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CommUnity Creates-Open Studio
<p>Love sharing creative time with others? Join the UnityCR Arts Ministry Team on the second Saturday of each month from 9 am-noon! We will meet in the beautiful and sunny Sacred Grounds and Books and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee while we chat with others and create!<br><br>Bring your own project, work with art supplies available, or learn about the Artists Trading Cards project. Fee is $5.00 for use of the space plus love offering for the coffee shop. Create with us! </p> 2020-07-11 12:00:00 -0500
7/11/209:00 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids -
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CommUnity Creates-Open Studio
<p>Love sharing creative time with others? Join the UnityCR Arts Ministry Team on the second Saturday of each month from 9 am-noon! We will meet in the beautiful and sunny Sacred Grounds and Books and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee while we chat with others and create!<br><br>Bring your own project, work with art supplies available, or learn about the Artists Trading Cards project. Fee is $5.00 for use of the space plus love offering for the coffee shop. Create with us! </p> 2020-08-08 12:00:00 -0500
8/08/209:00 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids -
CommUnity Creates-Open Studio
<p>Love sharing creative time with others? Join the UnityCR Arts Ministry Team on the second Saturday of each month from 9 am-noon! We will meet in the beautiful and sunny Sacred Grounds and Books and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee while we chat with others and create!<br><br>Bring your own project, work with art supplies available, or learn about the Artists Trading Cards project. Fee is $5.00 for use of the space plus love offering for the coffee shop. Create with us! </p> 2020-09-12 12:00:00 -0500
9/12/209:00 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids -
CommUnity Creates-Open Studio
<p>Love sharing creative time with others? Join the UnityCR Arts Ministry Team on the second Saturday of each month from 9 am-noon! We will meet in the beautiful and sunny Sacred Grounds and Books and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee while we chat with others and create!<br><br>Bring your own project, work with art supplies available, or learn about the Artists Trading Cards project. Fee is $5.00 for use of the space plus love offering for the coffee shop. Create with us! </p> 2020-10-10 12:00:00 -0500
10/10/209:00 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids -
CommUnity Creates-Open Studio
<p>Love sharing creative time with others? Join the UnityCR Arts Ministry Team on the second Saturday of each month from 9 am-noon! We will meet in the beautiful and sunny Sacred Grounds and Books and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee while we chat with others and create!<br><br>Bring your own project, work with art supplies available, or learn about the Artists Trading Cards project. Fee is $5.00 for use of the space plus love offering for the coffee shop. Create with us! </p> 2020-11-14 12:00:00 -0600
11/14/209:00 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids -
CommUnity Creates-Open Studio
<p>Love sharing creative time with others? Join the UnityCR Arts Ministry Team on the second Saturday of each month from 9 am-noon! We will meet in the beautiful and sunny Sacred Grounds and Books and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee while we chat with others and create!<br><br>Bring your own project, work with art supplies available, or learn about the Artists Trading Cards project. Fee is $5.00 for use of the space plus love offering for the coffee shop. Create with us! </p> 2020-12-12 12:00:00 -0600
12/12/209:00 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids -
Create Your Own Fairy and Gnome Home
<p>Create a place for the fairies to dance in your garden. The simple challenge of creating a fairy house gives children a unique activity that encourages them to go outside and connect with the natural world. We will collect items from nature and make pieces out of clay to help complete our houses. Sticks, bark, dry grasses, pebbles, shells, feathers, pinecones and nuts are just some of the natural materials used. For ages 5 and up. Cost: $15 per child. Register online by July 24. </p> 2020-06-30 11:30:00 -05007/30/2010:00 a.m.Wickiup Hill Learning CenterToddville -
Summer Reading Program - Online
<p>Once upon a time… in a world not so long ago… there were stories about fairies, fire breathing dragons, gnomes, elves, enchanted castles, and all things magical. Revisit those stories this summer. Read, create, and imagine what your own story might be. </p><p>We all have a story to tell - with memories and adventures to share. </p><p>To sign up for this summer’s reading program - click the link below: </p><p><a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/" target="_blank">http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com</a></p>
