What is Arts and Culture?
Check out with 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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Chamber Recital
<p>Coe String Seminar Class and String Faculty performing.</p> 2019-02-28 20:30:00 -06004/23/197:30 p.m.Coe College- Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium in Marquis HallCedar Rapids -
Family Music Class
<p>Join Lisa of <a href="http://mymusiconthemove.com/">Music on the Move</a> for 45 minutes of music and play! Sing, play, listen, laugh, move, learn and bond with your baby, toddler, or preschooler. Lisa is a board-certified music therapist - all children are welcome!</p><p dir="ltr">Wednesdays at 9:15 am. <a href="https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/MOTGNS/">Register online</a> or call <span title="Call with Google Voice">(319) 849-8288</span> to reserve your seat. </p><p dir="ltr"><em>Drop in to any class for $12.50 or purchase a package of 4 classes/$41. Cash discount available. Siblings 1/2 off! Siblings under 8 months are free!</em></p> 2019-04-24 10:00:00 -0500
4/24/199:15 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids -
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Brucemore Mansion Tours
<p>A visit to Brucemore explores more than 130 years of Eastern Iowa history through the lives of the three families who called Brucemore home—the Sinclairs, the Douglases, and the Halls. They were business and community leaders during a century of evolution in the Midwest. The changes they made to their estate, the impact they had on their community, and the stories they left behind shape our understanding of modern Cedar Rapids, eastern Iowa, and the American Midwest.</p><p><br></p><p>Mansion tours are offered March through December, Wednesday through Sunday. Inquire for times within the general visiting hours. Tickets can be purchased online, over the phone, or in the visitor center. Advance ticket purchase is recommended as tours sell-out, especially during periods of high demand. Admission fees vary by tour selection, season, and ticket type. </p> 2019-04-24 15:15:00 -0500
4/24/199:30 a.m.BrucemoreCedar Rapids -
Kid N Canvas at Wild Hogs: Cork N Canvas Iowa
<p>Kid N Canvas classes are for kids 8 to 16. Join us at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wildhogssaloonandeatery/" target="_blank">Wild Hogs Saloon & Eatery</a> (350 Commercial Dr, Walford, IA 52351) on Saturday Morning 10 am. $20 per painting, please only 1 painter per ticket. <a data-lynx-mode="hover" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FKidNCanvas%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1ZuBql5YhT_ZZMSJdC5BmZhkEczwX0Rd2TgMJWAOu_5O3STZQuFzX5oL0&h=AT2LXyacJgI48cFp2ojl6wyJgHfAQYi7BRwHeNGScy30ZbvL3_kNyuNds4M0p-RgRHEg4SU_gM5Ofb-JWAh4nzObwKl_IqQiNQvgU5GTePgOVC_IbZXswNzbx_M8qLrqUA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/KidNCanvas</a> **Kid N Canvas at Wild Hogs, is not providing a Hy-Vee gift card. The only location that is providing a gift card is Collins road, they setup the classes to help drive more traffic as the constitutions is going on Collins road. - Sorry for any inconvenience this has cause, Cork n Canvas Iowa is not providing any gift cards, this is a promotion Collins Road Hy-Vee is doing. ** 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 1.5 to 2 hrs. This location is not providing gift-cards. 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><br></p><p>Get your ticket today - <a data-lynx-mode="hover" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FKidNCanvas%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3-8Xg5n_Lcxkyqd1hdCWCPaJ9niO78qtUzsSu5brGfjmwukFAYNu8Ag30&h=AT2LXyacJgI48cFp2ojl6wyJgHfAQYi7BRwHeNGScy30ZbvL3_kNyuNds4M0p-RgRHEg4SU_gM5Ofb-JWAh4nzObwKl_IqQiNQvgU5GTePgOVC_IbZXswNzbx_M8qLrqUA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/KidNCanvas</a> - for ages 8 to 16</p><p><br></p><p>Amanda Happel</p><p>Cork N Canvas Iowa</p><p>319-929-4300</p><p>Email: cork.n.canvas.iowa@gmail.com</p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CorkNCanvasIowa/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CorkNCanvasIowa</a></p><p>Website: <a data-lynx-mode="hover" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.CorknCanvasIowa.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR15SdDNlLj4YJTfDpPFF-lpVkAf1USFLreKxAt-cVRfjOepMnLa9hZTOrQ&h=AT3d43OZ6FZVtKkoHTJwpWhks8MCOX8A5Xi2l8Ay27M_aOSmMhYlmb_Jp_9-rUtQPLI87acECRYmfrOryLWe-67e9gaiBPci69wIDgF59yQRZ8lr91Wjwxa381voyTfILw" href="http://www.corkncanvasiowa.com/?fbclid=IwAR15SdDNlLj4YJTfDpPFF-lpVkAf1USFLreKxAt-cVRfjOepMnLa9hZTOrQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.CorknCanvasIowa.com</a></p>
