Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis is pleased to announce Stand Out Prints, the sixth installment of our biennial international juried print exhibition. Taking place September 6 - October 11, 2024, the exhibition will fill Highpoint's 1,000+ square feet of gallery space with select impressions of contemporary printmaking. 

Juror: Joel Garcia (Huichol) is an Indigenous artist, cultural organizer, educator, and co-founder and Director of Meztli Projects, an Indigenous-based arts and culture collaborative centering Indigeneity into the creative practice of Los Angeles. In various artistic roles, he has worked with Indigenous communities across borders to support land, access, and self-determination issues. His art explores healing and reconciliation, as well as memory and place garnering national press in publications such as the LA Times, New Yorker, and Artforum among others. 

Joel is a current Stanton Fellow and has held artist residencies and fellowships at Monument Lab, Intercultural Leadership Institute, OXY ARTS, and other acclaimed projects. During his tenure at Self Help Graphics & Art (2010-2018), Joel helped revitalize the printmaking studio.

Prizes: more than $2,000 will be awarded through cash, purchase, and retail gift certificates.

Eligibility: Artists must be 18 years of age or older and work must have been completed since 2020. International artists are encouraged to apply. 

Entry Fee: For consideration, we ask a modest application fee of $30. Students may apply with a reduced rate of $20. This application fee directly supports activities for the 2024 Stand Out Prints exhibition. Payment can be made through our application portal. Each applicant may submit a maximum of two images for consideration. Please contact us if you have any questions about our application process or fees.

Submission Guidelines: Each artist may submit up to two images for consideration. While non-traditional or digital output is accepted as a print element, submissions must utilize one or more traditional printmaking techniques (lithography, relief, intaglio, screenprinting, monotype, letterpress). Three dimensional work may be submitted. Work may not exceed 48” in any direction. This is an exhibition of unframed prints, work must be unframed. Showing work unframed significantly drives down the cost of participating (framing, shipping). 

Display of work: Work must be unframed. Work will be displayed behind glass that is cut to paper size unless otherwise required. If a work exceeds 39" in any direction, it will be displayed using magnets. 

Sales: Highpoint will retain 20% from all exhibition sales. It is not a requirement that exhibited work be available for purchase.

Shipping: Accepted work must be packaged in sturdy, reusable containers. Prints may be shipped rolled in mailing tubes or flat in well-padded containers. Packaging, shipping (to Highpoint), and related costs are the responsibility of the artist. Highpoint will provide return shipping. Unsold work will be returned in its original packaging.