The Brandywine Workshop and Archives (BWA) is a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania created to produce limited-edition screen-printed fine art.

History

BWA was founded by

Allan L. Edmunds Allan L. Edmunds (born 1949, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American artist. Biography Edmunds attended the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, receiving a master's degree in Fine Art. In 1972 Edmunds founded the Brandywine Graphic Workshop ...

in 1972 as the Brandywine Graphic Workshop. Originally located in the predominantly Black and Hispanic area of North Philadelphia, the workshop registered as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt cultural institution in 1974. The workshop moved to 1520 Kater Street in South Philadelphia then to 730 South Broad Street. The BWA provided educational programs as well as residencies for artists from around the United States. Prints from the BWA are in the collections of the

Philadelphia Museum of Art The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) is an List of art museums#North America, art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at ...

, the

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1805, it is the longest continuously operating art museum and art school in the United States. The academy's museum ...

, and the

Harvard Art Museums The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985), and four research ...

. In 2012 the Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibited the retrospective ''Full Spectrum: Prints from the Brandywine Workshop''. In 2022 the Harvard Art Museums exhibited the retrospective ''Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives: Creative Communities''.

References

{{Authority control Visual arts education Printmaking groups and organizations Arts centers in Pennsylvania Arts organizations established in 1972