The Review Panel Philadelphia
2016-11-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 118 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, United States
November 2, 2016 at 6:00pm
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 North Broad Street, Philadelphia
FREE Admission / Registration required / RSVP at 215-972-2015

COLLEEN ASPER and JUDITH STEIN join moderator DAVID COHEN
to discuss the following Philadelphia exhibitions:
Todd Baldwin: Memento Mori
Tiger Strikes Asteroid, 319A North 11th Street #2H
Victoria Burge: Penumbra
The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street
Luba Drozd: Institute of Corrections
Brian James Spies: Solitaire
Eastern State Penitentiary, 2027 Fairmount Avenue
Kocot and Hatton, Color: Seen and Unseen
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, 43 North 2nd Street

Image: a previous Review Panel with (L to R) Bobbi Booker, David Cohen, Judith Stein and Christian Viveros-Fauné.

Screen Shots: The Print Center Annual Auction
2016-12-03 17:00 - 20:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
VISIT THE FULL AUCTION PAGE HERE

SCREEN SHOTS: POST AUCTION SALE
Shop our Post Auction Sale before it’s too late! The Post Auction sale ends December 22, 2016.
Click here to shop the Post Auction Sale

Great Art For a Great Cause and a Fabulous Party!

The Print Center’s Annual Auction is a Wonderful Opportunity to Support a Creative Organization,
Collect Exceptional Art and Enjoy a Fabulous Party!
Screen Shots: The Print Center Annual Auction, our biggest fundraising event of the year, was held on Saturday, December 3, 2016 from 6:00-9:00pm with an Exclusive Champagne Preview beginning at 5:00pm. The proceeds from this auction went towards funding exhibitions featuring local, regional and international artists and all of The Print Center’s intriguing visual art and education programs.

CLICK HERE FOR THE SCREEN SHOTS INVITATION
View all donated works on Paddle8
The Screen Shots Auction bidding closed at 8:00pm on December 3, 2016.

VISIT THE FULL AUCTION PAGE HERE

Opening Reception and Gallery Talk for Winter Exhibitions
2016-12-15 17:30 - 20:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
Arturas Valiauga, I dropped in on Stepas, we talked about life, 2002
Join us for the Opening Reception and Gallery Talk for our Winter exhibitions,
Daily Life: Photography from Lithuania and Rebecca Gilbert: wonder
Gallery Talk: 5:30pm
John Caperton, The Print Center’s Jensen Bryan Curator, will be joined by artists Rebecca Gilbert and Gintaras Česonis, Chairman of the Lithuanian Photographer’s Association and organizer of Daily Life.
Opening Reception: 6:00 – 8:00pm

About the exhibitions:
DAILY LIFE: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM LITHUANIA
This group exhibition brings together the work of twelve Lithuanian photographers who observe and capture the daily routines of life. Organized by the Lithuanian Photographers’ Association, the exhibition provides an overview of some of the most significant photography from Lithuania, 1963-2013.

Rebecca Gilbert, Confluence, 2016
REBECCA GILBERT: WONDER
This exhibition presents a new, ambitious series of work, utilizing woodcut, engraving and other traditional print processes, by the Philadelphia-based artist.

Exhibitions Page
Press Release
This event is free and open to the public.

Telling a Life, Telling Art History
2017-01-10 18:00 - 19:30
Conversation and Book Signing
Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art
Judith Stein and Jonathan Katz
Please join us for a conversation on biography and art history with Judith Stein, author of Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art, and Jonathan D. Katz, author of the forthcoming Cold War Queer: Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and the Collective Closet. Stein’s new book recovers the lost history of the elusive art dealer who launched the careers of numerous contemporary artists at his fabled Green Gallery in New York.
A book signing for Eye of the Sixties, available for purchase, will follow the conversation.
Vulture magazine named Eye of the Sixties as one of the year’s ten best art books in 2016!
Dick Bellamy: The Man Hiding at the Center of Everything, The New York Times, Art & Design, by Barbara Rose, July 22, 2016
Judith Stein
Peter Bellamy, Dick Bellamy at the Oil & Steel Gallery on Chambers Street, NY, c. 1983
George Segal, Richard Bellamy Seated, 1964. Plaster and metal

