Printmaking Legacy Project ® preserves and disseminates the legacy, history, practice and understanding of the fine art of printmaking to the national and international arts community, students and to the general public. The project documents the collaboration among universities, workshops and professional print studios and how their participants fundamentally changed the course of development in American printmaking and American art. Through fundraising to support public programs, including lectures and workshops, and the creation of a vast archive of documentary interviews of artists and art professionals, the Printmaking Legacy Project bridges the gap between the founders of American printmaking, those working in printmaking today, young artists, students and the general public.
Meet the Team
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Susan J Goldman, Director
Susan J Goldman, artist, master printmaker, curator and filmmaker, is Founding Director of Printmaking Legacy Project® (PLP®), a non-profit dedicated to the documentation, preservation and conservation of printmaking practice and history. She was curator for Forward Press: 21st American Printmaking, PLP®’s premier 2019 major national print exhibition for the greater Washington DC community, at the American University Museum, Katzen Center for the Arts. Goldman is also director and owner of the printmaking studio, Lily Press®, in Rockville, Maryland. Goldman received a National Endowment for the Arts Grant 2011-12, as producer and director of Midwest Matrix®, an hour-long documentary videotape/DVD on the fine art printmaking tradition of the American Midwest. Goldman exhibits nationally and internationally and her work is in private and public collections worldwide. To see more of her work visit www.susangoldman.net or contact her at susangoldman@lilypress.com |
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Emma Dardis, Marketing Specialist and Graphic Designer
Emma Dardis is an artist, video editor and graphic designer. She graduated from George Mason University in 2021 with a BA in Graphic Design and minor in Tourism and Events Management. She is currently working as the Marketing Specialist and Graphic Designer for George Mason University's Operations and Business Services office. As well as working freelance as both and artist and designer. www.emdardis.com |
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Jessica Flacksenburg, Transcriber, Research and Assistant Video Editor
Jessica Flacksenburg is a recent graduate of Elon University in North Carolina, with majors in Political Science and History. Her undergraduate thesis was entitled "Analyzing Power and Ideological Bias in U.S. Textbooks: A Case Study of the Bill of Rights Institute". She is currently Gallerist and Assistant Events Coordinator at Longview Gallery Washington, DC and works as membership Assistant at American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. She is transcriber, research and video editor assistant for Printmaking Legacy Project®. |
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Erwin W. Thamm, Technical Guru
Erwin (Elmo) Thamm is an artist, printmaker, photographer and video editor. Thamm has printed with Lily Press, Sargent-Thamm, and Navigation Press, working with many prominent American artists such as William Wiley, Renee Stout and Michael Gross. He is retired from George Mason University where he was the Assistant Manager of Digital Arts. As a student at Mason he graduated magna cum laude, BFA In printmaking and Co-founded the GMU Printmakers Guild. Created a partnership in the artist duo Sargent-Thamm building on a collection of works named “Witness” and together are artistic contributors to Honor Flight, bringing WWII veterans to their memorial. www.sargent-thamm.com |
Board of Directors 2022
Daniel R. Dwyer, Lawyer, Community Volunteer, Rockville, MD
Nina Chung Dwyer, Artist, Adjunct Professor, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
Preston Sampson, Artist, Silver Spring, MD
Eve Stockton, Artist, Alexandria, VA
Patricia C. Underwood, Artist, Castleton, VA
Advisory Board 2022
Sharon Wolpoff, Artist, Kensington, MD