The Print Center

Wednesday, June 16, 6:00pm at The Print Center

The Print Center Board of Governors and Honorary Council invite you to join them for champagne and dinner for a Patron Party in honor of Bill Walton. Independent curator Julie Courtney, who was a long-time colleague and friend of Walton, will discuss his work.

Guests who join us at the Benefactor level or above will receive the last work created by Walton which he made especially for The Print Center: Broken Wing, 2010, etching, edition of 50.

Visionary: $600 for four individuals
· Private champagne tour and dinner reception at The Print Center
· Broken Wing by Bill Walton

Benefactor: $350 per person; $450 per couple
· Private champagne tour and dinner reception at The Print Center
· Broken Wing by Bill Walton

Patron: $100 per person
· Private champagne tour and dinner reception at The Print Center

For more information or to RSVP contact:
Eli VandenBerg
215-735-6090 x1
evandenberg@printcenter.org

Born in Camden, NJ, Bill Walton (1931-2010) is best known for his small minimalist sculptures, often mounted to the wall and made up of both constructed and found materials. Walton’s father was a commercial lithographer and Walton himself was trained as printmaker and worked for Eugene Feldman at Falcon Press in the early 1970s. Walton had a distinguished career as a teacher of printmaking at Moore College of Art & Design and Drexel University. Early in his career Walton exhibited printed works, including a solo exhibition at The Print Center in 1975. As he began to exhibit more sculptural work, Walton concurrently made works that while technically are not prints explore the issues raised by printmaking.

One writer compared his works, with their clear links to minimalist art of the 1960s, to “hard won, deeply imbued physical haikus.” The Print Center’s current exhibition Tracings / Transfers / Copies / Forgeries focuses on the influence that printmaking had on a number sculptural works.

His work has been included in exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco; Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia; Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia; Locks Gallery, Philadelphia; Cava Gallery, Philadelphia; and Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. A monograph of Walton’s work was published by Arcadia University Art Gallery in 2006.

Julie Courtney has been an independent curator since 1991, and a long-time friend and colleague of Bill Walton. She was founding director of Temple Gallery and was consulting curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art from 1989 – 1991; and she curated exhibitions for Walton for both organizations. In 1995 she co-curated Prison Sentences: The Prison as Site/The Prison as Subject, which initiated Eastern State Penitentiary’s contemporary art program and her endeavors in commissioning site-specific projects in unusual spaces. In 1996 she curated Points of Departure: Art on the Line, temporary site-specific projects in train stations from 30th Street Station to Bryn Mawr. In 2005 she presented two major works: Pandemonium, at Eastern State Penitentiary and The Lost Meeting, at Abington Art Center. In 2006, Courtney commissioned meta Metasequoia for the Morris Arboretum and curated Inside/Out: Sculpture at Evergreen, an exhibition of ten site-relevant projects at John Hopkins University, Baltimore. Most recently, Julie curated Mark Dion's Travels of William Bartram – Reconsidered at Bartram's Garden and Bill Morrison’s Release at Eastern State Penitentiary. In 2010 Courtney was engaged by Community College of Philadelphia to commission two permanent public art projects which will be realized in 2011 and 2012. Julie has also given generously of her time and energy for the benefit of many cultural organizations through extensive board, committee and volunteer participation.

Special Reception
FREE
Wednesday, May 26, 5:00-7:00pm
Bill Walton (1931-2010)

We are deeply saddened at the loss of our friend, Philadelphia artist Bill Walton who passed away on April 9. Walton was a widely known and highly regarded artist whose work was shown internationally. While best known as a sculptor, Walton was also an accomplished printmaker, and spent many years teaching printmaking at Moore College of Art & Design and Drexel University. On May 1, The Print Center will open Tracings / Transfers / Copies / Forgeries, an exhibition that brings together a group of Walton's work made over the last thirty years, all of which deal with the conceptual issues and technical processes of printmaking. Walton passed away while planning this exhibition for The Print Center. This will be the second solo exhibition of Walton's work mounted at The Print Center - the first was presented in 1975. While we mourn his passing, we are grateful for the opportunity to share Walton's insightful work. A Patron Party (details to be announced) will be held in honor of Walton's last work Broken Wing, which he created especially for The Print Center. A special reception celebrating the exhibition and the life of this extraordinary artist will take place on Wednesday, May 26 from 5:00-7:00pm.

Gallery Talk
FREE
Saturday, May 1, 3:30pm

Juror Ingrid Schaffner, Senior Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia will give a gallery talk on the 84th Annual International Competition: Photography in conjunction with the opening reception for the exhibition from 3:00-5:00pm.

Gallery Store Talks
The Print Center Gallery Store artists speak about their approaches, techniques, subject matter and art collecting in an informal environment. Enjoy a 10% discount in the Gallery Store that day. FREE

Saturday, March 20 at 2:00pm
The DIY Quick and Dirty PRINTERESTING SWAP!
Bring your prints, posters, photocopy art, zines, comix, buttons, t-shirts, stickers, chapbooks, mail art, broadsides and any other form of multiple that is ripe for distribution. The Swap is intended for creators to trade the stuff they've made (no sales, only trades) and embrace the gift economy made possible through mass production.

Printeresting began in 2008 as “the thinking person’s favorite online resource for interesting printmaking miscellany.” It was founded by Gallery Store Artists Amze Emmons and Jason Urban along with R.L. Tillman. They can be found at www.printeresting.org.

Saturday, April 3rd at 2:00pm
Outloud: Artist Books Performed
An exhibition and performance of new work from regional and international artists committed to the form of the book. This event is organized by Gallery Store Artists Katie Baldwin and Gregory Pizzoli.

Printing Event with Drive By Press
FREE
Wednesday, March 24, 6:00pm

Drive By Press will present one of their signature one-day-only print events as part of Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious. The entire 1600 block of Latimer Street in front of The Print Center will be closed to traffic as artists Greg Nanney and Joseph Velasquez create a site-specific installation. Come and make your own custom printed t-shirt!

Artist Lecture: Eric Avery
Art as Medicine/Medicine as Art
Saturday, February 27, 2:00pm

Eric Avery, a celebrated printmaker and also a full-time practicing physician, will discuss his art/medicine projects. These include the newly commissioned installation currently on view at The Print Center as part of Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious as well as other projects he has installed at Mary Ryan Gallery (New York, NY), the Contemporary Art Museum (Houston, TX), Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA) and Corcoran Art Gallery (Washington D.C.).

Space is limited. Advance registration encouraged.

RSVP to Eli VandenBerg at evandenberg@printcenter.org or 215.735.6090 x1

Open Book
Saturday, February 20, 2:00-5:30pm
FREE

This event will bring together the artist collectives Space 1026 and Temporary Services, who will be joined by the artists’ bookstore Printed Matter. Each will give presentations on their publications and how they relate to their artistic practice. It will be a wonderful opportunity to collect books, meet the artists and have them personally inscribe their books.

Print Origami Workshop with Space 1026
FREE
Saturday, January 30, 2:00-5:00pm

In conjunction with The Print Center’s Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious opening reception, members of Space 1026 will give a workshop on creating origami forms using prints made by the artists.

Saturday, December 6
6:00-8:00pm
5:00pm Exclusive Champagne Preview

EXPOSED: The Print Center Annual Auction
6:00-8:00pm
5:00pm Exclusive Champagne Preview

Featuring incredible work by Edna Andrade, Andrea M. Baldeck, Diane Burko, Susan Fenton, Carl Fudge, David Graham, Daniel Heyman, Henry Horenstein, Jane Irish, D.W. Mellor, Stuart Netsky, Bruce Pollock, Dieter Roth, Larry Spaid, Shelley Spector, Sarah Van Keuren and an African Safari plus much more! Don’t miss this scandalous evening!

Tickets: $25 in advance, $35 at the door,
$100 preview tickets (includes admission to auction)

ARTIST TALK AND BOOK SIGNING

Wednesday, November 5, 6:00pm

Join us for an artist talk and book signing with renowned photographer David Graham to celebrate the publication of his eighth book, Almost Paradise. For over thirty years, David has traveled the United States, creating a vast photo album of who we are as Americans. In his vivid color pictures, Graham captures the dichotomy of American culture, finding moments that are simultaneously humorous and inspiring. This event is offered in conjunction with an exhibition of David’s photographs at Gallery 339 on view from September 19 - November 6. FREE and open to the public.

During the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours •
East of Broad Street

The Print Center, InLiquid, Philadelphia Center for the Book and Philagrafika will host the Open Portfolio to support printmakers, photographers and book artists in the Philadelphia region whose studios cannot accommodate public visitation. This event will provide a venue for more than 30 artists as part of the citywide Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, to showcase their work to the public in an art fair setting. FREE and open to the public.

The Print Center’s Participating Artist Members

Susan Abrams is a photographer and a papermaker. Her work melds these two media producing unique organic images with a three-dimensional quality. Abrams has showed her work extensively and has recently had solo shows at Nexus Gallery in Philadelphia, the Humanities Gallery in Brooklyn, and the Courthouse Gallery in Lake George. She was a Wind Challenge Exhibition winner and mounted a solo installation at Fleisher Art Memorial in 2007. Her work is included in the permanent collection of The Philadelphia Museum of Art and was exhibited in PMA's 2007 Contemporary Art on Paper and 2005 The Silver Garden.

Niki Berg has been a photographer in New York for thirty years. Her portraits embrace aspects of family dynamics, illness and healing, the beauty of aging. After the death of her father, mother and husband, she began and continues photographing the light, the land and the divinity of nature. Niki’s work has been exhibited worldwide and received numerous awards and honors.

Sandra C. Davis was born in 1960 near Philadelphia. In the 1980s she discovered photography as a way to express her vision. She recently received her MFA and teaches alternative processes at several universities in the tri-state area. Her award-winning images are exhibited nationwide and in public, corporate and private collections.

Gaye Zagurski Harrison received an art education at the Art Students League, Pratt Graphics and the New School. Her work has been in various shows, is in private collections and is currently in a traveling International Miniart Exhibit that is currently touring England.

Laura C. Kelley's photographic wanderings combine a journalist’s urge to report with a theatre artist’s passion to explore the world of a story. Her work has been seen in juried exhibitions at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Perkins Center for the Arts and Haverford Township Free Library, as well as at Open Portfolio 2007.

Louie La Palombara III –
Geek Boy Press all about my fun, geeky creations based on various bits of pop-culture influencing me to create comics, t-shirts and other assorted types of art.

A transplant from Michigan’s suburban Detroit area, Eric McDade moved to Philadelphia in 1996 and received his MFA in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1999. Since then, he’s continued to exhibit his work locally and internationally at such venues as Basekamp, Space 1026 and the Berliner Kunstsalon.

Sophie Sanders graduated with her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. She received her Masters of Arts in Printmaking from the Slade School of Art, University College London, England and is currently a PhD student in Art History at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Sanders has exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2006, she had her first solo museum exhibition at the African American Museum, Dallas, Texas, entitled, "Dust Off Your Feet and Keep On Dancing." This November 2008, Sanders is showing at Vivant Art Collection in Old City, Philadelphia and Es Oro Polymedia Projects in Jersey City, NJ.

Carla Shapiro was born in NYC, grew up in NJ and received her BFA from Syracuse University. She has been teaching for 25 years and currently teaches graduate school at Pratt Institute. As an artist, Shapiro had received many honors and awards including 2 New York Foundation for the Arts Photography Fellowships and a Golden Light Award from the Maine Photographic Workshops. Her work has been shown at galleries and museums throughout the country. Her next solo show will be at The BCB gallery in Hudson, NY.

Thomas Parker Williams lives and works in Philadelphia, PA. Since 1990 he has been exhibiting in Philadelphia and in various group exhibitions in New York and around the United States. His work is in a number of private collections and can be seen at Matthew Izzo in Philadelphia.

SPECIAL EVENT

Tuesday, September 9, 6:00pm
Please join us for an intimate evening with Masao Yamamoto at the spectacular home of Diane Burko and Richard Ryan. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to participate in an informal discussion with this renowned artist.

Tickets begin at $250 per person

Space is limited—reserve a spot now by contacting John Caperton: jcaperton@printcenter.org
or 215.735.6090 x3

Lectures and Gallery Talks

Saturday, May 31, 3:30pm

82nd Annual International Competition: Photography
Gallery Talk by Juror: Joel Smith, Curator of Photography, Princeton University Art Museum

Thursday, June 12, 6:00pm

Henry Horenstein will present a talk on his work, from the early 70s to the present, with an emphasis on book publishing. Over the years, Henry's camera has focused on many subjects, including horse racing, country music, the human body and animals of all sorts. Work from his book Honky Tonk was featured at The Print Center in 2004, and work from his newest book Animalia is currently on view at Gallery 339 (339 S. 21st Street). Henry is also author of Black & White Photography and several other best-selling textbooks. He is professor of photography at Rhode Island School of Design. FREE and open to the public.

Wednesday, July 16, 12:00–1:00pm

The Triumph of Democracy: Inside the Studio:
Benjamin Edwards
In conjunction with the exhibition of recent prints by the highly-regarded Washington, DC artist, Edwards will discuss his complex landscapes, which depict a world over-run with logos, information systems and life mediated by technology. His work is exhibited internationally and is held in public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York. This talk is co-sponsored by The University of the Arts’ Master of Fine Arts Program. The University of the Arts, CBS Auditorium, Hamilton Building, 320 S. Broad Street

Multiple Conversations: An Ongoing Series on Print Collecting

Thursday, June 5, 6:00–8:00pm

Robert Morrison + Lee Stoetzel
Renowned Pop Art print collector and advertising guru Robert Morrison is joined by Lee Stoetzel, curator of the West Collection, Oaks, PA, a challenging contemporary art collection housed in a corporate setting, to discuss philosophies and strategies of collecting.

Thursday, April 24, 5:00-8:30pm

Patron Party 2008
An Evening with Bill Scott
SOLD OUT

The Print Center Board of Governors and Honorary Council invite you to join them for the 2008 Patron Party

Tour: 6pm
A private champagne tour of Bill Scott’s exhibition at The Print Center led by the artist and master printer Cindi R. Ettinger

Dinner: 7pm
An elegant dinner with Bill Scott at the Society Hill home of Julie Jensen Bryan + Robert Bryan

Catering by Shackamaxon

Space is extremely limited, please respond by April 14

For more information: John Caperton, 215.735.6090 x3, jcaperton@printcenter.org

Benefactor
$350 per person ($200 tax deductible)
$500 per couple ($320 tax deductible)

Private champagne tour of the exhibition by Bill Scott and master printer Cindi R. Ettinger at The Print Center

Elegant dinner and conversation with the artist at the Society Hill home of Julie Jensen Bryan and Robert Bryan

An original print by Bill Scott created especially for The Print Center Patron Party to be unveiled that evening

Patron
$250 per person ($220 tax deductible)
$400 per couple ($340 tax deductible)

Private champagne tour of the exhibition by Bill Scott and master printer Cindi R. Ettinger at The Print Center

Elegant dinner and conversation with the artist at the Society Hill home of Julie Jensen Bryan and Robert Bryan

Supporter
$100 per person ($95 tax deductible)

Private champagne tour of the exhibition by Bill Scott and master printer Cindi R. Ettinger at The Print Center

Patron Party Committee
Julie Jensen Bryan + Robert Bryan
Julie + Neil Courtney
Judith Dean + James D. Crawford
Julia B. + Darrell L. DeMoss
Cindi R. Ettinger
Dorothea Frankl + Douglass Paschall
Francine + David Griesing
Penelope Harris
Bobbie + Chip Harvey
Toby Lerner + John Buckley
Ana Maria + John C. Keene
Danielle + C. Scott Kulicke
Frances M. Maguire
Alasdair Nichol
Liz Price + Leonardo Diaz
Joseph Rishel
Judith + Jonathan Stein
Happy + Sam Shipley
N. Lee Stevens

2007

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
The Print Center Annual Auction

Saturday, December 1
Exclusive Champagne Preview: 5pm
Auction: 6-8pm

Andrew Solomon: Wednesday, November 14, 6:00pm
In conjunction with Black Pulse 2000-2007: Doug + Mike Starn, we are pleased to host this renowned contributor to The New York Times, The New Yorker and Artforum and author of The Irony Tower: Soviet Artists in a Time of Glasnost, A Stone Boat and The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression. Solomon’s talk will explore theinterconnection of art and science in the work of the Starns.

