Highpoint Editions: Contemporary Prints

August 25 - December 21, 2018

South Two Gallery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Highpoint Editions: Contemporary Prints features work from the Highpoint Editions, the fine art publishing component of Highpoint Center for Printmaking. Invited national and international professional artists such as Willie Cole, Julie Mehretu, and others, have created original prints under the guidance and support of Master Printer Cole Rogers.

As a complement to this exhibition, prints from notable Highpoint Center for Printmaking alumni will also be featured in “Outstanding Affiliates” exhibition on view in the Wyoming Gallery.

The Mid America Print Council (MAPC), in partnership with the UW Department of Art and Art History, will host a three-day bi-annual conference titled Go West: The Collaborate Turn, in Laramie, October 3-6. Over 300 printmakers from the Midwest and West are expected to attend. Highpoint Center for Printmaking co-founders Executive Director Carla McGrath and Artistic Director & Master Printer Cole Rogers have been selected as the Outstanding Printmakers for the 2018 conference.

• A Special Preview of Highpoint Editions: Contemporary Prints, Thursday, October 4, 2018, 8:00 – 10 a.m., UW Art Museum galleries

• Outstanding Affiliates, August 25-October 6, 2018, Wyoming Gallery

 

• Funded in part by UW Art Museum Gala Funds and Wyoming Public Media

 

 

Images: 

Left/Top: Julie Mehretu (Ethiopian/American, b. 1970), Entropia (review), 2004, 32-color lithograph and screenprint on Arches 88 paper, 29 x 40 inches, courtesy of Highpoint Editions and the artist

Right/Bottom: Lisa Nankivil (American, b. 1958), Lacuna, 2008, lithography and screenprint, 13 x 15-1/2 inches, courtesy of Highpoint Editions and the artist