The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History will present “Exuberant Politics,” a series of events involving Josh MacPhee, a printmaker, curator, writer, and activist who uses art to inject protest politics into public discourse, Sept. 23-28 in Iowa City.

MacPhee, an Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, will kick things off with a public lecture, “Paper Politics: 500 Years of Political Printmaking,” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, in Room 240 of Art Building West.

Other events include:

• Public lecture: “Space, History, Toward a Visual Commons,” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 240 Art Building West
• Lunchtime discussion with studio arts graduate students, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1703 Studio Arts Building
• Stencil Workshop with the Iowa Youth Writing Project, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, Zenzic Press, 120 N. Dubuque St.
• Small-group discussion: “Open Stacks and Accessibility For All: Use of Archives as Preservation,” noon Friday, Sept. 27, 3083 Main Library
• Closing reception for “Migration Now,” 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, Zenzic Press

Emphasizing the street over the gallery, MacPhee’s visual and graphic work is accessible and eye-catching yet deeply political. His themes include social movement history, the environment, and militarism. Founder of the Justseeds political graphics collective, MacPhee is author or editor of five books and curator of two major touring exhibitions on political art and the visual culture of protest. Since 1998, he has commissioned more than 100 posters in the Celebrate People’s History series, which was published in book form in 2010.

Most recently, MacPhee co-founded the Interference Archive, a zine archive and exhibition space in Brooklyn that collects and displays socially engaged art and activist publications. Through these diverse activities, MacPhee has built a remarkable creative practice centered less on his singular vision as an artist than on supporting the ideals that inspire him.

MacPhee’s visit is supported by the Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professorship, the School of Art and Art History, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, the Labor Center, the Departments of Communication Studies and History, the Center for the Book, and the UI Center for Human Rights.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation for this event, please contact the School of Art and Art History in advance at 319-335-1376.