Henry Horenstein: Lecture, Films + Books!
2017-01-26 18:00 - 20:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
Please join us for an evening with Henry Horenstein, the renowned photographer, filmmaker and much-loved Professor of Photography at the Rhode Island School of Design. Horenstein has published more than 30 books, including Animalia, Close Relations, Show and Honky Tonk, which was the subject of a solo show at The Print Center in 2004. His photographic textbooks have been a resource for students over the decades.
Horenstein is an engaging and entertaining storyteller, bringing humor and wisdom to tales from his remarkable career. He will share his stories, images and present his two newest books: Histories: Tales From the 70s and his memoir, Shoot What You Love: Tips and Tales from A Working Photographer.
Shoot What you Love is a book every artist should read. Horenstein’s warmth and wit shine through as he recounts his thoughts on all the places and situations photography has introduced him to. From artist statements to fine art and commercial photography, corporate jobs, working in far flung locales, book publishing and documentary film making, he covers it all in his inimitable, approachable yet brilliant way.
This is also a special opportunity to see his three films SPOKE, Mr. Showbiz and Partners.
A book signing will follow the talk – both new books and a selection of old favorites will be available for purchase.

Histories: Tales From The 70s – a monograph featuring his earliest documentary work.
Histories: Tales From the 70s, 2016, Honky Tonk Editions, Hardcover, 144 pages, $60

Shoot What You Love: Tips and Tales from A Working Photographer – a visual memoir of Henry Horenstein’s career, as well as a history of the last several decades in photography.
Shoot What You Love: Tips and Tales from A Working Photographer, 2016, Monacelli Press, Hardcover, 208 pages, $40

READ THE REVIEWS
“Henry Horenstein: Histories: Tales From the 70’s,” Greer Muldowney, LENSCRATCH, December 10, 2014
“Henry Horenstein’s ‘Shoot What You Love’,” David Schonauer, Pro Photo Daily, December 15, 2016

Artist Statement
Over the years I’ve photographed many different types of subjects, even animals and the human form. But I’ve always returned to my roots as a documentary photographer. More than anything, I like a good story. And I try to tell one in a direct way, with humor and a punch line, if possible. With this in mind, I have photographed country musicians in Nashville, my family and friends in Massachusetts, horse racing at Saratoga, nightlife in Buenos Aires, old highways everywhere, everyone in Cajun Louisiana, South American baseball, camel breeding in Dubai, tri-racial families in Maryland, and much, much more.
For subjects, I prefer older cultures and places, especially disappearing ones. That’s what my history teachers, Jesse Lemisch (at University of Chicago) and E. P. Thompson (at University of Warwick), taught me to do. These cultures and places might vanish, but it is a historian’s righteous duty to make sure that they leave a trace. I also was very influenced by another teacher in Chicago, John G. Cawelti, who taught me (and doubting historians predating him) that popular culture should be taken seriously. One other great influence for me was my teacher at Rhode Island School of Design, Harry Callahan. Harry encouraged me to “shoot what you love,” and to pay no attention to what others are doing. “Even if you make bad pictures,” he said, “you’ll have a good time.” Thank you for that, Harry.

About the Artist
Noted photographer and filmmaker Henry Horenstein was a history student at University of Chicago, before switching to photography. He studied with classic photographers Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Minor White, but his background in history influenced his choice of subject matter from country music to horse racing to burlesque. Henry has published over 30 books, including classic textbooks Black and White Photography, Beyond Basic Photography, and Digital Photography; and monographs Honky Tonk, Shoot What You Love, Histories, Racing Days, Animalia, Humans, Show, and Close Relations. Henry’s photographs are widely collected and exhibited internationally. He lives in Boston, MA, and teaches at Rhode Island School of Design.

