[photo credit: Pasadena Heritage]
Pasadena Heritage is spotlighting the rise of California printmakers in this year’s Robert Winter Memorial Lecture, “Printing a Legacy: Arroyo Culture and the Rise of California Printmakers.”
The program will explore how prints at the dawn of the 20th century made art accessible to turn-of-the-century homeowners and how the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco marked a turning point for artists across the state.
The lecture, presented by independent researcher and author Susan Futterman, focuses on Pasadena artists Benjamin Brown, Frances Gearhart and Harold Doolittle and their role in forming the Print Makers Society of California.
Through their work and the organization they helped build, the group spread printmaking throughout the Western United States and helped shape California’s artistic legacy.
Following the lecture, guests are invited to a reception featuring light refreshments, along with an exhibition of original period artwork by Gearhart, Doolittle and others.
A special keepsake will be available for in-person attendees.
“Printing a Legacy: Arroyo Culture and the Rise of California Printmakers” will run on Saturday, February 28, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Blinn House, 160 N. Oakland Ave., in Pasadena. For more information, call 626-441-6333 or visit https://www.pasadenaheritage.org/events-tours/printing-a-legacy-arroyo-culture-and-the-rise-of-california-printmakers.
