Brandywine Workshop and Archives explained

Brandywine Workshop and Archives
Founder:Allan L. Edmunds
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Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The Brandywine Workshop and Archives (BWA) is a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania created to produce limited-edition screen-printed fine art.

History

BWA was founded by Allan L. Edmunds in 1972 as the Brandywine Graphic Workshop.[1] Originally located in the predominantly Black and Hispanic area of North Philadelphia, the workshop registered as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt cultural institution in 1974.[2] [3]

The workshop moved to 1520 Kater Street in South Philadelphia then to 730 South Broad Street.[2]

The BWA provided educational programs as well as residencies for artists from around the United States.[4] Prints from the BWA are in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[4] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,[5] and the Harvard Art Museums.[1]

In 2012 the Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibited the retrospective Full Spectrum: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop.[4] In 2022 the Harvard Art Museums exhibited the retrospective Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Exhibitions, Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities . Harvard Art Museums . 5 June 2022 . en.
  2. Web site: Our History . Brandywine Workshop and Archives . 5 June 2022.
  3. Web site: Cohen . Sarah R. . PRINT WORKSHOPS U.S.A. II—A LISTING . The Print Collector's Newsletter . 5 June 2022 . 217 . 1993.
  4. Web site: Full Spectrum: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop . Philadelphia Museum of Art . 5 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Making Community: Prints from Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Brodsky Center at PAFA, and Paulson Fontaine Press . PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . 5 June 2022 . 29 October 2019.
  6. Web site: On View: See Images From ‘Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities’ Exhibition at Harvard Art Museums . Culture Type . 5 June 2022 . 24 March 2022.