PresstimeFALL/WINTER 2011

David Rathman, Miller Trucking, 2011 Lithography and water color, 38” x 82.15”, Variant edition of 7 Photo by Rik Sferra Highpoint Center for Announces Exhibition at the Institute of Arts: Highpoint Editions – Decade One On View: September 24 , 2011– June 10, 2012

Highpoint Center for Printmaking is very and increasingly international stature as captivating look at the world of contemporary proud to announce the Minneapolis Institute a publisher of exquisitely made prints. printmaking, viewed through prints created of Arts (MIA) will be hosting an exhibition Highpoint Editions – Decade One celebrates at Highpoint Editions by an intriguing mix of prints created during Highpoint’s first their professional collaborations with fine of over the past ten years. Featured ten years (2001-2011). The show, Highpoint artists of many stripes. The diversity and artists will include: Kinji Akagawa, Carlos Editions – Decade One, will open on the quality testify to Master Printer Cole Amorales, Santiago Cucullu, Mary Esch, Saturday September 24 at the MIA and run Rogers and HP’s talented staff ability to Rob Fischer, Adam Helms, Joel Janowitz, through June 10, 2012. Thomas Rassieur, work with artists to bring their visions into Cameron Martin, Julie Mehretu, Clarence the John E. Andrus III of Prints and material form. The MIA is delighted to salute Morgan, Lisa Nankivil, Todd Norsten, at MIA, will curate the exhibition. Highpoint and to present highlights from Chloe Piene, Jessica Rankin, David Rathman, “In its first ten years, Highpoint has its production to a broad public audience,” and Carolyn Swiszcz. Accompanying become a vibrant part of the Twin Cities said Rassieur. special public tours and programs will be art scene. Less well known is its national The show will offer MIA visitors a announced in the coming months. — continued on page 2 HIGHPOINTPRINTMAKING.ORG

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From the Directors

David Rathman, Team Gorman, 2011 Lithography and water color, 38” x 88.25”, Variant edition of 7 Photo by Rik Sferra continued from page 1 Fall Bounty Highpoint Editions – Decade One Fall is a wonderful season in — not only does the weather turn cool and the leaves Since opening in 2001, Highpoint has turn colorful, there is also lots of great art to be found around town. been creating new prints in collaboration We would like to highlight just a few of the exciting programs that Highpoint is offering with local, national, and international this season: artists. Highpoint Editions, the publishing First, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is hosting Highpoint Editions – Decade One, arm of Highpoint, fosters emerging and an exhibition of prints made at HP during Highpoint’s first ten years (2001 – 2011). The show established artists who benefit from a unique is on view at the MIA, in the Prints and Drawings Gallery, from September 24 – June 10, 2012. collaborative process as they experiment Highpoint is very honored to have this major show at the MIA, especially during the start of our and discover new artistic avenues, with ten-year anniversary season. Stay tuned for special public programs to accompany Decade One. the support of a Master Printer and staff, in Another new program we are very excited about is TWO x TUE: Second Tuesdays, a a print shop designed specifically for such new monthly evening event for adults, funded in part by an Arts Access grant (see page work. 15 for the full story and funder acknowledgements). Second Tuesdays will take on a different During Highpoint’s first decade form each month, and will include an intriguing mix of gallery talks, hands-on printmaking, Highpoint Editions projects have been and music. Guests artists will be announced as they are added to the calendar. supported in part by The Patrick and Aimee Of course, Highpoint’s fall calendar still offers all your favorites: the important mix of Butler Family Foundation, HRK, Martin adult and youth classes, the fabulous Winter Co-op Artists’ party and exhibition — the and Brown Foundation, the McKnight 20th! — and the time-honored tradition, our Dia de los Muertos Free Ink Day. See the Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, calendar on page 15 for dates and times. the Moore Family Fund for of the We are always ready to welcome you to Highpoint and we hope to see you at one or Minneapolis Foundation, the National more of these special events! Endowment for the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation, and many individuals. Enjoy the Fall’s Bounty. Visit www.artsmia.org for the MIA’s hours and other information. Carla McGrath Executive Director Cole Rogers, Artistic Director and Master Printer 3

Belfast PrintWorkshop: Celebrating 35 years of Prints

This thought-provoking exhibition encompasses a myriad of techniques and perspectives expressed through works by current and past members during the tumultuous recent history of Northern Ireland.

On View: August 26 – October 15, 2011 Simon McWilliams, Spine, 1990, Screenprint

Highpoint Center for Printmaking is proud effort to promote an exchange of culture, efforts of artists and their will to build a to be the first venue in the creative ideas, and artistic processes. Belfast creative community that is engaged locally to exhibit works from Northern Ireland’s PrintWorkshop has a print , and internationally. esteemed Belfast PrintWorkshop. The exhibition space, and classes set up quite My thanks and appreciation to exhibition features prints from thirty similar to Highpoint. It also provides the co-op members, board members, printmakers spanning the 35-year history resources for artists-in-residence to create exhibitions coordinators, and directors of the organization and its community. This prints that are exhibited at the end of their of Highpoint Center for Printmaking and thought-provoking exhibition encompasses month long stay. Belfast PrintWorkshop for the creation and a myriad of techniques and perspectives During my stay in Belfast, collaboration fulfillment of this exhibition.” expressed through works by current and was talked about often with many of the past members during the tumultuous recent artists interested in an exhibition exchange. About the Belfast PrintWorkshop: The history of Northern Ireland. Collaborative approaches in printmaking are Belfast PrintWorkshop, located in the Cotton essential, and this potential opportunity to Court, a former Bonded Warehouse, in the Jeremy Lund, long-time HP co-op member, make an exchange of artwork internationally heart of the Cathedral Quarter in central curated this show. Here are his comments was met with optimism. The exhibition took Belfast, is the largest space in the North of about the project: its current form this spring thanks to the Ireland where professional printmakers can efforts made by the directors and exhibition share facilities, materials and ideas with each “Belfast PrintWorkshop, Celebrating staff of both print centers. other. Member artists have the opportunity 35 years of Prints, is an exhibition idea Celebrating 35 years of Prints, is to sell their prints through an integrated that came about during my month-long comprised of artworks from the current co- gallery and online to a worldwide audience. residency in Belfast, Northern Ireland in op members of BPW as well as artworks To learn more visit bpw.org.uk/ 2007. This residency, organized by North from the archives of BPW that were created Star, was intended to bring together artists by artists during their residencies. The from Minnesota and Northern Ireland in an artwork is a testament to the collaborative HIGHPOINTPRINTMAKING.ORG

