Elizabeth M. Flinsch
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art MFA - Studio Art, Photography - Class of 2021
University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI Bachelor of Fine Arts - Studio Art, Minor Equivalent: Environmental Studies
Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH Coursework in Environmental Studies and Visual Art
RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Shots Magazine • SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Editor 2017 - Present
Design and edit all content for Shots, a quarterly fine art black and white photography magazine. Curate international submissions, interview feature artists, and design layout for each issue. Research and pursue promising emerging as well as established photographers for feature interviews.
The Blake School • MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Visual Art Teacher - Photography and Printmaking 2016 - Present
Develop and deliver printmaking and photography curriculum to students in grades 9-12. Mentor students in traditional forms of printmaking and photography through which they explore and nurture their artistic voices.
Achieve Mpls • MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Contract Arts Program Facilitator 2014 - 2016
Collaborated with community organizations including the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Guthrie Theater. Coordinated all aspects of programming including: communicating with teachers and chaperones, developing relationships with new partner organizations, and collaborating with institutions to evaluate and refine program content.
HIGHPOINT CENTER FOR PRINTMAKING • MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Education and Community Programs Manager 2007 - 2011
Designed and taught innovative programming in printmaking for over 5,000 visitors per year. Worked with the Executive Director to create and manage budgets, kept organized program records and set annual program goals. Designed and taught Highpoint’s first after-school program for high school students.
RECENT ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2017-18 The Blake School · Hopkins and Wayzata, MN
8 week stop motion residencies with 2-4th grade classes in which each student created short animations about pollinators.
2015 Patrick Henry High School · Minneapolis, MN
8 week screenprinting residency with 9-12 grade printmaking class resulting in a commissioned work for Norwest Equity Partners office in IDS Center.
2014-15 Minneapolis Public Schools · Minneapolis, MN
Professional development visiting artist in drawing printmaking for k-12 visual arts teachers.
2014 St. Paul Academy · St. Paul, MN
6 week drawing and printmaking residency with 5th grade students.
2013 University of St. Thomas · St. Paul, MN
School of Engineering STEM education, presented arts integration in engineering.
2012 Bethesda Hospital · St. Paul, MN
12 week artist residency for traumatic brain injury patients resulting in a permanent outdoor installation.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019
Ambiente Galerie · Khmer Connections (Solo Show) · Minneapolis, MN
Praxis Gallery · Sensuous Geographies: The Art of the Nude · Minneapolis, MN
Praxis Gallery · CollabArts Juried Multimedia Exhibition · Minneapolis, MN
Fox 3 Gallery MICA · Grad Ex Juried Exhibition · Baltimore, MD
2018
The Space Between Us · Solo Show at the Bennett Gallery · Minneapolis, MN
2017
Smallest Museum St. Paul · Solo Show: place based 360 photography · St. Paul, MN
2016
Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts · Project for Art in Nature · Fridley, MN
Artists Within · John B. Davis Center Gallery · Minneapolis, MN
Stochastic Art Gallery · Photography Month Exhibition · Minneapolis, MN
Minnetonka Center for the Arts · Menagerie: Animals in Art · Wayzata, MN
Steam Project · Video Animation · St. Paul, MN
2015
Permanent Collection · Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources · Thunder Bay, Ontario
Artists Within · John B. Davis Center Gallery · Minneapolis, MN
2014
Sheltering Nature · Bell Museum of Natural History · Minneapolis, MN
Geometry in Nature · Silverwood Park Gallery · St. Anthony, MN
2008 - 14
Prints on Ice Cooperative Exhibit · Highpoint Center for Printmaking · Minneapolis, MN