POWER UP: American Women Printmakers at GU

June 17, 2022 – October 7, 2022
Georgetown University
Special Collections Gallery
Charles Marvin Fairchild Memorial Gallery

*Power Up [group of 4 serigraphs], Sister Corita (Elizabeth Kent), Screenprint/serigraph on Pellon, ed. 100, ca. 1965, 1111.1.6564*

“POWER UP: American Women Printmakers strives to honor the achievements of women artists within the field of printmaking. Historically, women artists encountered institutional barriers to success in the fine arts, including a lack of access to formal training, exhibitions, and sales. The rise of fine art printmaking in the mid-nineteenth century, together with new educational opportunities to train in the laborious and highly technical printmaking process, allowed women to master the medium and gain recognition and income from their artworks.”

The exhibition includes works by WPC members Renée Stout and Rosemary Feit Covey.

Renée Stout, from the Corcoran 2005 Print Portfolio: Drawn to Representation Renée Stout (b. 1958) Chine collé appliqué of Kitakata paper and collage on Rives BFK paper 49/70 2005 Fairchild Endowment Fund purchase, 2010 2010.22.1.21

Rosemary Feit Covey, Puppetmaker (front side) Vanity (reverse side), Puppetmaker 1976 — Rosemary Feit Covey, Puppetmaker (front side) Vanity (reverse side),
Wood printing block
1976 (Puppetmaker) 1988 (Vanity)
Gift of Eric Mackenzie in memory of William C. Garwood and Gwendolyn Garwood
2011.1.44