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Highpoint Editions Project Updates

Todd Norsten, JFK in ’64, 2011 Willie Cole working Screenprint, 28” x 37.5”, Edition of 20 with HP Editions staff

HP Editions: Todd Norsten Willie Cole Newest Projects 2011 Known for his unique use and exploration HP Editions has begun to work with of text in his recent prints and , Willie Cole on a series of large-scale prints. Opening Reception: Norsten just completed the print JFK in ’64 Cole spent a week at HP in Spring 2011 to Friday, October 21, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. at HP Editions this summer. get the project going. The new works are The print references an image of a in the early stages, but we can confirm that On view in Highpoint’s Galleries: campaign poster captured in No Direction the artist has returned to his well-known October 21 – November 23 Home, the Bob Dylan documentary by and iconic ironing board imagery. Cole has Martin Scorsese. Norsten found the poster garnered many awards and exhibited widely. Join Highpoint this October for a look at in the footage to be a subtle yet poignant He uses discarded everyday objects — such the newest prints created in 2011. Works reminder of the loss of American innocence as irons, blow dryers and high-heeled by Carter, Todd Norsten and David Rathman after JFK’s assassination in 1963; the artist shoes — to create iconic , will be on display. An added bonus to the noted “the phrase JFK in ‘64 made me think installations and prints that present social, evening: in Gallery B we’ll be screening about how history was abruptly interrupted political or cultural perspectives of the clips of TPT’s MN Original and other footage and about what could have been had things urban African American experience. Some about present and former HP Editions gone differently.” of Cole’s signature images are his iron-burn artists. Drop by to meet the artists and The political poster image is a key prints, which he began making in the late enjoy a night of art and video. part of the lexicon of the 1960’s. Its 1980s, where the scorches from a scalding straightforward yet potent message has iron are imbued with metaphorical meaning. become a powerful iconic touchstone of that HP Editions is looking forward to the artist’s time, one that still resonates with fascination, next visit this fall to continue his work and portent and longing. To stay true to the exploration. More project details to follow concept, the print has been produced on on HP’s website, so stay tuned. 2-ply museum board with seven layers of gloss and one layer of green ink to echo the look and feel of a poster printed at that time. 5

Carter, Forthcoming, 2011 David Rathman puts the final Screenprint on Rives BFK, 35” x 45.5”, Edition of 25 washes of color on his latest prints Courtesy of the artist and Highpoint Editions Photo by Chris Hagen

Carter David Rathman

HP Editions has been collaborating with David Rathman returned to Highpoint the artist Carter over the past year on the Editions during summer 2011 and finished creation of three new print editions. up work on a spectacular large-scale Carter, a 2006 Whitney Biennial Fellow, diptych of a demolition derby car and truck works in varied mediums including , (pictured on pages 1 and 2). The images , film, photography, are lithographs in black and are hand water- and video. In his drawings, paintings and colored by the artist. Both vehicles are tiled sculptures, Carter collages and overlaps into multiple prints, emphasizing their quirky, images of body parts and facial features to deconstructed/reconstructed quality and the create what he calls “anonymous portraits.” scale reflects the physicality of their subjects. The artist is interested in challenging A variant edition of seven unique diptychs notions of self by making work that acts as a has been produced and will be released this stand-in for an idea of someone. The three Fall 2011. The car and truck are available new prints are layered with emotional and separately, or as a set. psychological complexity and reflect the Those familiar with Highpoint Editions artist’s interest in perception. They will be will remember Rathman’s Five New Etchings released this Fall 2011. Contact HP for more (sold out) from 2002; a suite of intaglio information and pricing. Also a filmmaker, prints featuring Western scenes and darkly Carter’s most recent film Maladies, starring humorous bits of text. More recent prints James Franco, Catherine Keener and David created in 2009 at HP include etchings: “It Strathairn will be released this Fall 2011. seldom matters, the words you say” and “The way we get by.” A limited number of these prints are still available; contact HP for current availability and pricing. HIGHPOINTPRINTMAKING.ORG

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Tales from the Co-op

James Boyd Brent, Water – Camping In the Boundary Waters, Minnesota, 2011, Intaglio Photo by Patrick Kelley Christopher Hagen James Boyd Brent

