Exhibit History
Museum and Library Permanent Collections
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Smithsonian Institution
- Newberry Library
- DePaul University
- Cleveland Institute of Art
- Ohio University
- University of Washington
- Glessner House Museum
- Illinois Wesleyan University
- UCLA
- Santa Clara University
- Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation
- Florida State University
One-Person Exhibitions
- "Habitat: An Exhibit of Pulp Paintings," Smith Studio and Gallery (Geneseo, Illinois), October 1-November 30, 2022
- "Buildings, Birds, and Books," The Gallery at A+C Architects (Skokie, Illinois), August 26-September 23, 2021
- "Pulp and Steel: an Exhibition of Architectural Pulp Paintings," The Gallery, Arzoumanian & Co. (Skokie, Illinois), November 5-30, 2016
- "Artist Books by Don Widmer," Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Illinois), May 1-31, 2013
Juried Exhibitions
- "Pop-Up Books Through the Ages," Newberry Library (Chicago, Illinois), March-July 2023
- "Paper on the River," Paper Discovery Center (Appleton, Wisconsin), October 2021
- "More Than," Tall Grass Art Gallery (Park Forest, Illinois), June-July 2021
- "Affinities: Artists in the Libraries," Caxton Club (Virtual Exhibit), November-December 2020
- "Precious," Bridgeport Art Center (Chicago, Illinois), November-December 2020
- "Growl, Howl, Moo, Baa, Roar," Tall Grass Gallery (Park Forest, Illinois), November-December 2020
- "Shelter in the Speculative: New Works by Spudnik Press Members," Spudnik Press (Chicago, Illinois), November 2020-January 2021
- "Materiality: Hand Papermaking in the Age of Isolation," North American Hand Papermakers (Virtual Exhibit), October-December 2020
- "National Juried Exhibition," Morgan Conservatory (Cleveland, Ohio), October-November 2020
- "2020 Visions," Tall Grass Gallery (Park Forest, Illinois), August 2020
- "NEXT" Virtual Art Exhibit, Gallery Studio Oh! (Chicago, Illinois), May 2020
- "The Illustrated Accordion," Kalamazoo Book Arts Center (Kalamazoo, Michigan), May 2020
- "Who's Afraid of Red?" Gallery Studio Oh! (Chicago, Illinois), November-December 2019
- Arnold Grummer Paperfest III (Green Lake, Wisconsin), October 2019, Honorable Mention Award
- "Remnants: Works on Paper," Gallery Studio Oh! (Chicago, Illinois), March 2019
Collaborative Events
- True Colors Baroque and Don Widmer, Rendezvous Arts Concert and Art Series (Dixon / Lake Forest / Chicago, Illinois), May 10-14, 2023