently on view through August 4, 2018.

Everybody Wants Somewhere
Jacob Koestler
Design by Elana Schlenker
96 pages
73 black & white photographs
Soft cover | perfect bound | 9” x 7”
First edition of 250
© 2018 Jacob Koestler
Photographs by Jacob Koestler
Essay by Gary Sampson
Produced with support from:
Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Foundation
CatLABS of JP
The book will be available for purchase for $30.

“The stark character of modernist ideology persists in the built environment all around us. From its onset early in the 20th century, the singular urge to strip away ornament, seen as a marker of exploitation, signified the architect’s desire to meet the needs of workers and to seek meaning in the new materials of construction, with the promise of social liberation from the tyranny of class, including the vagaries of fashion. The photographs of Jacob Koestler would cast doubt on the success of these ideals in light of contemporary realities. As one contemplates Everybody Wants Somewhere, a kind of salvage operation occurs regarding the remnants of places of labor, the impenetrable windows of sequestered lives, the construction and massing of skyscrapers, the dismal evidence of economic disparity without so much as a figure. One may want to avoid any serious investigation of these typically shunned, unappealing elements, but this reclamation through the photographer’s intelligent, perceptual and bodily reconnoitering and chance selectivity in seeing, however, may defeat the immediate response to look away.”
From Gary Sampson
Everybody Wants Somewhere, 2018

“In Copy of a Copy [currently on view at The Print Center], Koestler distinguishes between making and looking at photographs, actions which have become almost simultaneous but once were separated by developing … Several images come from the series Everybody Wants Somewhere. The most absorbing are twins, “West Coast View (Overexposed)” and “West Coast View (Underexposed).” Seen across a gallery, the former seems an empty canvas while its sibling appears a black hole. Details emerge on approach, but it never feels like everything is visible. This is Koestler’s point: from a distance, things tend to look black or white. To understand, you have to get closer.”
From Pamela J. Forsythe
Perception vs. Memory, Broad Street Review, 2018

BOOK SIGNING: Tom Griggs and Paul Kwiatkowski, Ghost Guessed
2018-09-27 06:00 - 19:30
JOIN US FOR A BOOK SIGNING
Tom Griggs and Paul Kwiatkowski
Ghost Guessed
Thursday, September 27, 6:00pm
Please join us in celebration of the recently released book Ghost Guessed with the photographers and authors Tom Griggs and Paul Kwiatkowski..

On November 13, 2009, Andrew Lindberg, a young pilot, departed from the Twin Cities to meet his father for a hunting trip in northern Minnesota. He never arrived; a few days later, Lindberg’s plane was located deep within the wilderness of the White Earth Indian Reservation.
In Ghost Guessed Tom Griggs and Paul Kwiatkowski examine how absences caused by death make memories, no matter how abstract, more salient and complex. A combination of intimate prose and photographs brings into focus our human connections as filtered through technology and visual media. From Lindberg’s accident to the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Ghost Guessed reflects on how we process loss as it plays out in the ongoing digitalization of our lives.

“Ghost Guessed is a beautiful, complex construction of images and words, sound and texture, facts informed by memory, loss and, ultimately, love.”
-Andrea Modica, photographer
Tom Griggs is a photographer, writer and professor at La Universidad de Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia. He is Founding Editor of the photography site Fototazo. His first book Herida y fuente was published by Mesæstándarin, 2017.
Paul Kwiatkowski, a photographer and writer, is based in New York. His first book And Every Day Was Overcast was released by Black Balloon, 2013.
Ghost Guessed, Tom Griggs and Paul Kwiatkowski, Published by Mesæstándar, hardcover, 156 pages, text in English and Spanish, $30, available for purchase at The Print Center.
Release

Conversation + Book Launch: Rochelle Toner, Collage Drawings 1873 - 2018
2018-10-10 18:00 - 19:30
CONVERSATION AND BOOK LAUNCH

Wednesday, October 10, 6:00 – 7:30pm

Join us for a conversation with artist Rochelle Toner and exhibition curator John Caperton exploring the outstanding body of work Toner has created between the 70s and today.

We are delighted to launch a new publication from Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art, Rochelle Toner, Collage Drawings 1873 – 2018 by Robert Blackson. The 32-page, full-color book in an edition of 300, features 12 of Toner’s most recent collage drawings reproduced at their actual size of 12″ x 9 ½”. These works are composed directly on top of lithographs drawn from the pages of an 1873 geological survey of the Western Territories of the U.S. These prints of fossils, bones and other natural specimens were given to Toner by artist Robert Flynt.

Temple Contemporary is pleased to continue this cycle of giving by offering Rochelle Toner, Collage Drawings 1873 – 2018 to visitors of The Print Center’s exhibition free of charge.

Image courtesy of Rochelle Toner, Plate XXXII, 2018

Artist Talk, Film Screening + Book Signing with Henry Horenstein
2018-10-22 18:00 - 20:00
Artist Talk, Film Screening + Book Signing
With Henry Horenstein
Monday, October 22, 2018, 6:00pm

The University of the Arts, Caplan Auditorium
Terra Hall, 16th & 17th floors
211 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

We are pleased to present PARTNERS, directed by Henry Horenstein, in conjunction with the University of the Arts Photography Program. PARTNERS is a fascinating documentary incorporating clips from interviews with couples who discuss how they met and how their relationships work. Some are fairly conventional while others are wildly unorthodox. PARTNERS is about acceptance and a celebration of choice.
Before the screening, Horenstein will talk about his work and career, and after, there will be a chance to purchase signed copies of his many exceptional books.
Free and open to the public, seating is limited

Open Door at the Arthur Ross Gallery & the Penn Museum
2018-10-30 14:30 - 17:00
Open Door offers unique behind-the-scenes tours at Philadelphia’s most intriguing cultural sites.
Join us for two special tours at the University of Pennsylvania. We will start at the Arthur Ross Gallery to see William Kentridge: Universal Archive, a series of 79 linocuts printed onto pages from dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Following, we will tour the new Middle East Galleries at the Penn Museum. The collection features objects from 10,000 years of human history and are the first in a series of transformative gallery renovations taking place at the Penn Museum over the next several years.
This is a free event, however, space is limited and RSVP is required. RSVP to Mikaela Hawk at mhawk@printcenter.org.
William Kentridge, Universal Archive (Six Birds), 2012, linocut printed on page from the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Courtesy David Krut Projects, Johannesburg/New York
Middle East Galleries, Courtesy of the Penn Museum

Artist Lecture & BYO Social
2018-11-07 18:00 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
Lauren Pakradooni & Second State Press

In conjunction with the exhibition Lauren Pakradooni: Static Slip, we welcome Pakradooni to discuss her work and process. Immediately following her talk, we will be enjoy casual conversation with members of Philadelphia’s community print shop Second State Press.
Pakradooni is an artist and educator based in Philadelphia. She earned a BA from Hampshire College, Amherst, MA in 2007 and an MFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence in 2011. Pakradooni is Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA. Her artwork has been exhibited in a variety of U.S. venues including Leisure, Denver; Planthouse Gallery, New York; Vox Populi, Philadelphia; and in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Antwerp, Belgium; and Doha, Qatar. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies at the University of Texas, Austin; AS220, Providence, RI; Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY; and internationally at Beisinghoff Printmaking Residency, Diemelstadt-Rhoden, Germany and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Doha. She records and performs experimental electronic music, layering and manipulating handmade cassette tape loops into compositions, under the moniker Tether.
Second State Press’ mission is to foster the development of ideas and innovation in printmaking by providing artists with a professional, affordable and supportive workspace. Join us, founders Jenn McTague and Zach Lindenberger and Board member Lauren Pakradooni for a drink, to learn more about Second State and to see some of the excellent work produced there.
BYO Socials bring artists and art appreciators together for casual conversation and the chance to see new artwork.

93rd ANNUAL Solo Exhibitions, Talks and Reception
2019-01-17 17:30 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
Rafael Soldi: CARGAMONTÓN
Jason Urban & Leslie Mutchler: Long Lost Friend
Chinn Wang: Soaking Up Local Color
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Gallery Talk with the Artists: 5:30pm
Opening Reception: 6:00 – 7:30pm
New work by Rafael Soldi (Seattle, WA), Jason Urban & Leslie Mutchler (Brooklyn, NY) and Chinn Wang (Boulder, CO) who were selected by jurors Jose Diaz, Chief Curator, Andy Warhol Museum and Lisa Sutcliffe, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Milwaukee Art Museum. While each exhibition has its own focus, all three explore the mediation of the printed image through process and context.
Exhibition page
The Print Center Exhibitions and Programs are free and open to the public.

Artist Lecture with Rafael Soldi
2019-01-23 18:00 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
93rd ANNUAL RELATED PROGRAM
Artist Lecture with Rafael Soldi
Wednesday, January 23, 6:00pm
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear Soldi talk about his practice and career when he joins us from Seattle!
Presented in partnership with The University of the Arts Photography Program.
Exhibition page
Image: Rafael Soldi, Imagined Futures (detail), 2018
The Print Center Exhibitions and Programs are free and open to the public.

BOOK LAUNCH: Gregory Eddi Jones, Flowers for donald and Countries Glorious
2019-01-30 18:00 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
JOIN US FOR A BOOK LAUNCH + ARTIST TALK
Gregory Eddi Jones
Flowers for donald and Countries Glorious
Wednesday, January 30, 6:00pm
Join Philadelphia author and photographer Gregory Eddi Jones to celebrate the release of his new artist book Flowers for donald and Countries Glorious in an edition of 150, printed by Conveyor Studios, NJ, 2018, 70 pages, 32 plates.
Jones will give an artist talk and read form the poem “Countries Glorious”. Flowers for donald and Countries Glorious, $35 will be available for purchase and signing following the talk.
Gregory Eddi Jones (b. 1986, Syracuse) is an American artist, writer and publisher who lives and works in Philadelphia. He earned a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2010 and an MFA from the Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, in 2016. He is the founding editor of In the In-Between: Journal of New and New Media Photography, an independent publishing platform that highlights and supports noteworthy, forward-thinking 21st century photographic authors and authorship.
“Perhaps Flowers for donald beckons us to look a little closer. What is the role of art when the world around us is absolutely turbulent? What is reflected back at us when we make art under conditions of unignorable political circumstances? Flowers for donald utilizes a classic art motif to start to unpack these questions.”
– Digital America
The Print Center Exhibitions and Programs are free and open to the public.

Chinn Wang in Conversation with Katie Garth: Women, Labor and the Arts
2019-02-06 18:00 - 19:30
93rd ANNUAL Related Program
Chinn Wang in Conversation with Katie Garth: Women, Labor and the Arts
Wednesday, February 6, 6:00pm at The Print Center

Join us for a conversation between Chinn Wang and Katie Garth, MFA candidate in Printmaking at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. The pair, who met years ago when Garth was an undergraduate student in Wang’s screenprinting class, will discuss the role mentorship in arts education has for women; perspectives on labor in contemporary studio practice; and notions of artistic identity.
Presented with the support of Tyler School of Arts Printmaking Program.

Chinn Wang Artist Lecture
Thursday, February 7, 6:00pm at Tyler School of Art, Room B004
Chinn Wang talks about Soaking Up Local Color, and her creation of a visual narrative to piece together a cohesive family history.
Supported by the Dean’s Interdisciplinary GAF Fund, the Foundations Department and the Printmaking Program.

Image: Chinn Wang, The Hermit & The Magician, 2018
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Open House
2019-02-27 17:30 - 19:30
Open House: Meet Ksenia Nouril, Our New Jensen Bryan Curator
Wednesday, February 27, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Join us to give a warm welcome to our new Jensen Bryan Curator Ksenia Nouril, and for a casual conversation between Ksenia Nouril and Patricia C. Phillips, Chief Academic Officer/Academic Dean at Moore College of Art & Design. The pair will talk about their past projects and the cultural landscape in Philadelphia as well as ideas for future programs and developing new audiences.
Conversation at 6:00pm, followed by refreshments

Ksenia Nouril received her PhD in Art History from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick in 2018. Her dissertation examined the role of history in contemporary art through the work of Olga Chernysheva, Deimantas Narkevičius, Paulina Ołowska and Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. She graduated summa cum laude from New York University with a BA in Art History and Russian & Slavic Studies. Nouril has organized collection and loan exhibitions for institutions including the Bruce Museum, Greenwich; Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick; Lower East Side Printshop, NY; and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NY.

Before joining the staff at The Print Center, Nouril was part of a team at MoMA dedicated to researching, cataloging and interpreting modernist photographic history through the Thomas Walther Collection. She co-organized the 2015 exhibition Production-Reproduction: The Circulation of Photographic Modernism, 1900-1950. From 2015 to 2017, Nouril was a Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives (C-MAP) Fellow at MoMA. She is a co-editor of and contributor to Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe: A Critical Anthology, 2018 (MoMA/Duke University Press) and has published in exhibition catalogs and magazines, including ARTMargins Online, The Calvert Journal and OSMOS.

