Printmaking in the South following a long tradition remembering the Charleston Etchers’ Club and Print Studio South

Where printmakers and collectors can connect, share ideas, place fine art prints

A printmaker group show was held at Corrigan Gallery that was cut short by Covid’s arrival.

Founding Artists
Lese Corrigan, Sue Simons Wallace, Mary Walker, Kristi Ryba,
Kent Ambler, Luke Vehorn, Laura Vardell, Margaret M. Peery, Charles Ailstock, Karen Ann Myers

New Artist Members

Allison Hull, John Hull, Ann Igoe, William Meisburger, Pat van de Graaf

Supporting Collectors
Louis Wright, Elizabeth Bradham, Rick Corrigan, Carolina Antique Maps and Prints, Payne Fine Arts, AnneTrabue Nelson, Thomas Crowther, Jim Simpson

“The origins of the Charleston Etchers’ Club have been traced to the visits of artists from away to the studio of Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. Helen Hyde visited in 1916 and Bertha Jacques came in 1917 in connection with their own work.  Smith was encouraged by them to continue her exploration of Japanese prints and Hyde who had studied in Japan made application suggestions and helped with acquiring supplies.  Jacques who’s was with the Chicago Society of Etchers included both Smith and Elizabeth O’Neill Verner’s work in shows in the Midwest.  Ellen Day Hale and Gabrielle Clements visited Charleston in place of Europe due to the war there.   Elizabeth Hamilton, Verner’s daughter, tells teh story of Hale and Clements telling Smith to get a group together to buy a press and we will show you how to use it and the materials necessary and then you can teach the others. The group was small, nine founders, mostly female.”

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Founded fall 2013

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