In 1987, Bill Weege founded Tandem Press, which is affiliated to the Art Department in the School of Education at the UW-Madison. Like an artistic Pied Piper, he convinced nationally known artists to come and print at Tandem Press. The first artist who created prints at Tandem was his lifelong friend, Sam Gilliam.

Since 1987, 57 artists have visited Tandem where they have created remarkable prints and monoprints.