Thursday, January 30; 6-8pm
moderated by special guest Faye Hirsch

Please join Highpoint for a special evening of conversation with our inaugural McKnight Printmaking fellows. Moderated by Faye Hirsch, the discussion will cover the how, what, and why of the work made by McKnight Printmaking Fellows Jenny Schmid and Justin Quinn.

This event is free and open to the public however seating may be limited so arrive early! Prior to the conversation, guests are encouraged to tour the fellowship exhibition from 5 - 6 pm.

About Faye Hirsch:

Our guest moderator, Faye Hirsch, is a writer, editor and teacher who has published widely on contemporary art, including more than 100 articles and reviews in Art in America, where she was a senior editor from 2003 to 2014 and continues as a contributing editor. Senior editor at Print Collector’s Newsletter from 1991 to 1996, editor-in-chief of Art on Paper from 1996 to 2001, and a regular contributor to the recently disbanded Art in Print, she has made writing about prints her specialty. She has authored book and catalogue essays on a broad range of artists and subjects, as in a catalogue raisonné on the prints of Joan Snyder. She received her Ph.D. in the History of Art from Yale University in 1987, and—in addition to Purchase College—has taught at the universities of Oregon (Eugene) and Arizona (Tucson), the School of Visual Arts (New York), Rhode Island School of Design and the Yale School of Art. She is a recipient of the Penny McCall Foundation Award for excellence in criticism (2002) and in 2013 was honored by the International Print Center New York for her art criticism on prints. Her book, Lois Dodd (2017), was published by Lund Humphries in its ongoing series of monographs on contemporary painters. She is presently at work, with Ingrid Schaffner, on a book about the history of Skowhegan. She is currently Visiting Associate Professor and Chair of the MFA Program in Art + Design at Purchase College, SUNY.