2007 Conference: NEW Frontiers in Printmaking

Frontiers in Printmaking conference:
October 3, 4, & 5, 2007

The 30th anniversary celebration of Normal Editions Workshop and conference was held in conjunction with the sesquicentennial year of Illinois State University. Frontiers in Printmaking featured discourse on various historical topics, highlight current development, and explores future directions. The conference focused attention on the contemporary contributions and rich heritage of printmaking and related subjects to the overall visual culture.

Marks from the Matrix: Normal Editions Workshop Collaborative Limited Edition Prints 1976-2006
commemorative publication available now

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS:

Keynote Speaker: Rudy Pozzatti, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Indiana University

PANEL TOPICS

International Printmaking: A unique Overview, a survey of current printmaking activities in various parts of the world. Panelists include Todd DeVriese (Printmaking in United Arab Emirates), Xiaowen Chen (Making Prints in China), Sean Caulfield (Printmaking in Canada), and Akiko Taniguchi (Printmaking in Japan).
American Images in Print: Past and Present, explored uniquely American imagery in various print related media and their contemporary and historical contexts. Panelists include Dr. Joni L. Kinsey (Chromos and Controversies in the 1870's: Thomas Moran and Louis Prang's Western Series), John Whitesell (The Screen Art of Sylvia Wald and Byron Burford), and Mark Klett (Projects based on 19th Century Photographs of the Amnerican West: The "Third View" and "Yosemite in Time").
Making Books: Text/Context, focused on various aspects of artists’ books. Panelists include Buzz Spector (Pages), and Eric Rohmann (Book Art and Illustration),Rachel Melis (Natural Ephemera and Paper), and Jamie Stukenberg (Color Correction in Digital Photography).

Printmaking Demonstrations and Presentations

Wayne Kimball: Editioning a Multi-Color Lithograph in the Normal Editions Workshop Studio (throughout the conference--stop in several times to observe the progress of the project.)

Gregory Page: Photo Positive Aluminum Plate Lithography Tusche Wash

Koichi Yamamoto: Large Scale Monotypes

David Keister and Rudy Pozzatti: History and Practice of Collaboration in Printmaking

Robin McCloskey: Digital Chine-Collé

Randy Hemminghaus: Drypoint

John Whitesell: Digital Matrix for Water-based Serigraphy

Jonathan Higgins: The Use of Digital Films in Traditional Copper Plate Photogravure

Steve Gossard: Circus Posters and Collection in Milner Library

Kathleen Lonbom and Teresa Thomason: Special Collections/Artist’s Books at Milner Library Tour: Alice in Wonderland to the Anti-Warhol Museum

Xiaowen Chen: Open Portfolio Feature: Digital Prints from Alfred University

Sean Caulfield: Open Portfolio Feature: Prints from Alberta, Canada

Other Activities:

Recruitment Fair
Open Portfolio for all conference attendees
Opportunities for schools to present programs and interview potential students and applicants for teaching positions.
Opportunities for artist residency presentations

Open Portfolio Exchange for all conference attendees
Timeline, the open exchange portfolio prospectus

Illinois State University faculty/graduate students/community artists open studios

Opening night buffet with keynote speaker address

Floor 6 Special Collections tour, Milner Library, featuring artists’ books and circus posters

Featured Exhibitions:

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 include: 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 include: 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 include 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 at 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 include: 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.(link for alumni)

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 include: 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 including: 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: 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, Grace Traynor, 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 include: 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.

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