Forward Press: 21st Century Printmaking

Printmaking Legacy Project® Inc.’s first national print exhibition, Forward Press 21st Century Printmaking, featured ten innovative print artists from across the country who employ the finest examples of hand printed and digital techniques. They explore themes of culture, identity religion, environment, memory and art history. Some work in traditional forms, like lithography, intaglio, relief, and screen printing, while others explore these methods as the basis for large-scale sculpture, collage and integrating technology into printmaking. These artists are changing the way American printmaking is seen and understood.

Click the artist's names to visit their websites, or read about them in the Forward Press Catalogue, available for download. Below is additional information about concurrent workshops, talks and performances held during the exhibition.

Invited Artists
April Flanders, North Carolina
Tom Huck, Missouri
Carrie Lingscheit, Illinois
Beauvais Lyons, Tennessee
Dennis McNett, Texas
Michael Menchaca, Texas
Richard Peterson, California
Nicole Pietrantoni, Washington
Steve Prince, Michigan
Sangmi Yoo, Texas

Press
Washington City Paper: Forward Press at the American University Museum Explores All Manner
of Printmaking

The Washington Post: At the AU Museum, these
10 printmakers are tearing up the rulebook

Download the Forward Press show catalogue!
Featuring bios of all exhibiting artists as well as an interview between Printmaking Legacy Project® Founder, Susan Goldman, and Virginia-based curator and public art administrator, Angela A. Adams.

Related Events

Dennis McNett Residency
March 23 - April 6, 2019

McNett, Found of Wolfbat Studios, created a site-specific installation in the stairwell gallery of American University Museum, at the Katzen Arts Center for the Forward Press 21st American Printmaking exhibition. Dennis is a phenomenal “printstallation” artist, and works with communities across the country to create site specific artworks.

Dennis worked with students from the School of Art at American University (AU) along with students and artists from area university print programs and studios, the McLean Project for the Arts and Arlington County Public Schools.

Gallery Talk: Forward Press
April 6, 2019

Curator of Forward Press 21st Century Printmaking
and Founder of Printmaking Legacy Project®, Susan J. Goldman sat down with the artists of "Forward Press: 21st Century Printmaking" to learn how their works reinterpret centuries-old printmaking techniques in the digital age. Featuring artists April Flanders, Tom Hück, Carrie Lingscheit, Beauvais Lyons, Dennis McNett, Michael Menchaca, Richard Peterson, Nicole Pietrantoni, Steve Prince, and Sangmi Yoo.

Video and description as featured on American University Museum's Youtube page and website.

Dragception
Workshop with Richard Peterson
Saturday, April 13, 2019

Artist Richard Peterson demonstrated his drawing practice from a live performance put on by local drag kings and queens. Audience members were encouraged to draw on iPads themselves and digital prints of their work were available following the performance.

Circling the Line
An Evening of Print and Performance
Thursday, May 9, 2019

Artistic Director of UpRooted Dance®, Keira Hart-Mendoza collaborates with Director of Lily Press® and Founder of Printmaking Legacy Project®, Susan J Goldman, to join interdisciplinary creative styles and craft vibrant works, culminating in a show during the Forward Press 21st Century Printmaking exhibition. UpRooted Dance®, based in the D.C. metro area, uses movement, sound, images, and text to immerse viewers through thought-provoking storytelling. This versatile company produces pathways from audiences to explore dance on stage and in unexpected locations.

Special Thanks in 2020

Donors
Alderman Law Offices
Judy & Bob Butwinick
Wendy Calman & Homer Hogle
Richard L Dana
Jim Epstein
Galena Yorktown Foundation
Ellen Hill & John Godfrey
Carolyn O Goldman Foundation
Emily O Goldman
Michael B Gross & Shelley R Singer
Eve Stockton
Annette M And Theodore N Lerner
Family Foundation Inc
Lily Press® LLC
Owens Technologies Inc
Robert & Lillian Philipson Foundation

Contributors
Angela Calos
Lisa & Doug Clarke
Rosemary & Joseph Cooley
Dorothy Fall
Sheryl Ameen Fiegel
Patricia E Gilbert
Ken Goldhoff
Mary Heiss
Julia Langley
Beauvais Lyons & Dianne Fox
Randi & Jim Mayer
Steven Munoz
Morsel/Nathan Family Charitable Fund
Stan & Paulette Shulman
Ruth Weisberg

Board of Directors
Angela Adams
Claude Elliott
Anita Jung
Barbara A Kerne
Julia Langley
Patricia Underwood

Advisory Committee
Scip Barnhardt
Kevin Bowman
Amelia Hankin Cashin
Matthew T McLaughlin
Keira Hart Mendoza
Steven Munoz
Britta J Peterson
Nancy Sausser
Eve Stockton
Sharon Wolpoff