5/04/1910:00 a.m.Wild Hogs Saloon & EateryWalford -
Art Exhibit: True Maps
<p>Gilded Pear Gallery is pleased to present <em>True Maps</em>, a solo exhibit of new works by Thérèse Murdza.</p><p>A writer turned visual artist, Thérèse Murdza began drawing big words on giant rolls of paper in 1998. Using an animated range of circles, lines, and colors, she continued her work onto stretched canvas, eventually building her signature bright, richly textured paintings. Her previous training remains an influence: “In college, I studied theater performance, learning new forms of materializing sounds in transitory space. I acted, directed, and wrote poetry and plays. After graduation I distilled my writing further, in search of the precise moments of emotion and of contact. Not narrating the beginnings and ends, but middles; the being in the middle of things. Years spent living up and down the east coast had me literally taking the words apart. Disintegrating the shapes of the words into lines, circles, squares and color. Seeing music, hearing words, somehow marking sound in charcoal, ink, pencil, and then: paint.”</p><p>Thérèse has a BS in Theatre Arts from Towson University, MD. She studied Life Drawing at the Durham Arts Council School; Botanical Drawing at the ArtSchool at The ArtsCenter, NC; and Mural Painting with Larry Kangas in Portland, OR. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon and has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally. Her work can be found in many residential, commercial, and museum collections, including: Kaiser Permanente Beaverton Medical Office. Portland, OR; Bluebird Real Estate. Portland, OR; Oregon Reproductive Medicine Clinic. Portland, OR; United Fire Group. Los Angeles, CA; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. Cedar Rapids, IA; Raven Industries. Sioux Falls, SD; Raining Rose, Inc. Cedar Rapids, IA; United Fire Group. Cedar Rapids, IA; TD Ameritrade Headquarters. Omaha, NE; Creative Entertainment Management. Portland, OR; among others.</p> 2019-04-24 16:00:00 -0500
4/24/1910:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
StoryJAM
<p>StoryJAM is a music, movement and stories program for children and their families. Designed to develop singing and music making as an early literacy skill, come prepared to move, shake, and sing as we take "Joy in Action and Music".</p> 2019-04-17 11:00:00 -0500
4/24/1910:30 a.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
PD Dance Moves
<p>60-minute dance program for People with Parkinson’s Disease. Care partners are welcome to attend. Dance can improve balance, flexibility, range of motion, and overall improve your ability to accomplish your activities of daily living. The class utilizes technical elements from various dance styles including Jazz, Swing, Salsa, Waltz, Foxtrot, and Argentine Tango. Previous dance experience not required.</p> 2019-04-24 11:30:00 -05004/24/1910:30 a.m.Eastern Iowa Parkinson's Wellness & Resource CenterCedar Rapids -
CRMA Museum Store Artist of the MonthKimberly Machovec-Smith
<p>Kimberly Machovec-Smith, an Iowa native, was trained as an art conservator. She recently returned to oil painting. Her current work illustrates the private moment of transformation a single seed experiences as it begins its journey toward reproduction. Warmed by the earth, the seed begins to swell, stretching and ripping open to release the lengthening root in its effort to find nourishment.</p> 2019-04-24 16:00:00 -0500
4/24/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Power and Protest: Political Photography and Prints
<p>American politics have been contentious for as long as America has existed. Drawn from the CRMA’s own collection of photographs and prints, Power and Protest celebrates the glossy official images of political power, the behind-the-scenes work to keep people there, and the demonstrations, marches, and rallies that spoke to that power. Power and Protest was designed as a complement to the John F. Kennedy exhibition and both emphasize the role art has had in shaping the political views of our nation.</p><p>This exhibition has been made possible by the McIntyre Foundation and the Diamond V Corporate Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. </p><p>Image caption:</p><p>Ben Shahn, <em>Martin Luther King Jr</em>., 1966, wood engraving, 24 7/8 x 20 1/16 inches, gift of Peter O. Stamats, 69.11.29.</p> 2019-04-24 16:00:00 -0500
4/24/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times
