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Salt Painting Saturday
<p>Relax and enjoy the process of salt painting with watercolors, salt and glue.</p> 2022-09-01 11:00:00 -0500
11/12/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
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Chat Noir : Black Cat Ink Painting
<p>Join feline artist, Lauren Manninen and learn how to paint black cats using ink. A perfect project for this spooky season! Feel free to bring food or drinks!</p><p>October 21st, 6-8pm, $30</p><p>EIAA Music & Art Studio : 1847 E Ave NE, Cedar Rapids IA</p><p><a href="https://www.amilia.com/store/en/eastern-iowa-arts-academy/shop/activities/4073330">Signup Online</a></p><p>Ages 10+ welcome with a parent or guardian.</p> 2022-09-13 20:00:00 -0500
10/21/226:00 p.m.Eastern Iowa Arts Academy Music and Arts StudioCedar Rapids -
Eve Drewelowe: Painting Her Way
<p><a name="_Hlk94709282"><strong>Eve Drewelowe: Painting Her Way</strong></a></p><p>May 14 – August 28, 2022</p><p>Eve Drewelowe (1899-1988) was born in New Hampton, Iowa, and became the first person to receive a master of arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1924. She spent most of her adult life in Boulder, Colorado, where she was a passionate and prolific painter. While her subject matter ranged from dynamic mountain landscapes in the 1930s and 1940s to lively abstracts on distinctive round canvases from 1950s through the 1980s, Drewelowe’s vibrant palette and bold use of line created a distinctive style that still resonates today. This exhibition celebrates the dramatic Western landscape and figural paintings Drewelowe created primarily in the first half of her career and to which she returned again toward the end of her life. </p> 2022-03-18 16:00:00 -0500
5/14/2312:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Rock Mandala Painting for the Whole Family at Prairiewoods
<p>Spend a few hours creating art with your favorite people! Join facilitator Andi Lewis at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) for a fun time together as we learn the art of rock painting with mandalas, which are sacred works of art in the form of a circle. Using smooth stones, paints and fine dotting tools, we will make beautiful, detailed mandalas. This is a fun, relaxing process that can be done by anyone, regardless of age. We will have time to paint several rocks and will be encouraged to take one rock home and leave one as a secret gift for a stranger to find. No experience or artistic skill is necessary, but kids 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. (It is ideal for ages 10 and older.) This program usually fills up early, so register today! The cost is $13 and includes rocks and all art supplies. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2022-08-14 14:00:00 -0500
10/29/2210:00 a.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/07/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Friday Morning Art Den
<p>Join us Friday Mornings 10-Noon in Studio 17 to create art in a collaborative atmosphere. Our studio has plenty of supplies ready to use. Both beginner and professional artists are welcome to attend. Just $5!</p><p>Studio 17: 907 17th St NE, Cedar Rapids IA</p> 2022-10-07 12:00:00 -0500
10/07/2210:00 a.m.Eastern Iowa Arts AcademyCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/08/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/10/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/11/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/12/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/13/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
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Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/14/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Friday Morning Art Den
<p>Join us Friday Mornings 10-Noon in Studio 17 to create art in a collaborative atmosphere. Our studio has plenty of supplies ready to use. Both beginner and professional artists are welcome to attend. Just $5!</p><p>Studio 17: 907 17th St NE, Cedar Rapids IA</p> 2022-10-14 12:00:00 -0500
10/14/2210:00 a.m.Eastern Iowa Arts AcademyCedar Rapids -
Kid N Canvas -Pumpkin-Sweet Mercantile with Cork N Canvas IA
