About John Bower

Photography books:

The Common Good (2010)

Journey's End (2009)

Silent Workplace (2008)

After the Harvest (2007)

2nd Stories (2005)

Guardians of the Soul (2004)

Lingering Spirit (2003)

Permanent museum collections:

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, 7 photographs

Ball State University Library Archives, a comprehensive archive consisting of more than 18,000 negatives, over 5,000 photographic work prints, business records, and ephemera

Fort Wayne Museum of Art, a photographic archive consisting of 303 images, and ephemera

Honeywell Arts & Entertainment Center, Wabash, 20 photographs

Indiana State Museum, Fine Art Collection, Indianapolis, 3 photographs

Kinsey Institute Art Galley, Bloomington, 4 photographs

Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, a photographic archive consisting of 109 images

Monroe County History Center, 10 photographs

Purdue Agriculture Alumni Association, West Lafayette, 38 photographs

Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, 29 photographs

South Bend Museum of Art, 1 photograph

Awards and recognition:

Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant to pay expenses for a solo exhibition (FY2012-13).

Elected to the Board of Directors of Indiana Artisan for a 3-year term from 2012 thru 2014.

Named a Distinguished Hoosier by Governor Mitch Daniels (2011)

Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant for the purchase of a Pentax 67 camera and lenses (FY2010-11)

Indiana Artisan Business Development Grant for purchase of promotional materials (2009)

Juried into the Indiana Artisan Program (2008)

Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant for the purchase of audio-visual equipment (FY2007-8)

Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant for the publication of 2nd Stories (FY2005-6)

Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant for the publication of Lingering Spirit (FY2003-4)

Education

Master of Arts in Education, Ball State University 1972 (Graduate Teaching Assistantship 1971-72)

Bachelor of Science (Industrial Education), Purdue University 1971