Stamp of Disapproval June 9, 2017- August 13, 2017 Lerner Bindery Gallery

During my time as rubber stamp in residence at MCBA, several exhibitions took place. 

Curated from MCBA’s S. Helmes and W. Gaglione Rubber Stamp Archive, this exhibition features the art of resistance through physical stamps, correspondence art and fake postage stamps. Work demonstrates how the authority of a seal or stamp can be usurped for social and political commentary.

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I recorded the exhibition for this blog. Take a look! 

Pre-Biennial Workshop: Alternative Printmaking with Rubber Stamps. MCBA

Part of my residency at MCBA, I was invited to run a 2 day rubber stamp workshop. 

Over the course of this two-day workshop you will explore the creative potential of rubber stamp printing. We will carve rubber stamps from erasers, make single-color and multi-color stamp prints, and have exclusive access to MCBA’s S. Helmes and W. Gaglione Rubber Stamp Archive to use as inspiration or/and integrate with your own print impressions. There will be time to bind the group’s work in a limited edition pamphlet book.

Here are some of the workshopper's outcomes. 

Several participants made Artistamps. 

Unusual Finds from the H/G Rubber Stamp Archive, Minnesota Centre for Book Arts.

In amongst the treasure troves, I found these curiosities. 

1. A Rubber Stamp traveling salesman's suit case. 

2. French School Stamps. 

3. A Spam Rubber Stamp

4. Wheel Stamps and Cube Stamps 

Zine Exhibition at MCBA

An interactive zine reading lounge,titled; Free for All  was held at MCBA during the summer. 
Books were hung using an ingenious device  -  a curtain hook no less.
Visitors spent quiet moments reading the zines selected by Twin Cities Zine Fest. And more often or not I spotted young children enjoying the space, running in and out of the hanging publications.
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