<p>American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times brings together seventy-seven images culled from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Getty Images, private collections, and the Kennedy family archives. The dramatic scope of Kennedy’s life is evident in these photographs—from his first congressional bid as a decorated war hero in 1946, his fairytale marriage to Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953, his run for the White House in 1960 and role as commander in chief, to the tragedy of his death in Dallas in 1963. These images remain as vivid evidence of John Kennedy’s imprint upon the American conscience.</p> 2019-04-24 16:00:00 -0500
4/24/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Terra Nova: Ten Years
<p><strong>Terra Nova: Ten Years</strong></p><p>The CRMA celebrates ten years of collaborating with the Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio. In 2009, the CRMA began meeting with artists who had completed residencies at the Ceramics Center and acquiring a piece of their work—often completed during their residency—for the Museum’s collection. This mutually beneficial arrangement allowed the artists to establish themselves in a museum collection and receive professional experience with curators while growing the CRMA’s collection of three-dimensional art. The exhibition will display artwork from every resident from 2009 to 2018 and both executive directors, a testament to the fruitfulness of this collaboration.</p><p>Image caption:</p><p>April Woolsey, <em>Ascending Blocks</em>, 2003, terracotta, 13 ¼ x 6 1/3 inches, gift of the artist, 2010.037. </p><p><em>This exhibition and accompanying educational programming have been made possible by the GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation Donor-Advised Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Hotel-Motel Tax Fund, the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts, members of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, and contributors to the Museum’s Annual Fund. Annual educational programming support has been provided in part by Transamerica.</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-04-24 16:00:00 -0500
4/24/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art By Your Friends And Neighbors
<p>The Marion Heritage Center<em> </em>will open its doors for the eighteenth annual Art by Your Friends and Neighbors art show from 1PM to 4PM on Sunday, March 17. This year‘s exhibit will feature over 60 works of art by area artists - mostly Marion residents. Included will be drawings and photography, ceramics, watercolor, oil and pastel renderings. In announcing the event, exhibit chairman, Jay Kacena, said that that last year’s event, which attracted over 700 visitors, confirmed the fact that "not only are there a lot of talented people in our town, there is a strong interest by others who enjoy seeing what they can do." Many of the works will be offered for sale. </p><p>A special display, dubbed "Repeat, Repeat and Repeat", features six interpretations of the same subject, painted by six different members of the Creative Artists Group along with the photograph on which the work is based.</p><p>As in the past, opening day admittance to the exhibit will be FREE due to the sponsorship of Hills Bank and Trust Company. Visitors will be invited to vote for their favorite entry and cash prizes will be awarded for the three most popular artists when the show closes on Saturday, June 1, 2019. www.marionheritagecenter</p> 2019-04-01 16:00:00 -05004/24/191:00 p.m.Marion Heritage Center & MuseumMarion -
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Parkin-Singers - Vocal Exercise for PD
<p>Parkinsingers is a 45-minute vocal exercise group for those with Parkinson's and their caregivers. There are MANY benefits to singing! These include: improving volume and clarity when speaking, strengthening muscles involved in swallowing and breathing, increasing mood, providing opportunities for self-expression, and of course having fun! Each class we begin with vocal warm ups and then sing through favorite songs. No previous singing experience required, and all are welcome!</p> 2019-04-24 13:45:00 -05004/24/191:00 p.m.Eastern Iowa Parkinson's Wellness & Resource CenterCedar Rapids -
Totally Tweens: Poetry Workshop
<p>Join us to write your own poems and learn about various poetic forms from haiku, concrete poems, acrostic poems, limericks, etc. Read them aloud or write for your eyes only.</p><p>All materials will be provided and refreshments will be served. A poetry slam will take place the last 15 minutes of the workshop; parents and guardians may attend.</p><p>Just for kids in 3rd-6th grade.</p><p>Registration is required.</p> 2019-04-17 17:00:00 -0500
4/24/193:30 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
