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A Community of Printmakers

A Community of Printmakers is a portfolio honoring James D. Butler, Distinguished Professor of Art Emeritus at Illinois State University and 2012 Outstanding Printmaker Award winner from Mid America Print Council.

This on-line exhibition features images of the works presented in portfolio to Jim Butler by 48 participants, including colleagues, alumni, students, visiting artists and friends.

Cover of the book, A Community of Printmakers.

Catalog

56 pages feature
100 full color illustrations of art
plus a biography and artist
statement for each participant

$18.00 printed catalog with artists' statements, short biographic information, and images

Prints Included in the Exhibition

Inside Out

Inside Out

Brooke Ball
monoprint with silver leaf
11" × 8.5"

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Glow and Afterimage I

Glow and Afterimage I

Tonia Bonnell
relief etching
11" × 8.5"

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The Girl Who Could Fly

The Girl Who Could Fly

Jan Brandt
lithograph
11" × 8.5"

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Several Thursdays Ago; Just Shy of center

Several Thursdays Ago; Just Shy of center

Sam Buchanan
etching with chine-collé
8.5" × 11"

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In Between

In Between

Kaye Buchman
digital print, archival ink on bamboo paper
11" × 8.5"

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July 8, 2012

July 8, 2012

Rodney Carswell
ink and gouache on paper|
8.5" × 11"

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Trapped Winds

Trapped Winds

Sean Caulfield
etching, mezotint, and chine-collé
11" × 8.5"

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Good Evening

Good Evening

Johnny Disco
relief, monoprint, and collage
8.5" × 11"

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Durer's Dream

Durer's Dream

Bob Erickson
oil paint on paper
11" × 8.5"

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Duality: Extension

Duality: Extension

Richard Finch
two-color lithograph
8.5" × 11"

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No Title (Bemis Variation)

No Title (Bemis Variation)

John Fraser
graphite and acrylic on collaged papers
11" × 8.5"

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James

James

Lea Friesen
acrylic on paper
11" × 8.5"

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Study for Three

Study for Three

Brandon Gunn
lithograph, mezotint, monotype, & pastel
8.5" × 11"

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For Every Treadle its Rest

For Every Treadle its Rest

Chris Hagen
lithograph
11" × 8.5"

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Inheritance

Inheritance

Melissa Haviland
screen print and graphite drawing
11" × 8.5"

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Of years again completes itself

Of years again completes itself

Julia Heatherwick
lithograph, linocut, graphite, ink, encaustic, oil
11" × 8.5"

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Entanglement Series

Entanglement Series

Sue Hettmansperger
oil paint on lithograph
11" × 8.5"

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Yee Haw Beans

Yee Haw Beans

John Himmelfarb
pencil on paper
11" × 8.5"

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Series 2 - #5

Series 2 - #5

Katie Johnson
digital print
8.5" × 11"

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Retirement Mandela

Retirement Mandela

Kelsey Just
monotype
11" × 8.5"

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Fragments of a Memory

Fragments of a Memory

Yoko Kawazoe
photo etching and thread
11" × 8.5"

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Reclining Portrait of a Man with a Gray Face

Reclining Portrait of a Man with a Gray Face

Wayne Kimball
multi-color lithograph
8" × 10

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Reclining Portrait of a Man with a Gray Face, V. 2

Reclining Portrait of a Man with a Gray Face, V. 2

Wayne Kimball
four-color monochromatic lithograph
8" × 10"

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My Ostraka: History IV / dv: lxii

My Ostraka: History IV / dv: lxii

Cynthia M. Kukla
digital print, watercolor, and trace monotype
8.5" × 11"

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Pasture Dance

Pasture Dance

Jeff Little
colored pencil
8.5" × 11"

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Transitioning: erosion & elevation

Transitioning: erosion & elevation

Lisa Lofgren
woodcut and collage
11" × 8.5"

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Biding My Time

Biding My Time

Lori Niemtschk
digital print and collage
8.5" × 11"

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in Honor

in Honor

Mary Jane Parker
waxed digital and screen print
11" × 8.5

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Healing Hands

Healing Hands

Teresa J. Parker
linocut, collage, and graphite
11" × 8.5"

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Sweet Green Icing: Hommage to Jim Butler

Sweet Green Icing: Hommage to Jim Butler

Mark Pascale
ink on paper
11" × 8.5"

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Summer

Summer

Rudy Pozzatti
multi-color woodcut and etching
16" × 11"

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Get it Together

Get it Together

Morgan Price
lithograph with stamped text
11" × 8.5"

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A Day Well Spent

A Day Well Spent

Meda Rives
monotype
8.5" × 11"

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Turning

Turning

Veda Rives
monotype
11" × 8.5"

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Red on Green

Red on Green

Lyle Salmi
monoprint
8.5" × 11"

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untitled

untitled

Marilee Salvator
open bite, toner, aqua tint, line etching on copper
8.5" × 11"

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V. C. A. 21 for Jim

V. C. A. 21 for Jim

Nick Satinover
collaged printed materials on paper
11" × 8.5"

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Quiet Spaces

Quiet Spaces

Amy Schmierbach
mixed media
8.5" × 11"

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Regalo

Regalo

Sarah Smelser
monotype
8.5" × 11"

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Vanitas Vanitatum Ohnia Vanitas ($28 / month - you get what you pay for ...)

Vanitas Vanitatum Ohnia Vanitas ($28 / month - you get what you pay for ...)

Joan Smit
monotype
11" × 8.5"

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11 Books from my Library (for James Butler)

11 Books from my Library (for James Butler)

Buzz Spector
ink on paper
11" × 8.5"

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3 A.M.

3 A.M.

Alyssa Tauber
collagraph and monotype
8.5" × 11"

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Thujopsis Tatto

Thujopsis Tatto

Phillip Turner
mixed media
11" × 8.5"

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FN-46.2

FN-46.2

Tim Van Ginkel
monoprint, lithography, and etching
11" × 8.5"

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Honorless

Honorless

Pamela Wenger
mixed media
11" × 8.5"

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Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey

John Whitesell
mixed printmaking media
11" × 8.5"

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under a pale blue sky

under a pale blue sky

Jared T. R.Wittenmyer
relief and digital
11" × 8.5"

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Lace and Woo

Lace and Woo

Sigrid Wonsil
mixed media
7.5" × 11"

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Hanamaru

Hanamaru

Koichi Yamamoto
copper engraving
8.5" × 11"

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James and Kathy Butler

James and Kathy Butler

James and Kathy Butler, Cape Girardeau, MO, November 1, 2012

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the gift portfolio on display

the gift portfolio on display

Viewing of the gift portfolio during Butler's exhibition at Southeast Missouri State University

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reception greetings

reception greetings

Jim Butler greets reception attendees, November 1, 2012

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Illinois State gathering

Illinois State gathering

Illinois State gathering of alumni, faculty, students, and participants, Cape Girardeau, MO

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reception

reception

Jim Butler speaking with reception attendees

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Artists Included

Brooke Ball, Tonia Bonnell, Jan Brandt, Sam Buchanan, Kaye Buchman, Rodney Carswell, Sean Caulfield, Johnny Disco, Bob Erickson, Richard Finch, John Fraser, Lea Friesen, Brandon Gunn, Chris Hagen, Melissa Haviland, Julia Heatherwick, Sue Hettmansperger, John Himmelfarb, Katie Johnson, Kelsey Just, Yoko Kawazoe, Wayne Kimball, Cynthia M. Kukla, Jeff Little, Lisa Lofgren, Lori Niemtschk, Mary Jane Parker, Teresa J. Parker, Mark Pascale, Rudy Pozzatti, Morgan Price, Meda Rives, Veda Rives, Lyle Salmi, Marilee Salvator, Nick Satinover, Amy Schmierbach, Sarah Smelser, Joan Smit, Buzz Spector, Alyssa Tauber, Phillip Turner, Tim Van Ginkel, Pamela Wenger, John Whitesell, Jared Wittenmyer, Sigrid Wonsil and Koichi Yamamoto