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'Rising Together: Protest in Print'
<p>This exhibit features artist books, prints, and zines with social justice themes drawn from the University of Iowa Special Collections and the <a href="http://www.collegebookart.org/" target="_blank">College Book Art Association</a> (CBAA) juried traveling exhibition <em>Rising Together</em>.</p><p>Through contemporary and historical examples, the exhibit demonstrates how artist books, zines, and prints give activism a visual voice and can serve as powerful agents in effecting positive social change on issues encompassing power, politics, war, immigration, the environment and more. Featured items include a wide range of editioned or one-of-a-kind book art and print activity–editioned artist books, sculptural bookworks, altered books, chapbooks, broadsides, protest signs, zines.</p><p>In addition to rare items from the University of Iowa's Special Collections, many contemporary artists, presses and collectives are represented in the CBAA portion of the show.</p><p><strong><em>Check Main Library Gallery hours of operation here: </em></strong><strong><a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/location-and-hours/" target="_blank">https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/location-and-hours/</a> <em>Weekend hours are shortened.</em></strong></p><p><strong>The Main Library Gallery is located on the 1st Floor of the University of Iowa's Main Library. (Toward the north side of the building.)</strong></p> 2019-09-19 18:00:00 -0500
9/19/199:00 a.m.Main Library Gallery, University of Iowa LibrariesIowa City -
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Brucemore Mansion Tours
<p>A visit to Brucemore explores more than 130 years of Eastern Iowa history through the lives of the three families who called Brucemore home—the Sinclairs, the Douglases, and the Halls. They were business and community leaders during a century of evolution in the Midwest. The changes they made to their estate, the impact they had on their community, and the stories they left behind shape our understanding of modern Cedar Rapids, eastern Iowa, and the American Midwest.</p><p><br></p><p>Mansion tours are offered March through December, Wednesday through Sunday. Inquire for times within the general visiting hours. Tickets can be purchased online, over the phone, or in the visitor center. Advance ticket purchase is recommended as tours sell-out, especially during periods of high demand. Admission fees vary by tour selection, season, and ticket type. </p> 2019-09-19 15:15:00 -0500
9/19/199:30 a.m.brucemoreCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: A Line Goes For A Walk
<p>Gilded Pear Gallery is pleased to present <em>a line goes for a walk</em>, a solo exhibit of works by Priscilla Steele.</p><p><br></p><p>A playful observation was made by the twentieth century artist, Paul Klee: <em>A drawing is simply a line going for a walk</em>. This wisdom resonated with Priscilla in the development of her works and marries her various subject matter in drawing, collage and etchings. “Over a more than forty year career, the variability of line has been central to my exploration,” says Steele about this exhibit. “It was an unwitting, intuitive choice that led me to focus on the figure and botanic subjects. Pivoting between their contrasting qualities, I refresh my perceptions. In this way, extravagant, blossoming petals exist in a calculated tension side-by-side with emotionally charged images of the figure.” The show features works from very large-scale, highly detailed renderings, to very small, simple line drawings of budding flowers. The deliberate pentimenti in her etchings allude similar textures to the ripped collage elements composed in the mixed media drawings. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Priscilla was raised in New Jersey, just outside of New York City. She studied at a small liberal arts college, Saint Lawrence University in northern New York, and four years later spent a productive academic year in Europe where she developed a strong interest in drawing and printmaking. Priscilla moved to the area to complete her graduate work in printmaking at the University of Iowa and stayed to teach at Coe College and eventually open Campbell Steele Gallery. She has since retired and closed the gallery in Marion and continues her journey as a working artist in Omaha, NE. She has a strong regional exhibition history and co-founded the Marion Arts Festival in addition to serving on several art boards and committees in the Cedar Rapids area.</p><p><br></p><p>Gilded Pear Gallery is located at 808 Third Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403. For hours and more information visit www.gildedpeargallery.com –or- call: 319-366-0205</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Parking, Accessibility:</strong></p><p>A limited parking lot is available with 1 handicap space. On street- 2 hour parking is available on 3<sup>rd</sup> avenue and 8<sup>th</sup> street- non-metered.</p><p><strong>All exhibit receptions are free and open to the public.</strong></p>
9/19/1910:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Senior Tech Zone
<p>Want to learn how to use Google or make better searches? Or would you like to try your hand at Facebook, blogging or learn how to scan? Or maybe you just need some extra help using a computer. Come join your peers for a two-hour drop in session, no sign-up needed and it is free!</p><p><br></p> 2019-09-19 12:30:00 -0500
9/19/1910:30 a.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
White Lion Treasure Moving Sale
<p>White Lion Treasures, a locally owned vintage collectible and handcrafted retail business, announced today that they will be moving from their Czech Village location of almost 6 years early this fall. Customers are encouraged to stop by the store in their current location<strong> 87 16th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404</strong> between S<strong>eptember 1st to September 19th</strong> as they will be having a <strong>moving sale with up to 75% off.</strong></p> 2019-09-19 18:00:00 -0500
9/19/1911:00 a.m.White Lion TreasuresCedar Rapids -
60 ideas in 60 Minutes
<p><strong><em>IN JUST 60 MINTUES</em></strong>, attendees learn the top 10 business tips from 6 leading business leaders and entrepreneurs in Jefferson County. Business leaders will share their 10 best ideas, both big and small that have made their businesses successful. Each presenter will share proven practices, programs or philosophies that can help strengthen business. This event is a great way for professionals to take away actionable tips in a short amount of time from some of the best and brightest in the community.</p><p>Presentations will begin after networking and lunch. Tickets to the event are $35 per person. Attendees will come away with a program that includes all 60 Ideas along with room for notetaking.</p> 2019-08-21 13:15:00 -0500
9/19/1911:30 a.m.Fairfield Golf & Country ClubFairfield -
Jazzy Jamboree: Red Cedar Chamber Music with Christine Bellomy
<p><strong>Jazzy Jamboree</strong></p><p><em>The Diva is Back! </em>In 2018, Christine Bellomy brought her clarinet magic to the Red Cedar stage with <em>A Little Klezmer Among Friends</em>. The audience response was clear: MORE CHRISTINE! The Red Cedar Trio presents jazz favorites by Gershwin, Reinhardt, and Brubeck (arranged by local jazz legend Steve Shanley), along-side a newly composed set of jazz variations on the “Iowa Corn Song” by Red Cedar’s composer-in-residence Michael Kimber. The program also includes <em>Concerto a Tre</em>by jazz-era composer Ingolf Dahl, a complex and groovy work inspired by Benny Goodman.</p><p><em>Special thanks to Artist Sponsors Juanita Dennert and ImOn Communications.</em></p><p><em><strong>Sponsored by the Program Grant Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, the City of Marion, the Iowa Arts Council,the Giacoletto Foundation, and Farmers State Bank.</strong></em></p> 2019-08-17 13:00:00 -0500
9/19/1912:00 p.m.Marion City HallMarion -
Bruce Beasley: A New Direction
<p><strong>Bruce Beasley: A New Direction</strong></p><p><strong>Now-October 27, 2019</strong></p><p>Bruce Beasley is one of the nation’s foremost sculptors. Born in Los Angeles in 1939, Beasley studied at Dartmouth College and at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1961, he was included in the seminal exhibition “The Art of Assemblage” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1963, Beasley won the purchase prize in the Paris Biennale, one of the world’s most prestigious international exhibitions.Beasley has been involved with innovation and technology his entire career. In 1960, while a student at the University of California at Berkeley, he helped build the first bronze foundry in an art department. He invented a new process for massive casting of acrylic sculptures and he is currently exploring theuse of virtual reality as a new technology for sculpture – a new direction for the artist. Beasley’s Aurai were created using virtual reality. “When I put on the head gear,” Beasley wrote, “the stylus becomes an extension of my hand, and my imagination…. It is completely spontaneous; if I like something I’ve just created, I continue, elaborate; if not I move on.” For these collages, Beasley selects virtual reality gestures that “sing” and then prints monumental versions of these onto canvas. Beasley then studies the printed gestures and cuts them into fragments – “visual words,” as he calls them. Finally, he moves these fragments around like so many puzzle pieces, twisting, rotating, flipping, and adjusting until an arrangement becomes the wall collages currently on view. Beasley’s sculptures are in the permanent collection of numerous art museums around the world, and he has had more than sixty solo exhibitions and has been included in hundreds of group exhibitions. Beasley has also completed more than fifty monumental sculpture commissions in the United States and abroad, including large works for the Beijing Olympic Games, the World Expo in Shanghai, and the City of Cedar Rapids. This exhibition is the U.S. premiere of his new Aurai series.</p> 2019-09-19 20:00:00 -05009/19/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Terra Nova: Ten Years
