Membership
WPG Members Show Work Monthly!
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Washington Printmakers Gallery (WPG) is a dynamic cooperative of accomplished artists that has provided original prints and photographs to residents of the Washington, DC metro area and its visitors since 1985. WPG members enjoy gallery representation, the opportunity to show new work each month with the freedom to set prices and select work to display. WPG shows are routinely reviewed by art critics and featured across online art portals and social media platforms. The LED art lighting designed specifically for the WBG exhibition space shows member 2D and 3D work and installations to its best advantage. Beyond showing work monthly in the Georgetown gallery, our members regularly exhibit at other national and international venues.
WPG fosters a rich teaching-learning community offering many opportunities to learn and share artistic techniques and develop ats management and gallerist skills with and from members in our inspiring community. WPG is located among a number of other established galleries in the historic Georgetown arts area and provides a street-side retail location that attracts national and international arts audiences, news media, print collectors, and other purchasers.
Artmaking at WPG is a ‘big tent’ idea. Artists experimenting at the edges of traditional printmaking and photography are encouraged to apply for membership. Photographers, digital printmakers, 3-D printmakers, book artists, artists mixing methods such as sculpture, painting, and drawing with photography and printmaking are all invited to apply. Membership fees, cooperative leadership and task-taking make possible this professional, contemporary exhibition space in Georgetown, just south of the Book Hill Park.
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WPG Membership is Rich in Opportunities!
Show new work every month
Maintain gallery presence / art stock in retail bins and flat files
Set your own prices
Plan a solo show every 18-24 months
Teach at Georgetown Art Studio
Develop gallerist knowledge and arts management skills
Associate with diverse cadre of printmakers in an historic arts organization in the Nation’s capital.
2025 Membership Application Process:
Applications for WPG membership are accepted on a rolling basis. To be considered for membership, please email the five components listed below in a single PDF to the Membership committee of Washington Printmakers Gallery at membershipwpg@gmail.com.
Shortlisted members will be invited to the gallery to present several samples of their work to a panel of members as part of the selection process.
Membership application must include:
Artist Statement
CV including current contact information & website URL
10 images including title, media, size, year
Statement about why you would like to be a member
Statement about your skills and how you could contribute to the operation of the gallery
National Small Works Exhibition
Each year, Washington Printmakers Gallery exhibits outstanding prints, photos, and artist books by artists from across the United States in its National Small Works Exhibition. This annual juried exhibition, has run for more than twenty years, attracts an exciting range of entries in both traditional and experimental printmaking techniques including intaglio, relief, woodcut, linocut, Solarplate, serigraph, digital and photographic prints, plus three dimensional works with print components. The first prize winner receives a solo show at the gallery the next year.
Past jurors have included curators and consultants for major Washington/Baltimore area museums and institutions: Eric Denker (Senior Lecturer National Gallery of Art); Krystyna Wasserman (Director of Library and Research Center, The National Museum of Women in the Arts); Linda C. Simmons (Curator Emeritus, The Corcoran Gallery of Art); Joann Moser (Senior Curator of Graphic Art, The Smithsonian American Art Museum); Katherine L. Blood (Curator of Fine Prints, Library of Congress); Stephen Phillips (Assistant Curator, The Phillips Collection); Greg Jecmen (Associate Curator, Old Master Prints and Print Room Supervisor, National Gallery of Art); Anne Shafer (Assistant Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Baltimore Museum of Art); Helen Frederick (Founder and longtime director of Pyramic Atlantic); Jane Famer (independent curator); JD Talasek (Director of Cultural Programs for the National Academy of Sciences); and Philippa Hughes (Founder and Chief Creative Contrarian of the Pinkline Project, as well as DC Commissioner for the Arts and Humanities.)
To Apply for the 2025 Peggy Doyle National Small Works Competition and Exhibition, click on the button below.
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Outreach
Washington Printmakers Gallery has long contributed to the DC community through a variety of activities. These include:
Our Guest Lecture Series which invites celebrated printmakers, curators and other specialists to the gallery to speak on their expertise for the benefit of the DC printmaking and collecting community, as well as artist talks and demonstrations.
Our Docent Series is a free educational program offered to docents from area museums, such as the Corcoran and the National Gallery of Art. Several WPG artists walk through a series of print processes to give a general understanding of the depth and breadth of hand-pulled printing techniques. The Docent Series is scheduled upon request. If your organization is interested in participating, please contact us.
Demonstrations of printmaking techniques for area schools and groups can also be requested, sponsored by Washington Printmakers Foundation. If your school is interested in participating, please contact us. Artist Talks, Demonstrations & workshops offered at the gallery. These give visitors a chance to learn about the artist’s process and ideas followed by Q & A and light refreshments.
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