Christopher Hagen, 7/10/2009.8:28:16 p.m. as 5/21/2011, 2011, Intaglio Originally from rural northwestern My first experience with etching was , the last five years have found during my foundation year at Anglia Ruskin me mostly in Minnesota. At the University University in Cambridge, England. My Highpoint’s Cooperative space has of Minnesota Duluth, I undertook the instructor, Walter Hoyle, told us that it helps the facilities to please all types of entire offered curricula of photography and to be interested in cooking if you aspire printmakers. But our cooperative provides printmaking with additional studies in design to be an intaglio printmaker. I saw what he more than just facilities. and philosophy. My work interplays photo, meant and was hooked, as I love processes The shared spaces and equipment of print, and occasionally other mixed media. that involve heat and exciting transformation. print studios have traditionally brought Drawing upon a lifelong engagement After completing my undergraduate degree artists of all ages and backgrounds in literature, science, and psychology, I in printmaking at Central Martins in London, together facilitating a unique exchange am foremost interested in the interplay of I moved to Minnesota in the 1990s to pursue of information, technique, and sensibility processes and materials. By making my own an MFA in print. among printers. Highpoint is no printing mediums, I hope to minimize the At the moment, I’m working on a series exception. U of M design professor usage of commercial products in favor of of plates that are about the places where James Boyd Brent & recent U of M Duluth studio-prepared components. Building up physical worlds meet, such as where animals graduate Christopher Hagen were two of from the raw materials ascribes meaning to encounter people or where water interacts HP’s Co-op regulars this summer. From the most basic components of my process. with solid objects. I’m interested in the discussing print techniques to baking Since graduating, I have primarily shape and movement of these interactions, homemade bread, James and Chris add to worked in freelance design, photography, their eddies and currents. the wealth of knowledge and community and as a “journeyman” artist’s assistant. I Intaglio is a technically demanding shared by cooperative members. finally ventured from the North to seek viable process. One needs to be precise and bold employment, and to further my pursuit of while being willing to leave a lot to chance. It’s fine printmaking. I was aware of Highpoint hard to see exactly what you’re doing when for some years but it was finally a visit in you’re working on a copper plate. I find these the summer of 2010 that made me realize aspects of the medium engaging and inspiring, what an incredible resource was so near to and a great aid in the creative process. my familiar port and my homeland in the Highpoint is where to go if you are woods. The welcoming co-op members and a printmaker in the Twin Cities. I have a exceptional studios have been a haven in the small intaglio studio at home, but it’s more city and fertile ground for the development stimulating working at Highpoint in the of my work. However long I remain in company of fellow printmakers. I appreciate Minneapolis, I will be glad of the time spent this creative studio environment and the inky amidst the good people and presses. regular interaction with other artists. 7

Excavations: Artist Talk and New Jerome The Prints of Julie Demonstration Emerging Mehretu travels with Keiji Printmakers to New Venues Shinohara Announced

When Highpoint opened its new building in A special free evening for Highpoint hosts three Minnesota print- October 2009, the gala event also debuted Highpoint Supporting Members makers each year in our Jerome Emerging Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu, Friday, October 14, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Printmakers Residency. Starting in an exhibition organized by Highpoint Space is limited, RSVP soon September 2011, Gwendolyn Comings, Editions in collaboration with Julie Mehretu. Graham Judd, and Jonathan McFadden Thanks to the generosity of Ms. Mehretu, Please join Highpoint for an evening will have nine months access to a fully Highpoint was able to organize this stunning of immersion in the world of Ukiyo-e equipped print shop, technical support from show of 22 prints. printmaking. Master Printer Keiji Shinohara HP’s coordinator, and group critiques. Their Now traveling to other United States will speak about his life and his art, and residency will culminate with an exhibition of venues, this exhibition represents almost demonstrate printing on rice paper with works created in Highpoint’s facilities. a decade of intensive engagement with water-based inks from woodblocks in the Highpoint would like to thank this year’s printmaking and is the first show dedicated Ukiyo-e style — the traditional Japanese Jurors: Sarah Suzuki, Assistant Curator of to the artist’s prints. Accompanying the show printmaking method dating to 600 BC. Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum is a 44-page color catalog with plates of the Well-known for his distinctive take on of Modern Art, New York, and Christopher prints and an essay by Siri Engberg, Curator the ukiyo-e technique, Shinohara exhibited Atkins, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program at the in Minneapolis. prints and taught at Highpoint in 2003. Coordinator at the Minneapolis Institute Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, raised in This Fall, he returns to Minnesota to be a of Arts. We would also like to thank all East Lansing, Michigan, and educated visiting artist at Carleton College, and to 2011-12 Jerome applicants and the Jerome in Michigan, Rhode Island, and Senegal, further share his extensive knowledge with Foundation for making Highpoint’s 9th Mehretu now lives in . Highpoint members of this ancient, yet Emerging Printmakers Residency possible. In 2010 Excavations was on display contemporary printing technique. at the Herbert Johnson Museum of Art, RSVP to Will Lager at 612.871.1326 or Cornell University. Next stop this Fall 2011, [email protected] the exhibit will visit the Davison Art Center Space is limited so RSVP soon! at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. In Spring 2012 Excavations will be on view at The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, New York. Know a venue that might want to host Excavations? Please contact Cole Rogers, Artistic Director & Master Printer, at Highpoint 612.871.1326.

