PresstimeSPRING/SUMMER 2013 Print Profs An Exhibition of Recent Work by MN Faculty Opening Reception: Friday, February 8, 2013, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. On view: February 8 – April 6 Exhibitions of college students’ work are recent college graduates to continue commonplace, as are faculty shows from printing. In many cases, printmaking is a within a particular school. Less common are cost-prohibitive endeavor to take on alone. exhibitions like Print Profs, an invitational Highpoint maintains a close relationship group show that that brings together with printmaking faculty from many of college and university professors from all Minnesota’s colleges and universities. At over the state of Minnesota. Print Profs any given time, several of the members features a varied collection of works made of Highpoint’s Artists’ Cooperative are by 17 printmaking faculty members from active or retired professors. Groups of 14 Minnesota colleges and universities. students are routinely given guided tours The wealth of printmaking faculty teaching of HP’s exhibition space, facilities in Minnesota, combined with Highpoint’s and HP Editions’ print archives and faculty facilities and connections to higher members from within Minnesota education institutions, created an exciting (and beyond) participate in adult classes opportunity for this unique exhibition. at Highpoint. Above: Many artists are introduced to Faculty currently teaching in Minnesota Slag and Bloom printmaking in college. One reason that were invited to submit recent work to Stephanie Hunder, Sara Downing, Elizabeth Jacobson Screenprinting, relief and collage on panel Highpoint was founded was to enable Highpoint for this exhibition. — continued on page 2 HIGHPOINTPRINTMAKING.ORG 2 From continued from page 1 the Directors Print Profs Greetings to all and happy 2013! As Highpoint launches into another year of new print projects, education partnerships and co-op artists’ adventures, we wanted to pause and take this moment to thank a very important group of people — our board members, past and present. In the world of non-profits, good board members are like gold. They inspire, advise, counsel, motivate, donate and dream. Now twelve years old, Highpoint would not be a success without a long list of “gold” board members, all volunteers, who helped get HP started, and still keep us going today. Our founding board members listened and advised and supported Highpoint when it Heidi Goldberg only existed on paper — they had the foresight to believe in the idea of Highpoint and put Past Dark II Intaglio, 2012 their great energies behind the start-up phase. All our thanks to these “pioneers” who helped Highpoint get off the ground! Dennis Michael Jon, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Minneapolis And now we say a warm farewell and thank you to three HP board members who are Institute of Arts, helped curate this show rotating off after many years of generous service — board chair Amy Walsh Kern, treasurer and the result is a wonderfully varied exhibit Tony Branfort, and art consultant Don McNeil. These three individuals have given of works. The exhibition includes prints extensively of their time and expertise, especially during the HP2 Capital Campaign that made within the scope of “traditional” allowed Highpoint to buy and build our permanent home. printmaking, but also branches out to include artists’ books, mixed media panels Finally, an enthusiastic welcome to incoming board members Mae Dayton, Michael and several sculptural objects. Peterman and Tom Owens. We are continually thankful for such amazing support from so Featured artists include: Kjellgren many in our community. Alkire, Lynn Bollman, Mary Coughlan, Ruthann Godollei, Heidi Goldberg, Fred Wishing you a wonderful 2013 and please visit Highpoint soon! Hagstrom, Stephanie Hunder, Jerald Krepps, Rick Love, Natasha Pestich, Justin Quinn, Maria Santiago, John Saurer, Jenny Schmid, Carla McGrath, Executive Director John Volk, Jeff Wetzig and Jody Williams. Cole Rogers, Artistic Director and Master Printer Print Profs runs from February 8 until April 6, 2013. Please join us for an opening reception Friday, February 8th from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Highpoint Center for Printmaking is a fiscal year 2013 recipient of a general operating grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. Funding provided in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the MN State Legislature, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and private funders. 