born: 1945, Ft. Dodge, Iowa, James D. Butler is a nationally recognized artist and teacher who lives and works in Bloomington, Illinois Education: BS, University of Nebraska-Omaha and MFA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln James D. Butler, Distinguished Professor of Art, Emeritus, in the School of Art at Illinois State University, founded Normal Editions Workshop in 1976 and his vision for the Workshop still influences it today. Butler has numerous outstanding accomplishments in his art career and has participated in many collaborative print projects at NEW during his tenure teaching lithography between 1976 and 2009.