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Classes for Fall 2011

Screenprinting: the Basics and Beyond and a color reductive linocut. Additionally, a themed print exchange will allow each student to walk away with prints from all class Instructor: Zac Adams-Bliss participants. Age: 18+; All skill levels welcome With a brief exposure to print history as well as contemporary Enrollment: Maximum 10, Minimum 6 applications, the class will be taught through process demos and Dates: Wednesday, September 28, and in-class work time. Class fee includes a 9 x 12” woodblock, a 9 x 12” Thursdays, October 6, 13, 20, 27, and copper plate for intaglio, a 4 x 6” mounted linoleum block, as well November 3 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. as the use of necessary tools and black inks during class. Plus, two Saturday workshops October 22 and November 5, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. About the instructor: Currently Highpoint’s Exhibitions & Artists Cost: $335 (10% discount for HP Members) Co-op Manager, Josh received an MFA in printmaking from the in 2010 and a BFA from Ball State University This class provides an introduction to the printmaking process also in Muncie, Indiana in 2006. Working primarily in woodcut, his prints known as “silkscreen” or “serigraphy.” Used in many commercial emphasize the swollen disconnect between Americans and the applications, images are created by pushing ink through a history of the land they inhibit. stencil — either hand-drawn or photographically based — on woven screen mesh. The class will guide you through the hands-on, step- by-step process of making screenprints. Weekend Workshop with Classroom sessions will focus on demonstrations, viewing prints Keiji Shinohara, Master Printer by other artists and instructor supported work time. There will be an optional portfolio exchange where participants can exchange Instructor: Keiji Shinohara, Master Printer prints with others in the class. Class fee includes inks, equipment, Age: 18+, the instructor recommends this workshop for basic tools, mid-sized screens and instructional/technical support. those with some experience and printing from Students purchase paper and, optionally, screens for larger sized woodblock projects. Enrollment: Maximum 10, Minimum 6 Dates: Saturday and Sunday, October 15 – 16 About the Instructor: Zac Adams-Bliss is the Senior Printer for Time: 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Highpoint Editions. He received a BFA from the Minneapolis Cost: $245 (no member discounts for this special workshop) College of Art and Design. His work blends traditional and modern printmaking techniques, often so that the printed object interplays Highpoint is very pleased to announce a special weekend workshop with its environment. with master woodblock printer Keiji Shinohara. Participants will learn the basic techniques of Japanese woodblock printing and carving known as moku hanga. This method, Intro to Print – Part I over 1,000 years old, is a printmaking technique that does not An Introduction to Relief & Intaglio Processes involve using presses or oil-based inks. In this process, students print by hand applying color with watercolors and rice paste. Color, Instructor: Josh Winkler design, composition, and techniques of woodblock carving are Age: 18+; All skill levels welcome covered, as well as advanced printing techniques of gradation Enrollment: Maximum 10, Minimum 6 (bokashi). Dates: Tuesday, October 4 Highpoint provides inks, solvents, and newsprint for proofing. Wednesday, October 12 Each student will also receive one block of wood to get started. Tuesday, October 18 Extra materials may be purchased if needed. While HP has tools to Tuesday, October 25 use in the studio, students may wish to purchase their own tools to Tuesday, November 1 use at home. Wednesday, November 9 Tuesday, November 15 About the Instructor: Keiji Shinohara was born and raised in Osaka, Tuesday, November 22 Japan. After 10 years as an apprentice to the renowned Keiichiro Time: All classes run from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Uesugi in Kyoto, he became a Master Printmaker and moved to Cost: $315 (10% discount for HP members) the United States. Shinohara’s natural abstractions are printed on rice paper with water-based inks from woodblocks in the Ukiyo-e In this 8-week course, students will develop a basic understanding style — the traditional Japanese printmaking method dating to 600 of both intaglio and relief printmaking processes. Artists will have BC. He is currently an Artist in Residence at Wesleyan University in the opportunity to make a woodcut, a copper plate intaglio print, Connecticut. Keiji Shinohara has been a visiting artist at over 100 9

venues. He has received grants from the Japan Foundation and the experimentation without using solvents or chemical processes. Learn National Endowment for the Arts and his work is in many public additive and subtractive printing techniques, multiple registration, collections, including the Fine Arts Museums of , the inking procedures, how to create and print collagraphs, and how Cleveland Museum of Art, the Milwaukee , the Fogg Art to pull monotypes from both an etching press and a silk screen. Museum at Harvard University, and the Library of Congress. Explore making one-of-a-kind prints without the fuss! Cost covers supplies, including inks and paper.

Artists and Audiences: About the Instructor: Johanna Winters received her BA from the Best Practices for Creating Your Connection University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in 2007 with an emphasis in printmaking. She first became involved at Highpoint in 2008 when Instructor: William Lager she completed an education internship and has been involved with Age: 18+ Highpoint’s growing youth and adult programming ever since. She Enrollment: Maximum 25, Minimum 10 has headed the Access/Print Project, a young artists’ mentorship Date: Wednesday, October 19 program for high school students, and has completed a one-year Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Education Fellowship at Highpoint. She recently was hired as HP’s Cost: $35 (10% discount for HP Members) Education and Community Programs Manager. She works mainly in intaglio and screen-print processes. This one-night workshop will examine the basics of how you as an artist can find your audience and successfully engage them. The workshop will include discussions of how to use varied techniques To register for classes, call Highpoint at 612.871.1326 of engagement for different audiences, and how to choose the or email [email protected] appropriate method. The major forms of social media will be covered along with an examination of which audiences they interface with and how to utilize them in a time effective manner. The class will include a brief look at local opportunities for artists and a practical primer of the best practices for documenting your work. Please do not bring portfolios.

About the instructor: William Lager is an alumnus of the University of Minnesota Sculpture Department and has worked in support of the Minnesota arts community for more than 10 years at organizations such as Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, Springboard for the Arts, mnartists.org. Will has provided professional practices instruction for the College of St. Catherine, Augsburg College and is currently assisting Forecast in creating a public art toolkit. Will is currently Information and Membership Manager at Highpoint.

The Instant Printmaker: Playdate at the Press: A Low-Tech Approach to Printmaking A Family & Friends Day at Highpoint

Instructor: Johanna Winters Age: All ages Age: 18+; Beginner to Intermediate Enrollment: Max: 40 people (including children) Enrollment: Maximum 15, Minimum 8 Dates: December 3, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Dates: Saturday and Sunday, November 12–13 Cost: $15/adult, $8/child OR family package: $30 for a Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. party of four (either two adults and two kids, or one Cost: $165 (10% off for members) adults and three kids)

Get your hands inky in this weekend workshop for printmaking Spend an afternoon with your family and friends at Highpoint for novices! Traditional printmaking processes are often time-intensive a unique hands-on printmaking experience suitable for all ages. and complex (though that’s why we have such a great appreciation You will learn how to create colorful monoprints using different for prints). This weekend workshop will focus on monoprinting, a inking techniques, and how to operate an etching press. more immediate form of printmaking that allows for spontaneity and Take home a family-sized serving of one-of-a-kind monoprints! HIGHPOINTPRINTMAKING.ORG

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Education & Community Programs

Highpoint’s Education and Community visits to Highpoint’s studio classroom, Meet HP’s New Programs are on the go in 2011! This elementary and middle school students Education & Community summer was buzzing with new community learned different printmaking processes partnerships, a puppet-inspired Free Ink including monoprinting, drypoint, and relief Programs Manager Day, and loads of summer art camps. A busy printing. Students also had the opportunity schedule of programming is also underway to display their prints in an exhibition at the Johanna Winters was recently hired as as we look to the start of a new school year. Little Earth of United Tribes gymnasium. HP’s Education and Community Programs Highpoint began a new partnership this Another highlight of the summer season Manager. A devoted educator and artist, summer with Kulture Klub Collaborative, at Highpoint was our July Free Ink Day: Johanna joined the Highpoint crew as an a Minneapolis non-profit arts organization Handy Dandy Prints and Puppetry. Highpoint Education Intern in the summer of 2008 that connects artists with youth experiencing partnered with the Open Eye Figure and has been involved ever since. She has homelessness. Young adults visited Theatre’s Driveway Tour program for this headed the Access/Print Project, a young Highpoint to print linoleum relief blocks unique event to give visitors a chance to artists’ residency program for high school they had carved at Kulture Klub, They make prints and view a puppet show in students, and completed the Education learned how to mix inks, register multiple the gallery. Following an afternoon of relief Fellowship under the mentorship of her blocks, and operate an etching press to block carving and printing, the Driveway predecessor, Elizabeth Flinsch-Garrison. make a series of marvelous prints on their Tour crew performed The Adventures of own hand-made paper. Kulture Klub will Juan Bobo, a delightful tale of riddles, be visiting Highpoint again in December to music, and hilarious characters. Access/Print Teen work on more projects. Program is Four! As part of our continuing mission to provide quality art-making experiences Many Thank Yous to communities without access to the This fall will mark the 4th year of the arts, Highpoint also established a new ACCESS/PRINT Project, a mentorship A few notes of thanks to our former partnership with the youth programs at the program that grants full scholarships to 8 Education staff and interns, who have Little Earth of United Tribes community. teens each year. Selected students learn been an essential part of the education Little Earth, founded in 1973, is the nation’s different printmaking processes to develop programs at Highpoint. Many thanks to our first urban housing complex with American a portfolio of work to exhibit in the galleries 2010-2011 education crew: Yoshi Coryne, Indian preference. Over the course of four at Highpoint. Do you know a high school Megan Frauenhoffer, Page Guggemos, Tom student who is serious about making art? Woodling, Bekkah Olson, and Angie Owens. Applications for the fall session are available A new addition to the team was Nico on our website and are due September 16 Dregni, our high school teen mentor for the 2011. Access/Print Project (and a former Access/ Print student himself!). Also, we would like to welcome the 2010-11 Education Fellow Joe Moore to Highpoint. And a special thanks goes to our former Education and Community Programs Manager, Elizabeth Flinsch-Garrison, for her four years of commitment to the Education Programs at Highpoint. Without the incredible amount of work contributed by these dedicated people, the growth of our programs would not be possible. Thank you!

Be sure to check out our fall class schedule for other programs for printmaking enthusiasts of all levels. Open Eye Figure Theatre’s Driveway Tour performs The Adventures of Juan Bobo in the HP galleries 11

Veterans in the Arts: Update

Highpoint Education Fellow Joe Moore working with the veterans

Highpoint has been honored to be part of op member — Pamela Carberry. We asked witnessed the joy of creating, the ability a brand new partnership with Veterans in Pam to give us her impressions about the to overcome challenges and the virtue of the Arts, a young organization that serves program and her experiences as a teacher: patience — it was a lesson that cannot be veterans through hands-on art experiences. overstated. Their mission: to facilitate the ability of “I wanted to teach for the Veterans in At the end of each class I could feel the veterans to express themselves in a variety the Arts program because I felt that it would students energy and enthusiasm towards of art forms through a progressive program be interesting to work with students who their work. I was told that the secure and of supportive instruction and collaboration. had a rich background of life experiences accepting nature of the environments Participating art centers are Foci Minnesota and were looking to express their thoughts that we visited was a big factor in their Center for Glass Arts, Highpoint Center and feelings through art. The wide variety success. I think for some of the students for Printmaking, Minnesota Center for of skill levels offered me a challenge that just participating in the program was a Book Arts, Northern Clay Center, and the I welcomed and ultimately found was a milestone. This is a program that validates Playwrights’ Center. Suzanne Asher, founder beneficial factor in creating a cohesive group their service to the country and embraces and Executive Director, invited Highpoint to dynamic. It was very touching to see how their creative souls.” be part of this project. the veterans looked out for each other and One of the teachers who worked with a encouraged each other throughout the class For more information, visit group of Vets also happens to be an HP Co- sessions. From this teaching experience I www.veteransinthearts.org HIGHPOINTPRINTMAKING.ORG

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Highpoint’s Current Supporting Members: You Make it Possible! As of August 30, 2011 (*$100 or greater)

Donors Ben and Joanne Case* Lisl Gaal Alexandra Kulijewicz* Mary Aamoth* Kristen Cheronis* Steve and Kathy Gaskins* Karen Kunc Darren Acheson and John and Debby Christakos* Nate and Trissa Garvis* Anita and Mike Kunin* Carol Peterson* Keith Christensen* Catherine Gaynor* Armin Kunz* Fred Aden Nina Clark* Gretchen and Doug Gildner* John Landy* Jodie Ahern Helen Cleveland* Carolyn Glasoe* Philip Larson* Lynn Allen* David and Wendy Coggins* Sally Gordon and Galen Benson* Sally and Jonathan Lebedoff* Roberta and Bradley Allen* Lynora Conti Elly Dayton Grace* Vince Leo Woodbury Andrews* Jay Coogan* Marion Greene John and Margy Ligon* Elizabeth Andrus* Hope Cook* Ronnie and Larry Greenberg* John and Searcy Lillehei* John Andrus* Connee and Fuller Cowles* Georgianna Gregory Randy Hartten and Ron Lotz* Stephen Andrus* John and Page Cowles* Nancy Grist-Franchett Barbara Longfellow* Anonymous (8)* John and Laura Crosby* Polly Grose* Jeremy Lund Fred Appell Laura Crosby and Dan Enebo* Karla Hackenmiller Jeremy Lundquist Cynthia and Chris Armacost* Tom and Ellie Crosby* Christopher Hagen Reid and Ann MacDonald* Elizabeth Armstrong* Jonathan and Jennifer Crump* Fred Hagstrom Nivin MacMillan* Tom Arneson* Santiago Cucullu* Nor Hall and Roger Hale* Brent and Mitzi Magid* Bruce and Martha Atwater* John Cullen and Debra and Gerald Hammer* Jennifer Martin* Dan Avchen and David Johnson* Joseph Gibbons* Betsy and Jule Hannaford* Joan and Paul Maas* Jessi and Steve Bailey* Toni Dachis Margaret Hanson Siri and Bob Marshall* Philip Barber Donald Dahlin Brian and Jeneen Hartley-Sago* Julie Matonich and Rob Bras* Terry and Ron Barczak* Craig Daniels* Ann and David Heider* Carla McGrath* Kim Bartmann* David Dayton* Kelsey Henderson Mary McGrath* Ron Beining and Mark Perrin* Jim and Megan Dayton* B. Ziegenhagen and Emily Galusha and Don McNeil* Russ Belk* Joan and Robert Dayton* Patrick Higgins* Julie Mehretu and Jessica Rankin* Carol and Kim Bemis* Judy Dayton* Michael and Valerie Hoffman* Jen Merrill Beth Bergman* Martha Dayton and Tom Nelson* Ron Hokenson Bob Mersky* Karl and Rosemarie Bethke* Mary Lee Dayton* John Holman Martha Meyer Von Blon and Sally and Maurice Blanks* Toby and Mae Dayton* Karen Holmberg Tom Meyer* Kerrie Blevins and Heather DeLisle Wendy Holmes Lisa and Michael Michaux* Michael Walstrom* Lisa and Pat Denzer* Cindy Ihlenfeld* April Miller Ann Birks* Mary Lou and Tom Detwiler* Debra Ingram Charles and Laura Miller* Todd Bockley* Linda Dolan* John T. Jensen Herman Milligan Nancy and Patrick Bolan Mary Dolan* Julie and Tommy Johns* Lucy and Bob Mitchell* Lynn and Lois Bollman* Harry Drake* Kari and Brett Johnson Kim and Tim Montgomery* Bryan Bornhoft* Andrew Duff* Mike Johnson Katherine and David Moore* James Boyd Brent* Dean Eichaker* Dennis Michael Jon* Leni and David Moore, Jr.* Florence Brammer and Diana Eicher* Marilyn Propp and David Jones* Tim and Debby Moore* David Shlay* Mike Elko Delia Jurek Sheila Morgan* Tony Branfort* Siri Engberg and Marty Broan* Matt and Laurie Kania* David and Kathleen Mortenson* Philip and Carolyn Brunelle Doris Engibous and Cathy Ryan* Jill Stoerkel and Brett Kaull* Kelly Munson Marilyn Burlingame Kay and Gerald Erickson* Gloria Kaull* Lisa Nankivil Jeff and Jessica Callinan* Jim Lutz and Kaywin Feldman* Kate Kelly* Dirk Nelson Herbert and Katherine Cantrill* Cathy Fidler Amy and Mitch Kern* Karl Nelson Pamela Carberry and Peg Flanagan* David Kiehl* Sandra Nelson* Eduardo Ehrenwald* Kathleen Fluegel* Lyndel and Blaine King* Patty Scott and Ray Newman* Adriana Cargill* Monica Fogg* Michelle Klein* Khanh Nguyen* Lois Carlson* Mark Freij Heather Koopmans Sandesh Nicol Jack Buss and Patricia Carlson* Rosemary Furtak* Therese Krupp Stuart and Kate Nielsen* 13

