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We are currently scheduling exhibits for 2025, the twentieth anniversary, of the exhibit “Pop-Mennonite
”
 

Swartzentruber was awarded an Indiana Arts Commission “On-Ramp” fellowship for September 2023 - September 2024


Out of the Studio

• EXHIBIT, Purdue University Kosciusko, “The Art of Agriculture”, traveling group show
• BOOK COVER, 
 MennoFolk3: Puns, Riddles, Tales, Legends by Ervin Beck, cover art
• LIT MAGAZINE,  Sheepshead Review: Journal of Art and Literature, art
• MEDIA, 
Duke Divinity School, Matt Hauger M.Div. lecture on history of Anabaptist/Mennonite art tradition used “Pop-Mennonite” 
• LIT MAGAZINE,
  Fourteen Hills, San Francisco State University, art
• LIT MAGAZINE,  Split Rock Review, Washburn, WI, art
• EXHIBIT,
 Grace College, Winona Lake, IN, faculty exhibit
• BOOK COVER,  
The Journey of Mennonite Studies, Peer review publication from the University of Winnipeg, cover image
• LIT MAGAZINE,  The Showbear Family Circus
, art
• EXHIBIT, 
IPFW Art Educators Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN. honorable mention
• LIT MAGAZINE
,  Raven Chronicles. Seattle, WA, art
• LIT MAGAZINE
, 
Meat for Tea; The Valley Review, NH
• LIT MAGAZINE, 
Helen Literary Magazine, Las Vegas, NV
• JUDGE, 
Indiana Arts Commission, grant panel review committee
• LIT MAGAZINE
FreezeRay Poetry, art
• LIT MAGAZINE,
 
Forge: An Eclectic Modern Story, Culture and Art, issue 11:2
• LIT MAGAZINE, 
Driftwood Press, Cover art, "The Stand" story, and interview. vol 4/issue 4
• PUBLIC LECTURE, 
Lakeland Art Center, Warsaw, IN. Times Union, News Sentinel, Ink Free News, and The Paper
• GRANT, 
Indiana Art's Commission Grant, studio grant
• JUROR, 
Indiana Artisans Program, Indianapolis, IN, panel review committee
• JUROR, 
Village of Winona Art Fair, Winona Lake, IN
• EXHIBIT, 
Rochester Contemporary Art CenterRochester, NY. "International Small Art Exhibit"
• BOOK COVER, 
Manufacturing Mennonites, by Janis Thiessen, image from “Pop-Mennonites”
• EXHIBIT, The Art Hospital, Bloomington, Indiana. Group exhibition. fall  
• MEDIA, 
Times Union, "Swartzentruber's 'Totem Triptch' Is the Art of the Game" by David Slone, Warsaw, IN
• EXHIBIT, 
Sauder Visual Arts Center, Bluffton University, OH. "Pop-Mennonite"
• EXHIBIT, Westerminister Hall-Grace College, Winona Lake, IN. Art Gala,  curator David Grant 
• GRANT, 
Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship, Studio work, 128 out of 640 applicants
• EXHIBIT, The Spurios Fugitive Gallery, "Sideshow"
, solo exhibit, South Bend, IN
• 
LIT MAGAZINE, Monsterbrains
, Ed. Aeron Alfrey, June issue. 
• 
MEDIA,
 
South Bend Tribune, Gillespie Evan, "Spearing the Sideshow Icons: Artist depicts our cliched fantasies", South Bend, IN. 
• MEDIA, 
Putnam County Sentinel, "Bluffton University to Host the Work of Swartzentruber"
• MEDIA, 
Bluffton News, "Pop-Mennonite show coming to BU's Albrecht Gallery"
• MEDIA, 
Dream Seeker Magazine, "Pop Goes the Mennonite: Conversations with an Artist and His Work" by Sairs, Vicki, article with seven images, winter issue, Vol 7, No.1 Editor. Dr. Michael King, Publishing House, Telford, PA
• EXHIBITION, 
 
