Get inspired by the work of Jasper Johns in tour of the exhibition with curator Joan Rothfuss, then try your hand at printmaking. Guided exercises make these workshops accessible for all levels of experience. All materials will be provided. Led by Minnesota Center for Book Arts teaching artists Kirsten Olson and Madeline Garcia.
Please note: Tonight’s curator-led tour of the exhibition An Art of Changes: Jasper Johns Prints, 1960–2018 has been canceled. The printmaking program is still taking place as planned.
How the Walker Art Center Acquired Every Print Jasper Johns Ever Made
In 1987, a New York gallery contacted the Walker with an extraordinary offer: an opportunity to purchase 317 prints by Jasper Johns—everything the artist had produced up to that point. No public institution in the world owned a complete collection of graphic work by Johns—who, it turns out, was the unnamed seller behind the collection. As we open An Art of Changes: Jasper Johns Prints, 1960–2018, curator Joan Rothfuss looks at this extraordinary body of work by an American icon.
JoAnn Verburg on Newspapers as Portals to the Political
"The personal and the political are intertwined and inseparable." JoAnn Verburg discusses her use of newspapers—usually printed at life-size and read by her husband—in photographs that are both intimate and incisive, including Terrorized (2006) and WTC (2003), the latter of which is featured in the exhibition Five Ways In: Themes from the Collection.
