Our small steamroller printing began one rainy day in fall of 2006 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. In 2008 an important grant was awarded to ArtOrg by Forecast Public Art and the Jerome Foundation which allowed us to buy equipment to take the show on the road. It was in that proposal that the name “Thousand Print Summer” was coined, a bit in reference to the old surf movie “The Endless Summer”. Along the way, we save the printing blocks and have reprinted them into what we call “Print Mashups” for several groups and special exhibits. We have surpassed 100 printing events in 2013, and will go over 10,000 prints total in 2014. Our expansion of this event is in part fueled by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Past Events By Year
By Organization
- Great River Regional Library System
- Hennepin County Library System
- Minnesota State Arts Board
- Northwest Regional Library System
- Rochester Art Groups
- Viking Library System
- and more…
Print Mashups
- 2014 Children’s Gift to Norway
- 2010 St. Cloud Cult Print
- 2010 Peace Caterpillar
- 2010 The Big Print
- 2006 104-foot-long Day of Dead Print
Thanks to Workers
- Alexander Hage, Allen Raeuchle, Ally Cassel, Alvin Ho, Anda Tanaka, Avery Swearer, Ben Finley, Brenda Flores, Brook Vertin, Claire Alberg, Dave Machacek, Douglas Padilla, Ethan Alberg, Greg Mattern, Gustavo Lira, Jasmyne McKay, Jim Grafsgaard, Kari Alberg, Keeney Swearer, Lisa Alberg, Marcos Giossi, Matthew Bunch, Mira Swearer, Molly Baeverstad, Nathan Davis, Nuno Nunez, Paloma Giossi, Rana Raeuchle, Rick Swearer, Sam Hage, Therese Sexe, Tina Tavera, Xavier Tavera, and more…
