May 31, 2011

A Busy 1000 Print Summer

By Dave Machacek


ArtOrg is gearing up for a active summer and has no less than 15 small steamroller printing events scheduled in June alone. Please go to our calendar on our main website for the specifics, or if you prefer Facebook, there is a complete event list there, too. The small steamroller printing event we have named the “Thousand Print Summer” and we printed at 32 venues from Rochester to Warroad last year for 2348 kid and adult artists. There were also three projects last year that made use of printing blocks from the Thousand Print Summer to create larger collaborative works. The Big Print, The Peace Caterpillar, and the St. Cloud Cult Print were all examples of the artist print blocks living on after they were first created. Some of these projects were organized by the Minnesota regional library system, and some were funded all or in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. For events in the northwest corner of Minnesota, please see our page devoted to the Northwest Regional Library, and for events in the center of the state near Fergus Falls, please look to our Viking Library System page.


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    2010 Great River Regional Library Events


    We traveled to
    17 venues in 19 days
    printing for kids and adults.
    See 1000 photos here.

    2009 Plains Art Museum Steamroller Prints

    Plains Art Museum
    The creation of nine large prints
    with Day of the Dead theme.
    Plains Art Museum Collection.
    (12 minutes)

    2008
    Twenty Views of Dundas

    The Twenty Views of Dundas
    A collaborative, historical
    fine-art print suite featuring
    printers and 21 artists.
    Weisman Museum collection.

    Stillwater
    ArtReach St. Croix

    Stillwater
    Stillwater, MN
    A favorite stop
    of the
    Thousand Print Summer.

    2005
    Mary Draws Harry

    Mary GrandPre
    The artist Mary GrandPre teaches
    kids how to draw Harry Potter.
    Filmed at ArtOrg.
    (72 minutes)