{{Short description|Non-profit contemporary arts center in Maryland, US}} {{Infobox non-profit | name = Pyramid Atlantic Art Center | image = Hyattsville Maryland 07.jpg | caption = PAAC's location in Hyattsville, Maryland. | logo = | formation = 1981 | founder = [[Helen C. Frederick]] | founding_location = Baltimore, Maryland, US | purpose = Arts | headquarters = Hyattsville, Maryland, US | coordinates = {{Coord|38|57|09.7|N|76|56|27.8|W|display=title, inline}} | website = {{URL|https://pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/}} }} '''Pyramid Atlantic Art Center''' (PAAC) is a [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]] non-profit contemporary arts center specializing in [[papermaking]], [[printmaking]], and [[book art (fine art)|book art]]s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=McCoy|first=Mary|date=1991-10-03|title=Visual Arts|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/10/03/visual-arts/2dabd846-c15f-4ce0-ace9-f5537538f6e0/|url-access=limited|access-date=2021-01-28|issn=0190-8286|quote=A decade ago, artist and teacher Helen Frederick started Pyramid Atlantic in a 500-square-foot studio in Baltimore. In 1986, a Washington studio was opened. Now this innovative art center, consolidated last year in a 5,000-square-foot studio in Riverdale in Prince George's County, is celebrating its first 10 years of printmaking, papermaking and book arts.}}</ref> They are currently located at 4318 Gallatin Street in [[Hyattsville, Maryland|Hyattsville]], [[Maryland]].
== History == The PAAC was founded in 1981 by artist [[Helen C. Frederick]],<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bryna|first1=Bobick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcIKEAAAQBAJ|title=Engaging Communities Through Civic Engagement in Art Museum Education|last2=Carissa|first2=DiCindio|date=2020-12-25|publisher=IGI Global|isbn=978-1-7998-7427-0|location=|pages=121|language=en}}</ref> and is located in [[Hyattsville, Maryland|Hyattsville]], [[Maryland]].<ref name=":1" /> It had previously been located in [[Baltimore]] in the 1980s and later [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]] from 2003 until 2017.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Andrew Metcalf|date=2017-05-03|title=Sherwin-Williams Moving Into Former Home of Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring|url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/business/sherwin-williams-moving-into-former-home-of-pyramid-atlantic-in-silver-spring/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Bethesda Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Schweitzer|first=Ally|date=February 11, 2016|title=With Pyramid Atlantic Moving Out, Silver Spring Loses Some Of Its Edge|url=http://bandwidth.wamu.org/with-pyramid-atlantic-moving-out-silver-spring-loses-some-of-its-edge/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Bandwidth|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Marder|first=Andrew|date=2015-06-08|title=UPDATE: Pyramid Atlantic relocating to Hyattsville Arcade Building|url=https://hyattsvillelife.com/update-pyramid-atlantic-relocating-to-hyattsville-arcade-building/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Hyattsville Life & Times|language=en-US|quote=has been located in downtown Silver Spring since 2003.}}</ref>
The center has an art gallery space; offers various artist opportunities and residencies; has multiple art studios including a printshop, papermaking studio, and bindery; and offers educational classes.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Borsuk|first=Amaranth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VRdZDwAAQBAJ|title=The Book|date=2018-05-04|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-34689-4|location=|pages=314|language=en}}</ref> Notable artists connected to PAAC include [[Renee Stout]], [[Tanja Softić|Tanja Softic]], [[Joyce Scott]], [[William Christenberry]], [[Hung Liu]], [[Yuriko Yamaguchi (sculptor)|Yuriko Yamaguchi]], among others.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=The IFPDA Foundation Announces 2018 Grant Recipients|url=https://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/4956-the-ifpda-foundation-announces-2018-grant-recipients|access-date=2021-01-28|website=ArtfixDaily|language=en}}</ref>
In 2018, the IFPDA Foundation gave a grant to PAAC for archiving and digitizing their print collection.<ref name=":2" />
== See also ==
* [[Artist's book]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Pyramid Atlantic Art Center}} * {{Official website|https://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/}}
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