List of American print clubs


This is a list of American artist printmaking societies and print clubs in chronological order of their founding. Note: The purpose of this timeline is to focus on the organization of artist printmakers into societies, and not to focus on clubs of collectors. The distinction between "society" and "club" is not necessarily reflected in the name of the organization nor in the inclusion of an organization in this list.
YearPrintmaking societyAddressNotes
1839Apollo Association for the Promotion of the Fine ArtsNew York City, New York
1877New York Etchers ClubNew York City, New York
1880sBoston Etching ClubBoston, Massachusetts
1880s–1915Philadelphia Society of EtchersPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
1880sCincinnati Etchers ClubCincinnati, Ohio
1880sBrooklyn Scratchers ClubBrooklyn, New York City, New York
1881Society of Painter-EtchersNew York City, New York
1886French Etching ClubNew York City, New York
1888Society of American Etchers
1909Needle Club, Chicago
1910–1956Needle Clubincorporated as Chicago Society of Etchers
1912California Society of EtchersSan Francisco, California
1913New York Society of Etchers
1913California Society of Etchers/Printmakers' first and second annual exhibitionsSan Francisco, California
1914Printmakers of Los AngelesLos Angeles, California
1915Print Club of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
1916New York Society of EtchersBrooklyn, New York City, New Yorkbecomes Brooklyn Society of Etchers.
1917Painter-Gravers of America
1919Print Club of ClevelandCleveland, Ohio
1921Printmakers of Los AngelesLos Angeles, Californiabecomes Printmakers Society of California
1924Cincinnati Print and Drawing Club
1928Honolulu PrintmakersHonolulu, Ohau, Hawaii
1928Northwest Printmakers Society
1930American Society of Print Collectors, Ohio State University
1930Print Club of RochesterRochester, New York
1931Buffalo Print Club
1931Prairie Print MakersWichita, Kansas
1931Brooklyn Society of EtchersBrooklyn, New York City, New Yorkbecomes Society of American Etchers
1931Haden Etching Club
1932Syracuse Print Club
1932Woodcut Society
1933Society of Washington DC EtchersWashington, D. C.
1933Print Club of Albany
1934Indiana Society of Print Makers
1934Washington Etchers
1935Southern Printmakers SocietyMount Airy, Georgia
1935Dallas Print ClubDallas, Texas
1937Lone Star Printmakers
1940Princeton Print Club
1940–41Friends of Contemporary Prints
c.1945Iowa Print Group
1947Boston PrintmakersBoston, Massachusetts
1952Society of American Etchersbecomes Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA)
1955Bay Printmakersmerge to form California Society of Printmakers
1962Los Angeles Printmakers SocietyLos Angeles, California
1968California Society of Etchers and Bay Printmakersmerge to form California Society of Printmakers
1972Southern Graphics CouncilUniversity of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
1991The Print Club of New York, NYCNew York City, New York
1992American Print Alliance
1992Mid America Print Council