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The Print Center Nonprofit gallery dedicated to contemporary photography and print.

The Print Center encourages the growth and understanding of photography and printmaking as vital contemporary arts through exhibitions, publications and educational programs.

Join our Team! 🙂 We are accepting applications for a part-time Administrative Assistant (Saturdays). ✔️ Full details: li...
10/16/2026

Join our Team! 🙂 We are accepting applications for a part-time Administrative Assistant (Saturdays). ✔️ Full details: link in bio 🔗
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Administrative Assistants support the full team at The Print Center and have responsibilities including acting as a point of contact for visitors, assisting the Gallery Store Manager with artwork inventory management, keeping the Gallery Store clean/organized, assisting with administrative tasks and our Membership Program, among other things.
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Reach out with questions to [email protected].
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🤠 RESCHEDULED!Want to hang out with some horses, see the historic club that inspired “Concrete Cowboy,” AND enjoy a cowb...
10/16/2026

🤠 RESCHEDULED!
Want to hang out with some horses, see the historic club that inspired “Concrete Cowboy,” AND enjoy a cowboy BBQ?! 🐴 On Sunday, November 8, The Print Center and are partnering to host a Field Trip and Picnic at Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club! Guests will enjoy a tour of the club and a picnic lunch. Tickets required.

Fletcher Street is pictured in many of Ron Tarver’s photographs, currently on view in The Print Center's exhibition “The Long Ride Home, Black Cowboys in America.” Fletcher Street's mission aims to preserve Philadelphia’s Black horsemen history and traditions, create bonds in the community and create a safe space where local youth can learn and grow through equestrian activities. Learn more on ’s website.
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📅 Sunday, November 8
🕐 12 – 3pm
📍 At Fletcher Street
🎟 Ticket required: $10 for general public (link 🔗 in bio)
🎟️ Tickets free for Swarthmore students (sign up via swarthmore.edu/cooper-series)
➡️ Ticket includes a picnic lunch. Transportation not included.
Thank you to for sponsoring the program!
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Images courtesy of Fletcher Street
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From : Consuelo G. Flores is a playwright, poet, visual artist and prolific altarista who has made Día de los Mu***os c...
10/05/2026

From : Consuelo G. Flores is a playwright, poet, visual artist and prolific altarista who has made Día de los Mu***os celebrations of life for prominent cultural centers, museums and universities throughout the US. Her work advocates for Mexican and Chicana/o cultural traditions as socially and politically meaningful. Her Día de los Mu***os work has been noted by scholars, and national media outlets including the Associated Press, LA Times and NPR. Flores is an educator, lecturer and workshop leader on traditional and contemporary Mexican and Mexican-American celebrations.
•flores created this print to commemorate Self Help Graphic & Art's 2026 Día de los Mu***os celebration. Flores said, “The focus of this print is on the children featured and the potential that was lost when they died in the hands of Border Patrol custody. This is a call back and reminder to our immigrant past, of the many transplants from other countries, of my own siblings who entered this country as children.”
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Purchase of this print directly supports 's Día de los Mu***os events in Los Angeles, which is the longest running public commemoration of its kind in the country, and will sustain their arts and cultural programming.
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Consuelo G. Flores's "Monarchs and Migration: Children at the Border of Freedom," is a screenprint, 26 ½” x 20”, in an edition of 50, available for $650.
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If you are interested in learning more or making a purchase, shop online (link 🔗 in bio!), visit us at The Print Center, or contact us at [email protected] with any questions.
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Want to hang out with some horses this weekend, see the historic club that inspired “Concrete Cowboy,” AND enjoy a cowbo...
09/29/2026

Want to hang out with some horses this weekend, see the historic club that inspired “Concrete Cowboy,” AND enjoy a cowboy BBQ?! 🐴 This Sunday, October 4, The Print Center and Swarthmore College are partnering to host a Field Trip and Picnic at Fletcher Street Riding Club! Guests will enjoy a tour of the club and a picnic lunch. Tickets required.

