Columbia College Chicago is proud to be hosting the 37th annual meeting of the Southern Graphics Council. On behalf of the entire Columbia community, allow me to welcome you to our vibrant urban campus in the heart of Chicago's South Loop. While here, we hope you'll take advantage of not only the conference-related activities in the immediate vicinity, but also of the dozens of galleries, exhibitions, performances, and restaurants that are only a short “el” ride away.

Of course, an event of this magnitude would not have been possible without the long hours put in by the people whose names, photos, and bios appear below. If you see any of them here at the conference, I hope you'll join me in offering them thanks for their hard work.

Enjoy your visit.

Steven Kapelke
Provost/Senior Vice President
Columbia College Chicago

Steven Kapelke

Provost/Senior Vice President 

Mr. Kapelke has served as Provost of Columbia College Chicago since August 2001.  Mr. Kapelke has extensive experience as an educational administrator and faculty member, having served, as a division dean, a department chairperson and an assessment director at other institutions. 

Mr. Kapelke regularly consults for institutions of higher education in the areas of leadership, accreditation and organizational effectiveness. He also serves as a member of the Consultant-Evaluation Corps, the Team Chair Corp and as a member of the Accreditation Review Council for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 

Mr. Kapelke has held faculty positions at Marquette University, the University of Iowa, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. As Provost/Senior Vice President at Columbia College Chicago, he also holds a tenured faculty position in the College’s Film/Video Department.

Eliza Nichols

Dean, School of Fine and Performing Arts 

Dr. Nichols came to Columbia from The New School in New York City where she served as Vice Provost.  Prior to her appointment as Vice Provost, Dr. Nichols served as Associate Provost and Director of The New School’s Humanities program as well as serving as Associate Dean of Eugene Lang College. She also held the position of Director of Graduate Student Affairs and Academic Services while holding a faculty appointment in Language and Literature.  

Prior to joining The New School, Dr. Nichols held a tenure-track faculty position in the department of Modern Languages and Literatures with a joint appointment in the African Studies program at The College of William and Mary. Dr. Nichols has also taught at Yale University where she earned her doctorate in French. Dr. Nichols holds a tenured appointment in Columbia's department of Humanities, History and Social Sciences.

Jay Wolke,

Chair, Department of Art and Design

Received his B.F.A. in Printmaking and Illustration/Design at Washington University, St. Louis, and an M.S. in Photography at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Since 1981 he has taught photography and art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Institute of Design/ IIT, SACI/ Florence, and Columbia College Chicago, where he is currently a tenured faculty member. He served as Chair of the Art and Design Department from 2000 to 2005 and resumed that position as of fall, 2008. Mr. Wolke has had solo exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, Harvard University, and the California Museum Photography, Chicago. His photographs are in the permanent print collections of the New York MOMA, the Art Institute of Chicago and the San Francisco MOMA, among others. Two monographs of his work have been published: All Around the House : Photographs of American-Jewish Communal Life (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998) and Along the Divide : Photographs of the Dan Ryan Expressway (Center for American Places, 2004 ). A new monograph: Architecture of Resignation (Center for American Places, International) is scheduled for release in spring, 2010.

David Jones

I studied photography at the Center for Photographic Studies in Louisville Kentucky, and was very fortunate to be introduced to lithography in Banff, Canada by Robert Evermon. I have studied printmaking here and there and received my BFA from the Kansas City Artist Institute in 1987. For about 18 years I have operated a not for profit, community based printshop called Anchor Graphics. Our mission is to integrate education with the creation of prints. As  co-founder of  Anchor Graphics it is my responsibility to make sure that the organization continues to offer new programming and to create opprtunities for students, artists, and educators to celebrate printmaking in all of its forms.

Andrew Whatley

Andrew is entering his eighth year at Columbia College Chicago. He is pleased to welcome Southern Graphics Council members to Columbia and to Chicago. He considers the city his home and he hopes you enjoy your visit as much as he enjoys writing about himself in the third person.

Stephanie Standish

Stephanie is the Collections Manager at the Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana and an artist/printmaker. She keeps a studio in her home and exhibits with Halcyon Contemporary Art Gallery. If you want to see some of her work visit www.FeatherWeightPress.com.

Jennifer Yorke

Jennifer is both the Exhibitions Coordinator for the 2009 SGC conference and the curator of Internally Displaced: Jane Hammond and Enrique Chagoya at the A + D Gallery.  Yorke is an artist who makes drawings, prints, photographs and books.  She graduated from Carleton College cum laude and with Distinction (honors), and holds an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which she attended through a Graduate Trustee Fellowship.  Jennifer’s work examines the slippage between the public and private self, and is held in the collections of the University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach; the Auckland Gallery of Art; the Art Gallery of New South Wales; and other institutions.  Yorke lives, works and gardens in Chicago with her husband Rob and dogs Fabio and Leonard.

Brad Freeman

Brad is a photographer, book artist, and offset printer. He works at the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts where he is the studio coordinator and editor of JAB – The Journal of Artists’ Books.