Philadelphia Premiere of Ghosts of Abu Ghraib: Reception & Film ScreeningWednesday, May 2, 2007

5:30 – 7:00pm Cocktail Reception with guests Daniel Heyman, Susan Burke and representative from the film production company at The Print Center

7:30pm Film Screening with Introductions and Q&A at The University of the Arts, Gershman Y, Levitt Auditorium, 401 S. Broad Street (Broad & Pine Streets)

Ghost of Abu Ghraib Film Synopsis: The familiar and disturbing pictures of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison raise many troubling questions: How did torture become an accepted practice at Abu Ghraib? Did U.S. government policies make it possible? How much damage has the aftermath of Abu Ghraib had on America's credibility as a defender of freedom and human rights around the world? Acclaimed filmmaker Rory Kennedy looks beyond the headlines to investigate the psychological and political context in which torture occurred. Ghosts of Abu Ghraib is being shown in conjunction with Philadelphia artists Daniel Heyman’s exhibition, Abu Graib Detainee Interview Project on view now through May 5 at The Print Center.

2006

Taken with Time Benefit Dinner with the Artists: 7:30 pm
An elegant dinner with the Artists at the home of Tom Callan and Martin H. McNamara, photography collectors and owners of Gallery 339
Each guest will receive a copy of the exhbition catalog

$350 Per Person ($325 Tax Deductible)
$650 Per Couple ($625 Tax Deductible)

Tuesday, April 4, 2006 6:00pm
Edna Andrade Patron Party Fundraiser

Benefactor level
$350 per person ($305 tax deductible), $600 per couple ($530 tax deductible)

Patron level
$250 per person ($215 tax deductible), $400 per couple ($340 tax deductible)

Space is extremely limited, please respond by March 31. For more information, please contact Jacqueline van Rhyn at 215.735.6090 x3.or jvanrhyn@printcenter.org

February 25, 11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
FRAMED: Frames at cost and 15% off all prints
Special discounts, artist talks and refreshments. Cookies, mulled wine and coffee. Gallery Store Artists will give brief talks about their work. Now is your chance to see the face behind your favorite print or photograph. Featured artists include Robert Asman , Cynthia Back , Charmaine Caire , Nancy Citrino , Candy Depew , David Felderman , John Joyce , Brian Lynch , Jenny Lynn , David Simchock , James Syme , Marlise Tkaczuk and Charlotte Yudis . Email Sarah Eberle, Gallery Store Manager, at seberle@printcenter.org, for a schedule of speakers or more information.

March 10, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Gallery Store Opening at Design Within Reach
Design Within Reach is opening their doors to the art and design community for an exhibition combining hip new prints and photographs from The Print Center Gallery STore with modern furniture following the philosophy “form follows function.” Come take a peek at how artwork from The Print Center can compliment your home and how furniture from Design Within Reach can accentuate your favorite piece of art.

November 16, 2005
Futurama: 90 Years and Beyond
The Print Center Annual Auction
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

April 7, 2005
Patron Party
Our annual Patron Party at the home of E. Tama Williams with honored guest Carl Fudge.

March 4, 2005
Patron Party
Our annual Patron Party at the home of Avi and Judith Eden with honored guest Lesley Dill

2003

The Print Center Auction
Shhh...It's a Speakeasy!
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
5:00-8:00 p.m.

Board Members Sue Wiggins, Jeannie Pearce and Ellen Ragone

Events Committee member, Judith Eden all decked out!

The Live Auction gets lively with auctioneer Todd Kimmell and volunteer David Abernethy

The Print Center Patron Party with Red Grooms
Thursday, October 9, 2003
Hosted by Ligia and David Slovic

Red Grooms leading champagne tour of his exhibition. Jacqueline van Rhyn, Curator of Prints and Photographs in background.

Red Grooms points out his rendition of his wife, Lysiane in his color lithograph ,
Red Bud Diner, 1994

Red Grooms, his wife Lysiane and Patron Party Host David Slovic pause for a picture

3rd Annual Champagne Garden Party
June 19, 2003

Co-Host Michael Shannon and Assistant Director Ashley Peel announce the winner for the designer furniture raffle.

Philadelphia Eagles Christianna Noyalas, Director Christine Filippone, Gallery Store Manager Sarah Eberle and Sandra Bungerz enjoy a glass of champagne.

Barbara Vaitkus of JBH3 & Associates and Honorary Committee member Christopher Beardsley take a moment to pose for the camera.