Scripps College starts off its year of exhibitions with Women and Print: A Contemporary View, the fifth in a series dedicated to outstanding women artists.

An opening reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m., Sept. 13, at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, at Eleventh Street and Columbia Avenue in Claremont..

A Digital Technologies and Printmaking sympo sium will be held earlier in the day, from 3 to 5 p.m., at the college’s Boone Recital Hall. It will feature Women and Print artists Bernice Ficek-Swenson, Nancy Friese and Rita Robillard. The moderator will be Susan Tallman, editor of Art in Print.

The symposium is funded by the Scripps College Class of 1942.

Identity, nature and sci ence predominate in this exhibition of contemporary printmaking. Through these themes, Women in Print investigates the art of print. National in scope, the exhibition features 66 works by 26 artists, showcasing leading women printmakers who are working in new ways, often combining traditional and digital processes to produce hybrid prints with fresh expressive dimensions. Together, these works reveal the strength of work produced by women printmakers today.

The list of artists includes J. Catherine Be bout, Anita Bunn, Sophie Calle, Squeak Carnwath, Amy Ellingson, Bernice Ficek-Swenson, Nancy Friese/Laurel Reuter, Monica Furmanski, Ellen Gallagher, Sandy Gellis, Catherine Kernan, Amanda Knowles, Karen Kunc, Sylvia Lark, Nancy Macko, Julie Mehretu, Karen Oremus, Ruby Osorio, Barbara Robertson, Rita Robillard, Paula Roland, Alison Saar, Mary Schina, Alyson Shotz, Pat Steir, Michelle Stuart and Sherrie Wolf.

A full-color catalog with essays on the works’ focal points of environment, politics and science will accompany the exhibition, which runs through Oct. 19.

During exhibitions, the gallery is open from 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is free.

For more information, call the gallery at 909- 607-3397 or visit rcwg. scrippscollege.edu.