Chris Flynn

Chris received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999, concentrating in printmaking and drawing. Chris is the Master Printer at Anchor Graphics at Columbia College Chicago. Chris was trained as a professional printer by David Jones at Anchor Graphics and has been with the organization since 1999. He has recently collaborated on print projects with such artists as Laurie Hogin, Eric Avery, Sue Coe and Margo Humphrey. In October, 2008, Chris presented a printmaking demonstration at the MAPC conference in Fargo, ND.

Andrea Schumacher

Andrea has been a staff member at Columbia College since 2004. She has worked as a graphic arts technician and has been the A + D Print Shop Manager since 2006. Andrea has been involved with printmaking since 1980.  Andrea received her undergraduate degree in art from University of Wisconsin, Madison. She studied printmaking, painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she received her M.F.A. 

Andrea has exhibited in Chicago at Hyde Park Art Center, Randolph St. Gallery, Ten In One Gallery, Evanston Art Center, Beverly Art Center, Standard Gallery, Chicago Printmaker’s Collaborative, NIU Gallery, Belloc Lowndes Gallery, and Pierogi Gallery.

Andrea has taught a variety of printmaking classes for the A + D department at Columbia College, the Advanced Placement Institute at Columbia College, and Anchor Graphics.

Dean Clark

I have worked for Graphic Chemical & Ink Company since 1968 - with a brief hiatus (almost 4 years) to travel the World courtesy of my uncle. Sadly it was my Uncle Sam, and I wasn't too thrilled about the places that he chose to send me. My wife and I have run Graphic Chemical for many years, and have enjoyed the travel that comes with the position. We get to meet our customers (and the occasional vendor) from all over the World

My formal education has been in the field of Civil Engineering which supported my career as a concrete materials research engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 33 years. All my training as an artist is either self taught or learned through workshops. I pursue printmaking as my primary medium, and water color and oil painting when I have free time.

My study of printmaking extends back to 1972 when I studied etching from Dennis Davenport and realized I had the patience and technical curiosity to etch an image into a piece of metal. Most of you know me as the Product Fair guy. In 1988 I met Stephen Cook who was, at the time or had just been, president of the Southern Graphics Council. He asked me to join SGC and I agreed, asking him in return what I could do to help. He suggested the idea of having a product fair at conference and asked if I would organize it. I agreed and in March of 1989 in Birmingham we had our first vendor show in a painting studio at UAB. Six vendors came. Even though it was small, the fair was well received. Throughout the 1990's and the 2000's I continued to organize the Council's product fairs and have now organized 20 of them. Today the fair has grown 600 percent to attract 36-40 vendors and remains highly popular with conference attendees. I was elected as an Honorary Member of the Southern Graphics Council in 2008 for my service to the growth and evolution of the SGC. I also served on the SGC Board of Directors as its treasurer for two years in the early 1990's.

Friedhard Kiekeben

Friedhard Kiekeben teaches printmaking at Columbia College Chicago. He has held a number of research and lecturing positions in the UK, Europe, and North America, and engages in international research collaborations. His works take form as digital wall drawings, etched metal sculptures, and series of prints. Information and transformation, as well as simulated versus real space are key issues of his abstract art. HIs work is shown internationally and raises fundamental questions of human perception; it emphasizes information as the new paradigm of a contemporary aesthetic

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Dan S. Wang

Dan is a printer, artist, and writer who teaches in the printmaking
area of Columbia College. His work has been exhibited in more than thirty shows, including at the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Chicago Cultural Center. His writings have been published widely, including in SITE (Stockholm), Proximity (Chicago), Art Journal (New York), and the catalogue for Documenta 12.

Micah Bornstein

Micah Bornstein lives in Champaign, Illinois with his wife and his fox terrier. He is currently an MFA painting candidate at the University of Illinois, and holds a BFA in printmaking and a BS in Art Education from Indiana Universtiy. Micah has been involved with Anchor Graphics printshop an a volunteer and workshop instructor since 2005.

Llyod Patterson

Lloyd received an MFA from Texas Tech University and a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. Patterson's work is a mix of serigraph, digital, relief, object, and installation that explores and often mocks the male fascination with sex, love, and death. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and collected in numerous private and public collections. Currently he is a lab specialist and assistant adjunct professor at the University of Iowa. This is his second time assisting with the SGC conference. He was the portfolio coordinator for the 2007 conference in Kansas City, Missouri.

Jennie Olson

Jennie is a Chicago based artist who has been an assistant teacher with Anchor Graphics High School Printmaking Classes for two years. She enjoys many forms of art making, including etching, Xerox transfers and bookbinding. Her role with SGC is head of Swag Bags and serves on the Maps & Signage Committee.

Stephen DeSantis

After 25 years of commercial photography and thin crust pizza in New York, Stephen moved to Chicago to study, teach, and get back to making art. Here, he has rediscovered his passion for writing and letterpress printing (a skill he learned in 7 th grade print shop). Currently he is teaching alternative photography processes and is a complete convert to Chicago style deep-dish pizza.

The following individuals helped to make this conference a success;
Leonard Lehrer, Richard Repasky, Thomas Lucas, Julian Cox, Duncan Mckenzie, Jeanine Ryding, Bryan Zera, all the folks @ Creative and Print Services, Jet litho ..... Thank you all.