List of American print clubs explained

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	Address	Notes
1866	French Etching Club	New York City, New York	^[1]
1877	New York Etchers Club	New York City, New York	^[2]
1880s	Boston Etching Club	Boston, Massachusetts	^[3]
1880s–1915	Philadelphia Society of Etchers	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1880s	Cincinnati Etchers Club	Cincinnati, Ohio
1880s	Brooklyn Scratchers Club	Brooklyn, New York City, New York
1881	Society of Painter-Etchers	New York City, New York
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, California
1913	New York Society of Etchers
1913	California Society of Etchers/Printmakers' first and second annual exhibitions	San Francisco, California
1914	Printmakers of Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California
1915	Print Club of Philadelphia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1916	New York Society of Etchers	Brooklyn, New York City, New York	becomes Brooklyn Society of Etchers.
1917	Painter-Gravers of America
1919	Print Club of Cleveland^[4]	Cleveland, Ohio
1921	Printmakers of Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	becomes Printmakers Society of California
1924	Cincinnati Print and Drawing Club
1928	Honolulu Printmakers	Honolulu, Ohau, Hawaii
1928	Northwest Printmakers Society
1930	American Society of Print Collectors, Ohio State University
1930	Print Club of Rochester	Rochester, New York
1931	Buffalo Print Club
1931	Prairie Print Makers	Wichita, Kansas
1931	Brooklyn Society of Etchers	Brooklyn, New York City, New York	becomes Society of American Etchers
1931	Haden Etching Club
1932	Syracuse Print Club
1932	Woodcut Society
1933	Society of Washington DC Etchers	Washington, D. C.
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	Dallas, Texas
1937	Lone Star Printmakers
1940	Princeton Print Club
1940–41	Friends of Contemporary Prints
c.1945	Iowa Print Group
1947	Boston Printmakers	Boston, Massachusetts
1952	Society of American Etchers		becomes Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA)
1955	Bay Printmakers		merge to form California Society of Printmakers
1962	Los Angeles Printmakers Society	Los Angeles, California
1968	California Society of Etchers and Bay Printmakers		merge to form California Society of Printmakers
1972	Southern Graphics Council	University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina	^[5]
1991	The Print Club of New York, NYC	New York City, New York	PCNY website
1992	American Print Alliance
1992	Mid America Print Council		MAPC website

References

• Engelbrecht, Theresa Moir. "Inter-Collected: The Shared History of the Print Club and Museum Collection," Art in Print Vol. 7 No. 2 (July–August 2017).
• Fredericks, Stephen A., personal email correspondence with Maryly A. Snow, 2009
• Goddard class syllabus Goddard, Stephen. History of Art 706, University of Kansas
• 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.
• Book: Lang, Gladys Engel and Kurt Lang. Etched in Memory: The Building and Survival of Artistic Reputation, Second edition. 2001. Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 437 pp.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Etchers of Paris: 1850-1900. 2021-08-19. Brooklyn Museum.
2. Web site: 2006. American Etchers Abroad, 1880-1939. 2021-08-19. www.tfaoi.com. Brandywine River Museum.
3. Peters. Lisa. 1982. Print Clubs in America. The Print Collector's Newsletter. 13. 3. 88–91. 44131087 . 0032-8537.
4. Book: Bradley . Barbara J. . 1994 . The Print Club of Cleveland: 1969-1994 . Cleveland . The Print Club of Cleveland . 0940717247.
5. Web site: Burk. Teresa. Research Guides: Atlanta Print Collection: SGC International Print Portfolios. 2021-08-19. SCAD Libraries. en.