"No Boundaries: The Art of Printmaking Today." American Watercolor Print Society National Exhibition

In the year 1939, the founding members of the American Color Print Society decided to create an organization for the exhibition of color prints. This was at a time when only black and white prints were considered worthy of display in museums and galleries. The three founding members were Florence V. Cannon, Mary Mullineux and Waunita Smith. The American Color Print Exhibition of 1940, which included the work of the 85 original members, heralded the arrival of the color print as an American print medium. The use of color in printmaking encouraged artists to experiment with the traditional methods of printmaking such as lithography, block printing, etching, intaglio, silkscreen and monotype. This led to other printmaking techniques, including the use of collage, found materials, letterpress and digital printmaking. There have been many distinguished members during the 80 plus-year history of the organization. Among them have been Benton Spruance, Jerome Kaplan, Rockwell Kent, Will Barnet, Stella Drabkin, Jacob Landau, Dorothy Hutton, June Wayne, Eugene Feldman, Ethel Ashton, Bernard Kohn, Jeanette Kohn, Mildred Dillon, Abraham Hankins, John Taylor Arms, Richard Hood, Francoise Gilot, Victor and Michael Lasuchin, Edna Andrade, Tony Lazorko, Leonard Leibowitz, Idaherma Williams, Merle Spandorfer, and Samuel Maitin.