VFW POST # 788 AUXILIARY MEATLOAF DINNER
<p>VFW POST # 788 AUXILIARY MEATLOAF DINNER ON APRIL 24, 2019 FROM 5 TO 7 PM. SERVING MEATLOAF-MASHED POTATOES GREEN BEANS AND DESSERT. COST $ 8.00 BINGO TO FOLLOW AT & PM BOTH EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.</p><p> </p> 2019-04-04 19:00:00 -05004/24/195:00 p.m.VFW Post # 788Cedar Rapids, Iowa -
The Chef’s Table Series
<p>The Chef’s Table series is a perfect four-course series for students looking for more confidence in the kitchen. This is a hands-on series focused on learning by doing. Each week students will learn how to prepare one part of an elegant four-course meal guaranteed to impress friends and family. Classes include: Appetizers and Knife Basics, Soups and Salads, Entrees Basics, and Desserts Basics. Ages 18 and up.</p><p>Registration is required prior to the class start date. If you have questions or would like to register, please visit <a href="http://www.kirkwood.edu/ce">www.kirkwood.edu/ce</a> or contact 319-398-1022.</p> 2019-03-08 20:30:00 -06004/24/196:00 p.m.Kirkwood Kitchen at NewBo City MarketCedar Rapids -
The Chef’s Table: Appetizers and Knife Basics
<p>The Appetizers and Knife Basics class focuses on preparing elegant appetizers and understanding the difference between various types of kitchen knives. This course emphasizes proper knife usage and safely preforming various knives cuts, all while students prepare three classic appetizers. Take all four of The Chef’s Table courses for a discounted tuition by enrolling in the series. Ages 18 and up.</p><p><strong>Please read: </strong><span> </span>Please bring a chef's knife, an apron and tupperware to take you work home.</p><p>Registration is required prior to the class start date. If you have questions or would like to register, please visit <a href="http://www.kirkwood.edu/ce">www.kirkwood.edu/ce</a> or contact 319-398-1022.</p> 2019-03-08 20:00:00 -06004/24/196:00 p.m.Kirkwood Kitchen at NewBo City MarketCedar Rapids -
Longbranch Name that Tune
<p>7-10 pm <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NameThatTuneWithMatt/" target="_blank">Name That Tune</a> (compete against other teams to win prizes). No Cover 21 and older!</p><p>All you can eat Taco Bar-5:00 pm-9:00 pm.</p><p>$5.00 with a beverage purchase.</p> 2019-04-24 22:00:00 -0500
4/24/197:00 p.m.Longbranch RestaurantCedar Rapids -
Country Dance / Family Night
<p>DJ music by Mike Boerjan</p><p>Requests welcome</p><p>Country Line Dance</p><p>Line Dance Lesson</p><p>Large dance floor</p><p>All ages welcome</p><p>$5.00 admission</p> 2019-04-24 21:00:00 -05004/24/197:00 p.m.DanceMor BallroomSwisher -
Do's and Don'ts at Solon American Legion
<p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Dance to 50's & 60's Rock N Roll by <strong>The Do's and The Don'ts</strong> </span></p><p>The Escorts/The Do's and Don'ts were one of the first professional bands in Iowa to play Rock N Roll music. They were also the first one in the state to feature a female keyboard player in what was mostly an all-male music business. </p><p><br></p><p>The Escorts' first official date was playing in the store window for the grand opening of the Montgomery Wards' store in Washington, Iowa. They didn't stay long in the Wards' window, as The Escorts quickly became Eastern Iowa's #1 touring and recording rock music attraction. </p><p><br></p><p>In 1966 they were signed to New York's Red Bird Records label and quickly came out with I Wonder If She Loves Me, written by Roger Booth. It was listed in the Spotlight Singles of the July 2, 1966, issue of Billboard Magazine. It was with the release of this record that The Escorts changed their name to The Do's & The Don'ts at the urging of the record label. </p><p><br></p><p>Sat, May 4 7:00PM-11:00PM </p><p>American Legion Stinocher Post 460 </p><p>222 E Main St. Solon, IA 52333 </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/stinocher460/ ">https://www.facebook.com/stinocher460/ </a></p><p><a href="http://www.solonamericanlegionpost460.com/">http://www.solonamericanlegionpost460.com/</a></p><p>Read more at <a href="http://www.escortsdosdonts.com/rock-music-history.html">http://www.escortsdosdonts.com/rock-music-history.html</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.escortsdosdonts">http://www.escortsdosdonts</a></p><p><br></p> 2016-11-19 23:00:00 -0600
5/04/197:00 p.m.American Legion Stinocher Post 460Solon -
Luther College Collegium Musicum to present concert April 24
<p>Featuring the oratorio "Jepthe," the Luther College Collegium Musicum will present a concert at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, in the Noble Recital Hall of Luther's Jenson Noble Hall of Music.</p><p>The concert is open to the public with no charge for admission.</p><p>The program will feature the 17th-century oratorio, "Jepthe," by Giacomo Carissimi. The work tells the tragic Biblical story of King Jepthe and the sacrifice of his daughter, as told in the Book of Judges. Famous in Western music history as one of the great early oratorios and in choral circles for its memorable final chorus, "Jepthe" is rarely performed in its entirety.</p><p>The oratorio performance will feature faculty soloists Jennaya Robison, soprano, and Evan Mitchell, tenor, in addition to student soloists, chorus, cello and bass. Collegium Director Kathryn Reed will conduct the work from the harpsichord. </p><p>Also featured in the concert are works by Thomas Tallis for recorder ensemble and a set of English madrigals for vocal ensemble.</p><p>Luther is home to one of the largest collegiate music programs in the nation, with five choirs, three orchestras, three bands, two jazz bands and nearly 800 student musicians. Luther students participate in large ensembles, faculty-coached chamber groups, private lessons and master classes. More than 275 music majors study music theory, ear training, history, education, composition, jazz, church music and performance.</p> 2019-04-12 21:00:00 -0500
4/24/197:30 p.m.Luther College Noble Recital HallDecorah -
Thursday Forum - The Count, The Duke, The King and Glenn: Music of the Big Band and Swing Era
<p>This forum will highlight the stories and music of four fantastic big band leaders who dominated the swing era: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman (“the King of Swing”) and Iowa’s own Glenn Miller.</p> 2019-04-25 11:30:00 -0500
4/25/198:45 a.m.Coe College, Hickok Hall, Kesler Lecture HallCedar Rapids -
Linn County Food Systems Council Meeting
<p>This meeting will be held at the Jean Oxley Public Service Center, Conference Room 3A & 3B, Lower Level, 935 2nd Street SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This meeting is open to the public. Meeting dates and times can change. Please contact Planning & Development at (319) 892-5130 regarding meeting status. </p> 2019-04-25 10:30:00 -0500
4/25/199:00 a.m.Jean Oxley Public Service CenterCedar Rapids -
Brucemore Mansion Tours
<p>A visit to Brucemore explores more than 130 years of Eastern Iowa history through the lives of the three families who called Brucemore home—the Sinclairs, the Douglases, and the Halls. They were business and community leaders during a century of evolution in the Midwest. The changes they made to their estate, the impact they had on their community, and the stories they left behind shape our understanding of modern Cedar Rapids, eastern Iowa, and the American Midwest.</p><p><br></p><p>Mansion tours are offered March through December, Wednesday through Sunday. Inquire for times within the general visiting hours. Tickets can be purchased online, over the phone, or in the visitor center. Advance ticket purchase is recommended as tours sell-out, especially during periods of high demand. Admission fees vary by tour selection, season, and ticket type. </p> 2019-04-25 15:15:00 -0500
4/25/199:30 a.m.BrucemoreCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: True Maps
<p>Gilded Pear Gallery is pleased to present <em>True Maps</em>, a solo exhibit of new works by Thérèse Murdza.</p><p>A writer turned visual artist, Thérèse Murdza began drawing big words on giant rolls of paper in 1998. Using an animated range of circles, lines, and colors, she continued her work onto stretched canvas, eventually building her signature bright, richly textured paintings. Her previous training remains an influence: “In college, I studied theater performance, learning new forms of materializing sounds in transitory space. I acted, directed, and wrote poetry and plays. After graduation I distilled my writing further, in search of the precise moments of emotion and of contact. Not narrating the beginnings and ends, but middles; the being in the middle of things. Years spent living up and down the east coast had me literally taking the words apart. Disintegrating the shapes of the words into lines, circles, squares and color. Seeing music, hearing words, somehow marking sound in charcoal, ink, pencil, and then: paint.”</p><p>Thérèse has a BS in Theatre Arts from Towson University, MD. She studied Life Drawing at the Durham Arts Council School; Botanical Drawing at the ArtSchool at The ArtsCenter, NC; and Mural Painting with Larry Kangas in Portland, OR. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon and has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally. Her work can be found in many residential, commercial, and museum collections, including: Kaiser Permanente Beaverton Medical Office. Portland, OR; Bluebird Real Estate. Portland, OR; Oregon Reproductive Medicine Clinic. Portland, OR; United Fire Group. Los Angeles, CA; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. Cedar Rapids, IA; Raven Industries. Sioux Falls, SD; Raining Rose, Inc. Cedar Rapids, IA; United Fire Group. Cedar Rapids, IA; TD Ameritrade Headquarters. Omaha, NE; Creative Entertainment Management. Portland, OR; among others.</p> 2019-04-25 16:00:00 -0500
