An opening reception will be held on Friday, January 31, from 6:00-8:00 pm, followed by a dynamic schedule of public programs that include a series of film and lecture screenings and convenings led by visiting artists at the Artspace.

Imprint highlights early formative projects led by Jack Lemon during his time on the KCAI campus in the 1960s and since the founding of Landfall Press in 1970. The exhibition emphasizes the aesthetic and conceptual range of approaches by several renowned artists of our time who engaged in the collaborative culture of printmaking at Landfall Press. It explores rich narratives and bold experimentation that has greatly expanded the boundaries of traditional printmaking.

This exhibition features work by celebrated regional, national, and international artists including Terry Allen, Ghada Amer, Judy Chicago, Christo, Richard Diebenkorn, Lesley Dill, Rosalyn Drexler, Suzanne Gauthier, Peregrine Honig, David Levinthal, Philip Pearlstein, Peter Saul, Jeanette Pasin Sloan, Kara Walker, H.C. Westermann, and William T. Wiley.

The Artspace Screening Room will provide a viewing opportunity for audiences to attend screenings of feature-length documentaries about exhibiting artists Judy Chicago, Nicky Nodjoumi, and H.C. Westermann, while a six-episode lecture series, Contact: Art and the Pull of Print, will focus on the material and spatial metamorphoses of the printmaking process and trace its social and conceptual implications throughout art history.

KCAI Editions is an anthology of prints and works on paper highlighting the history of printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute, housed within a 10-drawer flat file cabinet and nestled within the exhibition. This selection of editioned works includes a generative roster of former students and visiting artists drawn from the KCAI Printmaking department’s archive.

Imprint is organized for the Artspace by a collaborative project team of Artspace staff including Jordan Sears, Jesse Howard Fellow; Avery Jade, Artspace Fellow; and Raechell Smith, Director. Additional project contributors include Miguel Rivera Ortega, Associate Professor and Chair of Printmaking; Laura Berman, Professor of Printmaking; and students from the Printmaking department.

Imprint features a calendar of free events and gatherings at the Artspace. Programs may be subject to change. For the latest information, including other RSVP sign-up opportunities and workshop details and locations, email artspace@kcai.edu, call 816-802-3571, or visit www.kcai.edu/artspace. Follow us on Instagram and on Facebook to receive the most up-to-date information about these programs.

For RSVP events, the number of participants may vary, and reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis through Eventbrite and via links shared through the Artspace Instagram account.

About Landfall Press

Jack Lemon, a 1963 graduate of KCAI, helped to establish the Printmaking program at KCAI before founding Landfall Press in Chicago in 1970. Preeminent among a handful of atelier/publishers throughout the world, Landfall Press collaborated with hundreds of established and emerging artists to publish over 3,000 editions, representing a range of contemporary ideas and artistic strategies. The unique environment of the Landfall Press workshop was collaborative and inventive for artists, printers, and those in apprenticeship through the Landfall Institute of Graphic Arts.

Landfall Press publications have been featured in major retrospective exhibitions organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Milwaukee Museum of Art. In 2020, Landfall Press marked five decades of printmaking by publishing the monograph, Landfall Press: Five Decades. Authored by Thomas Cvikota with a foreword by Nikki Otten, and published by Rizzoli Press, the monograph celebrates fifty years of printmaking at Landfall Press and explores the ongoing conversations and collaborations among multiple generations of artists.

About the Artspace

Dedicated to artists, art, and ideas since 1999, the Kansas City Art Institute’s Artspace presents innovative exhibitions, public programs, and commissioned projects to engage and inspire the next generation of artists, designers, and culture workers. The Artspace receives support for its programs from the Missouri Arts Council – a state agency, the Jesse Howard Fund at KCAI, and from private contributions. The Artspace is open and free to all. Public hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 12:00-5:00 pm.

For more details about the Artspace’s public programs and additional information, visit https://kcai.edu/artspace. To schedule a group visit, call 816-802-3571. Follow us on Instagram @artspace_kcai and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/artspacekcai.

About the Kansas City Art Institute
Founded in 1885, the Kansas City Art Institute is one of the oldest and most respected art and design colleges in the United States. Located at 4415 Warwick in Kansas City, Mo., KCAI is a premier private, fully accredited four-year college of art and design awarding the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 13 majors. The mission of KCAI is to prepare students to transform the world creatively through art and design.