. >> so in 1972, allan edmunds founded the brandywine workshop and archives, an art collective originallyn a philadelphia garage. what was the intention there? >> we decided that it needed to be an institutn that could provide that bridge between your aspiration as a young person, thinking about a career in art, and it actually creating a path for them. so it was about providing role models. >> and a place where artists could come, as they do today, for a two-week workshop to tryor their hand at printmaking. 50 years and some 500 prints later, brandywine artworks are ensconced in an ever-expanding number of major museum collections, including here at the harvard art museums. what does that do, what does that represent? >> to be honest with you, we never envisioned that we would be at harvard art museum with an exhibition. we never envisioned that. but what we did ension, that if we kept to inclusion as a part of the issue of quality, that at some point, it would manifest itself into wider recognition outside of philadelphia. >> harvard acquired this collection in 2018. it's a mix of famou

judy: the 50-year-old brandywine workshop and archives in philadelphia draws an artist both unknown andy well known to push boundaries by producing limited-edition prints. it's an opportunity to get their work into major museum collections like the harvard art museums. it's part of our arts and culture series. >> each of these have been a tool to reach for the future and sometimes just to dazzle. >> there were not a lot of institutional support for people back in 1970. >> event of the brandywine workshop and archives, based in a philadelphia garage. what was the intention there? >> there needed to be an instution to provide that bridge it was about providing role models. >> and where artists could come to try their hand at printmaking. 50 years later, they are ensconced in an ever-expanding number of major museum collections. >> we never envisioned that we would be at harvard art museum. we never envisioned that. at some point, it is wider recognition around philadelphia. >> there are sculptors, painters, and weavers. elizabeth is the show's curator. >> artists do things in their career