We look forward to seeing you this summer in Iowa City for Frogman’s 44th Print Workshop!
Frogman’s began humbly back in 1979 when Professor Lloyd Menard led five school teachers from Sioux City, Iowa to the Black Hills of South Dakota for a drawing class. Printmaking was introduced in 1981 and the workshops evolved into the Black Hills Print Symposium which took place at various sites in Western South Dakota. The Black Hills set an amazingly beautiful backdrop to the workshops, but by 1996, the workshops had outgrown the confines of the Hills and were moved to Beresford, South Dakota, then home of Frogman’s Press & Gallery. The workshops would only spend two years based out of Beresford before moving to nearby Vermillion and the University of South Dakota, where they would spend nearly twenty years. After Vermillion, Frogman’s spent seven years at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where Frogman’s founder, Lloyd Menard, took his first ever print class nearly sixty years ago. Frogman’s will be celebrating its fourth year in Iowa City and at the University of Iowa. Iowa has a rich print tradition and one of the strongest graduate programs in the nation. The university features exceptional facilities including Art Building West and the award-winning Visual Arts Building, whose entire fourth floor is dedicated to printmaking.
Jeremy Menard, Director
Jeremy Menard is especially proud of introducing new scholarships, increasing diversity, and leading Frogman’s, one of the largest printmaking intensive workshops in the world, to its highest enrollments. During his tenure, he has also curated over 175 exhibitions. Menard was Curator & Visual Resource Manager at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Director of University Art Galleries at the University of South Dakota. Previously, he was the Business Manager for print publisher Tandem Press, a consultant in the entertainment and media industries, and an analyst in the industrial manufacturing sector. Menard graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin at Madison earning Master of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees. He also graduated with honors and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Iowa.
Wesley Kramer, Coordinator
Wesley Kramer grew up in Belvidere, Illinois, fueled by a wild imagination and a sense of adventure. From an early age, he could often be found lost in thought, sketching on anything within reach. That passion for drawing evolved into a lifelong dedication to the arts. Wesley earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Printmaking from Northern Illinois University, where he developed his artistic practice alongside a community of fellow artists who inspired and supported one another’s creative ideas. After graduating, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, to work as a Press Assistant at Evil Prints, gaining invaluable hands-on experience in professional printmaking. Following two years at Evil Prints, Wesley pursued graduate studies at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, where he began developing an ambitious new body of work focused on large-scale, interactive art. He went on to earn his Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking.
Wesley won Frogman’s Graduate Student Scholarship in 2022 and is a long-time workshop participant and summer workshop assistant. This will be his first year as Frogman’s Coordinator. Wesley teaches at several colleges and universities in the Oklahoma City area as an Adjunct Instructor, continuing to grow his artistic practice and mentor emerging artists. He aspires to one day join a full-time faculty, sharing his passion for printmaking and creative exploration with the next generation.
Terry Conrad, 2026 Liaison to the University of Iowa
Terry James Conrad is an artist and educator currently serving as the Iowa Print Media Associate Professor at the University of Iowa, where he also acts as liaison to Frogman’s Print Workshops. Originally from New York State, Conrad earned his BFA from Alfred University and his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has previously taught at Skidmore College and co-founded the Round Lake School—a preschool and artist residency in upstate New York—with his partner Rachel Ziegler-Sheridan, rooted in Reggio Emilia philosophies.
Conrad’s work spans printmaking, tool making, and sound, often emerging through interdisciplinary collaborations. He is currently developing a body of work—prints, instruments, and tools—in partnership with oceanographers Dr. Joan Bernhard and Dr. Catherine Davis, supported by a National Science Foundation Award. This project draws on his experience shadowing scientific teams on Pacific Ocean expeditions.
His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2017, Conrad was named a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Drawing, Printmaking, and Book Arts. He has held residencies at Frans Masereel Centrum (Belgium), the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, Penland School of Craft, and Vermont Studio Center.
Lloyd Menard, Founder
Lloyd Menard, Professor Emeritus, retired after thirty-three years at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion where he taught printmaking, papermaking and drawing. Menard has given over 70 workshops in prints and handmade paper throughout the United States and Europe. He originated Frogman’s Print Workshops in 1979 and Frogman’s Press & Gallery in 1994. The gallery, formerly based in Beresford, South Dakota; specialized in exhibiting the works of nationally and internationally known print educators. He curated over 70 exhibitions during the gallery’s run. Menard has collaborated with over 200 artists to create editions and prints both at Frogman’s Press & Gallery and at the University of South Dakota. His artwork has been shown in over 350 juried and invitational exhibitions and is part of over 450 university, college, corporate and museum collections. Menard received his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois and his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He has been honored with Mid-America Print Council’s Outstanding Printmaker Award, Southern Graphic Council’s Excellence in Teaching Printmaking Award, the College Art Association’s Distinguished Teaching of Art Award, the Burlington Northern Foundation’s Faculty Achievement Award, the South Dakota Governor’s Award for Excellence in Arts Education,, the University of Nebraska Omaha’s Alumnus of the Year Award, and been inducted into the University of South Dakota’s College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame.