List of American print clubs

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 societyAddressNotes 1839 Apollo Association for the Promotion of the Fine ArtsNew York City, New York 1877 New York Etchers ClubNew York City, New York1880sBoston Etching ClubBoston, Massachusetts 1880s–1915Philadelphia Society of EtchersPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 1880sCincinnati Etchers ClubCincinnati, Ohio1880sBrooklyn Scratchers ClubBrooklyn, New York City, New York1881Society of Painter-EtchersNew York City, New York 1886 French Etching ClubNew York City, New York1888Society of American Etchers1909Needle Club, Chicago1910–1956Needle Club incorporated as Chicago Society of Etchers1912California Society of EtchersSan Francisco, California1913New York Society of Etchers1913 California Society of Etchers/Printmakers' first and second annual exhibitionsSan Francisco, California1914Printmakers of Los AngelesLos Angeles, California1915Print Club of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 1916New York Society of Etchers Brooklyn, New York City, New Yorkbecomes Brooklyn Society of Etchers.1917Painter-Gravers of America1919Print Club of ClevelandCleveland, Ohio1921Printmakers of Los Angeles Los Angeles, Californiabecomes Printmakers Society of California1924Cincinnati Print and Drawing Club1928Honolulu PrintmakersHonolulu, Ohau, Hawaii1928Northwest Printmakers Society1930American Society of Print Collectors, Ohio State University1930Print Club of Rochester Rochester, New York1931Buffalo Print Club1931Prairie Print MakersWichita, Kansas1931Brooklyn Society of Etchers Brooklyn, New York City, New Yorkbecomes Society of American Etchers1931Haden Etching Club1932Syracuse Print Club1932Woodcut Society1933Society of Washington DC EtchersWashington, D. C.1933Print Club of Albany1934Indiana Society of Print Makers1934Washington Etchers1935Southern Printmakers SocietyMount Airy, Georgia1935Dallas Print ClubDallas, Texas1937Lone Star Printmakers1940Princeton Print Club1940–41Friends of Contemporary Printsc.1945 Iowa Print Group1947Boston PrintmakersBoston, Massachusetts1952Society of American Etchers becomes Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA)1955Bay Printmakersmerge to form California Society of Printmakers1962Los Angeles Printmakers SocietyLos Angeles, California1968California Society of Etchers and Bay Printmakers merge to form California Society of Printmakers1972Southern Graphics CouncilUniversity of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina1991The Print Club of New York, NYC New York City, New YorkPCNY website1992American Print Alliance1992Mid America Print CouncilMAPC 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.