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121 1st St NW, Mount Vernon(319) 693-204398 16th Ave SW , Cedar Rapids
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Mount Vernon Creates Vinyl Nights
<p>We host Vinyl Nights after work on Thursday's from 5 - 7 (or after depending on interest). Bring your own records or listen to ours. We have weekly specials on wine, chocolate and art.</p><p>This is a nice way to meet others in the community.</p> 2019-08-23 19:00:00 -05008/22/195:00 p.m.Mount Vernon CreatesMount Vernon -
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Mount Vernon Creates Summer Music Festival - Free
<p>All day free music festival...music, fun and food (to purchase). <br><br>Confirmed music:<br><br>11:30 Lilywren - Sponsored by Mount Vernon Bank and Trust<br><br>1:00 pm Tom Ehlts - Sponsored by Mount Vernon Creates<br><br>2:30 pm Tom Marshall - Sponsored by Randy and Jo Harman<br><br>4:00 pm Full Moon Horizon -Sponsored by Mount Vernon Creates<br><br>7:00 pm Pinicon Drift - Sponsored by Mount Vernon Insurance<br><br>8:30 pm Primal Tribe - Anonymous</p><p>Mount Vernon Creates also has selections of wine from Cedar Ridge, Brick Arch and Cherry Meadows as well as beer and non-alcoholic beverages on site.</p><p>Lumpia Shanghai on site all day with food.</p><p><br></p> 2019-07-20 22:00:00 -05008/24/1911:00 a.m.Mount Vernon CreatesMount Vernon -
Mount Vernon Creates Vinyl Nights
<p>We host Vinyl Nights after work on Thursday's from 5 - 7 (or after depending on interest). Bring your own records or listen to ours. We have weekly specials on wine, chocolate and art.</p><p>This is a nice way to meet others in the community.</p> 2019-08-30 19:00:00 -05008/29/195:00 p.m.Mount Vernon CreatesMount Vernon -
Mount Vernon Creates Meet the Artists
<p>During the Lincoln Highway Arts Festival Mount Vernon Creates will be hosting some of our artists in our gallery and event center. See artists actively creating, ask questions and meet the artists. <br><br>Demonstration schedule: <br>Nancy Lindsay, oil painting, 9 - noon<br>Cindy Motsinger, Dry Pastels, 1 - 4 pm<br>Donna Jelmeland, Watercolor, 9 - 4 pm<br>Kenneth Bloom 9 - 4 pm, author round table at 11 and 1 pm<br>Randy Harman, Screen Printing MVC shirts, 9 - 4<br><br>In addition we will have a screen printer actively making our Mount Vernon Creates shirts.</p><p>Join us inside for artists demonstrations, beverages and snacks!</p><p>Mount Vernon Creates is at 121 1st ST NW Mount Vernon, IA 52314. Call 319-895-2682 with questions.</p> 2019-08-09 16:00:00 -0500
9/14/199:00 a.m.Mount Vernon CreatesMount Vernon -
Conquer the creek
<p>Conquer the creek is a family obstacle course where you climb crawl your way out of the banks across clear creek. Where you create teamwork and self confidence. With proceeds go to Tiffin youth programs and the university of Iowa veterans association </p> 2019-07-20 20:00:00 -0500
8/24/198:29 a.m.Tiffin City HallTiffin -
Singing Bowl Prayer at Prairiewoods
<p>Throughout history, singing bowls have been used around the world to meditate, relax, pray and achieve mind-body-spirit wellness. Join Kathy Broghammer at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) to pray with the beautiful, all-encompassing music of singing bowls. We will let the resonant sounds of Himalayan and crystal singing bowls relax our entire body and create a pathway for a clearer connection with the divine. We can simply breathe and receive! Some yoga mats and pillows are available. The cost is $5. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2017-01-06 13:30:00 -0600
8/26/1912:45 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Prairie Hill Cohousing Open House
<p>Come see what a small group of thoughtful, determined individuals can do to create a community that believes in a sustainable future for both its residents and the earth. Tour new homes and see others under construction. By joining soon, you can be part of the planning process.</p> 2019-08-15 16:00:00 -0500
8/25/1912:30 p.m.140 Prairie Hill Lane, Iowa City, IAIowa City -
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library / Picasso’s Blue Period
<p>Many famous artists have gone through a “blue period” when they mostly used blue colors. We’ll look at some of these monochromatic works and create one of our</p><p>own.</p> 2019-07-19 11:45:00 -0500
8/27/1910:45 a.m.Marion Public LibraryMarion -
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library / Picasso’s Blue Period
<p>Many famous artists have gone through a “blue period” when they mostly used blue colors. We’ll look at some of these monochromatic works and create one of our own.</p> 2019-07-19 11:30:00 -0500
8/28/1910:30 a.m.North Liberty Public LibraryNorth Liberty -