Free and open to the public

David Freese | East Coast: Arctic to Tropic
2017-02-07 18:00 - 19:30
Please join us for an evening with photographer David Freese, who will talk about his work and the newly released East Coast: Arctic to Tropic.
Freese has devoted many years to photographing the coasts of the United States. Following the publication of the very-well received West Coast: Bering to Baja is his new book documenting the eastern seaboard. Together his books illustrate “our uneasy relationship to the vast oceans and seas that cover 70% of our planet and home.”

Human beings can be clever, resourceful, and ingenious. The challenge is whether or not we can harness and master our skills and use new technologies and policies in a worldwide endeavor to save and protect our future whereabouts. These images will no doubt become a reference point for succeeding generations. Many of the areas I photographed will be underwater—only the time frame is in question. This book is meant to heighten awareness by letting people see for themselves – through the arts of photography and writing – our uneasy relationship to the vast oceans and seas that cover 70% of our planet and home. – David Freese
Both of Freese’s books will be available for purchase and signing following his talk.
East Coast: Arctic to Tropic, text by Jenna Butler & Simon Winchester, 2017, George F. Thompson, Hardcover, 320 pages, $65
West Coast: Bering to Baja, text by Naomi Rosenblum & Simon Winchester, 2012, George F. Thompson, Hardcover, 192 pages, $60
READ THE REVIEWS
“David Freese: East Coast: Arctic To Tropic,” LENSCRATCH, by Aline Smithson, January 5, 2017
“The Staggering Beauty and Fragility of North America’s East Coast,” Slate, by David Rosenberg, September 19, 2016

Angel Oak, Johns Island, South Carolina
Orrs Island, Casco Bay, Maine
Photograph by Amanda Freese DeFazio

Bio
For over thirty years, David Freese worked as a freelance assignment photographer shooting corporate/industrial and editorial photography on location. He also worked as a contract photographer for Gamma Liaison in New York City and for Zuma Press in San Clemente, California.
Always engaged in his personal work, David now devotes his full attention to his book and fine art photography projects and to his teaching in the Film and Media Arts Department at Temple University. He has previously taught at Saint Joseph’s University, Moore College of Art, Drexel University and was the founder and director of the photography program at Burlington County College where he taught for 25 years and received the Excellence Award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development for outstanding contributions to teaching, leadership and learning.
His work has been published in Communication Arts, Photo District News, Photo Insider, View Camera, Polaroid International, Smithsonian Air and Space, MIT Technology Review and Popular Photography. His photographs are in the collections of the Allentown Art Museum, Center for Creative Photography, Center for the Study of Place, Cleveland Museum of Art, Crocker Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, Haggerty Museum of Art, Haverford College, James A. Michener Art Museum, Library of Congress, the Polaroid Collection, UC Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, the Russian Union of Art Photographers, and the University of Wyoming Art Museum as well as in numerous corporate art collections.
David was awarded a 2013 artist grant in photography by the Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation and he was awarded a 2014 grant in photography by the Puffin Foundation. David has also received both a Fellowship in the Visual Arts and a Special Opportunity Stipend from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts as well as a Polaroid Artist Support Grant.

Rebecca Gilbert, Artist Lecture
2017-03-23 18:00 - 19:30 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
Ant Mound, 2015
Please join us for an artist lecture with Rebecca Gilbert, who will discuss the works in our current exhibition wonder, as well as earlier projects. Gilbert’s works come out of her deep commitment to traditional print processes including wood engraving and complex, multiple-layered reduction woodcuts, and her poetic response to the landscape.
“I have been using dirt, water, sticks, coins and gold as imagery in my work to symbolize that which we impulsively crave, seek out and hold valuable.” – Rebecca Gilbert
About the Artist
Rebecca Gilbert received her BFA in Printmaking from Marshall University, Huntington, WV and her MFA in Printmaking/Book Arts from The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. She also studied nontoxic etching at the Grafisk Eksperimentarium, Capileira, Spain. For several years she was a member of Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, where she presented three solo exhibitions and curated several group exhibitions.
“Rebecca Gilbert: Wonder,” Martha Knox, Words on Woodcuts (blog), March 3, 2017
“Rebecca Gilbert,” Rachel Sitkin, The Studio Visit, March 21, 2016

