The Print Center

Specialties

The Print Center encourages the growth and understanding of photography and printmaking as vital contemporary arts through exhibitions, publications and educational programs. For more information about The Print Center and exhibitions log onto www​.print​cen​ter​.org

History

Established in 1915.

Founded in 1915 as one of the first venues in this country dedicated to the appreciation of prints, The Print Club supported the «dissemination, study, production, and collection of works by printmakers, American and foreign.» In 1942, The Print Club donated its collection of prints to the Philadelphia Museum of Art forming the core of their fledgling print department. Exhibitions have featured the work of Mary Cassatt, Pablo Picasso, Dox Thrash, Jasper Johns, Ansel Adams, Art Spiegelman, and more recently Kara Walker, Jerry Uelsmann, John Coplans, Kerry James Marshall, Nancy Spero and Leon Golub, Ann Hamilton, Vera Lutter, Abelardo Morell and Doug and Mike Starn.

In 1996, The Print Club changed its name to The Print Center to mark its commitment to serve both its members and the community.

Meet the Manager

Steven A.

Manager

Steven Alvarez joined The Print Center in summer of 2014 as the Director of Sales. Prior to joining The Print Center’s team, he managed over 20 artists developing exhibitions and sales alongside the director at Gallery 339, Philadelphia’s première commercial photography gallery. After leaving that position in 2013, he succesfully organized and installed Art Unleashed 2014, an annual scholarship fundraiser at the University of the Arts, where he was the main liasion between over 1,000 working artists and the Development and Alumni Relations offices. Steven holds a BFA in Photography from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and can often be found behind his beloved Mamiya RB-​67 or playing with fire in the Platinum/​Palladium «dim room.»