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Annual Soup & Tenderloin Supper
<p>This annual supper is a benefit for the Alburnett Historical Society. A freewill donation will give you a choice of four soups, a tenderloin, pie and drink. Proceeds will help finance our "Five Year Plan" and continued renovation of the ACHS building.</p> 2019-10-14 19:00:00 -050010/19/194:00 p.m.Alburnett Community Historical SocietyAlburnett -
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> 2019-10-24 15:00:00 -050010/24/191:00 p.m.Village NeedleworkMarion -
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Prayer Experience Series: Contemplative Experience at Prairiewoods
<p>Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) is pleased to announce a new ongoing series focused on a group prayer experience that is open to all. In October, facilitator Betty Daugherty, FSPA, will help us experience contemplation, which is both an ancient and new tradition in our search of the Holy One. In contemplation we stop our doing and learn to be; we enter into communion with the God beyond words and with our own deepest essence. We will experience the power of being in contemplation with others and sending peace and love into the brokenness of our world. Feel free to enjoy this as a series or as individual sessions. A free-will offering will be accepted, and registration is appreciated but not required. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2019-10-16 12:00:00 -0500
10/15/1911:30 a.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
'Rising Together: Protest in Print'
<p>This exhibit features artist books, prints, and zines with social justice themes drawn from the University of Iowa Special Collections and the <a href="http://www.collegebookart.org/" target="_blank">College Book Art Association</a> (CBAA) juried traveling exhibition <em>Rising Together</em>.</p><p>Through contemporary and historical examples, the exhibit demonstrates how artist books, zines, and prints give activism a visual voice and can serve as powerful agents in effecting positive social change on issues encompassing power, politics, war, immigration, the environment and more. Featured items include a wide range of editioned or one-of-a-kind book art and print activity–editioned artist books, sculptural bookworks, altered books, chapbooks, broadsides, protest signs, zines.</p><p>In addition to rare items from the University of Iowa's Special Collections, many contemporary artists, presses and collectives are represented in the CBAA portion of the show.</p><p><strong><em>Check Main Library Gallery hours of operation here: </em></strong><strong><a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/location-and-hours/" target="_blank">https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/location-and-hours/</a> <em>Weekend hours are shortened.</em></strong></p><p><strong>The Main Library Gallery is located on the 1st Floor of the University of Iowa's Main Library. (Toward the north side of the building.)</strong></p> 2019-10-16 18:00:00 -0500
10/16/199:00 a.m.Main Library Gallery, University of Iowa LibrariesIowa City -
Welcome Wednesdays - Wringing Nickels out of Broom Handles
<p>Come share tips and tricks for getting the maximum good out of precious dollars. We’re challenging each other to be thrifty, positive, and creative! Discuss frugal hacks, and thrifty Grandma Wisdom!</p> 2019-10-16 12:00:00 -0500
10/16/1911:30 a.m.Ecumenical Community CenterCedar Rapids -
Up All Night: The Art of the Dark
<p>From Renaissance artists painting images of the Nativity to 18th century artists depicting new scientific discoveries to Post-Impressionist painters such as Van Gogh turning the night sky into a mesmeric swirl of brush strokes, the night has been inspiring artists for hundreds of years. The dark can symbolize many things in art: mystery, solitude, fear, superstition, secrets, or death. The striking juxtaposition of light against the night may represent hope, discovery, magic, the evidence of a divine presence, or other forms of literal “enlightenment.” Historically, night scenes were a chance for artists to show off their mastery of painting light effects. Moonlight, candles, and later, electric lights against the dark added drama to the scene. <em>Up All Night </em>celebrates the night scenes in the CRMA’s collection: Grant Wood’s evocative Quaker Oats, Marvin Cone’s charming Christmas cards, M.C. Escher’s tesselated <em>Day into Night</em>, amongst others. Enjoy the look at one of art history’s oldest ways of infusing drama into art.</p><p><br></p> 2019-10-16 16:00:00 -0500
10/16/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Haunted: Marvin Cone’s Ghosts
<p>In the academic year of 1938-1939, Marvin Cone took a leave of absence from teaching at Coe College and secured a studio in the Granby Building in downtown Cedar Rapids. Funded by local businessmen, Cone received an uninterrupted “year of freedom,” as he termed it, to devote to his painting. In this newfound freedom, Cone departed from his beloved depiction of barns and the Iowa landscape and turned inward, literally. He began to focus on eerie, atmospheric building interiors, painted almost in monotone. Some of these interiors began to include images of ghosts, their bodies transparent but distinct against the background. Although common enough in children’s book illustration, Cone’s ghosts are highly unusual in “fine” art. Of these paintings, Cone said that he wanted to establish, “a lonesome and apprehensive atmosphere.” In addition to ghosts, Cone also experimented with adding gloomy portraits of “Uncle Ben” to the austere walls of his interior, or simply ominous titles that alluded to the room having just been vacated by an unknown presence.</p><p><br></p><p>After initially broaching the subject in the late 1930s, Cone returned to it several times, which was unusual for him. These interior spaces and their otherworldly inhabitants called him back through the 1950s and into the mid-1960s, near the end of his life. <em>Haunted: Marvin Cone’s Ghosts</em> is a celebration of this intriguing theme and its unusual and enigmatic presence in Cone’s artwork.</p> 2019-10-16 16:00:00 -0500
