Lacey Prpic Hedtke

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contact name: Lacey Prpic Hedtke
email: polkaostrich@gmail.com

Related Organizations:
Progressive Librarians Guild
Information for Social Change Journal
LIBREAS Library Ideas Journal

Experience

Masters of Library and Information Science, 2008
St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
Focus on archives and zines
Bachelors of Fine Arts, 2003
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA
Photography
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
Media Arts major, 1999
Curator and Librarian/Archivist, Belfry Center for Social and Cultural Activities, Minneapolis, MN, 2006-2008
Twin Cities Radical Reference Collective founder, 2008
LIBREAS North American Editor and Founder, 2008-present
Zine librarian caucus guest lecturer, Twin Cities Zinefest, 2007
Guest artist and lecturer, Minnesota Center for Book Arts By Design Teen Arts Program, Minneapolis, MN, 2007
Guest
lecturer, 'Zines and 'Zine Libraries: An Introduction to Handmade Books
In and Around the Library, College of St. Catherine MLIS program Monday
night series, Minneapolis, MN, 2007
Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Heba Amin's Illustration Class, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 2007The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998
Photography early college program
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1996
Photography continuing education class

Awards

Artist Initiative Grant, MN State Arts Board, 2010
Sister Marie Cecilia Marzolf CSJ Founder's Award Winner, 2008
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 2008
Graduate Student Advisory Board Travel Grantee, 2007
Merit Scholarship, Art Institute of Boston, 1999

Exhibitions/Performance History

I Am an Important Giant, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2010
Alternatives: Where Process is Paramount, Mpls Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2010
$99 Sale, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, 2010
Community Supported Art, mnartists/Springboard for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 2010
Chicago Zine Fest, Chicago, IL, 2010
The Arts of Community, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 2010
DIY/Zine Art Show, Johalla Projects, Chicago, IL, 2010
Nature Noir, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2010
Micro-Pages: An Artists' Book Project, touring UK exhibit, 2009-present
Local Artist Gift Mart, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN 2009
Independent Variables: Contemporary Zine Publications, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 2009
Multiples Mall, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2009
Poster Presenter, BOBCATSSS, Zadar, Croatia
Minnesota Center for Book Arts Book Fest Participant, Minneapolis, MN, 2008
Milwaukee Zine Fest, Milwaukee, WI, 2008
Madison Zine Fest, Madison, WI, 2008
Twin Cities Zinefest exhibitor, 2007-2010
See and Be Scene Inaugural Show, West End Arts, St. Paul, MN2008
Guest Lecturer, You, too, can present at a conference.. ,College of St. Catherine MLIS program Monday night series, St. Paul, MN, 2008
BOBCATSSS 2008 Poster Presenter, Zadar, Croatia
Seward Cafe solo show, Minneapolis, MN, 2007
Craftstravaganza, St. Paul, MN, 2007
Red Hot Art Art Show and Fair, Minneapolis, MN, 2007
Altered Esthetics, Art of Horror, Minneapolis, MN, 2006
Craftstravaganza, St. Paul, MN, 2005
Zine fair, Belfry Center for Social and Cultural Activities, Minneapolis, MA, 2006
Things We Love, Clifford/Smith Gallery, Boston, MA, 2005
Guest Artist and Lecturer, Bonnell Robinson's 19th Century Photography Class, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA, 2004
PH8, 701Beacon Gallery, Boston, MA, 2003
Group Show, Gallery South, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, 2002
Installation, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, 2001
Group show curator and exhibitor, Hair of the Dog Gallery, St, Paul, MN, 1999
Girls in the Director's Chair, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 1999
Group shows, Perpich Center for Arts Education, 1997-1999
Jerebek's Coffee Shop solo show, St. Paul, MN, 1997
pARTs Photographic Arts, Member's Show, Minneapolis, MN, 1996

Collections

Bonnell Robinson, Gallery Director, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA
Private collections
Perpich Center for Arts Education

Galleries

pARTs Photographic Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Belfry Center for Social and Cultural Activities, Minneapolis, MN
Gallery South, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
701 Beacon Gallery, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Jackson Street Gallery, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Hair of the Dog, St. Paul, MN
Clifford/Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis MN
Seward Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
West End Arts, St. Paul, MN
Stevens Square Center for Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Jerebek's Coffee Shop, St. Paul, MN
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN
Printed Matter, New York, NY
Sleepy Records Pasadena, MD
Microcosm Publishing, Bloomington,IN
Parcell Press Richmond, VA
Monkey Wrench Books Austin, TX
Lucy Parsons Center Boston, MA
Arise Bookstore Minneapolis, MN
Big Brain Comics Minneapolis, MN
Fasten Clothing Co-op Milwaukee, WI
The Big Idea Infoshop Pittsburgh, PA
Humid Cities Distro Minneapolis,MN
Reading Frenzy Portland, OR
In Other Words Portland, OR
Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH
Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Cinders Gallery, New York, NY
Johalla Projects, Chicago, IL
Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Mpls Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN
Zora Space, Brooklyn, NY
Hunter College, New York, NY

Publications

notfortourists.com
Star Tribune
Daybreak!
l'etoile Magazine
Information for Social Change Journal
LIBREAS-Library Ideas
Library Journal
Art Review and Preview!
Print Fetish
ARLIS/NA Reviews
Broken Pencil

Biographical Information

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
St.Paul

Birth Date:
February 8, 1981

Gender:
Female

Active Place:
Minneapolis

Minnesota County:
Hennepin

Artist Information


Roles

Photographer

Artist's Website

http://polkaostrich.wordpress.com/ 

mnartists.org Collections Featuring Lacey Prpic Hedtke

Multiples Mall: A Bookish Fair