Please join us in welcoming the 2025-2026 Jerome Early Career Printmakers Dalton Carlson, Edson Rosas, and Gabi Estrada!

Three artists are selected annually to participate in the Jerome Early Career Printmakers Residency at Highpoint. Thanks to the generous support of the Jerome Foundation, this program has existed since 2003 and has served more than 60 early career printmakers.

Beginning in September, the artists will have 12 months of access to the co-op studio to generate artowrk for their culminating exhibition, which will open in July 2026. In addition to studio access and their eventual exhibition, Dalton, Edson, and Gabi received a stipend for materials and will enjoy periodic studio visits with invited guests, along with learning and professional development opportunities.

The Jerome Residency program is open to early career Minnesota printmakers who already possess training in one or more traditional printmaking techniques. Early Career is defined here as an artist with a record of creating and exhibiting original work who has not received consistent development and production opportunities and significant recognition, awards, and acclaim regardless of age or recognition in other fields.

About the artists:

Edson Rosas (he/they) is a queer Mexican-American artist and educator based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a printmaker, installation artist, soft sculpture maker, and casual writer. His autobiographical work is focused on exploring his Mexican roots through memory and how they play a role in his everyday life emotionally, physically, and politically. The work is often honest and open, making the personal become universal. 
Edson received his MFA in 2021 from Pacific Northwest College of Art and his BFA in 2019 from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Dalton Carlson (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist and educator working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Carlson received his Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2024 and his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art from Colorado Mesa University in 2020. His work analyzes his role and how he interacts within larger societal systems. His work flows between 2D and 3D practices, often finding refuge in painting and printmaking. Carlson has recently shown in group shows in Buffalo, NY with shows at El Museo Gallery and CEPA Gallery and in Colorado at Mesa County Libraries and 437CO. He has presented solo exhibitions at the Triangle Gallery in Colorado, Western New York Book Arts Center in New York, and Fried Fruit Art Space in North Carolina. 

Gabi Estrada (they/them) is a Mexican-American printmaker and arts educator based in Minneapolis. Their practice is rooted in identity and storytelling, honoring their ancestors and elders. They believe in the power that art has to facilitate healing and community building, which they prioritize in their art and pedagogy.

Stay tuned for updates on the artists progress as they move through the Residency!

Special thanks to our esteemed panelists Emily Marsolek and Isa Gagarin for their careful review of the outstanding applicants.

About the review panelists:

Isa Gagarin is an artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her work draws from experiences of relating to her birthplace of Guåhan (Guam) through visual art, storytelling and Chamoru language revitalisation. Educated in painting and drawing, Gagarin’s practice has expanded to include writing and performance. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including Midway Contemporary Art (Minneapolis, MN), the Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH), the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (Kansas City, MO) and Grimm Gallery (Amsterdam). Her solo exhibition I Hagan Sirena (The Daughter of Sirena) is currently on view at Pilele Projects (Los Angeles). In 2026, her work will be included in the group exhibition Imagining an Archipelago, curated by Jessamine Batario, which will take place at the Colby Museum of Art (Waterville, ME). Gagarin was born in Guam and was raised throughout the US including Hawai’i. Gagarin received an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University (2018), and earned her BFA in Painting from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (2008).

Emily Marsolek is the Assistant Director at Bockley Gallery in Minneapolis. She holds a BFA in Studio Arts and Psychology from Concordia College in Moorhead MN, and first encountered Highpoint Center for Printmaking as a studio intern and printer’s assistant in 2017-2018.