7/07/208:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Summer Reading Program - Online
<p>Once upon a time… in a world not so long ago… there were stories about fairies, fire breathing dragons, gnomes, elves, enchanted castles, and all things magical. Revisit those stories this summer. Read, create, and imagine what your own story might be. </p><p>We all have a story to tell - with memories and adventures to share. </p><p>To sign up for this summer’s reading program - click the link below: </p><p><a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/" target="_blank">http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com</a></p>
7/08/208:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Summer Reading Program - Online
<p>Once upon a time… in a world not so long ago… there were stories about fairies, fire breathing dragons, gnomes, elves, enchanted castles, and all things magical. Revisit those stories this summer. Read, create, and imagine what your own story might be. </p><p>We all have a story to tell - with memories and adventures to share. </p><p>To sign up for this summer’s reading program - click the link below: </p><p><a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/" target="_blank">http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com</a></p>
7/09/208:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Summer Reading Program - Online
<p>Once upon a time… in a world not so long ago… there were stories about fairies, fire breathing dragons, gnomes, elves, enchanted castles, and all things magical. Revisit those stories this summer. Read, create, and imagine what your own story might be. </p><p>We all have a story to tell - with memories and adventures to share. </p><p>To sign up for this summer’s reading program - click the link below: </p><p><a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/" target="_blank">http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com</a></p>
7/10/208:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
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July Silent Directed Retreat Reimagined
<p>Prairiewoods invites you to experience the healing energy of silence and spiritual deepening for a week-long retreat in the comfort of your own home. As a retreatant, you will be encouraged to create your own sacred space at home for prayer and reflection ahead of time. To help you host the silence wherever you find yourself these days, we will begin the retreat together to pray and to offer resources for creating and holding sacred space, quieting the self and going deeper. We will gather together for an Opening Prayer via Zoom on Sunday, July 12, at 5:30 p.m. and conclude similarly (via Zoom) with a Closing Prayer on Saturday, July 18, at 11:30 a.m. Each day we will offer an opportunity for contemplative prayer as a group (via Zoom). A trained spiritual director/companion will be happy to talk with you over the phone or via Zoom once daily to enter more deeply into the heart of your spiritual journey. If you have never experienced a week of silence to focus on the movement of the Spirit within, this may be an opportunity for you to come to the quiet and enter deeply into the stillness. This retreat is facilitated by Rev. Rose Blank; Ann Jackson, PBVM; Kim Seward, BSN, RN; and Lucille Winnike, FSPA. The cost of this weeklong retreat is $230 and includes daily spiritual direction and Zoom prayer sessions. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p>
7/12/205:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Summer Reading Program - Online
<p>Once upon a time… in a world not so long ago… there were stories about fairies, fire breathing dragons, gnomes, elves, enchanted castles, and all things magical. Revisit those stories this summer. Read, create, and imagine what your own story might be. </p><p>We all have a story to tell - with memories and adventures to share. </p><p>To sign up for this summer’s reading program - click the link below: </p><p><a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/" target="_blank">http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com</a></p>
7/11/208:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Summer Reading Program - Online
<p>Once upon a time… in a world not so long ago… there were stories about fairies, fire breathing dragons, gnomes, elves, enchanted castles, and all things magical. Revisit those stories this summer. Read, create, and imagine what your own story might be. </p><p>We all have a story to tell - with memories and adventures to share. </p><p>To sign up for this summer’s reading program - click the link below: </p><p><a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/" target="_blank">http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com</a></p>
7/12/208:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Earth Prayer Group
<p>Come together to create and send intentions and prayers for healing the Earth elements—earth, air, fire and water. Facilitators Mary Kirkpatrick and Blair Frank will help us focus our prayers and intentions on one element on the third Wednesday of each month (May–August) at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha). The group will be patterned after the work of Lynne McTaggart who wrote <em>The Intention Experiment</em> and <em>The Power of Eight: Harnessing the Miraculous Energies of a Small Group to Heal Others, Your Life and the World.</em> Join us in creating sacred space and nurturing our relationships with Source, Earth, Self and Others! Mary Kirkpatrick is a gardener, permaculture designer, former Master Gardener and retired family life educator for Iowa State University Extension. Blair Frank is an herbalist, permaculture designer, avid gardener and lover of nature and Earth. He is a retired United Methodist pastor and nurse. Both Mary and Blair have attended earth-related workshops at Findhorn Retreat Center in Scotland. We will gather outdoors, so please dress for the weather. <em>If we are unable to meet in person due to COVID-19, this will be offered virtually via Zoom. </em>A free-will offering will be gratefully accepted, and registration is appreciated but not required. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2020-04-29 17:00:00 -0500
7/15/204:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Soul Care: Creative Arts Grief Support Group at Prairiewoods
<p>Take time to be with others in grief and engage the creative spark. Jamie Siela, LISW, and Julie Wehner, LMSW, M.Div, BCC, of Unity Point Hospice facilitate this monthly grief support group open to anyone grieving loss through death. On the third Wednesday of each month, we explore a different creative medium at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha). On July 15, we will create pressed flower bookmarks, allowing us to connect with nature and use beautiful native flowers to make bookmarks and natural flower clippings. This support group is offered as a partnership between Prairiewoods and Unity Point Hospice. <em>Due to COVID-19, this group will meet outside behind the Center. Please wear a mask and respect social distancing.</em> It is free and includes all art supplies. Registration is required by the previous Friday. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2018-04-28 19:00:00 -0500
7/15/205:30 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Summer Reading Program - Online
<p>Once upon a time… in a world not so long ago… there were stories about fairies, fire breathing dragons, gnomes, elves, enchanted castles, and all things magical. Revisit those stories this summer. Read, create, and imagine what your own story might be. </p><p>We all have a story to tell - with memories and adventures to share. </p><p>To sign up for this summer’s reading program - click the link below: </p><p><a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/" target="_blank">http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com</a></p>
7/13/208:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Mary Zeran: 10 Years
<p>In 2020, local artist Mary Zeran will have been working as a profession artist for 10 years. Given the CRMA’s rich history of presenting the art of local artists—especially when they’ve achieved a certain milestone or completed a specific new body of work—the idea of displaying a 10-year retrospective of Zeran’s work during the CRMA’s 125<sup>th</sup> anniversary year seems fitting. One of the very few local artists to have spent her entire painting career working in abstraction, Zeran’s work will challenge viewers to see her subtle but significant evolution over the course of the past 10 years. Constantly exploring, Zeran has crafted different methods of mark-making to accompany her evolution in palette and scale. The exhibition will not only trace the trajectory of her career, it will also include a site-specific installation created especially for this exhibition.</p><p><br></p> 2020-07-07 16:00:00 -0500
7/07/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Rockin' Reptiles
<p>A combination of rock art and reptiles! Let’s create some fun designs or creatures out of rocks and paint pens, then meet some real life retiles up-close. For ages 5 and up. Cost: $10 per child. Register online by July 13.</p> 2020-06-29 11:30:00 -0500
7/16/2010:00 a.m.Wickiup Hill Learning CenterToddville -
Mary Zeran: 10 Years
<p>In 2020, local artist Mary Zeran will have been working as a profession artist for 10 years. Given the CRMA’s rich history of presenting the art of local artists—especially when they’ve achieved a certain milestone or completed a specific new body of work—the idea of displaying a 10-year retrospective of Zeran’s work during the CRMA’s 125<sup>th</sup> anniversary year seems fitting. One of the very few local artists to have spent her entire painting career working in abstraction, Zeran’s work will challenge viewers to see her subtle but significant evolution over the course of the past 10 years. Constantly exploring, Zeran has crafted different methods of mark-making to accompany her evolution in palette and scale. The exhibition will not only trace the trajectory of her career, it will also include a site-specific installation created especially for this exhibition.</p><p><br></p> 2020-07-08 16:00:00 -0500
7/08/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Summer Reading Program - Online
<p>Once upon a time… in a world not so long ago… there were stories about fairies, fire breathing dragons, gnomes, elves, enchanted castles, and all things magical. Revisit those stories this summer. Read, create, and imagine what your own story might be. </p><p>We all have a story to tell - with memories and adventures to share. </p><p>To sign up for this summer’s reading program - click the link below: </p><p><a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/" target="_blank">http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com</a></p>
7/14/208:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Mary Zeran: 10 Years
<p>In 2020, local artist Mary Zeran will have been working as a profession artist for 10 years. Given the CRMA’s rich history of presenting the art of local artists—especially when they’ve achieved a certain milestone or completed a specific new body of work—the idea of displaying a 10-year retrospective of Zeran’s work during the CRMA’s 125<sup>th</sup> anniversary year seems fitting. One of the very few local artists to have spent her entire painting career working in abstraction, Zeran’s work will challenge viewers to see her subtle but significant evolution over the course of the past 10 years. Constantly exploring, Zeran has crafted different methods of mark-making to accompany her evolution in palette and scale. The exhibition will not only trace the trajectory of her career, it will also include a site-specific installation created especially for this exhibition.</p><p><br></p> 2020-07-09 20:00:00 -0500
7/09/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Mary Zeran: 10 Years
<p>In 2020, local artist Mary Zeran will have been working as a profession artist for 10 years. Given the CRMA’s rich history of presenting the art of local artists—especially when they’ve achieved a certain milestone or completed a specific new body of work—the idea of displaying a 10-year retrospective of Zeran’s work during the CRMA’s 125<sup>th</sup> anniversary year seems fitting. One of the very few local artists to have spent her entire painting career working in abstraction, Zeran’s work will challenge viewers to see her subtle but significant evolution over the course of the past 10 years. Constantly exploring, Zeran has crafted different methods of mark-making to accompany her evolution in palette and scale. The exhibition will not only trace the trajectory of her career, it will also include a site-specific installation created especially for this exhibition.</p><p><br></p> 2020-07-10 16:00:00 -0500
7/10/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Summer Reading Program - Online
<p>Once upon a time… in a world not so long ago… there were stories about fairies, fire breathing dragons, gnomes, elves, enchanted castles, and all things magical. Revisit those stories this summer. Read, create, and imagine what your own story might be. </p><p>We all have a story to tell - with memories and adventures to share. </p><p>To sign up for this summer’s reading program - click the link below: </p><p><a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/" target="_blank">http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com</a></p>
7/15/208:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
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Mary Zeran: 10 Years
<p>In 2020, local artist Mary Zeran will have been working as a profession artist for 10 years. Given the CRMA’s rich history of presenting the art of local artists—especially when they’ve achieved a certain milestone or completed a specific new body of work—the idea of displaying a 10-year retrospective of Zeran’s work during the CRMA’s 125<sup>th</sup> anniversary year seems fitting. One of the very few local artists to have spent her entire painting career working in abstraction, Zeran’s work will challenge viewers to see her subtle but significant evolution over the course of the past 10 years. Constantly exploring, Zeran has crafted different methods of mark-making to accompany her evolution in palette and scale. The exhibition will not only trace the trajectory of her career, it will also include a site-specific installation created especially for this exhibition.</p> 2020-07-11 16:00:00 -0500
7/11/2010:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Unwrapped: Gifts from the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 1988-2018
