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The Print Center Edition: 65th Anniversary marked with The Philadelphia Portfolio
ByadminPublished in partnership with the City of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Portfolio was created in 1981 to commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the organization. An edition of 100, it includes works by Edna Andrade, John Dowell, Elizabeth Osborne and Peter Paone. The portfolios were given as diplomatic gifts by the City of Philadelphia. Edna Andrade, Celebrate the…
Berthe von Moschzisker: Our Second Director
ByadminIn 1944, Berthe von Moschzisker, daughter of one of The Print Center’s founding members, was appointed the second Director of The Print Center, a position she held for the next 25 years. Her tenure was notable for many reasons, including her embrace of modernism and her introduction of printed works by important European artists to an American…
Color Motion: Edna Andrade Prints
ByadminThe 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…
Christine Filippone: Our Eighth Director
ByadminChristine Filippone led The Print Center from 1998 until 2003 during a new cultural era; one in which fundraising and marketing became essential for the well being of a nonprofit. Until Filippone’s arrival, The Print Center was run by a full-time staff of two. Times were changing. Filippone increased the staff to four full-time employees including…
Jane Landis, Acting Director
ByadminJane Landis began working at The Print Center in May of 1984 as Assistant to the Director. In January of 1986, she became Acting Director when Ofelia Garcia departed for the Atlanta College of Art. She remained Acting Director until August of 1987, when Anne Schuster Hunter was appointed.
Taken with Time: a camera obscura project
ByadminFor the exhibition Taken with Time: a camera obscura project, 2006, Ann Hamilton, Vera Lutter and Abelardo Morell were invited to Philadelphia to create new works using camera obscuras. (The camera obscura is a photographic device that captures an optical phenomenon in which light entering a darkened space through a small hole produces an image…