Patricia C. Phillips is a writer and curator who focuses on public art, civic space, landscape, the environment – and the intersection of these areas. She is author of Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Maintenance Art, 2016 (Prestel, New York); Ursula von Rydingsvard: Working, 2011 (Prestel); It is Difficult, a survey of the work of Alfredo Jaar, 1988 (Actar Press, Barcelona); and editor of City Speculations, 1996 (Princeton Architectural Press, New York). From 2002 to 2007, she was Editor-in-Chief of Art Journal. Recent work includes the lead essay for habitus: ann hamilton, 2017 (Delmonico Books-Prestel, New York with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia); and editor of Public Art: Critical and Primary Sources: 1960-2017, 2020 (Bloomsbury Publishing, London).

Phillips was co-curator, with Larissa Harris of the Queens Museum, of Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Maintenance Art, Queens Museum, Corona, NY, 2016-17. Curatorial projects include Making Sense: Five Installations on Sensation, Katonah Museum of Art, NY, 1996; City Speculations, Queens Museum, 1995-96; The POP Project, Institute for Contemporary Art/Boston and MoMA PS1, New York, 1988; and Disney Animators and Animation, Whitney Museum of Art, NY, 1981. She has held academic positions at Parsons School of Design/New School for Social Research; State University of New York at New Paltz; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.

The Print Center Exhibitions, Programs and Events are free and open to the public.

Ksenia Nouril, Photo: Matt Rencher

Free

2019 ART ON PAPER
2019-03-07 18:00 - 2019-03-10 18:00
ART ON PAPER – 299 South Street – Pier 36, Downtown Manhattan

The Print Center is thrilled to participate in the 2019 Art on Paper fair in New York City!
We will present a selection of important works at one of the world’s most vibrant international art fairs. Join us in New York for this outstanding event.

Thank you for visiting our booth at Art on Paper.
To see the works that we brought to the fair, click the following link.
VIEW ALL WORKS HERE
Tickets are no longer available.
VIP Preview: Thursday, March 7, 6:00 to 10:00pm
Fair Hours:
Friday, March 8, 11:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday, March 9, 11:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday, March 10, 12:00 to 6:00pm
Website
Tickets are no longer available. Click here to purchase tickets to the VIP Preview and/or to the Fair | We have a limited number of complimentary VIP passes. Visit The Print Center or call Mikaela Hawk (in office Friday and Saturday until 6pm) at 215.735.6090 x1 to reserve.

Images:
Paula Riff, Ginkgo’s Folly, 2018, Cyanotype and gum bichromate, 13” x 19”, Unique,
Art Spiegelman, Lead Pipe Sunday, 1989, Two sided Lithograph , 22″ x 30″, Edition of 100, Published by The Print Center
Vera Lutter, 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, I: April 13, 2006, 2006, Unique gelatin silver print, 32 9/16″ x 38 7/8″, Commissioned by The Print Center
Robert Cumming, Burning Box, 1989, Traditional Japanese woodcut, Published by The Print Center

VIEW ALL WORKS HERE

Atlas Obscura Cyanotype Workshop at The Print Center
2019-03-23 10:00 - 13:00
Atlas Obscura’s a World of Blue: Cyanotypes and Early Photography
Saturday, March 23, 2019 at The Print Center

Image: Irina Glik, Philadelphia Zoo Air Balloon, 2017, Cyanotype

Artist Talk with Jason Urban & Leslie Mutchler: Anti-Disciplinary Print
2019-03-27 18:00 - 19:30
93rd ANNUAL Related Program
The collaborative team of Jason Urban and Leslie Mutchler (JULM Studios) will discuss their research-intensive projects which examine the printed form in an expanded field.

Image: Jason Urban & Leslie Mutchler, Long Lost Friend (detail), 2018
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James Siena: Guided Gallery Talk + Opening Reception
2019-04-18 17:30 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
James Siena will lead a walkthrough of the exhibition James Siena: Resonance Under Pressure at 5:30pm
Opening Reception 6:00 – 7:30pm

Image: James Siena, Parentheses, Tesselating, 2018, lithograph, edition of 20. Courtesy of the Artist and The University of the Arts, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking Program
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