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We welcome these fifty artists to our 2009 event!

Twenty exhibitors never before seen!
Twenty-one 2008 favorites!
Nine greeted as returning friends!
(Click on any image to enlarge)


2D Mixed Media


Scott Matyjaszek
Rochester, NY
New!
Original photos hand-cut & glued back together to create a "photo relief"



Sarah Kargol
Bath, SD
Returning Favorite!
Parody & pop culture with acrylics, vintage textiles & ephemera



Gena Ollendieck
Cresco, IA
Returning Favorite!
Hand-bound leather books and mixed media collage
incorporating altered and manipulated objects


3D Mixed Media


Anthony Pack
Overland Park, KS
Returning Favorite!
Wood, acrylic paint, and recycled materials combine with a quirky humor


Ceramics


Bob Brehmer
Rock Island, IL
Last Seen in 2007!
Hand-formed porcelain


Rick Hintze
Johnson Creek, WI
New!
Wheel-thrown stoneware with wax resist and overlapping glazes



Debra LeAir
St. Paul, MN
Returning Favorite!
Deeply carved earthenware; surface is terra sigilatta and copper wash



Glynnis Lessing
Chicago, IL
New!
Functional high-fire porcelain with hand-carved, black slip sgraffito


George Lowe
Decorah, IA
Returning Favorite!
Wheel-thrown stoneware with altered forms, applied textures,
layered glazes, and multiple firings


Aaron Sober
Minneapolis, MN
New!
Functional stoneware with applied glazes


Susan Speck
Mission, KS
New!
Whimsical, functional hand-built porcelain



John Wrenn
Cottage Grove, WI
Last Seen in 2005!
Wheel-thrown, raku-fired and embellished vessels on clay pedestals


Digital / Graphics


Raymond Jasinski
Wheaton, IL
New!
Photo- and computer-based images exploring patterns,
symmetry and with Rorschach effects



Joy Wallace
Silver Lake, WI
Returning Favorite!
Limited edition archival works drawn freehand on a digitized tablet


Drawing


Jerry Brown
Lees Summit, MO
Returning Favorite!
A combination of hard and soft pastels on paper


Fiber


Mimi Damrauer
Chicago, IL
New!
Textile collage created with hand-dyed and painted fabric made
by the artist; hand-cut and machine sewn


Monica McFarland
Madison, WI
Last Seen in 2005!
Functional fabric bags detailed with leather, stone and other materials



Marilyn Hanson
Story City, IA
Returning Favorite!
Complex twill weaving using flat-oval reed, ash, and maple



Margaret Koop
Excelsior, MN
Returning Favorite!
Wearable funsions of silk and wool


Carole Osburn
Des Moines, IA
Returning Favorite!
Handmade paper that is painted, textured, and collaged


Glass


Sheryl Ellinwood
Pella, IA
Returning Favorite!
2D hand-cut, high-fired glass


Robinson Scott
Anoka, MN
Last Seen in 2004!
Hand-blown glass, using multiple layers and shaped using wet newspaper



Alison Fox
Naperville, IL
Returning Favorite!
Vintage, antique and everyday items with a stained glass background



Thomas Maras
Hudson, WI
Returning Favorite!
Hand-blown glass with layered base colors and stippled, dot designs


Jewelry


Rebecca Bashara
Klickitat, WA
New!
Carved stone, bone, wood, flame-worked glass,
and emulsion transfers set in sterling and gold


Devon Driscoll
Minneapolis, MN
New!
Fabrication using natural and cast objects in silver & bronze


Phillip Hall
New Smyrna Beach, FL
New!
Fabricated metals and plastics; plastics are carved from
sheet stock, then laminated and heat formed



Sue Hammes-Knopf
Northfield, MN
Last Seen in 2005!
Mix-media compositions using needle-woven techniques with
seed beads, enamels, glass and stone


Pam Kehoe-Peterson
Rockford, IL
Last Seen in 2007!
Silver and 14K works using stones, steel, copper, brass, and glass objects


Jay Nielsen
Minneapolis, MN
Returning Favorite!
Hand-fabrication using high karat gold, fine and sterling silver
and precious and semi-precious stones



Gustav Reyes
Chicago, IL
New!
Hand-formed wood lamination which is then carved, finished and hand buffed



Sue Rosengard
Chicago, IL
Returning Favorite!
Hand-formed sterling and gold metal


Painting


Bekah Ash
Iowa City, IA
Last Seen in 2007!
Fictional oil portraits painted in contemporary style


George Coll
Loveland, CO
New!
Contemporary figure and landscape, heavy use of
oil on canvas, strong brush strokes, bright colors



Suze Ford
Lee's Summit, MO
New!
Oil on canvas with thick, scratched-in textures and glazing



Signe & Genna Grushovenko
LaGrange, GA
New!
Oils on canvas with vivid underpaintingand and drawn oil pastel;
elements inspired by vintage found photos


Charlene Marsh
Nashville, IN
New!
Plein air & studio oil paintings of the deep forest in all four seasons



Brian Jensen
Waconia, MN
Returning Favorite!
Acrylic on hardwood panels, and with hardwood frames made by the artist


Jodi Perry
Polvadera, NM
New!
Acrylic on canvas; minimalist composition & many layers of paint
create serene, surreal landscapes



Ted Simmering
Byron, IL
New!
Layered acrylic on wood, in sets of 8 paintings which share
palette, design devices and image reference



Chris Vance
Bondurant, IA
Returning Favorite!
Paintings composed, then deconstructed and recomposed


Photography


Barry Hendrickson
Minneapolis, MN
New!
Photos with depth and relative tonal range, printed on photo rag fine art paper


Printmaking


Steve Nowatzki
Minneapolis, MN
Last Seen in 2006!
Etchings and stone lithographs on paper handmade by the artist



Judy Zeddies
Chicago, IL
New!
Water-based monotypes, collagraphs & etchings with hand-coloring;
some with chine collé or collage



John Schirmer
Fairfield, IA
Last Seen in 2005!
Images printed on acid free paper from a carved block of wood, then hand colored


Sculpture


Doug Spalding
Royal Oak, MI
Returning Favorite!
Hand-built, hand-decorated sculptures and tiles.



Angela Peterson
Franklin, WI
Returning Favorite!
Recycled steel, stone, and concrete combined thru welding, casting, and forging


Cathy Broski
Kansas City, MO
New!
Handbuilt, multifired stoneware clay that is then textured/carved


Wood


Craig Lossing
Lino Lakes, MN
Returning Favorite!
Vessels and containers created with domestic and exotic wood



John Schwartzkopf
Cedar Rapids, IA
Returning Favorite!
Original contemporary design, natural wood colors
and shapes, traditional and newer techniques



Our 2009 exhibitors were selected from 332 applications representing 29 states, Canada and the UK


Jurors:

Maggie Campbell
Campbell Raw Press
Brooklyn, NY

Kathryn Hagy
Assistant Professor of Art
Mount Mercy College
Cedar Rapids, IA

Anna O’Donnell
Burke Museum
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Ben Jensen
Ben Jensen Pottery
Cedar Rapids, IA