2026 Print Club of Cleveland’s 41st Fine Print Fair and 2025 Photos

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[Cleveland Museum of Art Affiliate Group] The Print Club of Cleveland, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2019, supports the department of prints and drawings at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The club’s purpose is to augment by purchase and gift the prints and drawings collection of the museum, stimulate interest and appreciation of old master through contemporary prints and drawings, and encourage private collecting.

Mission - The purpose of The Print Club of Cleveland is to stimulate interest in and appreciation of old and contemporary prints, to encourage private collecting of prints by individuals, and to support by purchase and other appropriate means, the print collection and the Department of Prints and Drawings of The Cleveland Museum of Art.

2026 Fine Print Fair at the CMA Atrium
Celebrate the 41st Fine Print Fair, the Print Club of Cleveland's annual benefit to support the Cleveland Museum of Art, free and open to the public. Browse and shop one of the largest displays of works on paper from 15 dealers from around the US.

When: April 16 - April 19, 2026
Where: Ames Family Atrium, The Cleveland Museum of Art
Hours:
Friday: 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Ticketed Preview Party - Thursday April 16, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

On Sunday, April 19, 2026, I had a great time attending The Print Club of Cleveland's 41st Fine Print Fair in The Cleveland Museum of Art’s atrium. I enjoy attending this art event every year!

I put this blog post together to share my photos from the event and to lock in my positive memories from the day. Most importantly, I want to thank the event organizers.

A special shout-out to Jerry Smith, who is a member of the 41st Fine Print Fair organizing team. I met Jerry many years ago when I attended a Cleveland Institute of Art adult education drawing class that he was teaching. We reconnected at a March 26, 2024, COSE (Council of Smaller Enterprises) and Assembly for the Arts' "Art at Work” networking event, and we then met for breakfast to talk about his new website: Jerry-Smith-Artist.com (FYI, I wrote about some of the other people I met at this 2024 "Art at Work” networking event in three of my blog posts.)

 

 

Cleveland Institute of Art Printmaking

Print has been a way to document, communicate, and share information throughout history. It can be your platform for creative expression or cultural change. Use printmaking to find your voice as an artist and leave your mark.

During the Print Fair there will be demonstrations on print collecting, printmaking and papermaking. Most demonstrations are family friendly.
The following free demonstrations will take place in the Ames Family Atrium.
Saturday, April 18 . . . Kent State University School of Art . . . Zygote Press

Sunday, April 19 . . .
The Morgan Conservatory
. . .
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cleveland Institute of Art
CIA students will demonstrate intaglio and relief printing on a portable etching press. They will use pre-drawn copper plates and carved relief blocks, which are then inked and printed. Families can participate by helping crank the press.

When I first arrived at the Fine Print Fair, I watched a print demonstration by the Cleveland Institute of Art: College of Art + Design:

I recommend viewing videos in full screen mode.

 

 

41st Fine Print Fair

. . . 15 fine print dealers from around the country at the Print Fair.

I have been fortunate to attend the Fine Print Fair for many years. I was first invited by the Print Club of Cleveland to their opening night benefit preview, "A Prints of a Party," in 2017 (see blog post). I hope you enjoy this sampling of prints from the 41st Fine Print Fair, and that it encourages you to attend in the future:

I recommend viewing videos in full screen mode.
Please feel free to pause the video to look more closely at the artwork in the slides!!

 

 

40th Fine Print Fair in 2025 Featured Cleveland Institute of Art and Zygote Press

Last year, on Sunday, April 27, 2025, I took my mom to the 40th Annual Fine Print Fair. During the event, we watched printing demonstrations by both the Cleveland Institute of Art and Zygote Press.

In 2025, I did't have time to write a blog post about the event, since five days later, on Friday, May 2, 2025, I began my month-long thru-hike of the 311-mile Allegheny Trail in West Virginia. (Read more in one of my 2025 travel blog post.) Now, in 2026, I am taking the opportunity to share my 2025 photos here -- enjoy!

I recommend viewing videos in full screen mode.
Please feel free to pause the video to look more closely at the artwork in the slides from 2025!!

 

 

Related Blog Posts

I always like to include in my blog posts a list of related posts that may be of interest to my readers:

• Blog Date: May 2, 2024 - Fine Print Fair, Korean Couture, Seven Jeweled Mountain: Variety at The Cleveland Museum of Art

• Blog Date: September 14, 2019 - Print Club of Cleveland’s 35th Fine Print Fair Opening Night Preview Party

• Blog Date: September 23, 2017 - "A Prints of a Party" - Fine Print Fair Preview

  While, as members of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Julie and I attend many events at the museum, we were not aware of the Fine Print Fair. Therefore, I was very pleased when Sarah Palagyi invited us to the "A Prints of a Party" preview by contacting me . . .

 

You can find more related past blog posts under the following categories:

• "Cleveland Museum of Art" - 65 past blog posts.

• "Cleveland Institute of Art" - Five past blog posts.

• "Zygote Press" - Four past blog posts.

• "University Circle" - If you are interested in all the museums in Cleveland's eastside cultural center, please see my 85 past blog posts.

• "Art" - I have written 106 "Art" related blog posts going back to September 2012.

 

Thank you for reading my blog post about the Print Club of Cleveland’s Fine Print Fair. I hope it encourages you to attend future fairs and other events at the Cleveland Museum of Art. You can learn about my travel journeys and the venues I explore in Cleveland and Akron at: sosAssociates.com/Blog