Michal Smith: Our Ninth Director
Michal Smith served as Executive Director from 2004 – 2006.
The exhibition and publication were made possible by special project support from the Estate of Edna Wright Andrade. Exhibition September 14 – November 17, 2012 Noted Philadelphia artist Edna Andrade (1917-2008) is best known for her hard-edged Op Art abstractions. This retrospective exhibition was the first dedicated to her printed works and brought together over…
Jerome Kaplan Graphic Works, 1974 – 1994, 1994 Texts by James A. Ganz and Rachel Kaplan Softcover, 10″ x 7″, 18 pages and Jerome Kaplan Prints, 1973 Texts by George Bunker and Ruth Fine Softcover, 10″ x 7″, 32 pages [hr] In 1994, The Print Center organized its second retrospective of the works by Philadelphia artist Jerome…
Pravoslav Sovák, Sovák Graphics Retrospective, 1970, Intaglio, 13.75 x 18 inches, Edition of 70
Leopold Anthony Stokowski (1882 – 1977), the renowned conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, was an early patron of The Print Center. In this letter from 1916, he apologies to Judge Jasper Brinton, one of the founders of the organization, for his delay remitting $38 for a group of acquired etchings. From its founding, The Print…
The Ford Foundation provided support for a building expansion which enclosed most of the original garden, expanded the facility on the first floor and provided an second exhibition gallery on the second floor.
Dolan was the Director from 1973 – 1978. In addition to mounting an impressive exhibition schedule, she focused efforts on strengthening membership, particularly by encouraging non-artists to join and by cultivating interactions between artists and collectors. Exhibitions were as frequent as twice a month, accompanied by at least two related events every month, one for…