WE ARE HERE: An Artist's Guide to Building Community Art. Letterpressed handmade book. Documentary art piece celebrating We Are Here event in Saint Paul, MN, funded by the Irrigate Project on community placemaking by Springboard for the Arts. This book was self published in 2012 by Rose Holdorf and can be found through the Macalester College Library Catalog.
Rose has practiced Printmaking since 2008. Under Professor Ruthann Godollei at Macalester College, she learned print techniques including limestone lithography, letterpress, intaglio, linoleum relief, photopolymer relief, and silk screenprinting all with an emphasis on accessibility and politicism of print media.
Rose values print arts as a community-based and accessible medium that flourishes in the Do-It-Yourself culture. Currently Rose practices silk screen and letterpress printmaking through personal and freelance work at her print shop, Plowshares Press, north of Corvallis, Oregon.