Anchor Graphics: 25 Years of Printmaking

An Anchor Graphics retrospective exhibition.

Anchor Graphics was a non-profit fine art press that brought together, under professional guidance, a diverse community of youth, emerging and established artists, and the public. Their aim was to advance the fine art of printmaking by integrating education with the creation of prints. The press was founded by David Jones and Marilyn Propp in 1990. It later became a program of the Art + Design department within Columbia College Chicago’s School of Fine and Performing Arts in 2006 and continued its mission within the college until 2015.

Reflecting on the start of Anchor Graphics, founder David Jones says, “Our priority was to have a professional, community-accessible fine art print shop, but also a place where artists could work that was conducive to creative risk-taking. It would be a place where their ideas and imagery would be respected, and the artists’ creativity encouraged and facilitated.” Their model was “one of complete collaboration.”

Anchor Graphics: 25 Years of Printmaking celebrates Anchor Graphics’ ten-year partnership with Columbia College, and their work as an important center for printmaking in Chicago for over twenty-five years. The exhibition features artworks created through two of Anchor Graphics’ central printmaking programs: Published Editions, where artists collaborated with Master Printers, David Jones and Chris Flynn, on all technical aspects of production; and the Artist in Residence program, which supported the national printmaking community by granting uninterrupted studio access to printmakers from all over the United States. It is organized and managed by students in the Hokin Project, a Gallery Management practicum course.

Participating artists:
Katrina Andry, Michael Barnes, McArthur Binion, Phyllis Bramson, Nyame Brown, Alison Carey, Paul Catanese, Elke Claus, Sue Coe, Don Colley, Nick Conbere, Daniel Greenberg, Kevin Hass, Krista Hoefle, Laurie Hogin, Richard Hull, Margo Humphrey, Industry of the Ordinary (Adam Brooks and Mathew Wilson), John Jacobsmeyer, Zoltan January, Mary Jones, Anita Jung, Lauren Kussro, Leonard Lehrer, Alan Lerner, Beauvais Lyons, Kerry James Marshall, China Marks,Taryn McMahon, Alain Douglas Parks, Kathryn Polk, Richard Repasky, Kay Rosen, Jeanine Coupe Ryding, Hollis Sigler, Nicholas Sistler, Slated Portfolio (Ed Paschke, Tim Anderson, Chris Flynn, Richard Hull, Michiko Itatani, Teresa James, Ayanah Moore, Marilyn Propp, Karl Wirsum.), Megan Sterling, Fred Stonehouse, Karl Wirsum, Jonathan Thomas, Lenore Thomas & Justin Strom and Saya Woolfalk

Curator: Chris Flynn former Master Printmaker at Anchor Graphics

Opening reception: Thursday, October 17, 2019

Exhibition dates: October 17, 2019 through January 24,2020

Location: Hokin Gallery, 623 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605

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Tags: Alain Douglas Parks, Alan Lerner, Alison Carey, Anchor Graphics, Anita Jung, Ayanah Moore, Beauvais Lyons, Chicago, China Marks, Chris Flynn, Columbia College Chicago, Daniel Greenberg, Don Colley, Elke Claus, Fred Stonehouse, Hokin Gallery, Hollis Sigler, Industry of the Ordinary (Adam Brooks and Mathew Wilson), Jeanine Coupe-Ryding, John Jacobsmeyer, Jonathan Thomas, Karl Wirsum, Kathryn Polk, Katrina Andry, Kay Rosen, Kerry James Marshall, Kevin Hass, Krista Hoefle, Lauren Kussro, Laurie Hogin, Lenore Thomas & Justin Strom, Leonard Lehrer, Loop, Margo Humphrey, Marilyn Propp, Mary Jones, McArthur Binion, Megan Sterling, Michael Barnes, Michiko Itatani, Nicholas Sistler:, Nick Conbere, Nyame Brown, Paul Catanese, Phyllis Bramson, Richard Hull, Richard Repasky, Saya Woolfalk, Slated Portfolio (Ed Paschke, Sue Coe, Taryn McMahon, Teresa James, Tim Anderson, Zoltan January