The Print Center

8 prints made by Nazanin Noroozi hang in a 2 x 4 grid on The Print Center's gallery wall.

Join us tonight at 6pm (ET) for an Artist Talk with Nazanin Noroozi! She will discuss her career, her artistic inspirations and her unique papermaking process. Both in-person + on Zoom.

False Dawn is on view at The Print Center thru Nov 22.

Photo: Jaime Alvarez

🎉 In the News! Thank you to Pamela J. Forsythe and Broad Street Review for the thoughtful review of our current exhibitions!

We are pleased to share the article with you all: www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/the-...

“False Dawn” and “Memory, Loss” are on view through through November 22.

An event graphic with The Print Center's logo, underneath which reads "1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia PA 19103, www.printcenter.org." The event information is listed at the top, which is repeated in the post's text. Two pictures are featured in the center of the graphic: a black and white portrait of Gerald Cyrus on the left, and a photograph made by Cyrus on the right. Titled "Boy with Ice Cream Cone, Camden," this 2023 image is black and white, depicting a young child of approximately 5 or 6, wearing a Nike t-shirt and holding an ice cream cone with sprinkles up to his mouth. He stands in front of a pickup truck and looks directly into the camera.

Join us for an Artist Talk this THURSDAY with Philadelphia-based photographer Gerald Cyrus, sponsored by the Darryl Chappell Foundation!

Thursday, October 9:
6pm - Reception with refreshments
6:30pm - Artist Talk (in-person + on Zoom)

🔗 Link in bio to register for Zoom. Free + open to the public.

We're deeply grateful for Julie Bryan’s confidence + commitment, allowing us to move confidently into the future, + to build on previous accomplishments to serve the community with vital, thought-provoking exhibitions, public programs + publications dedicated to contemporary photography + print. 3/3

This amazing gift, distributed over 5 years, will launch an Endowment Fund, as well as provide support to care for our treasured, late 19th century building and invest in our outstanding staff. In recognition, our historic home will be named “The Print Center at the Julie Jensen Bryan Building.” 2/3

We are THRILLED to announce a transformational, one-million-dollar gift from long-time supporter Julie Jensen Bryan! 🎉🎉🎉 It is the largest donation received in our 110-year history, and will ensure our ability to thrive into the future. 1/3

New exhibitions on view through November 22!

“Nazanin Noroozi: False Dawn” merges personal + collective histories to draw attention to the complexity of migrant experiences.

“Memory, Loss” presents the work of seven artists who explore the unknowable experience of their loved ones’ dementia.

#ThePrintCenterGalleryStore: Qiaoyi Shi is an educator, illustrator + printmaker based in NY. Often inspired by food, color + the body, Shi creates playful + humorous artworks.

“Sausage Party IV” is a photolithograph, edition of 6, $275

Shop online (🔗 in bio), or email gallerystore@printcenter.org

#ThePrintCenterGalleryStore: Andrew Jeffrey Wright is well known for his screenprints, paintings, drawings and more. His work includes optically and often humorously charged imagery.

“Peace,” 2006, screenprint, 14" x 11", $40

Shop online (🔗 in bio!) or contact us: gallerystore@printcenter.org

A photograph made by Amanda Tinker in which a soft-focus, blurry figure takes up most of the image. Some vines with fern and eucalyptus leaves appear to sit over top of the figure's head, falling in and out of focus. The image is black and white, made with a large format camera.

Amanda Tinker says she “looks at the natural world as if it were held just for our observation, suspended far from any recognizable landscape.”

“Untitled,” 2012, is a platinum/palladium print, 10" x 8", $550.

See more prints in our Gallery Store: shop online (link in bio) or visit us!

Grab a friend + join us on Friday @ 5:30pm for the LAST guided tour we're offering for “Cecilia Paredes: By my side or back of me.” Free to attend + led by our curator!

Registration requested, but not required: info@printcenter.org
Exhibition on view thru July 19
Installation images: Jaime Alvarez

An irregular circular shape on the top half of the paper depicts an image of two sanitation workers dumping trash into the back of an open trash truck. The driver's door is open and a skeleton is peeking out of the truck. On the street, there are parked cars and bags of trash. Underneath the image reads "The Sanitation Worker" and "The Essential Worker" with a decorative line separating the two lines of text. At the bottom of the print is a stamped image of a globe with a banner around the middle of it reading "Welcome Wagon."

#ThePrintCenterGalleryStore: We ❤️ and appreciate sanitation workers!

Rebecca Gilbert’s “The Sanitation Worker/ Essential Worker” is a wood engraving with letterpress, from her series “A Dance of Death in Two Parts.”

Shop online (link in bio!), visit us, or contact us: gallerystore@printcenter.org.

In a gallery space with white walls and a gray floor, paper ribbons hang from the ceiling. They hang in an organic, circular shape from the ceiling, using fishing line to hold the paper up. The paper is held up at various points, imitating the natural movement of smoke in the air. There are approximately six layers of paper ribbons overlapping and hanging together to form a sort of paper tornado in the space. Each ribbon has a single, continuous line of text on it, depicting wishes collected anonymously from people around the world.

Visitors stand in a gallery space looking up at Cecilia Paredes' "Wishes" installation. In a gallery space with white walls and a gray floor, paper ribbons hang from the ceiling. They hang in an organic, circular shape from the ceiling, using fishing line to hold the paper up. The paper is held up at various points, imitating the natural movement of smoke in the air. There are approximately six layers of paper ribbons overlapping and hanging together to form a sort of paper tornado in the space. Each ribbon has a single, continuous line of text on it, depicting wishes collected anonymously from people around the world.

Visitors have shared that Cecilia Paredes’ “Wishes” installation was "so moving," "beautiful," and "it has been a while since a piece had me choked up..." Stop by and experience it for yourself!

“Cecilia Paredes: By my side or back of me,” on view thru July 19. Free to visit, Tue–Sat, 11am–6pm.

THANK YOU to the Philadelphia Cultural Fund for supporting The Print Center as well as Philadelphia's arts community! We are proud and grateful to be a 2025 grantee!

Additional thanks to Mayor Parker, Council President Johnson, as well as all the Council Members At-Large.

#WeArePCF #ThePrintCenter

Endi Poskovic's print, "Mara," is a woodcut. The image depicts the print which has a gradient background from dark blue at the top, turning into medium blue-gray in the center, and finally finishing in a lemony-yellow color at the bottom. Whimsical plants and grass spring up tall against the sky in a leaf green color. On the left, a fantastical, abstract figure looks toward the ground. The figure has no visible arms, but has what looks to be a mixture between a shawl and wings on its shoulders. The figure is entirely pink, wearing a plain cap and dress which obscures its legs. The fabric cascades down in a long train over the rock on which the figure stands or kneels.

The cover of the monograph, "Endi Poskovic: Printworks." It is vibrantly colored with pinks, blues, yellows and greens, depicting the sky and sea, seen between two cliff faces. The imagery is heavily abstracted and textures of the cliffs and water are outlined in thick black lines.

#ThePrintCenterGalleryStore: prints by Endi Poskovic!
Mara, 2023, showcases masterful skill in woodcut & features intricate, bold imagery, as well as carefully layered patterns & forms that create a striking visual impact. Available for $1000. Grab a copy of his lovely monograph for $60. Link in bio

Happy Juneteenth! 🎉 Today, we celebrate freedom – we wish everyone a safe and joyful day!

We encourage you to check out all of the fantastic events happening around the city – check out ‪@billy-penn.bsky.social‬ for their guide to everything taking place in the city, both today and this weekend!

We're excited to be participating in Wawa Welcome America’s Free Museum Days again! Please visit us this Saturday, June 21 from 11am–6pm to see our current exhibition: “Cecilia Paredes: By my side or back of me.”

BTW - if you can't make it this weekend, we’re free to visit EVERY day (Tue–Sat)!

The 👏100th👏 ANNUAL International Competition is OPEN! Deadline: June 16, 11:59pm(ET)

Jurors:
Anders Bergstrom (Hauser & Wirth)
Joshua Chuang (Gagosian)
Lesley Martin (Printed Matter)

Open to artists using photography/printmaking as critical components in their work.
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CONGRATULATIONS to all of the award recipients from the 99th ANNUAL International Competition! We extend huge thanks to the generous donors who allow us to recognize these outstanding artists with more than $8,500 in prizes!
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View full award list here: printcenter.org/99th/

Celebrate the wonderful mothers in your life with a unique gift from our Gallery Store!