<p>Pumpkin at the NEW Sweet shop in town! Sweet Mercantile! Kid N Canvas classes are for kids about 8 to 16 year olds. Join us at Sweet Mercantile (98 16th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 524042) cafe on Saturday Morning 10 am. $20 per painting, please only 1 painter per ticket. <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0w3ySmobNpu1cWdVxNNMrjph4cCuSH1my5vak2IgaFncqUnE3MTjA02ks&h=AT1_Zp0aCdRX52TBeRQKIaKWQbNFMdD-rj_9zebKPCH3d1mVUpdixykRx6gf3Kc2S_6KazvEbTBYzoKQK2fgoTScn7TKd9hZMiWqaTYolcz5tD3R8CexWp9SB9wS0HDSXg&__tn__=q&c[0]=AT0qYbkVTKsMBtqm-DQ7KWJ_-rz5Dj1_4OHORnLhnqMggZ067EtpgGe9uDZWb_sKPpOqaMaYO-4D5NgdKDoLBs9PTnWSFu983rmsnqN8zK5IAAVK_HwMCBMF61NHlnx17S6rWXmR17aGmatnkenwoAeX" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/</a> All supplies (canvas, paints, brushes and apron) are provided for you, but please on clothes that are ok to get paint on. Class lasts about 1 to 1 hr long (older kids might paint a little longer). Check in at 9:45 am, painting starts at 10 am. *** Cancellation policy: Cork N Canvas Iowa offers an art instruction and entertainment event that can be compared to a concert or theater event. We realize that unforeseen things happen, but we also would appreciate the time to offer the seat to others and fill the spot. Due to credit card fees, no refunds are issues, but you can move your ticket to another event 24-hours or more prior to your scheduled class. Due to the time it takes to prepare the class, NO store credit is given for last minute cancellations or no shows. Your ticket is fully transferable and you may let someone of your own choosing use your ticket in your absence. Cancellations should be made by email only please; if you need to move your reservation please notify Cork n Canvas Iowa by email Cork.n.canvas.iowa@gmail.com, 24 hours prior to the event, you are scheduled for in order to be eligible move into another class. In your email, please be sure to include; your name, location of the event, date of scheduled event, and date you wish to move to. In the event of a class canceled: bad weather, snow day, ice, even floods, if there is the chance that class could be canceled, please note you will receive an email, also the notice will be posted on Facebook, your tickets will be good for any upcoming non-sold out class. Classes are limited in size, Payment is required in advanced. Your email is your ticket, keep it handy</p><p><a href="https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/?fbclid=IwAR2RGtaPo7aSQicItzYNdsydcZTqnfKxFZwVe6Oxis2_TMq_YMQh_gx3bs4" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/</a></p><p>Kid N Canvas, by Cork N Canvas Iowa<br>Amanda Happel<br>Cork N Canvas Iowa<br>319-929-4300<br>Email: cork.n.canvas.iowa@gmail.com<br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CorkNCanvasIowa?__cft__[0]=AZX8pgRXgl0Ob6z5qt1QEbCydtVZFHm_qWoYjM7JwT5rHzGxhQC_03DOa7V7QrDbi9TBuIHQrS65WfP-dBdC8wPr06CqawCaJVL6e31cPqueTqVTboysdlOX7ARkOhj4ZM0&__tn__=q" tabindex="0">https://www.facebook.com/CorkNCanvasIowa</a><br>Website: <a href="http://www.corkncanvasiowa.com/?fbclid=IwAR0wOx4QM0pIOA8BpVtGK_GqQqFlaquAH5deANPLvPesc5qiMuICGlXL7mQ" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">www.CorknCanvasIowa.com</a></p>
10/15/2210:00 a.m.Sweet Mercantilecedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/15/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Oct 20th - The Lucky Cat -3 witches- Cork n Canvas Iowa
<p>Paint with us at the NEW The Lucky Cat Comedy & Events (old Threw Brewing). Classes are limited in size, please make sure to buy your ticket to make sure you have a spot Payment is required in advanced $30 per person <a href="https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/?fbclid=IwAR3hZkQdmxMzZ1WU0IWMigiq_6-ssija9YDOZ4_-G59-qEiICxPPUN6l7K0" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/</a> All your supplies (canvas, paints, brushes and apron) are provided for you. No outside beverage is allowed, but outside food is. By the end of the night, you will be amazed at the artwork you have created on a 16x20 canvas!<br>**Cancellation policy: Cork N Canvas Iowa offers an art instruction and entertainment event that can be compared to a concert or theater event. We realize that unforeseen things happen, but we also would appreciate the time to offer the seat to others and fill the spot. Due to credit card fees, no refunds are issues, but you can move your ticket to another event 24-hours or more prior to your scheduled class . Due to the time it takes to prepare the class, NO store credit is given for last minute cancellations or no shows. Your ticket is fully transferable, however, and you may let someone of your own choosing use your ticket in your absence. Cancellations should be made by email only. If you need to cancel or move your reservation you must notify Cork n Canvas Iowa by email Cork.n.canvas.iowa@gmail.com 24 hours prior to the event you are scheduled for in order to be eligible move into another class. In your email, please be sure to include; your name, location of the event, date of scheduled event, and date you wish to move to. *All cancellation issues must be resolved through email.*<br><a href="https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/?fbclid=IwAR0LvDxlalSUWlpZy2jcUEOkm2w4CmLW3qp915NZS2zyOndnOCfGlqR1oeo" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/</a></p><p>Amanda Happel, Cork N Canvas Iowa Mobile Painting Studio 319-929-4300 - Office Hours: 10 am - 4 pm Book an upcoming event Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CorkNCanvasIowa?__cft__[0]=AZWyVegOYKEE9x2J0aGQea3FFFT3q8WRcMP5O58FQiTGf5zH2JVKmxZxfbRQHaFJpKfuSbYFwIcLBRsX9VNTWAGw8TvVnLdTkuVDjviPqFdSjEvdxABTrM_yLEJ6sCAzhpE&__tn__=q" tabindex="0">https://www.facebook.com/CorkNCanvasIowa</a> Website: www.CorknCanvasIowa.comLocally Owned Eastern Iowa Company since 2014</p>
10/20/226:00 p.m.The Lucky Cat Comedy & EventsCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/17/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Connections" by Laura Young
<p><u>"Connections": 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor Gallery</u></p><p>“As a painter, I am particularly interested in the metaphorical aspects of light and how the amount of light in a picture affects our mood and reaction. I live in a small contemporary house in the woods in Iowa City. A studio is a few yards from my house where I work. I see the early morning light filtering through the trees each day, the light sparkling off the water of a small creek as well as the twilight time when the owls come out to hunt for their prey. I often think of the work of the 19th century American landscape painter, George Inness, who lived and worked in Montclair, NJ where I lived for many years when my children were growing up. His dark fields and forests with a minimal, yet powerful light leaking through the trees and brush somewhere in the middle ground creates a yearning for something beyond the horizon, something intangible. The light pulls one forward.”</p><p>Laura Young is a painter, currently living in Iowa City, Iowa where she is a Lecturer in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa. She has won numerous fellowships and awards such as a Pollock Krasner Foundation Fellowship (1994), two Iowa Arts Council Grants (1997 and 2001), The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency (2006), among others. Laura Young has shown across the United States in museums, commercial galleries, juried and group shows, as well as internationally in Denmark and Nigeria. <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing in Main Floor Gallery: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth </a></p>
10/07/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Connections" by Laura Young
<p><u>"Connections": 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor Gallery</u></p><p>“As a painter, I am particularly interested in the metaphorical aspects of light and how the amount of light in a picture affects our mood and reaction. I live in a small contemporary house in the woods in Iowa City. A studio is a few yards from my house where I work. I see the early morning light filtering through the trees each day, the light sparkling off the water of a small creek as well as the twilight time when the owls come out to hunt for their prey. I often think of the work of the 19th century American landscape painter, George Inness, who lived and worked in Montclair, NJ where I lived for many years when my children were growing up. His dark fields and forests with a minimal, yet powerful light leaking through the trees and brush somewhere in the middle ground creates a yearning for something beyond the horizon, something intangible. The light pulls one forward.”</p><p>Laura Young is a painter, currently living in Iowa City, Iowa where she is a Lecturer in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa. She has won numerous fellowships and awards such as a Pollock Krasner Foundation Fellowship (1994), two Iowa Arts Council Grants (1997 and 2001), The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency (2006), among others. Laura Young has shown across the United States in museums, commercial galleries, juried and group shows, as well as internationally in Denmark and Nigeria. <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing in Main Floor Gallery: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth </a></p>