<p>Retired computer entrepreneur Peter Norton (Norton Antivirus Software) is a contemporary art collector as well as an active participant in various civic and philanthropic activities. In 1988, the Norton Family Christmas Project began commissioning artists to create original, multiple-edition works that were mailed as holiday greetings to friends, colleagues, and selected institutions. In 2017, the CRMA received the bulk of these wonderful holiday greetings from Director Emeritus Terry Pitts and his wife Kathy Hall.</p><p><br></p><p>The objects and artists’ books that comprise the Project collection are incredibly varied. A sense of whimsy runs through many of the pieces: salt and pepper shakers become snow globes, a music box exhorts us to be silent. Many works also have a sociopolitical focus, addressing issues as varied as slavery, AIDS, and gender identity. Taken together, the Norton Family Christmas Project objects and artists’ books provide a wonderful snapshot of the last thirty years of activity in the art world at large, presenting the work of both emerging and more established artists. The 2018 edition of the Norton Family Christmas Project was the last and ended the series.</p> 2020-07-07 16:00:00 -0500
7/07/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Unwrapped: Gifts from the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 1988-2018
<p>Retired computer entrepreneur Peter Norton (Norton Antivirus Software) is a contemporary art collector as well as an active participant in various civic and philanthropic activities. In 1988, the Norton Family Christmas Project began commissioning artists to create original, multiple-edition works that were mailed as holiday greetings to friends, colleagues, and selected institutions. In 2017, the CRMA received the bulk of these wonderful holiday greetings from Director Emeritus Terry Pitts and his wife Kathy Hall.</p><p><br></p><p>The objects and artists’ books that comprise the Project collection are incredibly varied. A sense of whimsy runs through many of the pieces: salt and pepper shakers become snow globes, a music box exhorts us to be silent. Many works also have a sociopolitical focus, addressing issues as varied as slavery, AIDS, and gender identity. Taken together, the Norton Family Christmas Project objects and artists’ books provide a wonderful snapshot of the last thirty years of activity in the art world at large, presenting the work of both emerging and more established artists. The 2018 edition of the Norton Family Christmas Project was the last and ended the series.</p> 2020-07-08 16:00:00 -0500
7/08/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Summer Reading Program - Online
<p>Once upon a time… in a world not so long ago… there were stories about fairies, fire breathing dragons, gnomes, elves, enchanted castles, and all things magical. Revisit those stories this summer. Read, create, and imagine what your own story might be. </p><p>We all have a story to tell - with memories and adventures to share. </p><p>To sign up for this summer’s reading program - click the link below: </p><p><a href="http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com/" target="_blank">http://hiawathalibrary.readsquared.com</a></p>
7/16/208:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Mary Zeran: 10 Years
<p>In 2020, local artist Mary Zeran will have been working as a profession artist for 10 years. Given the CRMA’s rich history of presenting the art of local artists—especially when they’ve achieved a certain milestone or completed a specific new body of work—the idea of displaying a 10-year retrospective of Zeran’s work during the CRMA’s 125<sup>th</sup> anniversary year seems fitting. One of the very few local artists to have spent her entire painting career working in abstraction, Zeran’s work will challenge viewers to see her subtle but significant evolution over the course of the past 10 years. Constantly exploring, Zeran has crafted different methods of mark-making to accompany her evolution in palette and scale. The exhibition will not only trace the trajectory of her career, it will also include a site-specific installation created especially for this exhibition.</p><p><br></p> 2020-07-12 16:00:00 -0500
7/12/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Unwrapped: Gifts from the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 1988-2018
<p>Retired computer entrepreneur Peter Norton (Norton Antivirus Software) is a contemporary art collector as well as an active participant in various civic and philanthropic activities. In 1988, the Norton Family Christmas Project began commissioning artists to create original, multiple-edition works that were mailed as holiday greetings to friends, colleagues, and selected institutions. In 2017, the CRMA received the bulk of these wonderful holiday greetings from Director Emeritus Terry Pitts and his wife Kathy Hall.</p><p><br></p><p>The objects and artists’ books that comprise the Project collection are incredibly varied. A sense of whimsy runs through many of the pieces: salt and pepper shakers become snow globes, a music box exhorts us to be silent. Many works also have a sociopolitical focus, addressing issues as varied as slavery, AIDS, and gender identity. Taken together, the Norton Family Christmas Project objects and artists’ books provide a wonderful snapshot of the last thirty years of activity in the art world at large, presenting the work of both emerging and more established artists. The 2018 edition of the Norton Family Christmas Project was the last and ended the series.</p><p><br></p> 2020-07-09 20:00:00 -0500
7/09/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids