"The Twenty Views of Dundas" is a collaborative print project to honor the history of the small town of Dundas, Minnesota, which celebrated its 150 year anniversary in 2007. Each of the twenty artists interpreted one aspect of the City's history in a work of art, and working together with an art printer, created hand-pulled sets of prints in a very limited edition size. In this way, important aspects of Dundas have been memorialized in art, and made accessible to many to contemplate and enjoy for years to come.

Artists were not only asked to participate based on their knowledge of and proximity to Dundas, but also by their own artistic directions and suitability to contribute to the set. The geographic makeup of the artists in the set is about one-third from Dundas, one-third from Northfield, one-third from Minneapolis/St. Paul, and a couple artists from various locations.

The artists were provided with a visual historical reference of old photographs from the Dundas area that were scanned and put online. Many of the artists went to Dundas and met with people and visited sites. Several of the stories were converted by the artist's interpretations into works for the set. Several of the works in the sets were also interpretations of the historical photographic record.

The Twenty Views of Dundas was accessioned by the Fredrick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota in September of 2009.

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Twenty Views of Dundas
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