Full Color Print Fellowship

We are excited to announce the current Full Color Print Fellows:
Gabi Estrada and Whitney Terrill

About the Program With the goal of ensuring that the cooperative printshop at Highpoint is a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment, we, along with our steering committee, created the Full Color Print Program. This program is meant to eliminate barriers to printmaking studio access for Minnesota artists from racial and ethnic communities that have been underrepresented within the cooperative printshop at Highpoint, including but not limited to people belonging to Indigenous communities, Asian and Pacific Island communities, the Somali diaspora and other African immigrant communities, the African American community, the Latinx community, and other communities identifying as Black, Indigenous, or people of color.

The program functions through two initiatives: Full Color Print Education, a program for artists to learn printmaking techniques and gain experience, and Full Color Print Fellowship, a program for artists with experience and an interest in printmaking.

The Full Color Print Fellowship is an application-based initiative for artists with some level of prior printmaking experience. These artists receive a year’s membership to HP’s cooperative print shop, free access to classes and workshops, an unrestricted stipend, mentorship, and the opportunity to participate in semi-annual co-op exhibitions. The long-term goal of this program is to create a welcoming and safe environment, providing opportunities and access to artists who have been historically underrepresented in the co-op space and adult classes. Highpoint should reflect and be more representative of the community we inhabit and serve. Read on for more details and instructions on applying.

The Full Color Print Scholarship program provides access for BIPOC artists to Highpoint’s adult printmaking classes free of charge, thereby helping to overcome a potential barrier to co-op membership; technical knowledge of printmaking.

To request a scholarship in one of our classes, click the “SCHOLARSHIP REQUEST” button at the bottom of the class page and complete the form. Then a Highpoint staff member will respond to your request

Fellowship Timeline:

Tues June 13, 2023 Information session 7 pm

(view a recording of the info session below)

Sun, August 13, 2023 Applications due

Tues, Sept 19, 2023 Applicants notified

Mon, Oct 2, 2023   Fellowship begins

September 2024 Fellowship concludes

Fellowship Benefits:

• 12 months free access to the cooperative printshop at Highpoint (the shop is fully equipped to support intaglio, relief, lithography, screenprinting, monotype, and more)

• Artistic/professional mentorship 

• Technical support, including personal instruction

• A $500 stipend

• Access to Highpoint adult printmaking classes (tuition free)

• Opportunity to show work in twice yearly co-op member exhibitions

• Optional deeply discounted co-op access following the completion of the fellowship (dues are $50/month for up to 3 years)

• And more!

ARTIST FELLOW RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Adhere to cooperative printshop policies (procedures, health and safety)

• Participate in program evaluation with program steering committee members 

• Participate in at least one Highpoint community event during the residency such as a cooperative exhibition, Free Ink Day, or artist talk, etc.

application process:

VERY IMPORTANT - please title each of your documents with your name, example: lastname.firstname.imagelist, lastname.firstname.resume, etc. Images should be titled with your name and image number, example: lastname.firstname.01, lastname.firstname.02 This will help us keep your application in order.

Artists will need the Following materials to complete their application:

Responses to the application prompt questions about your artistic background and goals for the residency, these prompt questions are provided below. Responses can be uploaded as a written document or, if preferred, applicants may provide a video or audio recording of their verbal responses to the application questions. Please see specific instructions in the application form for uploading your video or documents. If you need help completing your application, please contact Highpoint for additional assistance. Please be sure to title this document or video file in this way: lastname.firstname.promptquestions

Prompt questions:

1. How were you introduced to printmaking?

2. Have you encountered any barriers to making prints and/or learning printmaking techniques? 

3. What printmaking technique(s) do you have experience in?

4. Is printmaking an important part of your current artistic practice? Why or why not?

5. Are there any printmaking technique(s) that you want to learn or learn more about? What are they? Is there anything preventing This from happening?

6. Please tell us about your artistic background; what type of work do you make? What themes and ideas do you explore? What are these ideas/themes important to you?

7. Do you exhibit your work? Do you sell your work? If you don’t exhibit and/or sell your work, is it a goal of yours to do that?

8. How would participation in this program benefit you as an artist?

9. Please describe your motivation and ability to commit to a year-long artist fellowship.

Work sample: 10 images of recent work, at least 2 of the 10 images must contain some form of printmaking. 

• Title images in this manner: lastname.firstname.01, lastname.firstname.02, and so on

Image list: title, medium, and dimensions of each work included in your work sample.