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.
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.
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.
selected by the juror
Gift Certificates provided by: Hiromi Paper, Inc.; Renaissance Graphic Arts, Inc.; and Takach Press Corporation
Spored Growth Version II
by Claire LaFontaine, serigraph on folded paper, 2015
APACHE HELICOPTER 88 8 mm
by Lara Vaienti, etching, aquatint, and rust monotype, 2016
Garage #3
by Sean P. Morrissey, serigraph, 2015
Biocosmic Wave
by Karen Kunc, woodcut, 2013
Covert II
by Richard Hricko, photogravure, 2016
Otherside 3
by Matthew McLaughlin, woodcut, 2016
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