10/08/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Connections" by Laura Young
<p><u>"Connections": 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor Gallery</u></p><p>“As a painter, I am particularly interested in the metaphorical aspects of light and how the amount of light in a picture affects our mood and reaction. I live in a small contemporary house in the woods in Iowa City. A studio is a few yards from my house where I work. I see the early morning light filtering through the trees each day, the light sparkling off the water of a small creek as well as the twilight time when the owls come out to hunt for their prey. I often think of the work of the 19th century American landscape painter, George Inness, who lived and worked in Montclair, NJ where I lived for many years when my children were growing up. His dark fields and forests with a minimal, yet powerful light leaking through the trees and brush somewhere in the middle ground creates a yearning for something beyond the horizon, something intangible. The light pulls one forward.”</p><p>Laura Young is a painter, currently living in Iowa City, Iowa where she is a Lecturer in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa. She has won numerous fellowships and awards such as a Pollock Krasner Foundation Fellowship (1994), two Iowa Arts Council Grants (1997 and 2001), The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency (2006), among others. Laura Young has shown across the United States in museums, commercial galleries, juried and group shows, as well as internationally in Denmark and Nigeria. <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing in Main Floor Gallery: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth </a></p>
10/10/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
The Quarter Barrel -Alchemy- Cork N Canvas Iowa
<p>Cork N Canvas Iowa, painting at The Quarter Barrel, $30 per person We will be painting the 16x20 painting at 6:00 pm (don't be late) <a href="https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/?fbclid=IwAR05t_I8ppVO2hzzFMoVxbYMiLnxK0Ijc-XOZtKRt5VGGZXpFrl_60kPT1E" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/</a> Food and drink available for purchase, please no outside food/drink. All your supplies (canvas, paints, brushes and apron) are provided for you. Please note: Events are 18 and over only, events are for adults and will contain adult language and content.</p><p>***Cancellation policy: Cork N Canvas Iowa offers an art instruction and entertainment event that can be compared to a concert or theater event. We realize that unforeseen things happen, but we also would appreciate the time to offer the seat to others and fill the spot. Due to credit card fees, no refunds are issues, but you can move your ticket to another event 24-hours or more prior to your scheduled class. Due to the time it takes to prepare the class, NO store credit is given for last minute cancellations or no shows. Your ticket is fully transferable, however, and you may let someone of your own choosing use your ticket in your absence. Cancellations should be made by email only. If you need to cancel or move your reservation you must notify Cork n Canvas Iowa by email Cork.n.canvas.iowa@gmail.com 24 hours prior to the event, you are scheduled for in order to be eligible move into another class.</p><p>*In the event of bad weather, snow day, ice, even floods, there is the chance that class could be canceled, please note you will receive an email, also the notice will be posted on Facebook, your tickets will be good for any upcoming non-sold out class.</p><p><a href="https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/?fbclid=IwAR1Vq4dudfS2-qu9IV5gdoZayAw7fSbENoD9X8j8Ea6RZ67RSREDtJzMeks" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/</a></p><p>Amanda Happel<br>Cork N Canvas Iowa<br>319-929-4300<br>Email: cork.n.canvas.iowa@gmail.com<br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CorkNCanvasIowa?__cft__[0]=AZXFyAJnJQ11PGMXTsPiYIRkzseGtXL2SGkhNwfDfsaAUFYDCVhhcsIrLek1vv9J8IRXHnxXsKOImPjNHnMz4z4sBu2LfSUX719au_jXiuFH3Z3jfTgKPC5uchda3xCDLUU&__tn__=q" tabindex="0">https://www.facebook.com/CorkNCanvasIowa</a><br>Website: <a href="http://www.corkncanvasiowa.com/?fbclid=IwAR1J3hIYKxG9dh8PC6YT9JPh4yN5BBQfxY8OGCVsnfecWG6qgmkaFN7FRNI" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">www.CorknCanvasIowa.com</a></p>
