{"id":183,"date":"2025-03-04T18:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/99th\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:58:39","slug":"dawson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/dawson\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sage Dawson<br><em>Semifinalist<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pgc-sgb-cb wp-block-pgcsimplygalleryblock-justified \" data-gallery-id=\"f2b24905\"><div class=\"sgb-preloader\" id=\"pr_f2b24905\">\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"simply-gallery-amp pgc_sgb_slider \"><noscript><div class=\"sgb-gallery\"><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dawson-01-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dawson-01-1-655x800.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dawson-01-1-655x800.jpg 655w,https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dawson-01-1.jpg 1047w\" sizes=\"auto, 250px\"\/><\/a><div class=\"sgb-item-caption\"><em><i>Eternal Loop<\/i>, 2025\n<br>From the series \u201cEternal Loop\u201d\n<br>Reduction linocut, monotype and acrylic on canvas\n<br>20\" x 25\"<\/em><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dawson-05-crop-for-NL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" 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250px\"\/><\/a><div class=\"sgb-item-caption\"><em><i>Pattern Storage<\/i>, 2023\n<br>Collagraph, linocut, monotype prints and clay\n<br>Installation 12' x 4' x 4\"\n<br>Minnesota Center for Books Arts<\/em><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dawson-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dawson-03-553x800.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dawson-03-553x800.jpg 553w,https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dawson-03.jpg 884w\" sizes=\"auto, 250px\"\/><\/a><div class=\"sgb-item-caption\"><em><i>Pattern Storage<\/i> (detail), 2023\n<br>Collagraph, linocut, monotype prints and clay\n<br>Installation 12' x 4' x 4\"\n<br>Minnesota Center for Books Arts<\/em><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a 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Analog techniques in her work typify domestic labor: banner-making, needlepoint, open-work, patterning, cross-stitch and sewing. 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