Museum Store Artist Of the Month: Sara Benesh
<p>I love journals as a medium since I know the artistic process doesn’t end with me. Every aspect of each journal is carefully thought out-from the repurposed leather that allows me to choose the exact design of the exterior to the splash of color that make the end pages- meant to delight and surprise the eye when opening each one. Each piece is an invitation to its new owner to explore and create. Every journal is hand sewn with love and intended for use with your daily adventures; great or small, neat or far, or wherever they may take you. </p> 2019-08-21 16:00:00 -0500
8/21/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Not Without Me - Interfacing With the Education Process
<p>Join us in the mobilization of parents and community members by participating in this series* of community forums at the African American Museum of Iowa. Together we will identify obstacles and opportunities for parental and community involvement in the education process of our children. Help us create change for our children, tomorrow’s leaders.</p><p>This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.</p> 2019-08-25 16:00:00 -0500
8/25/192:00 p.m.African American Museum of IowaCedar Rapids -
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Museum Store Artist Of the Month: Sara Benesh
<p>I love journals as a medium since I know the artistic process doesn’t end with me. Every aspect of each journal is carefully thought out-from the repurposed leather that allows me to choose the exact design of the exterior to the splash of color that make the end pages- meant to delight and surprise the eye when opening each one. Each piece is an invitation to its new owner to explore and create. Every journal is hand sewn with love and intended for use with your daily adventures; great or small, neat or far, or wherever they may take you. </p> 2019-08-22 20:00:00 -0500
8/22/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Creative Art for Caregivers and Care Receivers
<p>The Family Caregivers Center of Mercy is offering an art session for caregivers and care receivers at 901 8<sup>th</sup> AVE SE in Cedar Rapids. Come and express yourself through art! An instructor from the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy will guide you through creating your very own work of art. All materials provided and no artistic experience needed! To register or to request caregiving at the Family Caregivers’ Center assistance while attending this event, please call (319) 221-8866 or email fcgc@mercycare.org<u>.</u> There may be charges associated with this program. Limited to 15 people.</p> 2019-07-15 03:30:00 -0500
8/22/192:00 p.m.Family Caregivers Center of MercyCedar Rapids -
CRAW Starburst Pendant
<p>Use Cubed Right-Angle Weave (CRAW) and Toho seed beads to create a curved armature as the base of the pendant. Then embellish with layers of Swarovski crystals. This project can easily be made bigger for a larger pendant or replicated to make a pair of earrings. Instructor: Karen Kubby.</p><p>Registration is $72 and includes all materials and instruction. Register in person, via phone at 319 338-1566, or on-line.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Prerequisite: Cubed Right-Angle Weave.</strong></p> 2019-07-23 16:00:00 -0500
8/24/1910:00 a.m.Beadology IowaIowa City -
Museum Store Artist Of the Month: Sara Benesh
<p>I love journals as a medium since I know the artistic process doesn’t end with me. Every aspect of each journal is carefully thought out-from the repurposed leather that allows me to choose the exact design of the exterior to the splash of color that make the end pages- meant to delight and surprise the eye when opening each one. Each piece is an invitation to its new owner to explore and create. Every journal is hand sewn with love and intended for use with your daily adventures; great or small, neat or far, or wherever they may take you. </p> 2019-08-23 16:00:00 -0500
8/23/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
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> 2019-08-22 20:00:00 -05008/22/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Museum Store Artist Of the Month: Sara Benesh
<p>I love journals as a medium since I know the artistic process doesn’t end with me. Every aspect of each journal is carefully thought out-from the repurposed leather that allows me to choose the exact design of the exterior to the splash of color that make the end pages- meant to delight and surprise the eye when opening each one. Each piece is an invitation to its new owner to explore and create. Every journal is hand sewn with love and intended for use with your daily adventures; great or small, neat or far, or wherever they may take you. </p> 2019-08-24 16:00:00 -0500
