Lasting Legacy: A Celebration of American Historical Prints through the Career of Wendy Joan Shadwell

Please join us for a conversation with AHPCS president Clayton Lewis and scholar Allison Stagg about the important role of popular American historical prints in connection with the career and philanthropy of Wendy Shadwell (1942-2007), alumna of Mary Washington (’63), Curator of Prints Emerita at the New York Historical Society, and President of the American Historical Print Collectors Society (1998-2001).

The AHPCS’s fellowship and grant programs are funded by the endowment from Wendy Shadwell. Miss Shadwell’s philanthropy extended to other organizations and institutions, including her alma mater, Mary Washington College, now the University of Mary Washington.

Reception with refreshments following.

Prior to this event, please join us at 1pm for a tour of Belmont, the spectacular home and studio of American Naturalist artist Julius Garibaldi (Gari) Melchers in Falmouth, VA. Learn more

Please register by email to clayclem@umich.edu by September 20, 2025.

Participants:
Clayton Lewis | President, American Historical Print Collectors Society and Curator Emeritus, William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan

Allison Stagg (’02, Art History) | Researcher and lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Art History at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, member AHPCS

Moderator: Julia DeLancey | Professor of Art History, Department of Cultural and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Mary Washington

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Sponsored by the Department of Cultural and Philosophical Inquiry, UMW Galleries, the Visiting Artists and Scholars Program (Department of Studio Art), and the Wendy J. Shadwell ’63 Program Endowment in Art History in collaboration with the American Historical Print Collectors Society.

The museum studies program at UMW will assemble a related exhibit commemorating Wendy Shadwell’s legacy in 2027, along with a student run oral history project at UMW 2025-26.

Image credit: Wendy Shadwell photo by Glenn Castellano, September 1987.