Brandywine Workshop & Archives is proud to present two landmark exhibitions that reflect our commitment to artistic innovation, cultural exchange, and community storytelling.

Supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, PrintLab: Material Futures is the culmination of Brandywine's PrintLab Artist Residency, an initiative born from a grant awarded by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The residency invited eight artists to push their printmaking practices in new directions through scale, sound, animation, installation, and digital media. The intention was never simply to make the work larger, but to challenge each artist to discover something genuinely new within themselves and within the medium of printmaking. The resulting exhibition showcases ambitious works by Albert Chong, El Anatsui, Willie Cole, Delita Martin, Kakyoung Lee, Jocelyn Akwaba Matignon, Didier William, and LaVett Ballard, each reflecting the transformative possibilities of collaboration, experimentation, and artistic inquiry.

Presented alongside PrintLab, "WE" THE PEOPLE commemorates the 250th anniversary of the United States by exploring the many communities whose labor, traditions, creativity, and resilience helped shape Philadelphia. Organized as a visual timeline around historical moments and cultural arrivals rather than geography, the exhibition traces Indigenous histories and pre-1776 land stewardship; nineteenth-century Black Philadelphia and self-determined communities; industrialization and European immigration; the Great Migration and the movement of Black communities northward between 1916 and 1970; African Diaspora connections and cultural exchange; Puerto Rican, Caribbean, and Latin American arrivals; Asian diasporas, entrepreneurship, and cultural exchange; and Brandywine Workshop & Archives' own role as a center for international artistic exchange. Its structure reflects a central premise: Philadelphia was not built by one community or one moment, but through centuries of movement, exchange, and collective contribution that continue to shape the city today.
Together, these exhibitions invite visitors to reflect on the power of art as a vehicle for innovation, memory, identity, and connection. We are honored to welcome you into these spaces and grateful to celebrate this moment alongside the artists, communities, partners, and supporters who make this work possible.