List of American print clubs
This is a list of American artist printmaking societies and print clubs in chronological order of their founding. Note: The purpose of this timeline is to focus on the organization of artist printmakers into societies, and not to focus on clubs of collectors. The distinction between "society" and "club" is not necessarily reflected in the name of the organization nor in the inclusion of an organization in this list.
| Year | Printmaking society |
|---|---|
| 1866 | French Etching Club, NYC |
| 1877 | New York Etchers Club, NYC |
| 1880s | Boston Etching Club, Boston |
| 1880s-1915 | Philadelphia Society of Etchers |
| 1880s | Cincinnati Etchers Club |
| 1880s | Brooklyn Scratchers Club |
| 1881 | Society of Painter-Etchers, NYC |
| 1888 | Society of American Etchers |
| 1909 | Needle Club, Chicago |
| 1910-1956 | Needle Club incorporated as Chicago Society of Etchers |
| 1912 | California Society of Etchers, San Francisco |
| 1913 | New York Society of Etchers |
| 1913 | California Society of Etchers/Printmakers' first and second annual exhibitions |
| 1914 | Printmakers of Los Angeles |
| 1915 | Print Club of Philadelphia |
| 1916 | New York Society of Etchers becomes Brooklyn Society of Etchers |
| 1917 | Painter-Gravers of America |
| 1921 | Printmakers of Los Angeles becomes Printmakers Society of California |
| 1924 | Cincinnati Print and Drawing Club |
| 1928 | Honolulu Printmakers |
| 1928 | Northwest Printmakers Society |
| 1930 | American Society of Print Collectors, Ohio State University |
| 1930 | Print Club of Rochester |
| 1931 | Buffalo Print Club |
| 1931 | Prairie Printmakers, Wichita, Kansas |
| 1931 | Brooklyn Society of Etchers becomes Society of American Etchers |
| 1931 | Haden Etching Club |
| 1932 | Syracuse {Print Club} |
| 1932 | Woodcut Society |
| 1933 | Society of Washington DC Etchers |
| 1933 | Print Club of Albany |
| 1934 | Indiana Society of Print Makers |
| 1934 | Washington Etchers |
| 1935 | Southern Printmakers Society, Mount Airy, Georgia |
| 1935 | Dallas [Print Club] |
| 1937 | Lone Star Printmakers |
| 1940 | Princeton Print Club |
| 1940-41 | Friends of Contemporary Prints |
| c.1945 | Iowa Print Group |
| 1947 | Boston Printmakers |
| 1952 | Society of American Etchers becomes Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) |
| 1955 | Bay Printmakers |
| 1962 | Los Angeles Printmakers Society |
| 1968 | California Society of Etchers and Bay Printmakers merge to form California Society of Printmakers |
| 1972 | Southern Graphics Council |
| 1991 | The Print Club of New York, NYC |
| 1992 | American Print Alliance |
References
- Goddard class syllabus Goddard, Stephen. History of Art 706, University of Kansas
- Fredericks, Stephen A., personal email correspondence with Maryly A. Snow, 2009
- Kushner, Marilyn S. Genesis of the Twentieth-Century Print Club, pages 82–95, in American Identities: Twentieth-Century Prints from the Nancy Gray Sherrill, Class of 1954, Collection. Wellesley, MA : Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, c2004. 309 pp.
- Lang, Gladys Engel and Kurt Lang (2001). Etched in Memory: The Building and Survival of Artistic Reputation, Second edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 437 pp.
- Peters, Lisa. "Print Clubs in America". Print Collector's Newsletter. July-August 1982. 13 (3): 88–91.