<p>The CRMA celebrates ten years of collaborating with the Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio. In 2009, the CRMA began meeting with artists who had completed residencies at the Ceramics Center and acquiring a piece of their work—often completed during their residency—for the Museum’s collection. This mutually beneficial arrangement allowed the artists to establish themselves in a museum collection and receive professional experience with curators while growing the CRMA’s collection of three-dimensional art. The exhibition will display artwork from every resident from 2009 to 2018 and both executive directors, a testament to the fruitfulness of this collaboration.</p><p>Image caption:</p><p>Wendy Thoreson, Untitled (sauce boat), 2014, earthenware, 4 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches, gift of the artist, 2014.03.</p><p> </p><p><em>This exhibition and accompanying educational programming have been made possible by the GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation Donor-Advised Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Hotel-Motel Tax Fund, the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts, members of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, and contributors to the Museum’s Annual Fund. Annual educational programming support has been provided in part by Transamerica.</em></p> 2019-09-19 20:00:00 -0500
9/19/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Techniques and Strategies for Multi-Strand Pieces through Kirkwood Community College
<p>This workshop will be a combination of lecturettes, demonstrations, and experiential learning about the various techniques and strategies for designing and creating multi-strand pieces. Participants are encouraged to bring multi-strand pieces in their collection—those that work and those that don’t—to be incorporated into the conversation. No experience necessary. </p><p><em>Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:</em></p><p><a href="http://www.kirkwood.edu/">www.kirkwood.edu</a><em> and go to Continuing Education and then search for Beadology Iowa under the instructor search. On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants. </em> Instructor: Karen Kubby.</p><p>$60 instructor fee through Kirkwood.</p> 2019-08-25 16:00:00 -0500
9/19/191:00 p.m.Beadology IowaIowa City -
The Collins Story: On the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
<p>The Marion Heritage Center & Museum newest exhibition <em>The Collins Story: On the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing.</em> The greatest achievement in history, landing men on the moon, took the work of thousands, but it would have been impossible if one man, Arthur Collins, had not dedicated his life to perfecting radio communication and building the company that invented space communication and <em>has brought us the voice and pictures of every astronaut for 50 years, the Collins Radio Company. </em>Brought to you in collaboration with the <em>Arthur A. Collins Legacy Association</em>. Free Admission sponsored by the McIntyre Foundation of Cedar Rapids.</p> 2019-09-19 16:00:00 -05009/19/191:00 p.m.Marion Heritage Center & MuseumMarion -
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Delaware County Historical Museum
<p>Museum Opens for the Season - Tues-Sunday from June 1st to Oct.</p> 2019-09-19 16:00:00 -05009/19/191:00 p.m.Delaware County Historical MuseumHopkinton -
Delaware County Historical Museum
<p>Museum Opens for the Season - Tues-Sunday from June 1st to Oct.</p> 2019-09-19 16:00:00 -05009/19/191:00 p.m.Delaware County Historical MuseumHopkinton -
Lenox Farmer's Market
<p>Lenox College Farmer's Market -- Providing the area surround Hopkinton, with a market of fresh vegetables, baked goods, fresh farm eggs, and handcrafted items - Each Thursday, May - Sept.</p> 2019-09-19 18:00:00 -05009/19/193:00 p.m.Delaware County Historical SocietyHopkinton -
Robert and Joan Kocher Retrospective Exhibition
<p dir="ltr">The Robert and Joan Kocher Retrospective Exhibition will be displayed at Coe College in both Sinclair Art Galleries from Sept. 6 to Oct. 4. An opening reception will be held Sept. 6 from 5 PM to 7 PM. Exhibit open during gallery hours.</p><p>Former Coe College Marvin D. Cone Professor of Art Emeritus, Robert Kocher and his wife, Joan, have been vital members of the Cedar Rapids art community since 1959. Their artworks, spanning decades, reveal the creative collaboration between the two. </p><p>This retrospective exhibition, including the trapunto technique, offers a unique glimpse at a lifetime of artistic creation and serves as a testament to the quality and diversity of their art.</p><p>After teaching painting, drawing and art history for over 30 years, Robert retired from active teaching and served as a curator of the Coe College art collection for approximately 10 years.</p> 2019-09-19 18:00:00 -0500
9/19/194:00 p.m.Coe CollegeCedar Rapids -
Cultivate Hope Market
<p>Stop by the urban farm to buy our fresh produce from 4-7 p.m. every Thursday! We will have fresh produce, vendor items, movement activities and brick oven pizzas. There will be scavenger hunts for the kids as well as the playground and other things to do around the farm.</p><p><br></p><p>A walking group will depart the farm at 5:30 p.m. for a one-mile walk. Don't forget your reusable water bottle!</p><p><br></p><p>SNAP/EBT accepted. Produce is sold at half price for income qualified individuals through our Farm Fresh Friends program.</p><p><br></p><p>The Cultivate Hope Urban Farm is located at 437 G Ave. NW in Cedar Rapids. Parking is available on both F and G Avenues.</p><p><br></p> 2019-09-19 19:00:00 -0500
9/19/194:00 p.m.Cultivate Hope Urban FarmCedar Rapids -
Open Lab at Beadology Iowa
<p>Receive the benefit of Beadology Iowa’s experienced staff at absolutely no charge.<span> </span>For those who qualify, the flame studio is available for $15 for soft glass and $18 for hard glass—for up to four hours of torch time.<span> </span>A basic metals studio is available for $15.<span> </span></p><p>We hope you take advantage of this special time each week to bead, share techniques, get assistance, and create our area’s beading and jewelry making community.<span> </span>You don’t even have to bead—you can knit, crochet, scrapbook, quilt, read tarot cards—join in!</p><p> </p><p>The flame and metals studio are also available for Open Lab on Sundays, from noon to 5pm when there is not another event in the Bead Lab. </p><p> </p> 2019-09-19 20:00:00 -0500
9/19/194:00 p.m.Beadology IowaIowa City -
Library-Community Writing Center
<p>Adults and teens: get one-on-one help with your writing from Kirkwood Community College writing tutors at the Library-Community writing center satellite in the Second Floor Digital Media Lab. Resumes, applications, test prep practice, reports, creative writing of all types - anything is welcome. Walk-in 20 minute appointments are first come first serve.</p><p><br></p> 2019-09-19 20:00:00 -0500
9/19/196:00 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
Imagining Latinidades in Global and National Perspective Keynote Address with Anna Sampaio
<p>In her opening keynote presentation "Race, Reckoning, and Renewal - Examining Latina/o/x Resistance Amidst Intersectional Violence"<br>Today we are facing a frightening and sobering reality regarding Latina/o/x politics: one where Latina/o/x immigrants, residents, and citizens alike have become the targets of increased derision, detention, and racialized violence. Borrowing from critical intersectional analysis this lecture examines the challenges of contemporary Latina/o/x politics drawing lessons of meaning in the face of increased vulnerability and renewal in the face of violence.</p><p>Anna Sampaio is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and Political Science, and Chair of the Ethnic Studies Department at Santa Clara University, with specializations in immigration, Latina/o/x politics, race and gender politics, intersectionality, and transnationalism.</p><p>About</p><p>The Sawyer Seminar, Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging, is a project of the University of Iowa’s Latina/o Studies Program, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.</p> 2019-09-05 20:00:00 -0500
9/19/196:30 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
Rationed: When Food Becomes a Weapon of War
<p>In the late 1930s, the British government and civil service began to prepare for what was about to become another World War. Before the outbreak of WWII, Britain imported about 70% of its food, which accounted for about 20 million tons of shipping per year. As an island nation, the British people were vulnerable to severe shortages of food if their shipping lanes were cut. Having learned this lesson during WWI, the UK government began preparing to ration food before the outbreak of war in 1939. On the other side of the “pond” the US was a net exporter of food and did not need rationing to secure the food supply for its citizens when WWII began. Nonetheless, the US also imposed rationing during WWII. This presentation will discuss how food was rationed in the UK and US during and after WWII and the effects food rationing had on the “Homefront”—some of which are still evident today.</p>
9/19/197:00 p.m.Mount Mercy University, Flaherty Community Room (204 Basile Hall)Cedar Rapids -
American Sewing Guild - Exhibit
<p><a href="http://www.nationalsewingmonth.org/">National Sewing Month</a> – Check out the Cedar Rapids Chapter of the American Sewing Guild’s display at the <a href="http://www.crlibrary.org/">Cedar Rapids Public Library</a> at 450 5th Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA</p>9/20/1912:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Tee Off Against Hunger
<p>Join us for the 2nd Annual Tee Off Against Hunger Golf Tournament to benefit the food pantry! Help build a hunger-free community by simply playing a round of golf with your friends on a late summer Friday afternoon. It's a win-win!</p><p>$400 per team of 4<br>$125 per individual (you will be added to a team)</p><p><strong>Registration Includes:</strong><br>18 holes of Golf w/ cart<br>Continental Breakfast<br>Player's Gift Bag<br>Sleeve of Golf Balls<br>Silent Auction & Prizes<br>Lunch & Team Photos</p> 2019-08-26 15:00:00 -0500
9/20/197:30 a.m.Brown Deer Golf ClubCoralville -
Imagining Latinidades in Global and National Perspective (Sawyer Seminar Opening Conference)
