November 27, 2017
Author: Kate Garman
You Will Never Have the Comfort of Our Silence Again
August 18 – October 8, 2017
Amy Cousins’ large-scale sculptures and installations are based on her research into rare protest ephemera, out-of-print feminist newspapers, and first-person accounts of radical queer histories. From the Lesbian Feminist Declaration of 1976 to the Gay Liberation Dances that emerged across the U.S. in the 1970s, Cousins reimagines these remarkable yet poorly documented events and reveals captivating examples of inventiveness in queer protest. Her sculptural reinterpretations are produced with a range of processes and materials: wall hung appliqué textile figures, text made from shag fabric, a ten-foot-tall papier-mâché puppet, and an off-kilter tufted patent leather vinyl vitrine—complete with kinky lavender fur—to name a few.
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April 18, 2017
Author: Ryan Hewlett
Listen to his interview as he describes his work as a “Technological Disobedience Teacher”
http://www.theartblog.org/2017/04/grimaldi-baez-is-teacher-community-art-practitioner-printmaker-drawing-machine-maker-driven-by-commitment-to-social-justice-and-hatred-of-poverty/
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November 17, 2015
Author: amze
Tyler Alumni Lisa Yuskavage came to give a talk about her career and launch her new monograph. We were so delighted when she asked to tour the printmaking studios!
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November 17, 2015
Author: amze
In collaboration with students from the Tyler Glass program our advanced undergraduate students mounted a stunning exhibition in Tyler's main atrium. You can't miss it. Don't miss it!
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November 17, 2015
Author: amze
This fall saw The Print Center of Philadelphia celebrate it's 100th anniversay with a 100 events around the city including a host of related exhibitions, panel discussions, murals, interventions, and general print mayhem. The festivities culmulating with a gala celebration this past Saturday. Many faculty and students volunteered at the event with featured costumes by Dennis McNett (of Wolfbat Studio fame) and a performance by Andrew Jeffery Wright (of Space1026 fame).
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November 17, 2015
Author: amze
A recent Sunday found printmaking faculty, grads and undergrads at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to see the Printmaking Now panel discussion. The panel was moderated by Sarah Suzuki, from the Museum of Modern Art, who lead a discussion about the current state of print with artists Rirkrit Tiravanija and Elizabeth Peyton, and David Lasry, founder and director of Two Palms Press. We were excited to hear the panel and talk with the participants afterwards.
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November 17, 2015
Author: amze
This November we headed off on our annual field trip to Print Week NYC. While there we visiting the print fairs and a number of related gallery exhibitions in Chelsea. While there we visited with printmaking faculty, Prof. Amze Emmons who was working at the Printeresting booth ath the E/AB fair.
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October 20, 2015
Author: amze
October 26th-30th
In collaboration with Temple Contemporary, Letterproeftuin will be coming all the way from Rotterdam to set up a design & print lab in the gallery. We look forward to working closely with them to produce some new work!
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October 20, 2015
Author: amze
October 22nd
Sandra Lapage
& Carlos Pileggi
All the way from Sao Paulo, Brazil, this dynamic team will present their work, tell us about the booming art scene in their hometown, and meet with graduate students.
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June 16, 2015
Author: Alexander Barnett
Printmaking majors Karly Avrach, Christina Giancola and MFA student Megan Nolde helped Professor Richard Hricko and technicians Adam Blumberg and John Williams move a recently aquired platen press and cabinets of letterpress type into the Printmaking studio. According to Professor Hricko, "students will be able to use the platen press as a part of our Book Structures course, expanding the options in our curriculum."
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