10/19/226:00 p.m.The Quarter Barrel Arcade & BreweryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/18/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Connections" by Laura Young
<p><u>"Connections": 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor Gallery</u></p><p>“As a painter, I am particularly interested in the metaphorical aspects of light and how the amount of light in a picture affects our mood and reaction. I live in a small contemporary house in the woods in Iowa City. A studio is a few yards from my house where I work. I see the early morning light filtering through the trees each day, the light sparkling off the water of a small creek as well as the twilight time when the owls come out to hunt for their prey. I often think of the work of the 19th century American landscape painter, George Inness, who lived and worked in Montclair, NJ where I lived for many years when my children were growing up. His dark fields and forests with a minimal, yet powerful light leaking through the trees and brush somewhere in the middle ground creates a yearning for something beyond the horizon, something intangible. The light pulls one forward.”</p><p>Laura Young is a painter, currently living in Iowa City, Iowa where she is a Lecturer in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa. She has won numerous fellowships and awards such as a Pollock Krasner Foundation Fellowship (1994), two Iowa Arts Council Grants (1997 and 2001), The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency (2006), among others. Laura Young has shown across the United States in museums, commercial galleries, juried and group shows, as well as internationally in Denmark and Nigeria. <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing in Main Floor Gallery: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth </a></p>
10/11/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Connections" by Laura Young
<p><u>"Connections": 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor Gallery</u></p><p>“As a painter, I am particularly interested in the metaphorical aspects of light and how the amount of light in a picture affects our mood and reaction. I live in a small contemporary house in the woods in Iowa City. A studio is a few yards from my house where I work. I see the early morning light filtering through the trees each day, the light sparkling off the water of a small creek as well as the twilight time when the owls come out to hunt for their prey. I often think of the work of the 19th century American landscape painter, George Inness, who lived and worked in Montclair, NJ where I lived for many years when my children were growing up. His dark fields and forests with a minimal, yet powerful light leaking through the trees and brush somewhere in the middle ground creates a yearning for something beyond the horizon, something intangible. The light pulls one forward.”</p><p>Laura Young is a painter, currently living in Iowa City, Iowa where she is a Lecturer in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa. She has won numerous fellowships and awards such as a Pollock Krasner Foundation Fellowship (1994), two Iowa Arts Council Grants (1997 and 2001), The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency (2006), among others. Laura Young has shown across the United States in museums, commercial galleries, juried and group shows, as well as internationally in Denmark and Nigeria. <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing in Main Floor Gallery: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth </a></p>
10/12/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
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Hospoda-Gnome Witches- Cork N Canvas Iowa
