Printed Proof,? an exhibition of works from the Brandywine Workshop, a national printmaking center in Philadelphia, is on view in Mechanical Hall Galleries until June 30.

The prints are part of UD's Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art and were given to Jones in 2002 when the workshop awarded him the James VanDerZee Lifetime Achievement Award for his commitment to art and young artists. Amalia Amaki, curator of the Paul R. Jones Collection, chose the prints for the exhibition.

A reception, free and open to public, will be held from 5-7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16, in the Mechanical Hall Galleries and University Gallery in Old College.

The Brandywine Workshop, founded in 1972 by executive director and printmaker Allan Edmunds, has sponsored more than 250 artists' residencies from 35 states and 15 foreign countries

The new exhibition displays the works of 31 printmakers, including pieces by Barbara Chase-Riboud, a critically acclaimed artist, sculptor and writer whose offset lithograph Akhmatova's Monument adorns the exhibition brochure cover. Chase-Riboud's works hang in the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum, both in New York City, and in the French National Collections.
On Monday, April 3, UD's annual Paul R. Jones Lecture will be presented by Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art History at Duke University.

The exhibition and all related events are free and open to the public.

Gallery hours are from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; from 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Wednesdays, and from 1-4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays. The galleries are closed Mondays and on University holidays. For more information, call (302) 831-8037, or e-mail [www.museums.udel.edu].