Free and open to the public

Philadelphia Art Book Fair 2017
2017-05-05 12:00 - 2017-05-06 18:00
Once again proudly co-presented by Philadelphia Photo Arts Center and The Print Center this two-day event showcases a wide range of exhibitors, from large and small photography and art book publishers to individual artists and institutions, local, national and international.
Friday, May 5: 12:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday, May 6: 10:00am – 6:00pm
This year we’re in a brand new beautiful location:
Twelve 27, 1227 N. 4th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
(North 4th Street, just north of Girard Avenue)
The event is open to the public and totally free!
The Print Center will be closed on Friday, May 5 + Saturday, May 6 for the Philadelphia Art Book Fair 2017. We hope you will join us there.

THE PRINT CENTER AT
THE PHILADELPHIA ART BOOK FAIR
Our table will feature amazing publications that you cannot find anywhere else!
Here is a sneak peek:
Publications on:
Edna Andrade
David Hartt
Henry Horenstein
Joel Katz
Isaac Tin Wei Lin
Demetrius Oliver
Keliy Anderson-Staley
Doug + Mike Starn
Richard Torchia
Publications from:
Cannonball Press
Good Game (Issue 1)
Good Game (Issue 2)
Printeresting
Harrison Walker
Prints by:
Rebecca Gilbert

Gallery Talks and Opening Reception
2017-05-11 17:30 - 20:00
TR Ericsson: Jeanne; Yoonmi Nam: Still; and, Serena Perrone: Fata Morgana
THURSDAY, May 11, 2017
Gallery Talk by the Artists: 5:30pm
Opening Reception for these three exhibitions: 6:00 – 8:00pm
The Print Center is pleased to present solo exhibitions of new work by TR Ericsson, Yoonmi Nam and Serena Perrone. These artists were awarded solo exhibitions from the 400 applicants to our 91st Annual International Competition. The jurors for this competition were Kelly Baum, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Curator of Contemporary Art; and Jennifer Farrell, Associate Curator, Drawings and Prints, from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Please join us on Thursday, May 11 for the Gallery Talk by the Artists and Opening Reception. This event is Free and open to the public.
For more information about the exhibitions click here

Dinner Date: The Print Center Celebrates Serena Perrone
2017-05-19 18:00 - 21:00
Please join us for Dinner Date with artist Serena Perrone and hosts Ofelia Garcia and Donald W. McPhail
May 19 2017

Tour—6 pm
Private champagne tour of Fata Morgana with Serena Perrone and John Caperton, Jensen Bryan Curator
Dinner—7 pm
An elegant dinner at the beautiful Old City home
of Ofelia Garcia, co-hosted by Donald W. McPhail

Guests at the Benefactor level or above will receive Darkness, 2017 (Aquatint, 10” x 8″, Edition of 25) created especially for this event by Serena Perrone

Please respond by May 15, 2017

To purchase tickets click here
For other forms of payment please contact: Mikaela Hawk 215.735.6090 x1 mhawk@printcenter.org
Serena Perrone is an exceptional print-based artist who began receiving remarkable attention shortly after she earned her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2006. Perrone‘s work addresses her personal history, the history of place and the history of the printed image. She is known for her exquisite and delicate rendering, often used to create epically-scaled cycles, such as the twenty-panel A Volcano Pilgrim in Exchange for Fire, included in the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s exhibition Here and Now, 2011. The work she has created for The Print Center, Darkness, dramatically depicts a Venetian glass chandelier from a church in Murano, Italy.
The Philadelphia-based artist is also the Founder and Director of Officina Stamperia del Notaio, an artists’ residency and printmaking studio in Sicily. Her work has been acquired by the Yale University Art Gallery; Detroit Institute of Arts; New York Public Library; Whitney Museum of American Art; Cleveland Museum of Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art; and, the RISD Museum. She received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant and is represented by Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence.

