Thank you to all our sponsors:

Peggy Doole Family Foundation

Washington Print Foundation

McClain’s Printmaking Supplies

Blick Art Materials

Jack Richeson & Co.

Framers Workroom

Plaza Art

Dixon -Stathmore

The 26th annual Peggy Doole National Small Works Exhibition is currently being held at the long established Washington Printmakers Gallery in Washington, DC.  This is a juried national exhibition of contemporary printmaking that includes hand-pulled prints, screen prints, digital prints, photographs, and three-dimensional work with print components.

2024 Juror: Ann Shafer

Ann Shafer is an independent curator, art historian, writer, and a leading expert on intaglio printmaking by Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17. Formerly Shafer was associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where she curated a variety of exhibitions and hosted myriad classes and visitors. She also organized the museum’s Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair in 2012, 2015, and 2017, featuring an international array of twenty presses, publishers, and dealers. In April 2022, she mounted a new, independent print fair in Baltimore. She also hosts the podcast Platemark and writes a blog about favorite works of art (annshafer.com). Shafer has a BA from The College of Wooster and a MA from Williams College, both in art history. In addition to the BMA, Ann has worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art.

Prizes:

•       Grand Prize: Solo exhibition 2025 at the Washington Printmakers Gallery in Georgetown, Washington, DC

•       $500 Washington Print Foundation

McClain’s Relief Print Prize

Blick Art Materials Certificate

Jack Richeson & Co. Printmaking Materials Prize

Dixon Ticonderoga Co. - Strathmore Prize

Framers Workroom Certificate

Plaza Art Certificate

This exhibit honors Peggy Doole (1934-2021), long-time resident of the metro D.C. area who avidly pursued the field of art history, sharing her love of art by giving lectures, sponsoring art exhibits, and leading tours at the inception of the Hirshhorn, in museums throughout Europe and the U.S. and finally for the school program at the National Gallery of Art for many years. Her post-graduate museum work led her to a focus on and special passion for printmaking that makes this honor a fitting tribute from her family.