A few suggestions...💝
Tamsen Wojtanowski's cyanotype, $150
Harvey Finkle's book, $20
Jessica Todd Harper's book, $55
Janet Towbin's relief print, $150

Shop online (🔗 in bio) or visit us (Tu-Sat, 11am-6pm)!

Next week! Please join us for an Artist Talk with Steven CW Taylor. He will discuss his practice, his lovely wood-bound artist book, his Germantown gallery space and the overarching philosophy of Ubuntu that guides his work.

➡️Thursday, May 8 @ 6pm (ET)
➡️Presented in-person and on Zoom (link in bio)

A white graphic with text reading "Save the Date, June 4, 2025. Dinner Date: The Print Center Celebrates Cecilia Paredes." In the center of the graphic is an image by Paredes, depicting a woman's torso lying face down on a table top with her arms elegantly draped over the edge. The background and table are fully covered in the same floral, yellow fabric, and the woman's arms are painted to match and blend in with the fabric. Only her brown hair stands in contrast to the yellow floral pattern.

Save the date: Wednesday, June 4! 🌸 You’re invited to our spring fundraiser, Dinner Date, celebrating the exceptional artist Cecilia Paredes! The evening begins with a private champagne exhibition tour, followed by an elegant dinner with the artist. Stay tuned for more info + tickets!

Woodcut print by Cynthia Back. The image features a zoomed in view of a tree with textured bark and partially covered by ivy. Branches protrude from the left side of the trunk with moss on the tops of them. Smaller branches hang down from the top with small, light green leaves on the branches. The background is an abstracted forest view of greens and tan/brown colors.

#ThePrintCenterGalleryStore: Cynthia Back uses both natural and urban environments as inspiration, working in the challenging technique of reduction woodcut, using bold colors and mark making.

“Backyards,” 2020, woodcut, 14" x 14", edition of 6, $300

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Grab a friend + join us for a guided tour of our current exhibition, “Cecilia Paredes: By my side or back of me.”

Tour times:
➡ TOMORROW! Wed, April 30, 12pm
➡ Wed, May 28, 12pm
➡ Fri, June 6, 5:30pm
➡ Fri, July 18, 5:30pm

RSVP is requested, but not required. Email info@printcenter.org.

See our new Window On Latimer, "Cecilia Paredes: Eve II” in our bay window until 4/17!

“Eve II” address the experience of displacement and relocation. Learn more using the link in our bio.

Join us on Thursday for the Opening Reception of “Cecilia Paredes: By my side or back of me,” 5:30–7:30pm.

printPHILLY! 2025 The third annual printPHILLY! print fair will take place April 12 from 10am-4pm at the the Parkway Central Library at 1901 Vine Street.2025 ParticipantsAmerican Color Print Society (ACPS)Arcadia Un…

DON’T MISS the printPHILLY! Fair this weekend - the Guest Speaker is our Curator, Lauren Rosenblum!

➡ Saturday, April 12, 10am – 4pm (Lauren is speaking at 11am)
➡ @ Parkway Central Library (1901 Vine St)
➡ 40+ vendors
➡ Free + open to the public
➡ Learn more: printphilly.org/printphilly-...

Image of The Print Center's gallery space, featuring three artworks by William Camargo hanging on a white wall.

Image of The Print Center's gallery space, featuring six artworks by Juana Estrada Hernandez hanging on a white wall.

Image of The Print Center's gallery space, featuring three artworks by Alanna Airitam hanging on a white wall.

LAST CHANCE to see these thought-provoking exhibitions!
“Alanna Airitam: Black Diamonds: The Black Outlaw Bikers”
"William Camargo: The Sense of Brown"
and
“Juana Estrada Hernández: !Echale Ganas!”

Learn more about all three shows using the link 🔗 in our bio.

Installation photos: Jaime Alvarez

Save the date for the third annual printPHILLY! print fair on Saturday, April 12!

This fair is free and open to the public and will be held at the Parkway Central Library, Free Library of Philadelphia (1901 Vine St), from 10am – 4pm.

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We hope you can join us, but it will also be recorded and available on our website afterwards in case you can't tune in live!

Thursday: Artist Talk with Alanna Airitam on Zoom!

We will explore the work from @alannaairitam.bsky.social's "Black Diamonds" series and learn more about her artistic career.

➡️ March 20 @ 6pm (ET)
➡️ Zoom: shorturl.at/hKrEg

📸 Self portrait of Alanna Airitam; “Nikon, Chosen Few Tucson,” 2022