Landfall Press
5 Decades of Printmaking
Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking celebrates 50 years of work from one of the country’s most renowned printer-publishers. Landfall has collaborated with distinguished artists and international rising stars, including Judy Chicago, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Robert Indiana, Nicky Nodjourni, Diego Romero, and Fatima Ronquillo. The exhibition, on view August 30 - October 25, 2024, will have an opening reception on Thursday, September 19th at 6:00pm.Founded in 1970 by Jack Lemon, Landfall played a crucial role in expanding the geography of the American postwar print renaissance. In the late 1950s and 1960s, new printmaking workshops opened on the East and West Coasts, and Lemon helped bring this printmaking revival to the Midwest. He opened Landfall Press in Chicago, effectively creating a new hub for printmaking that attracted artists from around the country. Landfall Press is celebrated for its spirit of collaboration, which has led to outstanding innovation and exacting technical standards. While it specializes in lithography, the press has also ventured into etchings, woodcuts, books, and multiples, often pushing the boundaries of what a print can be. The artists, in turn, have enriched this collaborative process with innovative ideas and expressive possibilities from other media, reshaping and invigorating printmaking.
After 35 years in Chicago, Landfall relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2004. Turner Carroll Gallery (Santa Fe) organized this traveling exhibition curated at the Fosdick-Nelson by Miranda Metcalf, former Institute for Electronic Arts (IEA) Director, with assistance from Myles Calvert, current IEA Director. 
The Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, housed in the School of Art & Design at Alfred University, is a vibrant learning center for the visual arts. Rotating exhibitions highlight artwork by established and emerging artists working in New York, the United States and abroad.