Fletcher Street is pictured in many of Ron Tarver’s photographs, currently on view in “The Long Ride Home, Black Cowboys in America.” Their mission aims to preserve Philadelphia’s Black horsemen history and traditions, create bonds in the community and create a safe space where local youth can learn and grow through equestrian activities. Learn more on ’s website.
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📅 Sunday, October 4
🕐 12 – 3pm
📍 At Fletcher Street
🎟 Ticket required: $10 for general public (https://printcenter.org/event/fletcher-street-field-trip/)
🎟️ Ticket free for Swarthmore students (sign up: https://www.swarthmore.edu/cooper-series/black-western-culture-through-music-film-and-art)
➡️ Ticket includes a picnic lunch. Transportation not included.
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Thank you to Unique Photo for sponsoring the program!
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Images courtesy of Fletcher Street
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ANNOUNCING: the 101st ANNUAL International Competition winners! 🎉Many thanks to our fantastic jurors Pepe Coronado () an...
09/28/2026

ANNOUNCING: the 101st ANNUAL International Competition winners! 🎉
Many thanks to our fantastic jurors Pepe Coronado () and Shana Lopes () for their diligent review work, and to the 460+ artists who submitted!
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FINALISTS:
Alexander Cassetti -
Ruben Castillo -
Maria Dore
Zimu Fang -
Brandon Foushée -
Morgan Levy -
Benjamin Muñoz -
Ahndraya Parlato -
Emma Ressel - .ressel
Penelope Umbrico -
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SEMIFINALISTS:
Ron Abram -
Mariana Astete - .ashl
Linda Behar -
Patrick Carew -
David Christensen -
Annie Claflin -
Sandra C. Fernandez -
Annalise Gratovich -
Garrett Hansen
Kei Ito - .ito.art
Hallie Krause -
Natalie Krick -
Hannah Law -
June Yong Lee
Matthew Ludak -
K. MacNeil & Henry Gepfer - .macneil
Phyllis McGibbon -
Mana Mehrabian -
Alejandro Morales -
Katie Murray -
Kevin Pomerleau -
Nicholas Ruth -
Tanja Softic -
Kirsten Stolle -
Lieh Sugai -
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CONGRATULATIONS! Solo show award winners will be announced later this fall and exhibitions will open at The Print Center in Jan 2027. Portfolios of the Finalists' + Semifinalists' work will be launched online in Feb 2027.
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Images:
1. Brandon Foushée, “Light Stepping,” 2023
2. Penelope Umbrico, “Out of Order - Bad Display (eBay),” ongoing
3. Natalie Krick, “Our mark making,” 2024
4. Patrick Carew, “Love Came Along,” 2025
5. Lieh Sugai, “Untitled,” 2026
6. Sandra C. Fernandez, “Luna,” 2026
7. Zimu Fang, “The Field Guide to No Place III,” 2026
8. Emma Ressel, “Approximate Encounters” (installation view), 2024
9. Ron Abram, “PorCayetano5,” 2025
10. Linda Behar, “At Home in MyBody 5,” 2026
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This Thursday! Join us for a conversation between Ron Tarver, Jordan Bullock and Art T. Burton, presented at The Print C...
09/28/2026

This Thursday! Join us for a conversation between Ron Tarver, Jordan Bullock and Art T. Burton, presented at The Print Center and on Zoom (6pm ET). Tarver, Bullock and Burton will reflect on their lifelong journeys shaped by Black cowboy culture, their commitment to preserving its vital cultural history, and how they have come together for “The Long Ride Home” project. 🐎
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➡️ Thursday, October 1, 6pm (ET)
➡️ Presented both in-person and on Zoom (link 🔗 in bio)
➡️ Free and open to the public
➡️ Registration not required for in-person attendance
➡️ Presented in conjunction with the current exhibition, “Ron Tarver: The Long Ride Home, Black Cowboys in America,” on view through November 14
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Ron Tarver was a staff photojournalist at “The Philadelphia Inquirer” for more than 30 years. He has received a Pulitzer Prize and a Guggenheim, along with numerous other awards, and has exhibited his work extensively. He is currently Associate Professor/Department Chair of Art, .

Jordan Bullock is a Philadelphia-based racehorse trainer whose work is rooted in the city’s tradition of Black urban horsemanship. Raised in North Philadelphia, he gained attention as a young subject of Tarver’s series about Philadelphia's Black cowboys in the early 1990s.

