Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Brandywine Workshop and Archives
Formation1972 (1972)
FounderAllan L. Edmunds
Location
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Websitebrandywineworkshopandarchives.org

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]

References

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