Stand Up Prints 2020

Highpoint Center for Printmaking is pleased to present Stand Up Prints, a curated exhibition of prints and objects made by Americans from 24 states, Puerto Rico, and American expats. This exhibition will showcase ways that contemporary printmakers are working to amplify the messages of people and communities who demand racial and social justice in America. 62 individual works made by 59 artists were selected for inclusion in the show. The exhibition will also feature site-specific installations by Minneapolis artists Kelsi Sharp and Bayou (Donald) Thomas, as well as work from other community artists. 

In honor of the voices in Minneapolis that have inspired communities worldwide to stand up, Highpoint Center for Printmaking’s Stand Up Prints exhibition will highlight artists who are using printmaking to address social and political issues right now.

Printmaking has functioned historically as a means of disseminating information and knowledge, but also as a powerful tool for communicating social and political messages to a mass audience. Dissent, outrage, inspiration, hope, and calls for social justice are common themes in prints made by artists including Kara Walker (US), Francisco Goya (Spain), Honore Daumier (France), Jose Guadalope Posada (Mexico), Glenn Ligon (US), Käthe Kollowitz (Germany), Sister Corita Kent (US), and collectives like Taller de Gráfica Popular (Mexico), AfriCOBRA (US) and See Red Women's Workshop (UK).

This exhibition is juried by guest curator Ellen Y. Tani, PhD, the 2020-2022 A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Artsin Washington, DC, and community guest curator Esther Callahan, Co-Director of Artistic Programs at the Emerging Curators Institute.

PLEASE NOTE: 

Gallery viewing hours are Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm and Saturdays from 12-4pm. A maximum of 10 people will be allowed in the gallery at any time and visitors are required to wear a mask while inside Highpoint. 

Please call or visit highpointprintmaking.org for more information on visitor protocol.