Art T. Burton is an award-winning author who published the first books on African American and Native American outlaws, lawmen and soldiers in the Wild West. He has received numerous recognitions and appeared in documentaries and TV shows. Burton also wrote an essay for Tarver’s award-winning book, “The Long Ride Home.”
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Images (left to right):
1. Ron Tarver
2. Jordan Bullock at age 10 in Tarver's image, “Bumpsey and Jordan (Philadelphia, PA),” 1993
3. Art T. Burton
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Opening Reception for “Ron Tarver: The Long Ride Home, Black Cowboys in Amer...
09/21/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Opening Reception for “Ron Tarver: The Long Ride Home, Black Cowboys in America.” It was a lively evening and we were grateful to see so many colleagues, friends, special guests and new faces who enjoyed a gallery talk by Tarver and our Executive Director, Liz Spungen.
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Huge thanks to El-Dog, founder of , and all of the wonderful students who joined us on Latimer Street to help facilitate horseback rides with the beautiful mares, Frida and Sage. They made this our most unique opening to date!
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Grab a friend and join us this Wednesday to enjoy a guided tour of the show! The free tour will offer a closer look into the photographs on view and some of the stories behind them.
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Public tour times:
➡ THIS WEEK! Wednesday, September 23 @ 12pm
➡ Wednesday, October 7 @ 12pm
➡ Friday, October 23 @ 5:30pm
➡ Friday, November 13 @ 5:30pm
(registration requested, but not required, 🔗 link in bio)
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Images:
1. Opening Reception
2. and El-Dog, founder of Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club, pose with Frida the horse
3. Sage the horse on Latimer Street
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🎉 In the News!Thank you to Mina Llona and The Philadelphia Tribune () for the thoughtful coverage of our current exhibit...
09/18/2026

🎉 In the News!
Thank you to Mina Llona and The Philadelphia Tribune () for the thoughtful coverage of our current exhibition, “Ron Tarver: The Long Ride Home, Black Cowboys in America.”
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We are also excited and grateful to have the exhibition featured in The Eye of Photography (loeildelaphotographie)!
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Find the links for both pieces using the 🔗 link in our bio!
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"The Long Ride Home" is on view at The Print Center through November 14, 2026. We hope you will visit!
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🥳 The 20/20 Photo Book Fair is happening THIS Saturday at the Cherry Street Pier and we’re thrilled to be a Programmatic...
09/11/2026

🥳 The 20/20 Photo Book Fair is happening THIS Saturday at the Cherry Street Pier and we’re thrilled to be a Programmatic Partner once again! Stop by our table for one (or more!) of our three book signings, browse all of the fabulous publications, and find something beautiful to add to your bookshelf. 🔥📚
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At The Print Center's table:
➡️ Signing with Vincent Cianni @ 1pm
Newly published “Archive / Journal: 1985 - 1995/2001” (2026)
➡️ Signing with Vaune Trachtman @ 2pm
Newly published “NOW IS ALWAYS” (2026)
➡️ Signing with Ron Tarver @ 3pm
“The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America” (2024)
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The free Fair takes place this Saturday, September 12, from 12 – 5pm at and will feature over 40 artists, publishers, galleries and more!
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✨ Then, the programming CONTINUES!
Visit Moore College of Art & Design on Sunday, September 13, for some fantastic artist talks! At 1:45pm, catch “The Printed Landscape” panel – internationally acclaimed photographers Andrea Modica, Richard Boutwell, Vaune Trachtman and moderator Ron Tarver will discuss creative journey from image-making to a finished print and published book. Books by Modica and Trachtman will be available for sale.
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Please join us next Thursday, September 10th as we open a new exhibition with Philly-based photographer, ! “Ron Tarver: ...
09/01/2026

Please join us next Thursday, September 10th as we open a new exhibition with Philly-based photographer, ! “Ron Tarver: The Long Ride Home, Black Cowboys in America” features photographs made in the 1990s, challenging the whitewashed myth of the all-American cowboy and deconstructing ideas of Black identity. The images offer testimony to the lived experiences of a thriving community, offering insightful glimpses into the lives of Black people embodying their Western cultural heritage. “The Long Ride Home” will celebrate the beauty, romance and the majesty of the Black West.
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Thursday, September 10
🕠 5:30pm: Gallery Talk with Tarver
🕕 6 – 7:30pm: Opening Reception with horseback rides 🐴 courtesy of Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club ()
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“Ron Tarver: The Long Ride Home, Black Cowboys in America” will be on view September 11 – November 14, 2026. We hope you will visit!
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1614 Latimer Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103

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Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm

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