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Wednesday, October 1st, 2025

12:00PM - 1:00PM ET

Whose America? Reflections on America at 250

Presented by Print Council of America.

What is an American and how has the American experience been defined since the nation’s founding? Coinciding with the U.S. Semiquincentennial, the National Gallery of Art and Princeton University Art Museum are planning exhibitions of works on paper that engage these questions. The National Gallery’s Dear America: Artists Explore the American Experience gathers 100+...

Tuesday, October 7th, 2025

9:00 AM - 10:00AM ET

Private Tour of Exhibition "Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson"

Presented by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A private tour of the upcoming exhibition "Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson" will be led by curator Jennifer Farrell at The Met Fifth Ave.

The exhibition features over 100 artworks made over the course of Wilson’s career...

Wednesday, October 15th, 2025

12:00PM - 1:00PM ET

The Goncourt Brothers and the Language of Etching: Prints, Process, Prose.

Presented by the Association of Print Scholars.

Join us for a discussion of the significant and often surprising links between printmaking and literature during the nineteenth-century French etching revival. This lecture offers a fresh perspective on the revival through the work of Edmond and Jules de Goncourt: novelists, diarists, art historians, collectors, and etchers...

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025

12:00PM - 1:00PM ET

John Wilson: Visions of a Printmaker

Presented by Print Council of America.

Printmaking played a central role in the oeuvre of John Wilson. He experimented with a variety of techniques over the course of a career spanning more than six decades. As a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, he created powerful prints focused on his Roxbury neighborhood, racial and economic injustice, labor, and fascism. He continued to experiment with...

Friday, October 3rd, 2025

12:00PM -1:15PM ET

Witnessing Humanity: The Drawings and Prints of John Wilson

Presented by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Held in conjunction with the concurrent landmark exhibition at The Met, “Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson”, this panel explores the working process of the American artist John Wilson (1922-2015), with a focus on his iconic portraits of Martin Luther King Jr., in etchings, drawings, and his 1986 memorial statue of the civil rights...

Wednesday, October 8th, 2025

12:00PM - 1:00PM ET

Pushing the Screen: Brand X Editions and the Art of Innovation.

Presented by the Association of Print Scholars.

Moderated by Christina Taylor, this conversation brings together master printer Robert Blanton, lead chromist and studio director Tamsin Doherty, and publisher/partner David DeSanctis to explore the technical and artistic innovations that have defined Brand X Editions...

Friday, October 17th, 2025

6:00PM - 8:00PM ET

IFPDA Foundation Benefit hosted by Christie's


The IFPDA Foundation and Christie’s invite you to an exclusive evening of cocktails, conversation, and the opportunity to engage with special guests in support of the IFPDA Foundation. Join us as we celebrate the arts and the vibrant community that supports printmaking.

Tickets benefit the IFPDA Foundation, supporting initiatives that foster increased diversity among arts professionals...

Monday, October 27th, 2025

12:00PM - 1:00PM ET

From the WPA to Brand X Editions: The Long History of Screenprinting at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Presented by Print Council of America.

Louis Marchesano and Laurel Garber will discuss the history of collecting and exhibiting screenprints at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. From Carl Zigrosser’s support of “serigraphy,” to Richard Field’s landmark 1971 “Silk Screen: History of a Medium” exhibition, to the recent addition of the Brand X Edition archive...

Monday, October 6th, 2025

12:00PM - 1:00PM ET

Krishna Reddy’s Artistic Innovations, Teaching Philosophy, and Enduring Influence on Printmaking in New York City

Presented by Print Council of America.

After his work at Atelier 17 in Paris, Krishna Reddy moved to New York City, where he made a profound impact on the tradition of printmaking in America as an artist, teacher, and philosopher. Reddy is best known for his development of color viscosity printing, a technique that expanded both the...

Thursday, October 9th, 2025

6:00PM - 8:00PM ET

Private Reception and Viewing of "Data Consciousness: Reframing Blackness in Contemporary Print"

Presented by Print Center New York.

Please join us on Thursday, October 9th at 6PM to celebrate the exhibition "Data Consciousness: Reframing Blackness in Contemporary Print", on view at Print Center New York. The exhibition brings together work by Black contemporary artists who explore expanded modes of printmaking to question the complex interplay...

Monday, October 20th, 2025

12:00PM - 1:00PM ET

Printing Black America

Presented by Print Center New York.

In conjunction with the exhibition "Data Consciousness: Reframing Blackness in Contemporary Print", currently on view at Print Center New York, join us for a virtual conversation featuring printers from shops across the United States who collaborated on the history-making project "Printing Black America: Du Bois's Data Portraits in the 21st Century" (2025) by William Villalongo and Shraddha Ramani...

Wednesday, October 29th, 2025

12:00PM - 1:30PM ET

Printmaking, Mobility, and Artistic Networks from the 15th century to the 20th.

Presented by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This session, exploring topics in printmaking from the early modern period to the present, is organized annually by the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in association with the IFPDA. This year’s speakers explore themes of travel, itinerancy, transnationalism, and networking...

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