<p>Cork N Canvas Iowa, painting at Hospoda (62 16th Avenue Cedar Rapids, IA 52404), $30 per person We will be painting the 16x20 painting at 6:00 pm (don't be late) <a href="https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/?fbclid=IwAR0KZ_UC3KKPYmfnyso0rN5g1zy1bTGhdmK0EyiqFdIZz3iQwJ5Rmp8vjIY" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/</a> Food and drink available for purchase, please no outside food/drink. All your supplies (canvas, paints, brushes and apron) are provided for you. Please note: Events are 18 and over only, events are for adults and will contain adult language and content.</p><p>***Cancellation policy: Cork N Canvas Iowa offers an art instruction and entertainment event that can be compared to a concert or theater event. We realize that unforeseen things happen, but we also would appreciate the time to offer the seat to others and fill the spot. Due to credit card fees, no refunds are issues, but you can move your ticket to another event 24-hours or more prior to your scheduled class. Due to the time it takes to prepare the class, NO store credit is given for last minute cancellations or no shows. Your ticket is fully transferable, however, and you may let someone of your own choosing use your ticket in your absence. Cancellations should be made by email only. If you need to cancel or move your reservation you must notify Cork n Canvas Iowa by email Cork.n.canvas.iowa@gmail.com 24 hours prior to the event, you are scheduled for in order to be eligible move into another class.</p><p>*In the event of bad weather, snow day, ice, even floods, there is the chance that class could be canceled, please note you will receive an email, also the notice will be posted on Facebook, your tickets will be good for any upcoming non-sold out class.</p><p><a href="https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/?fbclid=IwAR0pY_ws_1UTwviBEIsiClPAKzy4OX_CdQjDzn-wrVxa-SV4O9RRXl2v1U4" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/</a></p><p>Amanda Happel<br>Cork N Canvas Iowa<br>319-929-4300<br>Email: cork.n.canvas.iowa@gmail.com<br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CorkNCanvasIowa?__cft__[0]=AZWKb9UkEUHX7PcLGP4yeGaMtv6RLDXozjgCb-sRoEehjQJAM89wM7YWi2zdvR-j-cTkQGizVvOklmrGve4RCAm8_MHU94m313dT6EVWwTd9Sg7l9XHhQbsy_ITle3iK9mQ&__tn__=q" tabindex="0">https://www.facebook.com/CorkNCanvasIowa</a><br>Website: <a href="http://www.corkncanvasiowa.com/?fbclid=IwAR2mkRDztBSOICjdfZqvMhMTvp0zDbcWri_yN2EhwcDWNk7czfWll5fYRUg" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">www.CorknCanvasIowa.com</a></p>
10/13/226:00 p.m.HospodaCedar Rapids -
Oct 30 - BIT Brewery -Autumn Gnome- Cork N Canvas Iowa
<p>Join us Sunday 2:00 pm Get your tickets today! Cork N Canvas Iowa, painting at the BIT Brewery, in Central City. Space is limited purchase tickets online, <a href="https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/?fbclid=IwAR0Hk-b5QLh2jQORwsk5twCQnuQ3HMU1hYB7XRas98OHKwmJvrAO905yJOY" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/</a> Many people find our classes therapeutic and convenient way to tap back into their creative side. By the end of the night, you will be amazed at the artwork you have created on a 16x20 canvas! Food and Drink are additional, please no outside food or drink. Class is at 2:00pm on Sunday. (don't be late) Classes are limited in size, please make sure to buy your ticket to make sure you have a spot. Please note: Events are 18 and over only, events are for adults and will contain adult language and content.</p><p>***Cancellation policy: Cork N Canvas Iowa offers an art instruction and entertainment event that can be compared to a concert or theater event. We realize that unforeseen things happen, but we also would appreciate the time to offer the seat to others and fill the spot. Due to credit card fees, no refunds are issues, but you can move your ticket to another event 24-hours or more prior to your scheduled class. Due to the time it takes to prepare the class, NO store credit is given for last minute cancellations or no shows. Your ticket is fully transferable, however, and you may let someone of your own choosing use your ticket in your absence. Cancellations should be made by email only. If you need to cancel or move your reservation you must notify Cork n Canvas Iowa by email Cork.n.canvas.iowa@gmail.com 24 hours prior to the event, you are scheduled for in order to be eligible move into another class. In your email, please be sure to include; your name, location of the event, date of scheduled event, and date you wish to move to. *All cancelation issues must be resolved through email. * In the event of bad weather, snow day, ice, even floods, there is the chance that class could be canceled, please note you will receive an email, also the notice will be posted on Facebook, your tickets will be good for any upcoming non-sold out class. ****<br><a href="https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/?fbclid=IwAR3VENds_BQqHAfSPyTLK7loo6zcj4Q8OEttjocK__YGbB08lfqjiBrgQq8" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://cork-n-canvas-iowa.ticketleap.com/</a></p><p>Any questions:<br>Amanda Happel<br>Cork N Canvas Iowa<br>319-929-4300<br>Email: cork.n.canvas.iowa@gmail.com<br>website: <a href="http://www.corkncanvasiowa.com/?fbclid=IwAR3s72P-ieZVTLYRHcmTSM3--JvwEmrNutatlCcSw_9qfIDTt2ZlCHHfC_g" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">www.corkncanvasiowa.com</a> </p>
10/30/222:00 p.m.BIT BreweryCentral City -
Art Exhibit: "Connections" by Laura Young
<p><u>"Connections": 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor Gallery</u></p><p>“As a painter, I am particularly interested in the metaphorical aspects of light and how the amount of light in a picture affects our mood and reaction. I live in a small contemporary house in the woods in Iowa City. A studio is a few yards from my house where I work. I see the early morning light filtering through the trees each day, the light sparkling off the water of a small creek as well as the twilight time when the owls come out to hunt for their prey. I often think of the work of the 19th century American landscape painter, George Inness, who lived and worked in Montclair, NJ where I lived for many years when my children were growing up. His dark fields and forests with a minimal, yet powerful light leaking through the trees and brush somewhere in the middle ground creates a yearning for something beyond the horizon, something intangible. The light pulls one forward.”</p><p>Laura Young is a painter, currently living in Iowa City, Iowa where she is a Lecturer in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa. She has won numerous fellowships and awards such as a Pollock Krasner Foundation Fellowship (1994), two Iowa Arts Council Grants (1997 and 2001), The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency (2006), among others. Laura Young has shown across the United States in museums, commercial galleries, juried and group shows, as well as internationally in Denmark and Nigeria. <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing in Main Floor Gallery: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth </a></p>
10/13/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/27/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/28/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Rare Earth" by John Preston and Ellen Wagener
<p><u>"Rare Earth": Main Floor Exhibition</u></p><p>This exhibition showcases the idea of a Rare Earth, moments on our planet captured through the lens of two unique artistic voices, depicting the phenomenal beauty of the land with its companions and features— acknowledging it’s scarcity and eventual potential to be non-existent. Midwestern tableaux are discovered through farm, field and water and highlight the beauty in the ‘everyday’ or the moments we’ve possibly overlooked.</p><p>John Preston lives in Fairfield, Iowa, but grew up on the east coast. He has been painting the Midwestern landscape since 1984. Preston's paintings primarily depict the dramatic climate of the Midwest, as well as its expansive skies and rolling fields. They often represent particular locations against a backdrop of weather events from observation, memory and where necessary, imagination. “The move to watercolor reflects a desire to transition from 'finished' paintings to more of a 'complete sketch'”. Preston has exhibited nationally and is in many public and private collections, including Iowa State University, John Deere and the Chicago Federal Reserve.</p><p>Ellen Wagener was born in Maquoketa and grew up in DeWitt, Iowa. Known for her stormy clouds, burning fields, dust storms, and tornadoes moving across prairies and fields, Wagener took a new approach after her move to Arizona in 2001. Her work takes the quintessential Midwestern landscape in series and at large scale, and uses sketches, photographs and her memory to create vivid evocations in pastel of particular weather patterns and times of day. Her work has been shown nationwide and is in the collections of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa Museum of Art, the Tucson Museum of Art and the Figge Art Museum. <a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth">www.gildedpeargallery.com/rare-earth</a></p><p><br></p><p>Concurrently showing: "Connections" by Laura Young: <a href="http://www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections">www.gildedpeargallery.com/connections</a></p>
10/29/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids