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# In Minneapolis, Vibrant Posters Push for Political Change
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/stand-up-prints-highpoint-center-for-printmaking/
- Published: 2020-11-02T15:00:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:06:19.000Z
- Description: Stand Up Prints, the latest exhibition at Highpoint Center for Printmaking, showcases striking prints by artists from over 23 states.
- Author: Sheila Regan
- Tags: Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Photo Essays, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:08 (2019, 2020, part 3)

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN — *Stand Up Prints*, at [Highpoint Center for Printmaking](https://www.highpointprintmaking.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com), buzzes with the spirit of revolution. Located in Minneapolis, a city at the heart of the uprising following George Floyd’s murder, Highpoint’s exhibition evokes a spirit of social and political change, most recently through the thoughtful curation of guest curators Ellen Y. Tani and Esther Callahan.

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Outside the gallery is Peyton Scott Russell’s vibrant portrait of a young Black girl raising her fist, while the entryway is covered with political posters, assembled by Sharp Design Co. Inside, visitors are greeted with a video piece, “\_Curious Moon \[Face\],” by [Mychal Fisher](https://vimeo.com/swayheavy?ref=hyperallergic.com) and [Vie Boheme](http://www.listen2vie.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com), shot at the George Floyd Memorial. Meanwhile, [Ruthann Godolle](https://www.instagram.com/ragodollei/?ref=hyperallergic.com)i’s satirical messages, printed on orange triangles hover above from the ceiling.

Other highlights include Lauren Whitmore’s startling sculpture of piled up screen printed pillows, titled “Body Count” (2018), and [Eric J Garcia](https://www.ericjgarcia.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com)’s poster, “Sor Juana LIVE!” advertising a fictional performance in Pilsen, Chicago by Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz — the Baroque-era poet and composer — back from the dead. [Napoleon Jones-Henderson](https://www.napoleonjoneshenderson.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com)’s joyful “Boogie Woogie Trio” (2019) and [Tanekeya Word](https://www.instagram.com/tanekeyaword/?hl=en&ref=hyperallergic.com)’s striking duotone print of a Black woman wrapped in the names of Black history. Above her the words “WE WERE THERE/WE ARE HERE/WE ARE IN THE FUTURE” stand out in sharp contrast.

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[Stand Up Prints](https://www.highpointprintmaking.org/calendar/2020/10/23/stand-up-prints?ref=hyperallergic.com) *continues through November 21 at Highpoint Center for Printmaking (912 W. Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN). The exhibition was curated by Ellen Y. Tani and Esther Callahan.*