Spurious Fugitive GallerySouth Bend, IN. "Paintings: group Exhibit"
• LIT MAGAZINE, 
5 Trope, Ed. Gunnar Benediktsson, September Issue
•
 LIT MAGAZINE, 
Canadian Mennonite, Vol.10, Number 10, "Disciplining the Church", cover image
• LIT MAGAZINE, Footsteps to Oxford, Oxford, England, Ed. Trecia Murphy
• RADIO INTERVIEW, 
WZRD 88.3 FM and WXAV 388.3 FM - Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL. Mihopoulos, Effie's interview with Don Swartzentruber and Chicago artist Danny Mansmith.
• EXHIBITION, 
Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IN. "Vision's of the Unknown", group exhibition
• LIT MAGAZINE, 
Half Drunk Muse, Ed. Sarah Miller
• 
LIT MAGAZINE, 
The 2River View, 10.4. Cover and 5 images, summer
•
 LIT MAGAZINE, The Agonist: Thoughtful, Global, Timely
, Sean-Paul Kelley, Ed"Anti-Violence Images", San Antonio, TX. Feb. 4
• 
LIT MAGAZINE, The Lampshade
, Chalise, Henry. Ed. , Issue six and seven
• LIT MAGAZINE, MungBeing
, Dallas, TX
• LIT MAGAZINE, 
Rhubarb, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, "Myths & Identities", image on cover and pages 7,11,19-22,47, spring
• LIT MAGAZINE, Winamop
, Dave Pick, Ed. Birmingham, England. February Issue
• LIT MAGAZINE,
 
Wisconsin Review, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, cover) Summer/06 Vol 40. Issue2. Art Ed. JP Knitt 
• MEDIA
Barfing Frog, "Beautι Bizarre", Interviewer C.B.Smith, Ed., 
Barfing Frog Press
• MEDIA,
 South Bend Tribune, "In a Word: Weird", Jeremy D Bonfiglio, South Bend, IN
• EXHIBITION, Caffe Villaggio,
Winona Lake, IN, "Boarders"
• GUEST SPEAKER, 
Chicago Community Mennonite Church
• LIT MAGAZINE, 
Indiana Review Magazine, Lea Ann Bigelow, cover, p. 94-95,195-196
• LIT MAGAZINE, Sage of Consciousness, Michelle Williams, Ed., August issue
• MEDIA, 
Alive, WPTA-TV 21, Hersha, Jane, Fort Wayne, IN
• MEDIA, 
Canadian Mennonite, Waterloo, Ontario, Ilse E. Friesen, PhD. "Pop-Mennonite Surrealism", vol 9, no. 10
• MEDIA
The Goshen College Record, Gallardo, Joanne. "From Looney Tunes to Menno Simons", vol. 107 no.7, Goshen, IN
• MEDIA, 
The Goshen News, Goshen, IN, Jodi Beyeler, "Pop-Mennonite to premiere at Goshen College"
• MEDIA
The Sounding Board, McClure, Matt. "Mennonite Art Display Depicts Rural Life in New Light", Winona Lake, IN. p.7
• MEDIA
Times Union, Smith, Teresa. "Swartzentruber's Latest Exhibit is 'Pop-Mennonite". 1-A1 Cover,  Warsaw, IN
• MEDIA, 
Mennonite (Weekly) World Review, Newton, Kansas, Robert Rhodes, "Art's Oddity, A Critique of Old Order Culture"
• MEDIA, 
The Farmer's Exchange, New Paris, IN, Andy Hughes, "Old Order Betty Boop to Debut at Goshen Exhibit"
• EXHIBIT, 
Goshen College, "Pop-Mennonite", Sponsored by the Mennonite-Amish Museum and the Mennonite Historical Library
• 
PUBLISHED, 
Brotherhood BeaconRBC, cover art
• EXHIBIT, 
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN,  group show
• GUEST SPEAKER, 
Fort Wayne Artist Guild, Fort Wayne, IN
• EXHIBIT, 
Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Several works exhibited in group show
• GUEST SPEAKER, 
Midwest Scholars Conference, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN. " Apologetic for Visual Art"   
• EXHIBIT, 
Turner Hall, Milwaukee, WI. "The Dossier Project", collaboration
• GUEST SPEAKER & EXHIBIT, 
Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture, Notre Dame, Indiana. Presented paper "Outside of Beautiful" at the conference "Epiphanies of Beauty: The Arts in a Post-Christian Culture"
• EXHIBIT, Lakeland Art Center, Warsaw, IN. "Quadrants"
• MEDIA, 
Fox 28 Wake Up, South Bend, IN. Reporters DuVal, Steve & Erika Edberg
• LIT MAGAZINE,
 
