The COLLECTOR’S EDITIONs of The Sheet and the Goats (Ed 44/50) and The Unchosen Ones (Ed 7/20) was acquired this week by the Minnesota Historical Society in St Paul, MN. Special thanks to Patrick K. Coleman (pictured) and Jennifer Huebscher for their support. This is the first institution in Minnesota to collect either award-winning book projects. The projects were supported in part by the Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant (2016, 2018). Images from the projects were featured in National Geographic magazine (November 2017). A solo exhibition of the fine-art portrait series, The Unchosen Ones, opens December 6, 2019 at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, ND.

Minnesota Historical Society Acquisitions Librarian Patrick K. Coleman (left) and visual artist R. J. Kern (right) display recent acquisitions to the permanent collection. Photo by Lori L. Williamson.