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Virtual Artist Talk | Conversation with Merle Perlmutter and Christina Weyl
Thursday, October 23, 2025 from 6:30pm – 7:30pm ET on Zoom
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In celebration of Ink and Impressions: 110 Years of the Society of American Graphic Artists at the Housatonic Museum of Art, please join us for an enlightening virtual conversation about the late printmaker, author and mentor, Ruth Leaf, who was a member of both SAGA & Atelier 17.
Christina Weyl, print scholar and author of “The Women of Atelier 17: Modernist Printmaking in Midcentury New York,” will speak with Merle Perlmutter, celebrated printmaker about Ruth Leaf and her work – particularly her advances in viscosity printmaking.
Image: Ruth Leaf (American, 1923 – 2015)
Blue Lupine, not dated.
September 10, 2025 – February 13, 2026
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 10, 5:30-7pm Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport CT (click to see map)
Jurors:
Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye, PhD, Director, Housatonic Museum of Art; Kimberly Henrikson, Executive Director, Center for Contemporary Printmaking; and Irene Michnicki, owner of Milestone Graphics Fine Prints and instructor at Housatonic Community College & Yale University.
Our 90th Annual Members Exhibition will be held in the beautiful Burt Chernow Galleries at the Housatonic Museum of Art (HMA), on the campus of Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, CT.
We expect a steady stream of visitors from September – February as HMA is situated within a community college with over 3,000 students and connections to arts organizations throughout the northeast.
We couldn’t have made this wonderful connection with HMA if not for Ann Chernow, a longstanding SAGA member and a former member of the Council. Thanks to her, we have the opportunity to exhibit in this splendid museum which was founded and led by her late husband, Burt. We are deeply grateful to Ann and her family for their ongoing support for SAGA and printmakers.
We are working with HMA staff to develop exciting public programming that may include: a conversation between Christina Weyl (Atelier 17 scholar) and Merle Perlmutter; a possible demonstration in collaboration with the Center for Contemporary Printmaking; our Platemark Podcast; and more. There will be over $5,000 in awards.