8/24/1910:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Into the Blue: An All-Iowa Juried Exhibition
<p>A color-specific celebration of Iowa artists! Juried by CRMA Associate Curator Kate Kunau, <em>Into the Blue</em> draws work from artists all over the state of Iowa. The work on display must have been created within the last three years and blue must be the dominant color. <em>Into the Blue</em> celebrates the hue in both two and three-dimensional works across all media and examines how blue has been incredibly important to artists for centuries: From the luxurious (and expensive!) ultramarine used to color the Virgin Mary’s cloak and star-studded vaults of heaven in medieval and Renaissance art to the exuberance of Yves Klein’s trademarked shade and, blue has long inspired artists and this exhibition.</p> 2019-08-21 16:00:00 -0500
8/21/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Into the Blue: An All-Iowa Juried Exhibition
<p>A color-specific celebration of Iowa artists! Juried by CRMA Associate Curator Kate Kunau, <em>Into the Blue</em> draws work from artists all over the state of Iowa. The work on display must have been created within the last three years and blue must be the dominant color. <em>Into the Blue</em> celebrates the hue in both two and three-dimensional works across all media and examines how blue has been incredibly important to artists for centuries: From the luxurious (and expensive!) ultramarine used to color the Virgin Mary’s cloak and star-studded vaults of heaven in medieval and Renaissance art to the exuberance of Yves Klein’s trademarked shade and, blue has long inspired artists and this exhibition.</p> 2019-08-22 20:00:00 -0500
8/22/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Museum Store Artist Of the Month: Sara Benesh
<p>I love journals as a medium since I know the artistic process doesn’t end with me. Every aspect of each journal is carefully thought out-from the repurposed leather that allows me to choose the exact design of the exterior to the splash of color that make the end pages- meant to delight and surprise the eye when opening each one. Each piece is an invitation to its new owner to explore and create. Every journal is hand sewn with love and intended for use with your daily adventures; great or small, neat or far, or wherever they may take you. </p> 2019-08-25 16:00:00 -0500
8/25/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Into the Blue: An All-Iowa Juried Exhibition
<p>A color-specific celebration of Iowa artists! Juried by CRMA Associate Curator Kate Kunau, <em>Into the Blue</em> draws work from artists all over the state of Iowa. The work on display must have been created within the last three years and blue must be the dominant color. <em>Into the Blue</em> celebrates the hue in both two and three-dimensional works across all media and examines how blue has been incredibly important to artists for centuries: From the luxurious (and expensive!) ultramarine used to color the Virgin Mary’s cloak and star-studded vaults of heaven in medieval and Renaissance art to the exuberance of Yves Klein’s trademarked shade and, blue has long inspired artists and this exhibition.</p> 2019-08-23 16:00:00 -0500
8/23/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Museum Store Artist Of the Month: Sara Benesh
<p>I love journals as a medium since I know the artistic process doesn’t end with me. Every aspect of each journal is carefully thought out-from the repurposed leather that allows me to choose the exact design of the exterior to the splash of color that make the end pages- meant to delight and surprise the eye when opening each one. Each piece is an invitation to its new owner to explore and create. Every journal is hand sewn with love and intended for use with your daily adventures; great or small, neat or far, or wherever they may take you. </p> 2019-08-27 16:00:00 -0500
8/27/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Into the Blue: An All-Iowa Juried Exhibition
<p>A color-specific celebration of Iowa artists! Juried by CRMA Associate Curator Kate Kunau, <em>Into the Blue</em> draws work from artists all over the state of Iowa. The work on display must have been created within the last three years and blue must be the dominant color. <em>Into the Blue</em> celebrates the hue in both two and three-dimensional works across all media and examines how blue has been incredibly important to artists for centuries: From the luxurious (and expensive!) ultramarine used to color the Virgin Mary’s cloak and star-studded vaults of heaven in medieval and Renaissance art to the exuberance of Yves Klein’s trademarked shade and, blue has long inspired artists and this exhibition.</p> 2019-08-25 16:00:00 -0500