10/16/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
The Collins Story: On the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
<p>The Marion Heritage Center & Museum newest exhibition <em>The Collins Story: On the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing.</em> The greatest achievement in history, landing men on the moon, took the work of thousands, but it would have been impossible if one man, Arthur Collins, had not dedicated his life to perfecting radio communication and building the company that invented space communication and <em>has brought us the voice and pictures of every astronaut for 50 years, the Collins Radio Company. </em>Brought to you in collaboration with the <em>Arthur A. Collins Legacy Association</em>. Free Admission sponsored by the McIntyre Foundation of Cedar Rapids.</p> 2019-10-16 16:00:00 -050010/16/191:00 p.m.Marion Heritage Center & MuseumMarion -
Exploring Poverty's Puzzles
<p><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span itemprop="description"><em>One-Third</em> of our Linn County neighbors struggle to pay for basic needs.</span> Join ECCF and Friends for discussions on how best to assist our Linn County neighbors with the most critical basic needs.</p><p>Our keynote speaker this year is Jane Drapeaux, CEO, Hawkeye Area Community Action Program (HACAP). Other community leaders will moderate conversations about what we can do to strengthen our community!</p><p>Pieces of the puzzle include:</p><ul><li><strong>Affordable Housing</strong></li><li><strong>Transportation</strong></li><li><strong>Employment</strong></li><li><strong>Utility Affordability</strong></li><li><strong>Child Care</strong></li><li><strong>Health Care</strong></li><li><strong>Nutrition</strong></li><li><strong>Educational Opportunity</strong></li></ul><p>and more!</p><p>Donations benefit Linn County neighbors in need. </p> 2019-08-14 16:00:00 -0500
10/26/192:00 p.m.Westminster Presbyterian ChurchCedar Rapids -
ScienTweens
<p>Don't just learn science - DO science with the Iowa City Science Booster Club! This monthly hands-on program for tweens gives you a chance to use cool scientific equipment to discover and explore the world around you. Learn about a different scientific concept or phenomenon each month and have your mind blown by fascinating facts.</p><p>Just for kids in 3rd-6th grades.</p> 2019-10-04 17:00:00 -0500
10/16/194:00 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
Homework Help
<p>Get a boost this fall with FREE Tutoring!<br>Kids grades K-6 can receive one on one tutoring from a University of Iowa Honors Student to keep their skills sharp or for extra practice this fall.<br>Please sign up online for only one 20 minute session per week. </p> 2019-10-16 19:00:00 -0500
10/16/195:00 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
Community Night at Short's Eastside
<p>Enjoy the best burgers in town while supporting the environment and your community. 15% of ALL sales after 5pm will go to Bur Oak Land Trust. This includes dine in, carry out, food, and drinks! Funds will be utilized to improve native prairies and woodlands in Johnson County, and to restore habitat for pollinators such as the endangered Rusty Patched bumble bee and Monarch butterflies. Bur Oak Land Trust properties are open to the public, and we encourage the community to explore them year round. </p> 2019-09-10 21:00:00 -050010/16/195:00 p.m.Short's Burgers EastsideIowa City -
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Soul Care: Creative Arts Grief Support Group at Prairiewoods
<p>Take time to be with others in grief and engage the creative spark. Jamie Siela, LISW, and Julie Wehner, LMSW, M.Div, BCC, of Unity Point Hospice facilitate this monthly grief support group open to anyone grieving loss through death. On the third Wednesday of each month, we explore a different creative medium at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha). On Oct. 16, we will smash paint balls to create art and to experience a physical and emotional release. <em>(Please note that we will meet at 6 this month.)</em> This support group is offered as a partnership between Prairiewoods and Unity Point Hospice. It is free and includes all art supplies. Registration is required by the previous Friday. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2019-02-15 19:00:00 -0600
10/16/196:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
'Rising Together: Protest in Print'
<p>This exhibit features artist books, prints, and zines with social justice themes drawn from the University of Iowa Special Collections and the <a href="http://www.collegebookart.org/" target="_blank">College Book Art Association</a> (CBAA) juried traveling exhibition <em>Rising Together</em>.</p><p>Through contemporary and historical examples, the exhibit demonstrates how artist books, zines, and prints give activism a visual voice and can serve as powerful agents in effecting positive social change on issues encompassing power, politics, war, immigration, the environment and more. Featured items include a wide range of editioned or one-of-a-kind book art and print activity–editioned artist books, sculptural bookworks, altered books, chapbooks, broadsides, protest signs, zines.</p><p>In addition to rare items from the University of Iowa's Special Collections, many contemporary artists, presses and collectives are represented in the CBAA portion of the show.</p><p><strong><em>Check Main Library Gallery hours of operation here: </em></strong><strong><a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/location-and-hours/" target="_blank">https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/location-and-hours/</a> <em>Weekend hours are shortened.</em></strong></p><p><strong>The Main Library Gallery is located on the 1st Floor of the University of Iowa's Main Library. (Toward the north side of the building.)</strong></p> 2019-10-17 18:00:00 -0500
