Skip to Main Content

Twenty Years of Marais Press: Imprinting a Campus and Collection

Twenty Years of Marais Press: Imprinting a Campus and Collection

Exhibition Dates: Sept. 10, 2021—Aug 20, 2022

Twenty Years of Marais Press is a retrospective of the creative output of visiting artists’s printmaking collaborations within the Marais Press. Located in the Department of the Visual Arts here on the Campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the press has been led by Professor, Brian Kelly since 1999. During that time, Kelly and visiting artists have mentored students as they created hand pulled print editions.

The Hilliard is honoring the amazing work of the Marais Press and the creative community it represents by providing scholarship about the artists who worked with the press, as well as crucial moments in the Marais Press’s history. We are able to do that because the Hilliard has acquired one print from nearly each edition produced over the years. Additionally, Twenty Years of Marais Press is honoring the Press’s apprentice-based learning mode by working with students and alumni on the exhibition to provide a rich learning environment similar to that of the Marais Press.

—Hilliard Art Museum