8/25/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar 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> 2019-08-22 20:00:00 -0500
8/22/194:00 p.m.Beadology IowaIowa City -
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Art Lovers Book Club / Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman
<p>Harriet Scott Chessman takes us into the world of Mary Cassatt's early Impressionist paintings through Mary's sister Lydia, whom the author sees as Cassatt’s most inspiring muse. Chessman hauntingly brings to life Paris in 1880, with its thriving art world. The novel’s subtle power rises out of a sustained inquiry into art’s relation to the ragged world of desire and mortality. Ill with Bright’s disease and conscious of her approaching death, Lydia contemplates her world narrowing. With the rising emotional tension between the loving sisters, between one who sees and one who is seen, Lydia asks moving questions about love and art’s capacity to remember. Chessman illuminates Cassatt’s brilliant paintings and creates a compelling portrait of the brave and memorable model who inhabits them with such grace. Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper includes five full-color plates, the entire group of paintings Mary Cassatt made of her sister.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> 2019-07-19 17:00:00 -0500
8/22/194:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Museum Store Artist Of the Month: Sara Benesh
<p>I love journals as a medium since I know the artistic process doesn’t end with me. Every aspect of each journal is carefully thought out-from the repurposed leather that allows me to choose the exact design of the exterior to the splash of color that make the end pages- meant to delight and surprise the eye when opening each one. Each piece is an invitation to its new owner to explore and create. Every journal is hand sewn with love and intended for use with your daily adventures; great or small, neat or far, or wherever they may take you. </p> 2019-08-28 16:00:00 -0500
8/28/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Kaleidoscope Pendant
<p>The project is fast and fun. It is a round donut shape made from pearls, crystals, and seed beads. Participants will create a pendant. This project is easily adapted for making a pair of earrings on your own. No previous experience is necessary. Instructor: Karen Kubby.</p> 2019-08-06 20:30:00 -0500
8/31/195:30 p.m.Beadology IowaIowa City -
10 Year Anniversary Celebration---Free Family Fun Day / Open House
<div data-width-percentage="42.3"><p><strong>Free Family Fun Day and Open House</strong></p></div><div data-width-percentage="42.3"><p>Saturday, September 14th, from 10 am - 1 pm.</p><p>Come out to the center and create a birthday cupcake to celebrate our birthday! The Center will offer free family clay workshops throughout the day, including demonstrations to celebrate a decade of creating together. Items created will be fired, free of charge, and available for pickup at a later date.</p></div> 2019-08-15 13:00:00 -0500
9/14/1910:00 a.m.Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass StudioCedar Rapids -
Into the Blue: An All-Iowa Juried Exhibition
<p>A color-specific celebration of Iowa artists! Juried by CRMA Associate Curator Kate Kunau, <em>Into the Blue</em> draws work from artists all over the state of Iowa. The work on display must have been created within the last three years and blue must be the dominant color. <em>Into the Blue</em> celebrates the hue in both two and three-dimensional works across all media and examines how blue has been incredibly important to artists for centuries: From the luxurious (and expensive!) ultramarine used to color the Virgin Mary’s cloak and star-studded vaults of heaven in medieval and Renaissance art to the exuberance of Yves Klein’s trademarked shade and, blue has long inspired artists and this exhibition.</p> 2019-08-27 16:00:00 -0500
8/27/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Museum Store Artist Of the Month: Sara Benesh
<p>I love journals as a medium since I know the artistic process doesn’t end with me. Every aspect of each journal is carefully thought out-from the repurposed leather that allows me to choose the exact design of the exterior to the splash of color that make the end pages- meant to delight and surprise the eye when opening each one. Each piece is an invitation to its new owner to explore and create. Every journal is hand sewn with love and intended for use with your daily adventures; great or small, neat or far, or wherever they may take you. </p> 2019-08-29 20:00:00 -0500
8/29/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids