Local Arts and Culture Events
Check out the Corridor’s arts, theater, literature and cultural events. Everything from cinema and dance to museum and exhibits are available under the Arts and Culture grouping.
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Gridiron Champs: George Halas & the Chicago Bears
<p>This exhibit features the life and work of George Halas, a first generation Czech-American whose parents immigrated from Bohemia. Born and raised in Chicago, George Halas played a significant role in the formation of the National Football League, and spent time as a player, coach, and owner with the Chicago Bears.</p><p>Featured in the exhibit are artifacts and photos from the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Chicago Bears, including uniforms and footballs from the early Chicago Bears, Dick Butkus’s helmet, and George Halas’s famed fedora.</p><p>Visitors can test their football knowledge with an interactive quiz or try some NFL training camp moves. Video screens will feature footage from early games and 1985’s Super Bowl Shuffle.</p> 2022-10-07 16:00:00 -0500
10/07/229:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
Abstract Ideas: Abstract Art from the Collection
<p>Culled from CRMA’s collection of works created after 1950, Abstract Ideas explores the potential of abstraction in the hands of post-World War II artists. In some cases, the subject matter has been only slightly abstracted, diverging only a little from the way they appear in nature. In other cases, artists have moved completely away from any recognizable object in pursuit of more emotional or intellectual goals. In all cases, however, artists maintained their relationship to and dialogue with the fundamental properties of art such as balance, form, line, color, and rhythm. Investigating the various degrees of abstraction found in modern paintings and sculpture, this exhibition presents a diverse group of works, each of which operates on different emotional and intellectual levels.</p> 2022-10-07 16:00:00 -0500
10/07/2212:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
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Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-10-07 04:00:00 -0500
10/07/2212:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Gridiron Champs: George Halas & the Chicago Bears
<p>This exhibit features the life and work of George Halas, a first generation Czech-American whose parents immigrated from Bohemia. Born and raised in Chicago, George Halas played a significant role in the formation of the National Football League, and spent time as a player, coach, and owner with the Chicago Bears.</p><p>Featured in the exhibit are artifacts and photos from the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Chicago Bears, including uniforms and footballs from the early Chicago Bears, Dick Butkus’s helmet, and George Halas’s famed fedora.</p><p>Visitors can test their football knowledge with an interactive quiz or try some NFL training camp moves. Video screens will feature footage from early games and 1985’s Super Bowl Shuffle.</p> 2022-10-08 16:00:00 -0500
10/08/229:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
A Hub, a Network, an Archive: 55 Years of International Writers in Iowa City
<p>The International Writing Program (IWP) has brought close to 1,600 writers from more than 150 countries to the University of Iowa since 1967. In celebration of the program’s 55th anniversary, the exhibition <a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/exhibit/iwp55years/"><em>A Hub, a Network, an Archive: 55 Years of International Writers in Iowa City</em></a> tells the story of IWP’s genesis, its role in cultural diplomacy, Iowa City as a site of literary praxis and global networking, and the images of Iowa that writers have carried home with them as represented in their work.</p><p>Curated by Nataša Ďurovičová and Lisa Gardinier, the exhibition includes University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives materials such as the Paul Engle Papers, the International Writing Program Records, the Toothpaste/Coffee House Press Records, and more. Items from the University of Iowa Libraries circulating collection, IWP’s Shambaugh House, and friends of IWP also make an appearance, in addition to a selection of large portraits of writers by photographer Thomas Langdon.</p><p><strong>MAIN LIBRARY GALLERY HOURS:</strong></p><p><strong>Monday: </strong>9 a.m. – 6 p.m.<br><strong>Tuesday:</strong> 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.<br><strong>Wednesday:</strong> 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.<br><strong>Thursday:</strong> 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.<br><strong>Friday:</strong> 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.<br><strong>Saturday:</strong> 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.<br><strong>Sunday:</strong> 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.</p><p><strong>Admission is always FREE. The exhibition will be open Aug. 22 - Dec. 16, 2022. </strong><br>Please note that the Main Library Gallery will be closed on the following University of Iowa holidays during the fall semester: Sept. 6 (Labor Day), Nov. 25-26 (Thanksgiving).</p><p><em>Because the Main Library Gallery is an educational space on campus, there may occasionally be classes visiting during open hours. Thank you for your understanding. </em></p><p>The easiest way to access the Main Library Gallery is via the north entrance of the Main Library. Find parking options here: <a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/locations/main/parking/">lib.uiowa.edu/locations/main/parking</a></p><p><em>Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the Main Library Gallery in advance at 319-467-1805 or <a href="mailto:sara-pinkham@uiowa.edu">sara-pinkham@uiowa.edu</a>.</em></p> 2022-10-07 18:00:00 -0500
10/07/229:00 a.m.Main Library Gallery, University of Iowa LibrariesIowa 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>
10/07/2210:00 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>
10/07/2210:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Gallery talk: Angles On The Window
<p>Free and open to the public. Discover a fresh angle on the Window! A casual, :20-minute guided art discussion on the stained-glass piece, "Memorial Window" that was created by famous artist Grant Wood in 1928. Experience one of Grant Wood's most unique, large, colorful works of art.</p> 2022-10-07 11:30:00 -0500
10/07/2211:00 a.m.Veterans Memorial BuildingCedar Rapids -
The Collector's Eye: The Collection of Thomas C. Jackson and Joanne Stevens
<p>The Collector's Eye: The Collection of Thomas C. Jackson and Joanne Stevens<br><br>October 1, 2022-January 15, 2023<br>Price 0-$10<br><br>Local collectors Tom Jackson and Joanne Stevens have been slowly amassing a remarkable collection of prints by significant modern and contemporary artists, including John Baldessari, Enrique Chagoya, Sam Francis, Claes Oldenburg, Wayne Thiebaud, and Kara Walker. In total, the collection represents some of the more significant American artists of the past 70 years. At the same time, it also looks at a number of political issues that these artists explored. The collection, rather unique in Cedar Rapids, is all the more poignant because it was built together by this husband-and-wife team, one of which is a fulltime practicing artist himself.</p> 2022-10-07 16:00:00 -0500
10/07/2212:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
dreamscape: Surrealism from the Collection
<p>dreamscape: Surrealism from the Collection<br><br>September 10, 2022-December 31, 2022</p><p>Price range 0 to 10.00<br><br>This exhibition takes a look at both classic Surrealism (Dali, deChirico, Escher) of the 1930s and 1940s and more modern and contemporary artists who adhere to surrealistic principles (Cocke, Lanyon). While there have been several Surrealism exhibitions over the years, little attention has been given to artists working since the 1940s whose work continues to demonstrate Surrealism’s influence. This exhibition, drawn from the CRMA’s collection, will start the conversation on this phenomenon in a new and engaging way.</p> 2022-10-07 16:00:00 -0500
10/07/2212:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Mauricio Lasansky: Master Printmaker
<p>The Museum is fortunate to be able to dedicate four galleries to the work of consummate printmaker, Mauricio Lasansky. Making prints for more than 65 years--first in his native Argentina, then in New York City, and for more than 55 years in Iowa City, Iowa--Lasansky's generous gift of prints in the 1980s and 1990s made it possible for the Museum to present a wide range of the artist's works, changing all four galleries every six months. Best known for large-scale prints in which he uses multiple plates and full ranges of color, Lasansky combines a spectrum of graphic techniques including etching, drypoint, aquatint, and engraving. Throughout his stylistic evolution, he created eloquent figural statements that are colorful, fresh, and spontaneous.</p> 2022-10-07 16:00:00 -0500
10/07/2212:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Grant Wood: From Farm Boy to American Icon
<p><em>Grant Wood: From Farm Boy to American</em> Icon offers an expansive look at Wood’s life and career though his art. Housed in one of our largest first-floor galleries, this installation reflects the depth of the CRMA’s Grant Wood collection as well as the great breadth of Woods’ career, cut tragically short by his death in 1942.</p> 2022-10-07 16:00:00 -0500
10/07/2212:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
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Dick Pinney: Jack of All Trades
<p>Dick Pinney (1924-1996) was a long-time favorite in the Cedar Rapids art scene. Accomplished in many media, this former creative director for Stamats Communications and Coe College vice president was perhaps most famous for the numerous carved wood assemblages that he created, usually as commissions for area business leaders. Paintings, drawings, ceramics, assemblages, constructions, games, and puppets were all part of Pinney’s repertoire. This exhibition, timed to coincide with the 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Pinney’s passing in 1996, celebrates the artist’s diverse and wide-reaching artwork.</p> 2022-10-07 16:00:00 -0500
10/07/2212:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
"Magic: The Gathering" Trading Card Game
<p>Join us in the Union for some Friday Magic! "Magic: The Gathering" is a collectable trading card game where two players summon monsters and cast spells to bring their opponent’s life count to zero. Learn the rules, build a deck, challenge your opponent, and try again. Legacy Cards are provided – leave your own cards at home. </p> 2022-09-29 16:30:00 -0500
10/07/222:30 p.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Art & Write Night
<h5><a href="https://pentacrestmuseums.uiowa.edu/art-write-night">Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.</a></h5><p><br></p><p>Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, <strong><em>make our museum your muse</em></strong>. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.</p><p>Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the <strong>first Friday of each month</strong>. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and will sometimes move about the Museum but we'll always <strong>start in the Hageboeck Hall of Birds (Bird Hall) on the 3rd Floor of Macbride Hall</strong>. Join anytime between 6-8pm and feel free to participate in a themed creation challenge or work on your own project with our exhibits as inspiration. We'll save the last 15-30 minutes of each session to share what we've been working on, connecting with others (optional, of course!).</p><hr><p>Please note, the Museum is typically closed during this time meaning the main entrance to Iowa Hall (atop the large staircase outside on the east side of Macbride Hall) will be closed and locked. All other building doors will be open, offering access to the Ground Floor of Macbride Hall. Bird Hall is located on the 3rd Floor of Macbride Hall and can be reached by stairs or by taking the elevator to the 3rd Floor and crossing the auditorium to the north side of the building. </p><p><a href="https://events.uiowa.edu/event/drupal/85796">VIEW ON EVENT CALENDAR</a></p><p><em>Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Carolina Kaufman in advance at <a href="tel:319-467-3130">319-467-3130</a> or <a href="mailto:carolina-kaufman@uiowa.edu">carolina-kaufman@uiowa.edu</a>.</em></p> 2022-10-07 20:00:00 -0500
10/07/226:00 p.m.University of Iowa Museum of Natural HistoryIowa City -
Coffeehouse Night
<p>Coffeehouse Nights inside at Lowe Park begin next month on Friday, October 7th, featuring the Roots of Rhythm! Save the dates for these cozy seasonal evenings! Free and open to the public. </p> 2022-09-11 20:30:00 -0500
10/07/227:00 p.m.Lowe Park Arts & Environment CenterMarion -
Gridiron Champs: George Halas & the Chicago Bears
<p>This exhibit features the life and work of George Halas, a first generation Czech-American whose parents immigrated from Bohemia. Born and raised in Chicago, George Halas played a significant role in the formation of the National Football League, and spent time as a player, coach, and owner with the Chicago Bears.</p><p>Featured in the exhibit are artifacts and photos from the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Chicago Bears, including uniforms and footballs from the early Chicago Bears, Dick Butkus’s helmet, and George Halas’s famed fedora.</p><p>Visitors can test their football knowledge with an interactive quiz or try some NFL training camp moves. Video screens will feature footage from early games and 1985’s Super Bowl Shuffle.</p> 2022-10-09 16:00:00 -0500
10/09/229:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
Abstract Ideas: Abstract Art from the Collection
<p>Culled from CRMA’s collection of works created after 1950, Abstract Ideas explores the potential of abstraction in the hands of post-World War II artists. In some cases, the subject matter has been only slightly abstracted, diverging only a little from the way they appear in nature. In other cases, artists have moved completely away from any recognizable object in pursuit of more emotional or intellectual goals. In all cases, however, artists maintained their relationship to and dialogue with the fundamental properties of art such as balance, form, line, color, and rhythm. Investigating the various degrees of abstraction found in modern paintings and sculpture, this exhibition presents a diverse group of works, each of which operates on different emotional and intellectual levels.</p> 2022-10-09 16:00:00 -0500
10/09/2212:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Cedar Valley Rocks and Minerals Society Annual Action
<p>Knowledgeable club members act as auctioneers. Viewing is from 5:00-7:30 Friday night, at 7:30 Saturday morning and 8:00 Sunday morning. The 1st day runs from 9:00 a.m. to about 8:00 p.m. with hot food available during the day and a dinner offered from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. The 2nd day runs from 9:00 a.m. to about 3:30 p.m., again with hot food available.<br><br>Cash, credit card (with small service fee) or good check is accepted for payment. Iowa sales tax of 7% is also added to all items. Bidders who provide Iowa tax permits are exempt from paying it.<br><br>If you can't stay for those special lots you want, you can leave a maximum bid, and a club member will bid for you up to your maximum. </p> 2022-10-03 20:00:00 -0500
10/08/229:00 a.m.Amana RV Park and Event CenterAmana -
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: "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 -
The Collector's Eye: The Collection of Thomas C. Jackson and Joanne Stevens
<p>The Collector's Eye: The Collection of Thomas C. Jackson and Joanne Stevens<br><br>October 1, 2022-January 15, 2023</p><p>Price range 0-$10<br><br>Local collectors Tom Jackson and Joanne Stevens have been slowly amassing a remarkable collection of prints by significant modern and contemporary artists, including John Baldessari, Enrique Chagoya, Sam Francis, Claes Oldenburg, Wayne Thiebaud, and Kara Walker. In total, the collection represents some of the more significant American artists of the past 70 years. At the same time, it also looks at a number of political issues that these artists explored. The collection, rather unique in Cedar Rapids, is all the more poignant because it was built together by this husband-and-wife team, one of which is a full-time practicing artist himself.</p> 2022-10-08 16:00:00 -0500
10/08/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
dreamscape: Surrealism from the Collection
<p>dreamscape: Surrealism from the Collection<br><br>September 10, 2022-December 31, 2022</p><p>price 0-$10<br><br>This exhibition takes a look at both classic Surrealism (Dali, deChirico, Escher) of the 1930s and 1940s and more modern and contemporary artists who adhere to surrealistic principles (Cocke, Lanyon). While there have been several Surrealism exhibitions over the years, little attention has been given to artists working since the 1940s whose work continues to demonstrate Surrealism’s influence. This exhibition, drawn from the CRMA’s collection, will start the conversation on this phenomenon in a new and engaging way.</p> 2022-10-08 16:00:00 -0500
10/08/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Book Binding
<p>Explore the art of book binding by seeing examples of resident artist Harper Folsom's work, learning about different techniques and using tools provided to create your own unique bound book. Suggested for ages 13 and older.</p><p>Saturday, Oct. 8, 10-11:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Friday, Oct. 21, 10-11:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p> 2022-08-30 11:30:00 -0500
10/08/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
The Art of Nature & Nature of Art at Prairiewoods: Poetry
<p>Join Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) every other month as we reflect in nature and express our mindful exploration through art. The October session will feature Prairiewoods’ artist-in-residence, poet Carol Tyx, as we celebrate fall’s emergence. We will explore the woodland, prairie, wetlands and gardens, and engage with a deeper understanding of the ecology that encompasses our environment. Upon the conclusion of our walk, Carol will help us to reflect on what we observed and manifest it in the form of poetry. A free-will offering will be accepted. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2022-06-20 12:00:00 -0500
10/08/2210:00 a.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
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Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-10-08 16:00:00 -0500
10/08/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Dick Pinney: Jack of All Trades
<p>Dick Pinney (1924-1996) was a long-time favorite in the Cedar Rapids art scene. Accomplished in many media, this former creative director for Stamats Communications and Coe College vice president was perhaps most famous for the numerous carved wood assemblages that he created, usually as commissions for area business leaders. Paintings, drawings, ceramics, assemblages, constructions, games, and puppets were all part of Pinney’s repertoire. This exhibition, timed to coincide with the 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Pinney’s passing in 1996, celebrates the artist’s diverse and wide-reaching artwork. </p> 2022-10-08 16:00:00 -0500
10/08/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
The Collector's Eye: The Collection of Thomas C. Jackson and Joanne Stevens
<p>The Collector's Eye: The Collection of Thomas C. Jackson and Joanne Stevens<br><br>October 1, 2022-January 15, 2023<br>Price 0-$10<br><br>Local collectors Tom Jackson and Joanne Stevens have been slowly amassing a remarkable collection of prints by significant modern and contemporary artists, including John Baldessari, Enrique Chagoya, Sam Francis, Claes Oldenburg, Wayne Thiebaud, and Kara Walker. In total, the collection represents some of the more significant American artists of the past 70 years. At the same time, it also looks at a number of political issues that these artists explored. The collection, rather unique in Cedar Rapids, is all the more poignant because it was built together by this husband-and-wife team, one of which is a full time practicing artist himself.</p> 2022-10-08 20:00:00 -0500
10/08/2212:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Free Admission at the Grant Wood Studio
<p>The Grant Wood Studio is open for the season with free admission. Come see where Grant Wood lived and worked!</p> 2022-10-08 16:00:00 -0500
10/08/2212:00 p.m.The Grant Wood StudioCedar Rapids -
A Hub, a Network, an Archive: 55 Years of International Writers in Iowa City
<p>The International Writing Program (IWP) has brought close to 1,600 writers from more than 150 countries to the University of Iowa since 1967. In celebration of the program’s 55th anniversary, the exhibition <a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/exhibit/iwp55years/"><em>A Hub, a Network, an Archive: 55 Years of International Writers in Iowa City</em></a> tells the story of IWP’s genesis, its role in cultural diplomacy, Iowa City as a site of literary praxis and global networking, and the images of Iowa that writers have carried home with them as represented in their work.</p><p>Curated by Nataša Ďurovičová and Lisa Gardinier, the exhibition includes University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives materials such as the Paul Engle Papers, the International Writing Program Records, the Toothpaste/Coffee House Press Records, and more. Items from the University of Iowa Libraries circulating collection, IWP’s Shambaugh House, and friends of IWP also make an appearance, in addition to a selection of large portraits of writers by photographer Thomas Langdon.</p><p><strong>MAIN LIBRARY GALLERY HOURS:</strong></p><p><strong>Monday: </strong>9 a.m. – 6 p.m.<br><strong>Tuesday:</strong> 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.<br><strong>Wednesday:</strong> 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.<br><strong>Thursday:</strong> 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.<br><strong>Friday:</strong> 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.<br><strong>Saturday:</strong> 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.<br><strong>Sunday:</strong> 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.</p><p><strong>Admission is always FREE. The exhibition will be open Aug. 22 - Dec. 16, 2022. </strong><br>Please note that the Main Library Gallery will be closed on the following University of Iowa holidays during the fall semester: Sept. 5 (Labor Day), Nov. 24-25 (Thanksgiving).</p><p><em>Because the Main Library Gallery is an educational space on campus, there may occasionally be classes visiting during open hours. Thank you for your understanding.</em></p><p>The easiest way to access the Main Library Gallery is via the north entrance of the Main Library. Find parking options here: <a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/locations/main/parking/">lib.uiowa.edu/locations/main/parking</a></p><p><em>Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the Main Library Gallery in advance during weekdays at 319-467-1805 or <a href="mailto:sara-pinkham@uiowa.edu">sara-pinkham@uiowa.edu</a>.</em> </p> 2022-10-08 17:00:00 -0500
10/08/221:00 p.m.Main Library Gallery, University of Iowa LibrariesIowa City