Haley Johnson

Haley Johnson is an interdisciplinary and conceptual artist, born and raised generally in the Minnesota Metro area. In 2020, she graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a Bachelor of Arts, and was awarded the Geraldine Putnam Clark Prize to recognize outstanding talent in a studio arts student.

Through experimentation with a wide variety of mediums and processes, her work questions and fuses ideas of discomfort, communication, vulnerability, body, and language.

She is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is currently a member of Treuse Collective.

Melissa McElin

Melissa McElin is a multidisciplinary artist with a strong focus on printmaking, graphic design, and fiber art. Specializing in visual art showcased in galleries, print, and public spaces. Memories, memorabilia, and senses inform Melissa’s practice - examining how our experiences are stored and how they transform with time.

In 2021, Melissa graduated from Drake University with a BFA in Graphic Design, Minor in Printmaking and Concentration in Women and Gender Studies. Moving back to Minnesota to work as a graphic designer and focus on personal projects.

Melissa is currently a member at Highpoint Center for Printmaking and a Treuse Collective member.

Emery McElin

Emery McElin is an illustrator and printmaker based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He completed his BFA in Illustration with a minor in Print Paper Book from Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

With their illustration practice, he uses analog and digital techniques to create affirming, joyful pieces, for children and adults. He loves working within product design, textile/surface design, and educational materials. As a print and bookmaker, Emery is currently exploring ideas of alienation through markmaking and bookstructures.

Sofia Vasquez

Sofia Vasquez is a printmaker based in Minneapolis, MN, pursuing a BFA in Print, Paper, Book at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Her practice explores how memory is embedded in both the body and the land, using print as a method of excavation to uncover layered narratives of identity, labor, and displacement.

Working across techniques like screenprint, photolithography, letterpress, photogravure and paper making, she frames print as both surface and structure. Extending it into site-specific installations that transform static images into spatial encounters. Through this immersive approach, Vasquez examines how personal and collective histories intersect within shifting social and physical landscapes.