The Print Center 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
America Today: Voices in Contemporary Print, is a groundbreaking exhibition that brings together contemporary artworks from six mission-based printshops across the US, reflecting on the state of American democracy. Organized at the nation’s 250th anniversary, the exhibition illuminates the connections between printmaking and issues of civic life. In addition, the project comprises public programs, partner convenings and a publication.
The title America Today, refers back to a significant New Deal-era print exhibition of the same name. Both exhibitions highlight new voices in American printmaking that advocate for a consequential form of cultural democracy, with works varied in subject and style, and expansive in their ability to reflect the politics of communities nationwide.
The exhibition includes recent prints from six workshops: Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA; Coronado printstudio, Austin, TX; Crow’s Shadow Institute for the Arts, Pendleton, OR; EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY; Self Help Graphics & Art, Los Angeles, CA; and the Women’s Studio Workshop, Kingston, NY.
Artists in the exhibition: Natalie Ball, Chakaia Booker, Alex Callender, Raven Chacon, Pepe Coronado, Lizania Cruz, Laurie Darby, Ka’ila Farrell-Smith, Sandra Fernández, Consuelo Flores, Luis-Genaro Garcia, Melissa Govea, kimi malka hanauer, Priscilla Hernandez, Kate Horvat, Sedrick Huckaby, Benito Huerta, KaKeArt (Ann E. Kalmbach and Tatana Kellner), Baseera Khan, Lehuauakea, José Lozano, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Álvaro D. Márquez, Dindga McCannon, Glendalys Medina, Ayanah Moor, Odili Donald Odita, Howardena Pindell, Robert Pruitt, Wendy Red Star, Karen Revis, Kenny Rivero, Yelaine Rodriguez, Sky Syzygy, Marie Watt, Michael Kelly Williams, Tona Wilson
