WASHINGTON, D.C.- Pressing Ideas: Fifty Years of Women’s Lithographs from Tamarind brings together extraordinary works of art by women who, over the past 50 years, have helped re-energize and re-organize the artistic medium of lithography. Featuring 75 original prints by 42 artists, Pressing Ideas celebrates the diversity, innovation and collaborative nature of lithography. The exhibition is on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts June 17, 2011, through October 2, 2011. The Tamarind Institute, founded by artist June Wayne in 1960, has revived the art of lithography, which had lain dormant (particularly in the United States) for decades. Challenged to work outside their preferred mediums, artists work collaboratively with master printers during their stay at the Institute. Most artists invited to Tamarind have been well established in their careers such as, Elaine de Kooning, Louise Nevelson, Margo Humphrey, Jaune Qui