Indiana Review Magazine, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (cover image, and essay)
• EXHIBITION, STUDIO 64 GALLERY, Valparaiso, IN. group, Cary Charles 
• EXHIBIT, 
Weaver Gallery, Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN. "Cross Country III",  juror: Mark Hilpert 
• GRANT, 
Indiana Arts Commission, individual artist's grant
• GUEST SPEAKER, 
Grace Art Department, "Multiple Strands of Artistic Practice"
• 
MEDIA, 
WSBT News 22, South Bend, IN. Reporter Clay Champlin
• ADJUNCT, 
Grace Art Department, Winona Lake, IN
• EXHIBITION, 
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN, "24th Annual". Jurors: Nick Antonakis and Joe Becherer 
• EXHIBITION, 
Arts Council Gallery 100, Cape Girardeau, MO, "Girardot National Exhibition", Juror: Jan Estep, Sr Ed. New Art Examiner 
• EXHIBITION, 
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI. Traveling show: "Ignite", juror: Scott Canty 
• EXHIBITION, 
Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA. "98th National Open Exhibit," juror: Joseph Van Hooten 
• EXHIBITION, 
South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN. "Cabaret Xcen*trick", curator Bill Tourtillotte 
• EXHIBITION, Montreat Conference Center, Montreat, NC, "Lament"
• EXHIBITION, 
The Center for Visual & Performing Arts, Munster, IN. Northern Indiana Arts Association
• GUEST SPEAKER
Indiana Art Education Association Conference, South Bend, IN, "Wanted: Art Teachers in their Studio"
• MEDIA, 
WTRC News Radio AM, Elkhart, IN, Allen Strike
• PANEL JUDGE, 
Indiana Arts Commission, awarded $61,000 to artists
• ADJUCT, 
Indiana Purdue University-Purdue Fort WayneFort Wayne, IN, Adjunct Art, foundational drawing
• EXHIBIT, 
Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN, group exhibit
• EXHIBIT, Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne, faculty exhibit
• EXHIBIT, 
Kutztown University, PA. "A Shrine for Healing: Responses to 9-11"  
• EXHIBIT, Southbend Regional Museum of Art, Warner Gallery, South Bend, IN. Cabaret Xcen*trick group exhibit
• EXHIBIT, 
Indiana Purdue University-Purdue Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN. "A Great Association", art faculty
• EXHIBIT, 
Lakeland Art Center, Warsaw, IN. "Totem Triptychs and Other Contemporary Work" 
• EXHIBIT, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY. "Visual AIDS: Post Cards from the Edge," art for HIV/AIDS charity
• EXHIBIT, 
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN, 23rd Annual group
• EXHIBIT, 
Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, group
• EXHIBIT, 
Limner Gallery, New York, NY, "Recent Work Showcase," group
• EXHIBIT, 
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, "ANA 30". "Ignite Group Show"  
• EXHIBIT, 
Huntington College, Huntington, IN, "Ignite Group Show" 
• EXHIBIT, Robert Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY. "Ignite Group Show" 
• EXHIBIT, Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, KS. "Ignite Group Show"  
• EXHIBIT, Trinity Lutheran Church, Cleveland, OH. "Ignite Group Show" 
• EXHIBIT, Luther College, Decorah, IA. "Ignite Group Show" 
• GRANT, Indiana Arts Commission, individual artist's Grant
• GUEST SPEAKER, Art Class, North Park University, Chicago, IL
• MEDIA, Times Union, Smith, Teresa. "Swartzentruber Imagination on Display." Times Union (Warsaw, IN). 1-A1 cover story
• PERFORMANCE
, Rodeheaver Auditorium with Grace Community Orchestra“Carnival of the Animals” Mural: Landscapes in Music. Terry Julien, Scott Holiday and Don Swartzentruber
• TV APPEARANCE“Open Studio” WNIT Public Television, Elkhart, IN, Producer Brenda Bowyer
• EDUCATION, Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, VT. MFA in Visual Art
• EXHIBIT, 
Clark Gallery at Honeywell Center, Wabash, IN, solo retrospective
• EXHIBIT, 
Concordia University, Mequon, WI. "Ignite" group show 
• EXHIBIT, Gallery W
, Sacramento, CA. "Ignite" group show
• EXHIBIT, 
Harding University, Searcy, AK. "Ignite" group show 
• EXHIBIT, 
Houghton College, Houghton, NY. "Ignite" group show
• EXHIBIT,
 
Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO. "The Totem Triptychs"
• EXHIBIT, 
Midwest Musuem of American Art, Elkhart, IN. 22nd Annual
• EXHIBIT, Nicole Gallery, Chicago, IL. "Fra Angelico Art Foundation Exhibition"
• EXHIBIT, 
Northwestern College, Orange City, IA. "Ignite" group show
• EXHIBIT, 
St. Francis University, Ft. Wayne, IN. Group Exhibit  
• EXHIBIT, 
The Great Frameup, Birmingham, MI. "Ignite" group show  
• EDUCATION, Chelich Studio Workshop, Hamond, IN, studied composition
• EXHIBIT, Biolo University
, La Mirada, CA. "Ignite" group show
• EXHIBIT, 
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN,  21st annual
• EDUCATION, 
Vermont College of Norwich University, MFA,
• EXHIBIT, 
Art Space Lima,  Lima, OH. "Subtle Views," group of four artists
• EXHIBIT,
 
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, juried biennial.
• EXHIBIT,
 Grace College, Winona Lake, IN, alumni group invitational
• EXHIBIT, 
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN, 20th annual
• SCHOLARSHIP, 
Vermont College of Norwich University
• SCHOLARSHIP, 
Target Scholarship, regional winner
• EXHIBIT, Three Rivers -
St. Francis University, Fort Wayne, IN, juried exhibit
• GRANT, 
Lilly Teacher's Creativity Fellowship, individual fellowship
• INTERNSHIP,
 
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL, sponsored by Workforce Development
• EXHIBITLakeland Art Center, Warsaw, IN, two artists show with Robert Davis.
• TEACH, The Freedom Academy, Kendallville, IN, adult painting and drawing classes
• TEACH, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, summer program art instructor 
• EXHIBITION, Savannah College of Art & Design, GA, art educator's workshops and exhibition" 
• EXHIBIT
Lakeland Art Center, Warsaw, IN, faculty exhibition
• MURAL, Musicfest, Bethlehem, PA. invitational mural show
• EXHIBIT,
Grace CollegeWinona Lake, IN, senior exhibit
• GUEST TEACHER, Faith Academy, Manila, Philippines, week long workshop
• POSITION, Warsaw Community High SchoolIN, secondary art instructor
• TEACH, Whites Institute, Wabash, IN, summer painting instructor
• TEACH, Sacred Heart Catholic School, Warsaw, IN, art workshop coordinator and instructor 
• MEDIA, Delaware State News, Milhoan, Cathy L. "Greenwood Artist has the State Fair Covered". Dover, DE. 1-A1 cover story
•
 PUBLISHEDBrotherhood Beacon: A Conservative Mennonite Conference publication. Irwin, Ohio, cover art
• EDUCATION, University of Delaware, Georgetown, DE
• EDUCATION, Rosedale Bible College
, Irwin, OH
• EDUCATION, 
Grace College, Winona Lake, IN, Visual Art and Art Education
• EXHIBIT
Grace College, Winona Lake, IN. "17th, 18th & 19th Annual," best of show and best of printmaking awards
• ILLUSTRATION,
 
Heaven’s Metal Magazine, t-shirt design
• ILLUSTRATION,
 Refuge Music Group, Shadow Wings, "Carry On". CD/LP/cassette cover art 
• SCHOLARSHIP, Grace College Art Talent Scholarship
• SCHOLARSHIP, International Graphic Arts Trust Fund
• ILLUSTRATION AWARD, U.S & Canadian Fair Association, watercolor art for Delaware State Fair brochure tied for first out of 3,500 expositions
• ILLUSTRATION, Shadow Wings, Demo cassette cover
• ILLUSTRATION, Speye Music
, Mercy, "Stop Running". Cassette cover art
• ILLUSTRATION, 
Pure Metal /Star Song, Bride, "Silence is Madness". CD/LP/Cassette cover art
• ILLUSTRATION,
 Urgent Message, Cassette cover art
• EXHIBIT, Guzzo Gallery, Mansfield, OH. Various group shows
• ANIMATOR. Noteworthy Graphics
, Mansfield, OH
• MENTOR, 
Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD. Supervised graphic design internship
• MEDIA, 
Delaware State News, Morgan, Donna. "Drawing Crowds,"  Dover, DE
• ART DIRECTOR, 
WMDT-TV47 (ABC/NBC), Salisbury, MD
• ANIMATION, 
Neil Enterprises, Wayne, NJ. Painted animation cells for "Soccer: The New Game in Town", Staring Pelι
• EDUCATION, 
Kubert School, Dover, NJ. Cinematic Animation Major
• ILLUSTRATOR, 
Christian Light Publication, Harrisonburg, PA, illustrator for Mennonite Sunday-school quarterlies 




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