These prints are available to subscribers on an annual basis, with each member receiving one per year. The program uses its annual membership dues primarily to fund special projects and occasionally for symposia, and publications, and activities related to the creation of multiples.
Columbia Multiples, which is a project of A + D Columbia College Chicago, supports the Anchor Graphics artist-in-residency program and other educational endeavors related to its mission. As a trustee of the college for the past 20 years, my involvement is especially meaningful to me.
The first artist in the subscription series is Margo Humphrey, an internationally-renown lithographer whose brilliant, colorful work is political, socially conscious and irreverent. I’ve been an admirer of Humphrey since the early 90’s and since then have introduced her prints to many of my clients.
I recently saw her work, “The Last Barbecue,” which was part of a powerful show, “Ashe To Amen” at the Museum of Biblical Art in New York. It was curated by my friend, Leslie King Hammond. Humphrey’s lithograph in the exhibit is her 1989 piece, "The Last Bar-B-Que." The catalog description includes: “a mixture of solemnity and whimsy...translates the biblical narrative of the Last Supper into a background picnic." As for Humphrey, her quote sees it as "a rewriting of history through the eyes of my ancestry, a portrayal of a savior who looks like my people."
The piece that Humphrey has done for the subscription series depicts a Madonna and son (image), and it’s the artist’s rendition of the Trayvon Martin shooting last year in Florida. I anticipate that our subscribers will be as excited and enthralled about Humphrey’s work as I continue to be.
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