3 Open Portfolio – It’s Back! Groveland Gallery Director Sally Johnson in conversation with artist Lynn Bollman at Open Portfolio II, 2011. Highpoint’s Open Portfolio III: Call for Artists and Print Lovers Great new prints and the artists who make them — don’t miss it! Saturday, June 8, 1:30 – 7:00 p.m. Highpoint is pleased to announce our third of work. Artist participation in the event is registration. Table and time assignments biennial Open Portfolio event. Are you a free for Highpoint members ($15 for non- will be issued to participants one week prior printmaker? Then sign up early and secure members). While some portion of displayed to the event. Please send payments to: a spot to show off your hard work. Are you prints may be digitally derived, this is a call Highpoint Open Portfolio, Highpoint Center a print lover/collector? Then mark your for traditionally printed images using the for Printmaking, 912 Lake Street West, calendar to come and see hundreds of techniques of intaglio, relief, monoprint, Minneapolis, MN 55408. original prints and meet the artists who made lithography and screenprinting. (Giclee As an added bonus, Big River Pizza them. Many of the prints will be available for and purely digital prints are not included in will bring the aromas and great taste of purchase directly from the artists. this event). Artists and their prints must be their authentic wood burning pizza oven to Afterwards, stay for a fascinating panel present during the event on Saturday, June the gathering. Big River Pizza hand crafts discussion with guest reviewers and 8, 2013 and are strongly encouraged to stay Neapolitan-style pizzas using local, fresh, a question and answer session with the for both group sessions, a panel discussion organic ingredients and will be baking pizzas artists. We are thrilled to announce that at 5:00 p.m. and pizza! at HP for our guests during Open Portfolio R.L. Tillman, Baltimore-based artist, Space is limited to the first 70 (www.bigriverpizza.com). teacher, curator, and co-founder of artists who register. Each participant is PRINTERESTING.ORG will be one of our given a table to display his/her work and Two sessions will each feature different guest reviewers this year. Other invited guests assigned one of two 90-minute time slots artists and their prints: will include curators, gallery directors and to present their prints. To register, call Session 1: 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. print professionals, and will be announced via Highpoint at 612.871.1326 OR email info@ Session 2: 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. HP’s website later in the spring. highpointprintmaking.org. Deadline to Group Discussion with guest reviewers: Printmakers from Minnesota and register is May 10, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. beyond are invited to share their portfolios The participation fee is due at time of Pizza and drink: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. HIGHPOINTPRINTMAKING.ORG 4 Highpoint Editions Artist Todd Norsten with “tape” Artist Sarah Crowner working at Highpoint drawing for his print. Highpoint Editions HP Editions looks forward to releasing New York-based artist Sarah Crowner the latest trompe l’oeil “tape” print in our has been back in the studio — her much is off to a great start collaboration with one of our local favorite anticipated project at Highpoint Editions in 2013. artists, Todd Norsten, this spring. Known will be released in fall 2013. In the for his unique use of text in recent prints meantime, if you are near Minneapolis, and paintings, this will be the fourth in a don’t miss the exhibition Painter Painter at series of trompe l’oeil prints employing the Walker Art Center (on view February screenprinting and lithography to simulate 2, 2013 – October 27, 2013). The Walker’s tape on paper. This newest print depicts first group painting show in over a evocative words in “masking tape” and decade, Painter Painter features Crowner’s represents a continuation of his effort to work alongside that of other fascinating create an authentic, affecting work of art contemporary artists working with paint in with his signature sense of sardonic humor the United States and Europe. and delight. (Collectors: Norsten’s earlier Highpoint is also abuzz with excitement “masking tape” print is sold out, but there about our collaboration with Aaron are still a few impressions in our inventory Spangler. Spangler holds an MFA from of his “blue tape” and “scotch tape” Minneapolis College of Art and Design, prints — catch them while you can!) and lives and works in Park Rapids, MN, 5 Aaron Spangler (third from left) and HP staff printing a woodcut. and has exhibited his work far and wide. private collections, including the Grunwald for January 2013 after Hurricane Sandy Known primarily for his large scale three- Center for Graphic Arts at the Hammer interfered with the originally scheduled dimensional and bas relief work in painted Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, fall date. It was a wonderful opportunity basswood, he now brings his formidable the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, to connect with colleagues, collectors and carving skills to bear as he creates and the Tweed Museum of Art.