75th Anniversary – American Color Print Society
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Celebrating the 75th Anniversary, The American Color Print Society
The American Color print Society [ACPS] will be celebrating their 75th anniversary with
their
November 2014 OPEN EXHIBITION at the historic Plastic Club in
Philadelphia: Sunday ,2 November through 26 November,2014. It will be a part of
the Festivities, which should include balloons and dinner, t.V. , radio and print
coverage, personages and an auction as well as other events in the planning. The
Reception will be Sunday afternoon, at 2pm. We anticipate welcoming All to our
party-reception, located at 247 South Camac Street., Philadelphia ,PA.
The ACPS was founded in1939, in Philadelphia, its purpose to make acceptable the use
of color in fine art prints. Prior to this,the reigning concept was that art prints should
be Black and White, a traditional idea grown over time and historic preference ,as
well as technical possibilities. Avant-garde artists met and determined to modernize
the aesthetics of print-making : in 1940, 85 members of the Society had their
exhibition at the Philadelphia Print Club, now the Print Center.
The 75th exhibition of the Society, now a recognized national art organization, will
celebrate with this exhibition at our long time Center City home-the historic
Philadelphia Plastic Club . The Plastic Club, founded in 1897, responded to a then
avant-garde idea: women could not join the exclusive male art clubs and so founded
their own Plastic Art Club. The building of 1824 was purchased in 1909 and has been
maintained by its now co-ed artists ever since and remains “home” to The American
Color Print Society. There is an affinity between these two organizations: a desire to
modernize, to alter an outdated status quo and thus enhance and be relevant to
modern art aesthetics. The national ACPS continues to encourage experimentation and
relevance in all aspects of Print making; color lithography, block printing, etching ,
intaglio , monotype, and digital printing, as well as a combination of these technique
and collage. There is experimentation with color use, chemicals, materials, and the
myriad of possible combinations, as will be amply demonstrated.
The American Color Print society is professionally recognized, with historic its files
maintained in the Philadelphia Historic Society. ACPS has remained a National
dedicated organization of Print Artists, older and younger reflecting with their Art their
individual world view. Renown members have included: Mildred Dillon, Stella Drabkin,
Marlene Adler, Thelma Grobes ,Elizabeth MacDonald and Michael Kuncevich, Victor
Lasuchin, Ron Wyffels, Toni Rosati and Jack Gerber, to mention a selected few.
We hope that this brief background letter is informative, and quirky and motivating
enough to pique your interest. Certainly we hope that you will contact our President,
Carole J.Meyers: phone 215 938 7127, or mail at P.O. Box 625,Bryn Athyn, PA.19009.
Sy Hakim
Further and current details of the celebrations will be found at
www.americancolorprintsociety.org
Sy Hakim