The Spartanburg County Museum of Art is pleased to present a suite of printmaking exhibits. “Southern Masters of Printmaking” is drawn from a private collection in Spartanburg and is complemented by the educational exhibit “Exploring the World of Printmaking through our Contemporary Area Printmakers.” A third exhibit will juxtapose the small intimate prints of Doug Whittle with his larger landscape paintings.

Sep. 5 - Oct. 30 Southern Masters of Printmaking Works by Sigmund Abeles, Wayman Adams, George Aid, Thomas Hart Benton, August Cook, Howard Cook, James Fowler Cooper, Virginia Fouche, Alfred Hutty, Helen Hyde, Margaret Law, Corrie McCallum, Antoinette Rhett, George Schreiber, Alice Ravel Huger Smith, Anna Heyward Taylor, Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, Charles White, Stephen Young and other printmakers with connections to our region's past and present will will illustrate the range and versatility of relief, intaglio and lithography. view the show online Aug. 29 - Oct. 23 Exploring the World of Printmaking through our Contemporary Area Printmakers As in many other areas of art, our region's printmakers are exceptional, representing diverse styles and approaches to the traditional methods of creating fine art prints. This show has an educational component that will teach the differences between the Four Great Divisions of Printmaking: relief, intaglio, planography, and serigraphy. Featured artists are Ann Dergara of Brevard, Boyd Saunders of Chapin, Steven Chapp of Easley, Carl Blair, Phil Garret, Mark Mulfinger, and Harrell Whittington, all of Greenville; and Jim Creal, Pat Kabore, and Andrew Blanchard of Spartanburg. Phil Garrett monotype with chine colle   Boyd Saunders lithograph Mill House Twilight Color Separations and Simulated Progressive Proof for Mill House Twilight Steven Chapp relief   Carl Blair monotype Andrew Blanchard Relief, lithograph Pat Kabore relief with chine colle Jim Creal etching (top) plate (bottom) Boyd Saunders lithograph - progressive proof   Ann Dergara monotype with plate   Harrell Whittington etching • etching plate     Sep. 12 - Oct. 23 Doug Whittle Madison, WI Paintings and Prints In contrast to his landscape paintings which examine man's relationship with nature, Whittle's prints often reflect his interest in human relationships on a personal, and sometimes historical, level. His tongue-in-cheek looks at those relationships, explores their earnestness, often shedding some humility on our "edge-of-the-millennium-now-we-know-everything" attitude.