{"id":179,"date":"2025-03-04T18:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/99th\/?page_id=179"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:59:27","slug":"ehlers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/ehlers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ehlers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">James Ehlers<br><em>Semifinalist<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pgc-sgb-cb wp-block-pgcsimplygalleryblock-justified \" data-gallery-id=\"f7e44691\"><div class=\"sgb-preloader\" id=\"pr_f7e44691\">\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"simply-gallery-amp pgc_sgb_slider \"><noscript><div class=\"sgb-gallery\"><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/pgc_simply_gallery\/ehlers-2\/ehlers-03-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ehlers-03-560x800.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ehlers-03-560x800.jpg 560w,https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ehlers-03.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"auto, 250px\"\/><\/a><div class=\"sgb-item-caption\"><em><i>Stomach Bug<\/i>, 2025\n<br>Metal engraving\n<br>9\u201d x 6\"\n<br>Edition of 10<\/em><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/pgc_simply_gallery\/ehlers-2\/ehlers-02\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\" loading=\"lazy\" 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250px\"\/><\/a><div class=\"sgb-item-caption\"><em><i>In The Bitterness of My Spirit<\/i>, 2025\n<br>Metal engraving\n<br>18\u201d x 12\"\n<br>Edition of 10<\/em><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/pgc_simply_gallery\/ehlers-2\/ehlers-04-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ehlers-04-642x800.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ehlers-04-642x800.jpg 642w,https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ehlers-04.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, 250px\"\/><\/a><div class=\"sgb-item-caption\"><em><i>Suffer Thy Terrors<\/i>, 2024\n<br>Metal engraving\n<br>10\u201d x 8\"\n<br>Edition of 10<\/em><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/pgc_simply_gallery\/ehlers-2\/ehlers-05-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img 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Waco, TX) has a BA from McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA; an MA from Bradley University, Peoria,\u00a0IL; and an MFA from the University of Florida, Gainesville. He has exhibited at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Arlington, VA; Brinton Museum, Big Horn, WY; Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN; Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Indianapolis, IN; Hilliard Art Museum, Lafayette, LA and Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita State University, KS. His work is held by the University of Colorado, Boulder; Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS; and Fluke Atwell Special Collections, Santa Fe, NM as well as at the Douro Museum, Alij\u00f3, Portugal, among others. Ehlers has been an artist-in-residence at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TX; and Evil Prints, Park Hills, MO; and Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, China. 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