Visionary: $1,200 for four individuals
— Private champagne tour of Fata Morgana with Serena Perrone
— Elegant dinner and conversation with the artist at the home of Ofelia Garcia
— Darkness by Serena Perrone

Benefactor: $600 per person; $850 per couple
— Private champagne tour of Fata Morgana with Serena Perrone
— Elegant dinner and conversation with the artist at the home of Ofelia Garcia
— Darkness by Serena Perrone

Patron: $300 per person; $550 per couple
— Private champagne tour of Fata Morgana with Serena Perrone
— Elegant dinner and conversation with the artist at the home of Ofelia Garcia

Supporter: $100 per person
— Private champagne tour of Fata Morgana with Serena Perrone

Former Honorees
Jesse Burke
Sarah McEneaney
Matt Neff
Lydia Panas
Bill Scott
Emma Wilcox
William Earle Williams

Dinner Date Committee
Judith Brodsky
Diane Burko
Julie Jensen Bryan + Robert Bryan*
Stewart Cades
Avi Eden*
Eileen Kennedy + Robert Heim*
Robert Morrison*
Liz Osborne
Barbara Schaff*
Michael Shannon*
Innis Howe Shoemaker
Evan Summer
Judith Stein
Anna + Menno Tas*
Cade Tompkins
Joan Wadleigh Curran*
John Wind*

* Former Host
As of April 28, 2017

Honorary Council
Linda Lee Alter
James D. Crawford, Esq.
Louise Curl Adams
Richard P. Jaffe, Esq.
Julie Jensen Bryan
Smokie Kittner
Ennes Littrell
Donald W. McPhail
Guna Mundheim
Jeannie Pearce
Ron Rumford
Suzanne Ilene Schiller
Keith Straw
Peggy Wachs
Joan Wadleigh Curran
Jay Zemel

Board of Governors
Barbara Beck
Blake Bradford
Jeffrey Cooper
Frances G. Gerson
Aaron Goldblatt
David Graham
Shelley R. Langdale, ex officio
Anne Massoni
Robert J. Morrison
Julie Randolph
Hester Stinnett
Mark Vevle
Katherine Ware

Opening Reception and Gallery Talk for Martin Puryear: Prints, 1962-2016
2017-09-07 17:30 - 20:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
Martin Puryear, Untitled IV, State 1, 2012, © Martin Puryear, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

Join us for the Opening Reception and Gallery Talk for our Fall exhibition,
Martin Puryear: Prints, 1962-2016

Thursday, September 7, 2017
—Gallery Talk 5:30pm
with Elizabeth F. Spungen, Executive Director
—Opening Reception 6:00 – 8:00pm

Martin Puryear: Prints, 1962-2016 will be on view September 8 — November 18, 2017

This event is free and open to the public.

BOOK LAUNCH | Jack Carnell: True Places
2017-10-20 18:00 - 20:00 | The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, 19103, United States
Join us for an evening with photographer Jack Carnell and Fall Line Press. Carnell will talk about his work and the release of his new book True Places, published by our friends at Fall Line.
Carnell spent ten years making repeat visits to Georgia. The photographs in this book grew out of his experience of the South and the “true places” that captured his imagination.
It is not down in any map; true places never are.
– Herman Melville
True Places will be available for purchase and signing following the talk.
True Places, 2017, Fall Line Press, Hardcover, 64 pages, 51 plates, $60.
Also available in a deluxe edition of 40 in a clam shell box with a signed 8″ x 10” photographic print, $350.
This event is free and open to the public.

Jack Carnell was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in the suburb of Elmhurst. In 1974 he received a BFA degree in photography from The University of New Mexico and in 1976 Carnell received a MFA degree in photography from The Tyler School of Art, Temple University. In 1980 he received a NEA grant for emerging photographers and in 1988 a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Carnell’s work is in the collections of several national museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Carnell has taught photography since 1976 and is currently an Associate Professor at Jefferson (Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University) teaching in the School of Architecture and the Built Environment.

BOOK EVENT | Christine Filippone: Science, Technology and Utopias
2017-10-25 18:00 - 19:30 | 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
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“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
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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
