Latest Document Display Explores PHL's The Print Center & Violet Oakley

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Latest Document Display Explores PHL's The Print Center & Violet Oakley

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Print is dead, or so drone digital media's arrivistes. This may come as a shock to Philadelphia's The Print Center as it celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, making it one of the oldest organizations dedicated to graphic arts in the United States. As part of the centennial celebrations, HSP's latest document display explores 100 years of The Print Center, including records from the organization's early days (HSP holds The Print Center's adminstrative records). 

Also featured in the display is the work of pioneering female painter, stained glass artist, and muralist, Violet Oakley. The first American woman to receive a public mural commission, Oakley is reponsible for more than 40 murals in the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, as well as other pieces across the country. She also became a chief proponent of the emerging image of the educated, modern, and liberated "New Woman."