4/25/1910:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
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April Museum Store Artist of the Month-Kimberly Machovec-Smith
<p>Kimberly Machovec-Smith, an Iowa native, was trained as an art conservator. She recently returned to oil painting. Her current work illustrates the private moment of transformation a single seed experiences as it begins its journey toward reproduction. Warmed by the earth, the seed begins to swell, stretching and ripping open to release the lengthening root in its effort to find nourishment.</p> 2019-04-25 20:00:00 -05004/25/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Power and Protest: Political Photography and Prints
<p>American politics have been contentious for as long as America has existed. Drawn from the CRMA’s own collection of photographs and prints, Power and Protest celebrates the glossy official images of political power, the behind-the-scenes work to keep people there, and the demonstrations, marches, and rallies that spoke to that power. Power and Protest was designed as a complement to the John F. Kennedy exhibition and both emphasize the role art has had in shaping the political views of our nation.</p><p>This exhibition has been made possible by the McIntyre Foundation and the Diamond V Corporate Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. </p><p>Image caption:</p><p>LeRoy Neiman, <em>Abraham Lincoln</em>, 1968, serigraph, 17 ¾ x 18 inches, gift of Wendy and Greg Dunn, 94.26.2.</p><p> </p> 2019-04-25 20:00:00 -0500
4/25/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times
<p>American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times brings together seventy-seven images culled from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Getty Images, private collections, and the Kennedy family archives. The dramatic scope of Kennedy’s life is evident in these photographs—from his first congressional bid as a decorated war hero in 1946, his fairytale marriage to Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953, his run for the White House in 1960 and role as commander in chief, to the tragedy of his death in Dallas in 1963. These images remain as vivid evidence of John Kennedy’s imprint upon the American conscience.</p> 2019-04-25 20:00:00 -0500
4/25/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Terra Nova: Ten Years
<p>The CRMA celebrates ten years of collaborating with the Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio. In 2009, the CRMA began meeting with artists who had completed residencies at the Ceramics Center and acquiring a piece of their work—often completed during their residency—for the Museum’s collection. This mutually beneficial arrangement allowed the artists to establish themselves in a museum collection and receive professional experience with curators while growing the CRMA’s collection of three-dimensional art. The exhibition will display artwork from every resident from 2009 to 2018 and both executive directors, a testament to the fruitfulness of this collaboration.</p><p>Image caption:</p><p>Wendy Thoreson, Untitled (sauce boat), 2014, earthenware, 4 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches, gift of the artist, 2014.03.</p><p> </p><p><em>This exhibition and accompanying educational programming have been made possible by the GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation Donor-Advised Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Hotel-Motel Tax Fund, the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts, members of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, and contributors to the Museum’s Annual Fund. Annual educational programming support has been provided in part by Transamerica.</em></p> 2019-04-25 20:00:00 -0500
4/25/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Community Stitch
<p>Community Stitch is a group that meets monthly to make door hangers and lap robes for nursing home residents. These are distributed to residents at Christmas time.</p> 2019-04-25 15:00:00 -05004/25/191:00 p.m.Village NeedleworkMarion