<p>In this opening conference for the Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar, six invited scholars of Latina/o/x studies help frame the larger scope of a yearlong conversation about “Imagining Latinidades.” Speakers include the following:<br>Arlene Da´vila is Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at New York University.<br>Valerie Martinez-Ebers is Director of Latina/o and Mexican-American Studies and Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas.<br>Claudia Milian is Associate Professor of Romance Studies at Duke University.<br>Natalia Molina is Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.<br>Gina Pe´rez is Professor of Comparative American Studies at Oberlin College.<br>Anna Sampaio is Associate Professor and Chair of Ethnic Studies at Santa Clara University.<br>This multi-day event will also coincide with the start of Latina/o Heritage Month (September 15- October 15). Events on Friday 9/20 and Saturday 9/21 will be at the Iowa City Public Library.<br>For more information, visit the Sawyer Seminar website at <a href="http://imagininglatinidades.com/">http://imagininglatinidades.com</a>. </p> 2019-09-05 17:00:00 -0500
9/20/199:00 a.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
'Rising Together: Protest in Print'
<p>This exhibit features artist books, prints, and zines with social justice themes drawn from the University of Iowa Special Collections and the <a href="http://www.collegebookart.org/" target="_blank">College Book Art Association</a> (CBAA) juried traveling exhibition <em>Rising Together</em>.</p><p>Through contemporary and historical examples, the exhibit demonstrates how artist books, zines, and prints give activism a visual voice and can serve as powerful agents in effecting positive social change on issues encompassing power, politics, war, immigration, the environment and more. Featured items include a wide range of editioned or one-of-a-kind book art and print activity–editioned artist books, sculptural bookworks, altered books, chapbooks, broadsides, protest signs, zines.</p><p>In addition to rare items from the University of Iowa's Special Collections, many contemporary artists, presses and collectives are represented in the CBAA portion of the show.</p><p><strong><em>Check Main Library Gallery hours of operation here: </em></strong><strong><a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/location-and-hours/" target="_blank">https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/location-and-hours/</a> <em>Weekend hours are shortened.</em></strong></p><p><strong>The Main Library Gallery is located on the 1st Floor of the University of Iowa's Main Library. (Toward the north side of the building.)</strong></p> 2019-09-20 18:00:00 -0500
9/20/199:00 a.m.Main Library Gallery, University of Iowa LibrariesIowa City -
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Brucemore Mansion Tours
<p>A visit to Brucemore explores more than 130 years of Eastern Iowa history through the lives of the three families who called Brucemore home—the Sinclairs, the Douglases, and the Halls. They were business and community leaders during a century of evolution in the Midwest. The changes they made to their estate, the impact they had on their community, and the stories they left behind shape our understanding of modern Cedar Rapids, eastern Iowa, and the American Midwest.</p><p><br></p><p>Mansion tours are offered March through December, Wednesday through Sunday. Inquire for times within the general visiting hours. Tickets can be purchased online, over the phone, or in the visitor center. Advance ticket purchase is recommended as tours sell-out, especially during periods of high demand. Admission fees vary by tour selection, season, and ticket type. </p> 2019-09-20 15:15:00 -0500
9/20/199:30 a.m.brucemoreCedar Rapids -
English Conversation Club
<p>Want to practice your English skills in a fun and informal group? Join us Friday mornings to practice conversations skills, learn new expressions, improve your pronunciation, and meet new friends from around the world.</p><p><br></p> 2019-09-20 11:30:00 -0500
9/20/1910:00 a.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
Art Exhibit: A Line Goes For A Walk
<p>Gilded Pear Gallery is pleased to present <em>a line goes for a walk</em>, a solo exhibit of works by Priscilla Steele.</p><p><br></p><p>A playful observation was made by the twentieth century artist, Paul Klee: <em>A drawing is simply a line going for a walk</em>. This wisdom resonated with Priscilla in the development of her works and marries her various subject matter in drawing, collage and etchings. “Over a more than forty year career, the variability of line has been central to my exploration,” says Steele about this exhibit. “It was an unwitting, intuitive choice that led me to focus on the figure and botanic subjects. Pivoting between their contrasting qualities, I refresh my perceptions. In this way, extravagant, blossoming petals exist in a calculated tension side-by-side with emotionally charged images of the figure.” The show features works from very large-scale, highly detailed renderings, to very small, simple line drawings of budding flowers. The deliberate pentimenti in her etchings allude similar textures to the ripped collage elements composed in the mixed media drawings. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Priscilla was raised in New Jersey, just outside of New York City. She studied at a small liberal arts college, Saint Lawrence University in northern New York, and four years later spent a productive academic year in Europe where she developed a strong interest in drawing and printmaking. Priscilla moved to the area to complete her graduate work in printmaking at the University of Iowa and stayed to teach at Coe College and eventually open Campbell Steele Gallery. She has since retired and closed the gallery in Marion and continues her journey as a working artist in Omaha, NE. She has a strong regional exhibition history and co-founded the Marion Arts Festival in addition to serving on several art boards and committees in the Cedar Rapids area.</p><p><br></p><p>Gilded Pear Gallery is located at 808 Third Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403. For hours and more information visit www.gildedpeargallery.com –or- call: 319-366-0205</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Parking, Accessibility:</strong></p><p>A limited parking lot is available with 1 handicap space. On street- 2 hour parking is available on 3<sup>rd</sup> avenue and 8<sup>th</sup> street- non-metered.</p><p><strong>All exhibit receptions are free and open to the public.</strong></p>
9/20/1910:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Lifetree Café - Dreams & Nightmares
<p>Lifetree Café is a place where people gather for conversation about life and faith in a casual, comfortable setting. </p><p>The program, titled “Dreams and Nightmares: The Science Behind the Stories of Your Mind,” features a filmed interview with Dr. William Moorcroft, author of “Understanding Sleep and Dreaming.”</p><p>In the interview, Moorcroft explains that sleep is critical for our brains to function and dreams are a way for the mind to organize and process information. </p><p>“There are different components in our brain, and when we’re awake, they function one way,” Moorcroft says. “When we sleep, that functional organization greatly changes. Sleep is not a waste of time; it is a reorganization of the brain.”</p><p>In the episode, Moorcroft also discusses the cause of recurring dreams and nightmares. </p> 2019-08-27 13:00:00 -0500
9/20/1912:00 p.m.Lutheran Church of the ResurrectionMarion -
John Beckelman: Horizon Suite
<p>John Beckelman’s Horizon Suite is a group of six recently-completed three-dimensional landscapes. Using the expressive potential of clay and a variety of other materials, Beckelman’s work explores the transitional space where the sky meets the land or sea. The horizontal sweep of this space is mediated by intimate moments of surprising texture, shifting light, and fleeting color. Horizon Suite attempts to gently entice the viewer into the inner landscapes and interior spaces of our imagination and memory. Beckelman finds a curious intersection between the seemingly enduring and timeless character of earth and the fleeting yet wonderful impermanence of the world in which we live. John Beckelman's art has been shown in exhibitions throughout the country and he has been the recipient of numerous awards, commissions, and grants. He received his master of fine arts degree in ceramics and his master of science degree in ceramics from Illinois State University. Beckelman is the Robert O. Daniel Professor of Art, Emeritus at Coe College. He lives and works in Cedar Rapids.</p> 2019-09-20 16:00:00 -05009/20/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Terra Nova: Ten Years
<p><strong>Terra Nova: Ten Years</strong></p><p>The CRMA celebrates ten years of collaborating with the Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio. In 2009, the CRMA began meeting with artists who had completed residencies at the Ceramics Center and acquiring a piece of their work—often completed during their residency—for the Museum’s collection. This mutually beneficial arrangement allowed the artists to establish themselves in a museum collection and receive professional experience with curators while growing the CRMA’s collection of three-dimensional art. The exhibition will display artwork from every resident from 2009 to 2018 and both executive directors, a testament to the fruitfulness of this collaboration.</p><p>Image caption:</p><p>April Woolsey, <em>Ascending Blocks</em>, 2003, terracotta, 13 ¼ x 6 1/3 inches, gift of the artist, 2010.037. </p><p><em>This exhibition and accompanying educational programming have been made possible by the GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation Donor-Advised Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Hotel-Motel Tax Fund, the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts, members of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, and contributors to the Museum’s Annual Fund. Annual educational programming support has been provided in part by Transamerica.</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-09-20 16:00:00 -0500
9/20/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids