Frontiers in Printmaking Exhibitions
Twelve Exhibitions were featured during the Frontiers in Printmaking conference.
Marks from the Matrix: NORMAL EDITIONS WORKSHOP Collaborative Limited Edition Prints 1976-2006
features approximately 80 contemporary prints published since 1976 by a variety of artists selected from the NEW archive, highlighting a great diversity in the subject matter, stylistic approaches, and printmaking media.
Artists Included
Garo Antreasian, George Atkinson, Harold Boyd, Phyllis Bramson, Byron Burford, James D. Butler, Sam Cady, Rodney Carswell, Xiaowen Chen, Jane Dickson, John Dilg, Michael Dubina, Julia Fish, Chuck Forsman, Mark Forth, John Fraser, Dan Gamble, Raymond E. George, Harold Gregor,Sidney Goodman, Denise Green, Alex Grey, Arturo Herrera, Eleanor Himmelfarb, John Himmelfarb, Stewart Hitch, David Hodges, Mark Innerst, Suzanne Jackson, Keith Jacobshagen, Ilya Kabakov, Wayne Kimball, Edward Knippers, Donald Lipski, Robert Malone, James McGarrell, David Moreno, Gwynn Murrill, Dann Nardi, Dennis Oppenheim, John Phillips, Peter Plagens, Rosanne Retz, Richard Rezac, Lyle Salmi, Kenny Scharf, Rosalyn Schwartz, Larry Shineman, Kiki Smith, Dan Socha, Buzz Spector, Robert Stackhouse, C. Louis Steinburg, Robert Weaver, Kimball P. Wells, John Whitesell, and David Wojnarowicz
Marks from the Matrix
A commemorative catalog documenting the exhibition and the 30 year history of Normal Editions Workshop in the School of Art at Illinois State University.
Border Crossings: an International Portfolio Exchange
Gallery 2, University Galleries, September 25 - October 28, 2007. Shannon Collis and Erik Waterkotte organized this portfolio exchange and exhibition featuring artists from the USA, Canada, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, and South Africa. Twenty-two participating artists will present new works interpreting the theme of borders, either geographical or in terms of global issues, contemporary culture, and technology issues.
Artists Included
Tonia Bonnell, Sean Caulfield, Shannon Collis, Steven Dixon, Helen Gerritzen, Kevin Haas, Tomoyo Ihaya, Liz Ingram, Walter Jule, Yoko Kawazoe, Alejandro Magallenes, Gus Mazzocca, Vulindlela Nyoni, Robin Smith Peck, Marilee Salvator, Marc Siegner, Laurie Sloan, Akiko Taniguchi, Tracy Templeton, Kitikong Tilokwattanotai, Julie Voyce, Erik Waterkotte, and Koichi Yamamoto. Gallery Talk by Vulindlela Nyoni.
Illinois State University Printmaking Faculty: Five Decades
Gallery 3, University Galleries, September 25 - October 28, 2007, features recent works by 14 artists who are current, emeritus, and former faculty members of the printmaking area.
Artists Included
Harold Boyd, James D. Butler, Sean Caulfield, Richard Finch, Ray George, Fred Gude, Nan Haid, Anita Jung, Helen Gerritzen, Charles Marsh, Meda Rives, Veda Rives, Sarah Smelser and Tracy Templeton.
A Progressive Proof: Illinois State University Printmaking Alumni Exhibition
McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, August 31- October 13, 2007, features new works by 36 artists who are Illinois State University printmaking alumni from the Bachelors of Fine Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Fine Arts degree programs.
Artists Included
Dennis Applebee, Nathan Bailey, Charles Barth, Jessica Benjamin, Tonia Bonnell, Kaye Buchman, Frank Bush, Christy Crowhurst, Johnny Disco, Carol Eacret-Simmons, Rhea Edge, Richard Folse, Brandon Gunn, Brian Hammond, Melissa Haviland, Julia Heatherwick, Jason Judd, Craig Martin, Kelly Naschert, Teresa Parker, Matthew Pazzol, Matt Pulford, Meda R. Rives, Veda M. Rives, Eric Rohmann, Marilee Salvator, Amy Schmierbach, Chris Shepherd, Joseph Sim, Emerson Stone III, Phillip Turner, Erik Waterkotte, Pamela Wenger, Steven Wirth, and Sigrid Wonsil.
NEW Territory: Landscape-Inspired Prints from Normal Editions Workshop
McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, August 31- October 13, 2007, features selected publications from Normal Editions Workshop by 9 artists whose imagery is inspired by or incorporates elements of landscape.
Artists Included
Michael Chandler, Michael Dubina, Julia Fish, Chuck Forsman, Martin Garhart, Ed Herbeck, John Himmelfarb, Wonsook Kim, and James McGarrell.
Two Suites of Four: Illinois State University Faculty Artists, Past and Present
McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, August 31- October 13, 2007, features selected publications from Normal Editions Workshop by 8 artists who are current or former art faculty members from Illinois State University.
Artists Included
Bill Burk, James D. Butler, Rodney Carswell, Harold Gregor, Raymond E. George, Ken Holder, C. Louis Steinburg, and David Tell.
Successors: Illinois State University Printmaking Alumni Portfolio Exhibition
BroMenn Regional Medical Center Atrium, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors, Normal, September 8 - October 31, 2007. Meda and Veda Rives organized this portfolio exchange featuring 30 alumni who created a wide variety of prints on paper (sheet size: 13 by 19 inches). Imagery, image size, media, and paper were selected by the individual artists.
Artists Included
Dennis Applebee, Kaye Buchman, Christopher Buoscio, Frank Bush, Nicholas J. DePeder, Todd J. DeVriese, Johnny Disco, Rhea Edge, Bob Erickson, Dick Folse, Jeff Garland, Brandon J. Gunn, Melissa Haviland, Yoko Kawazoe, Hannah Miller, Mitch Mitchell, Kelly Naschert, Colin Tuis Nesbit, Lori Niemtschk, Mary Jane Parker, Teresa J. Parker, Meda R. Rives, Veda M. Rives, Marilee D. Salvator, Amy Schmierbach , Emerson Stone III, Phillip J. Turner, Pamela Wenger, and Steven Wirth.
Timeline
Graduate Studio, Douglas St., Bloomington, October 5, 2007. Julia Goos and Lori Niemtschk organized the Frontiers in Printmaking open exchange portfolio. Participating conference attendees responded to the theme of timeline, submitted editions of twelve impressions, using any archival printmaking process, fitting within the size requirements of 5”x7” and not thicker than 1/16 of an inch. Ten of the prints from each edition will be redistributed to other participants, one complete set of prints will be housed in the Normal Editions Workshop Archive, and a second complete set of prints will be exhibited and sold in support of Illinois State University’s printmaking program.
The Language of Evidence
Graduate Studio, Douglas Street, Bloomington, October 5, 2007. Julia Goos and Eleanor Jensen organized this portfolio exchange and exhibition featuring fifteen artists. Evidence can be collected and combined, recorded and presented. It is defined as both a noun and a verb. Evidence can be a documentation of information or an experienced activity. In this portfolio, exchange artists will use their own visual language to explore material or conceptual evidence. This collection is intended to demonstrate the wide-range in printmaking process and in the interpretation of an idea. It will in itself evidence the expansive relationship between mark-making and meaning.
Artists Included
Jeremy Cody, Bob Erickson, Diana Gabriel, Ben Gardner, Julia Goos, Fred Hagstrom, Jenny Hansen, Gesine Janzen, Eleanor Jensen, Heather O’Hara, Mark Ritchie, Doug Russell, Sarah Smelser, Sarah Wiseman, and Melinda Yale.
Records: Marks and Meaning
Transpace gallery, uptown Normal, September 27-October 27, showcases new works on paper that incorporate various printmaking techniques by Illinois State University graduate students in printmaking. Julia Goos, Eleanor Jensen, Jenny Hansen, and Nick Satinover investigate recording through material and conceptual experimentation. The exhibition presents the idea of recording as archival and historical, architectural and environmental, additive and subtractive. The various media include ink on paper, silkscreen, etching, woodcut, lithography, acrylic and mixed media on paper.
Selected Prints from the International Child Art Collection
Milner Library, Illinois State University, August 17 - October 14, 2007. The current exhibit of prints from Milner Library’s International Collection of Child Art (ICCA) represents a range of printmaking processes: relief, intaglio, and silkscreen. The nineteen artworks in this display were created by child artists throughout the world.
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation
Milner Library, August 23 – October 5, 2007, a traveling exhibition organized by the Huntington Library, San Marion, CA and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York City, cooperation with the American Library Association Public Programs Office and supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, in celebration of Lincoln's 200th birthday.
Satirical Conscience: The Prints and Paintings of Warrington Colescott
Merwin Gallery, Ames School of Art, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, August 30 – October 5, 2007.