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Beyond the Norm: International Juried Print Exhibition

Beyond the Norm International Juried Print Exhibition is in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Normal Editions Workshop.

Juror: Susan Tallman, Editor-in-Chief of the international journal and website Art in Print

Dates: September 20 - October 16, 2016

Opening Reception and Juror's Talk: September 20th beginning at 4:00 p.m.

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Awards

Juror's Choice Award

selected by Susan Tallman

Dwaine
by Marquise Gibbs, linocut, 2016

A one-week collaborative printing session with Normal Editions Workshop. This extraordinary award grants the selected artist the opportunity to collaborate with NEW to produce an edition of prints. The award includes funding toward housing and travel expenses as well as materials and supplies for the completion of the project. Specific details including scale and complexity of the piece will be negotiated between the winning artist and NEW and NEW reserves the right to make final determinations regarding the scope of the project.

Curator's Choice Award

selected by the University Galleries curatorial staff: Barry Blinderman (Director), Kendra Paitz (Senior Curator), and Jason Judd (Curator).

All The Queerness That's Fit To Print: The Abilene Reporter News 1967-75
by Amy Cousins, serigraph, paper, buttons, wood, and foam, 2015

A one-person exhibition in the project space at University Galleries of Illinois State University. The exhibition will take place during the 2017-2018 season.

Additional Prizes

selected by the juror

Gift Certificates provided by: Hiromi Paper, Inc.; Renaissance Graphic Arts, Inc.; and Takach Press Corporation

Hiromi Paper, Inc. Award

Spored Growth Version II
by Claire LaFontaine, serigraph on folded paper, 2015

Hiromi Paper, Inc. Award 

APACHE HELICOPTER 88 8 mm
by Lara Vaienti, etching, aquatint, and rust monotype, 2016

Renaissance Graphic Arts, Inc. Award 

Garage #3
by Sean P. Morrissey, serigraph, 2015

Renaissance Graphic Arts, Inc. Award 

Biocosmic Wave
by Karen Kunc, woodcut, 2013

Takach Press Corporation Award 

Covert II
by Richard Hricko, photogravure, 2016 

Takach Press Corporation Award 

Otherside 3
by Matthew McLaughlin, woodcut, 2016

Honorable Mentions 

selected by Richard Finch, Professor Emeritus of Art and former Director of Normal Editions Workshop and James Butler, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art, Illinois State University

3:20 a.m.
by Donal Furst, mezzotint, 2015

American Dream: Lightning Storm with Grass
by Kristen Bartel, lithograph and inkjet, 2015

Traced (Tangle)
by Amanda Knowles, serigraph and acrylic, 2014

Aquatint IV
by Kristina Dey, etching and aquatint, 2016

Accepted Works

  • Bird Cage by AWG
  • I see you, I see you too by Erika Adams
  • Eye by Erika Adams
  • Gnatcatchers (with Ledger Paper) by Emily Arthur
  • Pyrocumulus, Carbon Black by Frances Ashforth
  • American Dream: Lightning Storm with Grass by Kristen Bartel
  • The Cornfield by Judy Bergman Hochberg
  • Presence by Mary Brodbeck
  • All The Queerness That's Fit To Print: The Abilene Reporter News 1967-75 by Amy Cousins
  • DOIT JUST by from Craig Briar
  • That Body by Julia DePinto
  • Yippie Yi Yo by L J Douglas
  • Cold War by Amze Emmons
  • North LCX by Bob Erickson
  • Otis III by Kirsten Flaherty
  • 3:20 a.m. by Donald Furst
  • Black Mary; or Molly, 'Princess of Wales' by Joscelyn Gardner
  • Dwaine by Marquise Gibbs
  • Reasonable Doubt by Ruthann Godollei
  • Girl with a Blivet Pendant Wearing a Mobius Strip as a Hat by Ellen Heck
  • Hunting by Megan Hinds
  • Swimming by Mary Hood
  • Covert II by Richard Hricko
  • In the Words of Mendeleev by Sarah Hulsey
  • The Gloaming by Anita Hunt
  • Orange Drop by Travis Janssen
  • Garden weeds by Sarojini Johnson
  • Cold Lapse by Tressa Jones
  • Belladonna by Raeleen Kao
  • Biocosmic Wave by Karen Kunc
  • Aquatint IV by Kristina Key
  • Landscape 18 by Elizabeth Klimek
  • Traced (Tangle) by Amanda Knowles
  • Micro Fauna Specimen 4 by Don Krumpos
  • Spored Growth Version II by Claire LaFontaine
  • Amplitud Modulation II by Enrique Leal
  • First Visit, Last Day by Amanda Lee
  • 'A DRUNK MAN...' by Joseph Lupo
  • Proceed Onward from Here, Again by Amanda Maciuba
  • Otherside 3 by Matthew McLaughlin
  • Garage #3 by Sean P. Morrissey
  • I Forgot by Kim Morski
  • Designed to Endure: Quick(en) Opportunity by Kristin Powers Nowlin
  • Motif From ISU Greenhouse Selections I by Gregory Page
  • Watermelon Room #2 by Erin Potter
  • Cascade by Ellen Price
  • Man in the Mirror by Marzi Rahmani
  • Form #4 by Marilee Salvator
  • Ash Verse, For Detroit by Nick Satinover
  • Creature Forest by Kelly Schmidt
  • Indian Rhino by Caroline Thorington
  • Artifact #4 by Dana Tosic
  • APACHE HELICOPTER 88 8 mm by Lara Vaienti
  • Fancy Shawl Dancer by Linda Whitney
  • Each to Other, II by Ken Wood
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