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Exhibitions & Awards

2025 Exhibitions

Awards

Best In Show

26th Annual Heartland Artist Exhibition
Tim Murphy Gallery - Merriam, Kansas

Stravinsky's Junk Drawer

"This engaging, precisely painted, geometric composition uses color and intricate detail to draw the viewer in; the numerous visual 'goodies' keep the viewer engaged."

- Juror Catherine Kirkland, Kirkland Creative Arts and Design

painting of various numbers by Norman Carr

Honorable Mention

Numbers Exhibition 2023
Sedona Arts Center - Sedona, Arizona

"Pop" Art is a play on the word father. The numbers were painted using stencils that belonged to Norman's late father, Merle Carr, a sign painter.

"Pop" Art

Abstract geometric painting called "Stravinsky's Junk Drawer" by Norman Carr

Exhibitions

2025

  • Dreamscapes, Tubac Center of the Arts – Tubac, Arizona

  • Limited Palette - Limited Possibilities, Fine Line Creative Arts Center - St. Charles, Illinois 

  • 30th Arts North International 2025, Hopkins Center for the Arts - Hopkins, Minnesota

  • Small Matters 3rd Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Colorado Mesa University - Grand Junction, Colorado

2024​

  • Lucky 13 Juried Exhibition, Mesquite Fine Arts Center - Mesquite, Nevada

  • Dimension Ll, National Exhibition for Contemporary Art, Art Center of Corpus Christi - Corpus Christi, Texas

  • National Watercolor Exhibition (juried), Mark Arts - Wichita, Kansas

  • Mark Arts School of Creativity Salon, Mark Arts - Wichita, Kansas

  • Voices of the Midwest, Kavanagh Gallery of Fine Line Creative Arts Center - St. Charles, Illinois

  • From My Perspective 6th Annual National Exhibition, The Virginia Beach Art Center - Virginia Beach, Virginia

  • 55th Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition, Hays Arts Council - Hays, Kansas

  • Baker University National Exhibition, Holt-Russell Gallery - Baldwin City, Kansas

  • Contemporary Colors, Fine Line Creative Arts Center (Sold one of two pieces) -              St. Charles, Illinois

  • Abstract National Exhibition biennial, Mark Arts (Sold) - Wichita, Kansas

  • 12 Squared, Gallery XII - Wichita, Kansas

2023

  • 54th Smoky Hill Exhibition, Hays Arts Council - Hays, Kansas

  • National Watercolor Exhibition, Mark Arts - Wichita, Kansas

  • *Mystery, Magic & Macabre, Deines Cultural Center - Russell, Kansas

  • Heartland Artists Exhibition, Tim Murphy Gallery - Merriam, Kansas

  • Zephyr, Pour-d Gallery - Rockford, Michigan

  • *At Night, Ellington-White Contemporary Art Gallery - Fayetteville, North Carolina

  • 64 Arts, Buchanan Arts Center - Monmouth, Illinois

  • Show Off!, Virginia Beach Art Center - Virginia Beach, Virginia

  • *Numbers Exhibition, Sedona Arts Center; Honorable Mention - Sedona, Arizona

  • One Three Zero Seven (non-juried), Mark Arts; Honorable Mention - Wichita, Kansas

  • 11th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Bower Center for the Arts - Bedford, Virginia

  • Non-objective Abstract 5th Annual Exhibition, 3 Square Art - Ft. Collins, Colorado

  • Small Works All Media Exhibition, Northville Art House - Northville, Michigan

2022

  • The Unknown Nature of Being, Tubac Art Center - Tubac, Arizona

  • Heartland Artists Exhibition, Tim Murphy Gallery; Best in Show - Merriam, Kansas

  • 9th Annual Edna Curry/John Bower Exhibition, Bower Center for the Arts; Third Place - Bedford, Virginia

  • 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, TRAC; Fourth Place - Texarkana, Texas

  • Multifarious, D’Arts Center - Norfolk, Virginia

  • 12 Squared (non-juried), Gallery XII; Honorable Mention - Wichita, Kansas

  • State of the Arts, R.G. Endres Gallery; Honorable Mention - Prairie Village, Kansas

  • Abstract National Exhibition (biennial), Mark Arts - Wichita, Kansas

  • Paper Art National Juried Exhibition, Bower Center for the Arts; First place: Body of Work - Bedford, Virginia

  • *Everything Blue, MVA Gallery - Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

  • 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Bower Center for the Arts - Bedford, Virginia

  • National Watercolor Exhibition, Mark Arts; The only artist to have all four entries accepted - Wichita, Kansas

  • Arizona Aqueous XXXVII, Tubac Art Center - Tubac, Arizona

  • 64 Arts Juried National Exhibition, Buchanan Center for the Arts - Monmouth, Illinois

 

2021

  • Kansas Watercolor Society National Exhibition, Mark Arts - Wichita, Kansas

  • Small Gestures of Repair, Salina Art Center - Salina, Kansas

  • 13th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Willard Arts Center (Sold) - Idaho Falls, Idaho

  • Oil Painting National Exhibition, Mark Arts - Wichita, Kansas

 

2020

  • Kansas Watercolor Society National Exhibition, Mark Arts - Wichita, Kansas

  • Abstract National Exhibition (biennial), Mark Arts - Wichita, Kansas

  • *Art of Photography, Prairie Village Arts Council - Prairie Village, Kansas

  • School of Creativity Exhibition (non-juried), Mark Arts; Oil Award - Wichita, Kansas

  • National Juried Exhibition, City Arts - Wichita, Kansas

  • School of Creativity Exhibition (non-juried), Mark Arts; Pastel Award - Wichita, Kansas

  • 2nd St Gallery Abstract, 2nd Street Gallery; Honorable Mention - Wichita, Kansas

  • School of Creativity Abstract (non-juried), Mark Arts; Honorable Mention - Wichita, Kansas

  • International All Media, Minot State Univ., Northwest Arts Center - Minot, North Dakota

 

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