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Bethany Collins

Bethany Collins is an artist living and working in Chicago, Illinois who works in drawings, prints, paintings, sculptures, and art books. Collins' works, which incorporate fractured or illegible phrases either punishingly erased or arduously rendered, were featured in a solo exhibition at University Galleries in 2019, Bethany Collins: A Pattern or Practice .

Background

MFA, drawing and painting, Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA (2012)

BA, studio art and visual journalism, University of Alabama; Tuscaloosa, AL (2007)

Glasgow School of Art, Capstone International semester abroad; Glasgow, Scotland (2005)

Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship; Chicago, IL (2019)

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant; New York, NY (2015)

Normal Editions Projects

Collins participated in a collaborative project with Normal Editions Workshop with partial sponsorship from University Galleries during a short-term residency February 3-7, 2020.

Bethany Collins drawing.

Bethany Collins drawing on mylar during the collaborative print project at Normal Editions in 2020.

Resources

Artist Website

Artist Bethany Collins begins collaborative project with Normal Editions, February 2020

Gallery Representation - purchase Normal Editions' prints by Bethany Collins

Prints from Normal Editions

"and love all hearts entwine (God Bless Our Sunday School)"

"and love all hearts entwine (God Bless Our Sunday School)"

Bethany Collins
two-color lithograph
22 1/2" x 30 1/2"
edition size: 10 numbered impressions
copyright 2022
N.E.W. work # 20-102a

View in Detail on Flickr

"and love all hearts entwine (God Bless Our Sunday School)" II

"and love all hearts entwine (God Bless Our Sunday School)" II

Bethany Collins
two-color lithograph
22 1/2" x 30 1/2"
edition size: 10 numbered impressions
copyright 2022
N.E.W. work # 20-102b

View in Detail on Flickr

"all hearts beneath the sun (Let War's Tempests Cease)"

"all hearts beneath the sun (Let War's Tempests Cease)"

Bethany Collins
two-color lithograph
22 1/2" x 30 1/2"
edition size: 10 numbered impressions
copyright 2022
N.E.W. work # 20-101

View in Detail on Flickr

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Collaboration with Bethany Collins

Bethany Collins drawing

Bethany Collins drawing

Bethany Collins begins a drawing on mylar at Normal Editions during the collaborative project

talking with students

talking with students

Bethany Collins talks with a class of students visiting Normal Editions to see and hear about her project as it develops

Bethany Collins drawing

Bethany Collins drawing

Bethany Collins applying tusche wash to mylar during the artist's drawing process

reviewing materials​

reviewing materials​

Bethany Collins tests of different drawing materials on mylar

testing drawing materials

testing drawing materials

Morgan Price and Bethany Collins examine and test different materials

mixing stick tusche for drawing

mixing stick tusche for drawing

Bethany Collins mixing up stick tusche and testing it on mylar​

collaboration

collaboration

Morgan Price and Bethany Collins discuss options regarding tusche wash drawing on mylar as the drawing is in progress

color consultation

color consultation

Bethany Collins considers samples of three red ink mixtures with the beginning of her drawing on mylar

students with Bethany Collins

students with Bethany Collins

Bethany Collins (seated) welcomes students to observer the collaborative project in progress

consulting notes

consulting notes

Bethany Collins consults her notes during the drawing process

inspecting mylars

inspecting mylars

Bethany Collins and Morgan Price inspecting drawings on mylar over the light table while preparing to expose photo-lithographic plates

mixing ink​

mixing ink​

Peytin Fitzgerald mixing ink with visiting artist Bethany Collins.

mixing ink colors

mixing ink colors

Bethany Collins, Peytin Fitzgerald, and Veda Rives Aukerman discussing ink selections during the collaboration.

more ink mixing

more ink mixing

Veda Rives Aukerman and Peytin Fitzgerald mixing ink for color trial proofing sessions during the collaboration with Bethany Collins.

printing the first drawing

printing the first drawing

Nicci Arnold, Bethany Collins, and Lisa Lofgren observe the printing of the first plate for Bethany's project. Peytin Fitzgerald is the sponger for printer Morgan Price.

first layer (dark red ink) roller roll up​

first layer (dark red ink) roller roll up​

Morgan Price prepares the ink roller by rolling up the dark red ink for the first layer

rolling out ink​

rolling out ink​

Close-up view of the ink slab while Veda Rives Aukerman rolls out ink

rolling and sponging

rolling and sponging

Morgan Price rolling out ink and Veda Rives Aukerman sponging the lithographic plate for run #1.

titling version 2

titling version 2

Bethany Collins writing the title on the "Right to Print" impression for version two

Two impressions signed "Right to Print"

Two impressions signed "Right to Print"

Veda Rives Aukerman, Bethany Collins, Peytin Fitzgerald, and Erika Shiba stand with two impressions signed "Right to Print" for editions to be printed later

signing selected impression

signing selected impression

Bethany Collins signing "Right to Print" on the selected impression to print in an edition

titling the print

titling the print

Bethany Collins writing the title on the "Right to Print" impression

IACA Acknowledgement and Copyright

Normal Editions Workshop acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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