

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Printmaking By The People Exhibition Opening
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Participants in workshops around the city created their own art to express their ideas about the rights that are crucial for a just society.About this EventMural Arts Philadelphia and the Free Library of Philadelphia present Printmaking by the People: Posters for a Reimagined Declaration of Independence, an exhibition of hundreds of posters created by Philadelphians who were asked to share their visions of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” This special exhibition is part of , Philadelphia’s largest 2026 public art and community engagement project inspired by the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding.Printmaking by the People opens at the Parkway Central Library’s Heim Center for Civic and Cultural Engagement on Thursday, April 16, with a free opening reception from 5:30–7:30 pm, and runs through August 2026. The reception will include a pop-up printmaking station, giving attendees the opportunity to share their own ideas and add to the conversation.The exhibition is presented by a curatorial team that includes Todd W. Bressi (Public Art Project Specialist, Mural Arts Philadelphia), Suzanna Urminska (Curator of Exhibitions, Free Library of Philadelphia), and David K. Coleman Jr. (Exhibition Designer and Curatorial Advisor). The exhibition documents the voice of Philadelphians as expressed through posters they made in 35 Printmaking by the People workshops that took place across the city in 2024 and 2025. These workshops were led by more than 30 local artists working in a range of printmaking techniques.Printmaking by the People is made possible by the Philadelphia Funder Collaborative for the Semiquincentennial and the City of Philadelphia, with lead partners Free Library of Philadelphia and Visit Philadelphia.Complete lists of project partners, artists, advisors, and workshop host organizations can be found at the  project page.
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- **Event Categories**: exhibitions, art, workshops, pop-ups
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Philadelphia
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Parkway Central Library
- **lat**: 39.9595647
- **long**: -75.17104450000001
- **full address**: Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, United States

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- **organizer**: Mural Arts Philadelphia (https://allevents.in/org/mural-arts-philadelphia/22589534)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 05:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, United States
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Mural Arts Philadelphia
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** exhibitions, art, workshops, pop-ups
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