Gayla Nieminen* Lea and Jeffrey Scherer Betsy Wray* United Arts Fund, a program Joan and John Nolan* Jenny Schmid Angus and Margaret Wurtele* of COMPAS Todd Norsten and Leslie Cohan* Henry Schneiderman Valerie Wyckoff The Andy Warhol Foundation Barbara Nunez Paul and Sue Schultz* Martha Yunker for the Susan Nyhus Kurt Seaberg Kat Zerebiec Edie Overturf Jan and Ross Shoger* Greg Zimmer and Stephanie Prem and Tom Owens* Jason Shogren* Claire Ouellette* Brian and Julie Palmer* Brian Shure and Evie Lincoln* Justin Newhall and David Zucco* Mary and John Pappajohn* Cathleen Simons Gwen Partin John Skogmo and Tom Morin* Foundation and Please give to Highpoint: you’ll John Pearson* Jeff and Helene Slocum* Corporate Donors be helping Highpoint continue Natasha Pestich Sheila Smith Blu Dot to provide the community Tim Peterson* Thrace Soryn* Patrick and Aimee Butler Family with educational programs, Jennifer and Charlie Phelps* Harriet and Ed Spencer* Foundation collaborative publishing Judith Pillsbury* Noa and Ted Staryk* Crump Family opportunities, access for artists, Heather Plank* Barbara Steiner* Good Family Foundation and gallery exhibitions. Your Donna and Jim Pohlad* Christopher Stevens* HRK Foundation donation will be used for expenses Alan Polsky* Bernice and John Swenson (2 anonymous board members) related to our community and Wayne and Virginia Portratz* Carolyn Swiszcz* Jerome Foundation artistic programming,and general Catherine Pruszynski Neely and Steven Tamminga* Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund day-to-day activity. Doug and Sharon Pugh* Justin Terlecki of HRK Foundation Laurie Rahr* Lucy Thompson Julia Kaemmer Fund For example: John Rasmussen* Sig and Sissy Ueland* of HRK Foundation A gift of $100 would provide: Thomas Rassiuer* Walt McCarthy and Clara Ueland* Kresge Foundation • ink for seven children’s classes Jason Rathe* Gregory Uphoff* Le Méridien Chambers David Rathman and Dani Werner Jerry and Teresa Vallery* Minneapolis/ W Minneapolis – A gift of $300 could fund: Elizabeth Redleaf* Noel Vargas the Foshay • bus transportation for 60 Larry Redmond Mary Vaughan* Leonard, Street and Deinard children on field trips to HP, or Robert Reed Olga Viso and Cameron Gainer* Martin and Brown Foundation • two months’ worth of ink George Reid* Joanne Von Blon* Mary H Rice Fund of for the Highpoint Printshop Lewis and Constance Remele* Sarah Voss HRK Foundation Cooperative Peter and Annie Remes* William Wallace* McKnight Foundation Paul and Mary Reyelts* David and Nancy Warner* Mersky Family Foundation Whatever you decide to donate, Jerry Riach* Martin and Lara Weinstein* Moore Family Fund for the Arts we are always grateful! Please Paulette Meyers Rich and Dan Welden* of the Minneapolis Foundation contact Carla McGrath, Executive David Rich* Rodney and Winifred West* Peregrine Capital Management Director for more details or to James Richardson* Wet Paint* Inc Fund of the Minneapolis answer any questions. She may Michael Robins Susan and Rob White* Foundation be reached at: 612.871.1326. Leigh Roethke Susan White* Jay and Rose Phillips Thomas and Mary Rose* Bethany Whitehead* Family Foundation Doug and Anita Ross Frank and Frances Wilkinson* PiperJaffray Jeff Ross* Jody Williams Pohlad Family Foundation John and Julie Roth* David Wilson and Pugsley Fund of HRK Foundation Maureen and Gordon Rudd Michael Peterman* Ritz Family Foundation Jim Rustad* Eleanor and Fredrick Winston* Swager Family Foundation Nancy Saliterman* Scott Winter and Target Amy Sands Andrew Blauvelt* Travelers Arts & Diversity Annabelle Sardelis Rufus Winton* Employee Committee Christie Hawkins and John Saurer* Ellen Wold Clara Ueland & Walt McCarthy HIGHPOINTPRINTMAKING.ORG

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Highpoint Open Portfolio II

This spring Highpoint hosted its second Open Portfolio, marking the event as a biennial happening for printmakers and print enthusiasts to enjoy. Sixty-seven printmakers from Minnesota and beyond gathered to share portfolios of their work in three 90-minute group sessions. Besides viewing hundreds of original art works, participants feasted on delectable eats straight from Big River Pizza’s authentic wood-burning pizza oven. Invited guest reviewers included David Kiehl, Curator of Prints at the Whitney Museum of American Art; Siri Engberg, Curator from the Walker Art Center; Christina Chang, Assistant Curator, ; Sally Johnson, Director of Groveland Gallery; Dennis Michael Jon, Associate Curator of Prints & Drawings at the MIA, and Tim Peterson, Director of Franklin Art Works. At the end of the afternoon, guest reviewers held an engaging panel discussion with a question and answer session with the artists.

Guest in conversation with artists at Open Portfolio II

Interns in the Threshold An exhibition of prints from Highpoint Interns

Studio and Education interns significantly help make HP classes, our visiting artists program, and our artist cooperative possible. They work anywhere from 16 – 24 hours per week for a period of 3 – 6 months. These individuals are selected from a group of qualified applicants and for the most part, they are actively making their own work. This exhibition presents a collection of prints created by 2011 Highpoint interns. Thanks to all our interns over the years — we couldn’t do it without you!

Participating Artists: Kelsey Henderson, Joe Moore, Megan Anderson, Jenny Morse, Matt Sprung, Tom Woodling, Lisa Lofgren, Mike Johnson, Bekkah Olson, Angela Owens, Cheyenne Mallo Jenny Morse, Family Photo Series 3, 2009, Screenprint 15

Upcoming Events Calendar September November

Highpoint Editions: Decade One TWO x TUE Opens at the Minneapolis Institute Second Tuesdays at Highpoint of Arts Tuesday, November 8, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. On view at the MIA: September 24, 2011 Second Tuesdays is a monthly, free evening – June 10, 2012 event at Highpoint featuring hands-on An exhibition of prints created during artmaking, gallery talks, interactions with Highpoint’s first ten years artists and music. Stay tuned for featured guest artists and activities!

October Thanksgiving Holiday Hours HP will be closed November 24 – 27 for the TWO x TUE Thanksgiving Holiday Second Tuesdays Project launches at Highpoint Tuesday, October 11, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. December TWO x TUE: Second Tuesdays is a monthly, free Second Tuesdays evening event at Highpoint featuring Playdate at the Press: hands-on artmaking, gallery talks, A Family & Friends Day at Highpoint at Highpoint interactions with artists and music. Stay December 3, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Please call to New Program Launches on tuned for featured guest artists and register; this event is limited to 40 guests. Tuesday, October 11 activities! Spend an afternoon at Highpoint for a unique hands-on printmaking experience Starting this October Highpoint will Artist Talk and Demonstration suitable for all ages. Cost: $15/adult, $8/ be hosting evenings about prints, with with Keiji Shinohara, Master Printer child OR family package: $30 for a party of conversation and optional libations on the A special free evening for Highpoint four (either two adults and two kids, or one second Tuesday of each month. These Supporting Members adults and three kids) events will take on a different form each Friday, October 14, 6:30 – 8:30 pm month — community groups will be invited Space is limited, RSVP to Will Lager Winter HP Co-op Artists Exhibition to participate — and will include a mix of [email protected] Opening Reception: Friday, December 9, gallery talks, lectures, music and printmaking or 612.871.1326 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. demonstrations and even the chance to Join Highpoint for an evening of On view: December 9, 2011 – February 4, get your hands inky. Each month will offer a immersion in the world of Ukiyo-e 2012 different theme and feature local, national printmaking. Keiji Shinohara will and international art. So, save Tuesday, speak about his life and his art, and TWO x TUE October 11, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. on your demonstrate printing on rice paper with Second Tuesdays Project at Highpoint calendar and check our website for updates water-based inks from woodblocks in the Tuesday, December 13, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. on this exciting new feature event! Ukiyo-e style — the traditional Japanese Stop in for this Second Tuesdays hosted printmaking method dating to 600 BC. by special guest artist Wing Young Huie. TWO x TUE is funded in part by an Arts Access grant from Wing has conducted hundreds of lectures the Minnesota State Arts Board, through the Minnesota HP Editions: Newest Projects 2011 and workshops throughout the country and Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the MN Opening Reception: Friday, October 21, internationally (including K-12 classrooms, State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. colleges, museums, non-profits, and vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. Thank you Minnesotans! On view: October 21 – November 23 corporations) with his many photographic projects that reflect America’s dizzying and Free Ink Day: Dia de los Muertos changing cultural landscape; providing a Saturday, October 29, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. collective window and mirror of the them Bring friends and family to take part in who are really us. Enjoy Wing’s talk, hands- this HP tradition — free for all ages! on artmaking and music. 912 West Lake Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408

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Mission: Highpoint Center for Printmaking is dedicated to advancing the art of printmaking. Its goals are to provide educational programs, community access, and collaborative publishing opportunities to engage the public and increase the appreciation and understanding of the printmaking arts.

Non-discrimination policy: Highpoint Center for Printmaking provides equal opportunity and access to its facilities and programs to all individuals regardless of race, national origin, color, gender, age, beliefs, sexual orientation or disability in admission, access or employment.

Executive Director Artistic Director & Master Printer Carla McGrath Cole Rogers

Board of Directors Amy Walsh Kern (Chair) Dennis Michael Jon Attorney, Leonard, Street & Deinard Associate Curator of Prints & Drawings Minneapolis Institute of Arts Thomas Owens (Vice Chair) Attorney David Moore, Jr. Moore Family Fund for the Arts Douglas Pugh (Treasurer) Senior Vice President, Donald McNeil Peregrine Capital Management Art Consultant

Tony Branfort (Secretary) Neely J.N. Tamminga Director, BI Shared Business Intelligence Managing Director, Travelers Insurance Piper Jaffray & Co.

Gretchen Gildner Clara Ueland Community Arts Advocate Artist

Elly Dayton Grace Jerry Vallery Community Arts Advocate Associate Client Director, The Nielsen Company Highpoint Center for Printmaking is a fiscal year 2012 recipient of a general operating grant from the Minnesota State Arts Advisory Board Board. This activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota arts and Lynne Allen David Jones cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Director, School of Visual Arts, Director, Anchor Graphics Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the Boston University @ Columbia College Chicago people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

Marjorie Devon Brian Shure Funding provided in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Director, Tamarind Institute Assistant Professor, Arts Board, through an appropriation by the MN State Legislature, Rhode Island School of Design a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and private funders.