SAGA Fine Print Exhibition and Handing It Down

Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

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• Date Thursday, May 18, 2023 - Saturday, July 01, 2023

The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve (AAWR) sustains Ohio’s artistic heritage by preserving and exhibiting the artwork of prominent Ohio visual artists who are known as Archived Artists. The AAWR advances their artistic legacies by presenting exhibitions and educational... more

Beginning this May, the Artists Archives is thrilled to host a Fine Print Exhibition featuring the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA), one of the nation’s oldest organizations dedicated to creative printmaking. Based in New York City, SAGA was founded in 1915 to promote the advancement of the graphic arts. Over their 108-year history, they have exhibited such preeminent modern artists as Henri Matisse, Mary Cassatt, Käthe Kollwitz, Edward Hopper, Joseph Pennell, and Pablo Picasso, and continue to count some of the world’s most accomplished printmakers among their ranks.

The exhibition at the Artists Archives will include over 50 prints produced by their internationally renowned membership. Curator Mindy Tousley describes, “As one would expect from such an esteemed organization, the work submitted was emblematic of the quality and professionalism of its members. While the chosen pieces varied widely, there was a common bond expressed among the artists, and that was the love they held for printmaking…this exhibition is a celebration of their years of experience and love of the art form.”

Marcia Scurfield, Teter Locks, Reduction relief print, 19.75 x 25.5”