10/17/199:00 a.m.Main Library Gallery, University of Iowa LibrariesIowa City -
Up All Night: The Art of the Dark
<p>From Renaissance artists painting images of the Nativity to 18th century artists depicting new scientific discoveries to Post-Impressionist painters such as Van Gogh turning the night sky into a mesmeric swirl of brush strokes, the night has been inspiring artists for hundreds of years. The dark can symbolize many things in art: mystery, solitude, fear, superstition, secrets, or death. The striking juxtaposition of light against the night may represent hope, discovery, magic, the evidence of a divine presence, or other forms of literal “enlightenment.” Historically, night scenes were a chance for artists to show off their mastery of painting light effects. Moonlight, candles, and later, electric lights against the dark added drama to the scene. <em>Up All Night </em>celebrates the night scenes in the CRMA’s collection: Grant Wood’s evocative Quaker Oats, Marvin Cone’s charming Christmas cards, M.C. Escher’s tesselated <em>Day into Night</em>, amongst others. Enjoy the look at one of art history’s oldest ways of infusing drama into art.</p> 2019-10-17 16:00:00 -0500
10/17/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
The Collins Story: On the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
<p>The Marion Heritage Center & Museum newest exhibition <em>The Collins Story: On the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing.</em> The greatest achievement in history, landing men on the moon, took the work of thousands, but it would have been impossible if one man, Arthur Collins, had not dedicated his life to perfecting radio communication and building the company that invented space communication and <em>has brought us the voice and pictures of every astronaut for 50 years, the Collins Radio Company. </em>Brought to you in collaboration with the <em>Arthur A. Collins Legacy Association</em>. Free Admission sponsored by the McIntyre Foundation of Cedar Rapids.</p> 2019-10-17 16:00:00 -050010/17/191:00 p.m.Marion Heritage Center & MuseumMarion -
Design Depot - Junk Art Design
<p>This mixed media design challenge offers a chance to meld all types of weird materials into one colossal junky project. No judgement here.</p><p>We always recommend confirming details before attending. We hope to see you there!</p> 2019-08-02 15:30:00 -050010/17/192:30 p.m.Downtown Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Corridor Career Fair
<p>Save time in your job search by attending the Fall Corridor Career Fair, meeting over 40 local employers. From entry-level to professional roles as well as light manufacturing jobs, you can learn more about the opportunities at some of Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities. </p><p>Ask questions from recruiters and HR professionals at top employers and bring your resume to share. Laptops and application stations available if you wish to apply on-site. Browse <a href="https://www.corridorcareers.com/events/32-fall-career-fair" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">attending employers here</a>.</p><p>Don't have your resume together? Build a digital resume quickly with <a href="https://www.corridorcareers.com/users/new" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Corridor Careers' Resume Builder</a>.</p><p>Employer booth opportunities are still available! Contact <a href="mailto:recruitment@thegazette.com">Trey or Holly to learn more</a>.</p> 2019-09-18 18:30:00 -0500
10/17/193:30 p.m.Cedar Rapids MarriottCedar Rapids -
Art Lovers Book Club / Stories of Art and Artists edited by Diane Secker Tesdell
<p><em>Stories of Art and Artists </em>gathers two centuries of classic stories from around the world. From Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Artist of the Beautiful” and Albert Camus’s “The Artist at Work” to Bernard Malamud’s “Rembrandt’s Hat” and Aimee Bender’s “The Color Master,” the tales collected here range from haunting fables about the power of art to vivid portraits of those who create. </p> 2019-08-26 17:00:00 -0500
10/17/194:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Open Lab at Beadology Iowa
<p>Receive the benefit of Beadology Iowa’s experienced staff at absolutely no charge.<span> </span>For those who qualify, the flame studio is available for $15 for soft glass and $18 for hard glass—for up to four hours of torch time.<span> </span>A basic metals studio is available for $15.<span> </span></p><p>We hope you take advantage of this special time each week to bead, share techniques, get assistance, and create our area’s beading and jewelry making community.<span> </span>You don’t even have to bead—you can knit, crochet, scrapbook, quilt, read tarot cards—join in!</p><p> </p><p>The flame and metals studio are also available for Open Lab on Sundays, from noon to 5pm when there is not another event in the Bead Lab. </p><p> </p> 2019-10-17 20:00:00 -0500
10/17/194:00 p.m.Beadology IowaIowa City -
Gathering of Good
<p>Bring a friend, browse the Expressive Arts gallery, enjoy a glass of wine, and network with Tanager Place volunteers at this casual, come-and-go gratitude event. </p> 2019-10-11 19:00:00 -0500
10/17/195:00 p.m.RaygunCedar Rapids -
Broken on All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice
<p>Presenting a historical narrative not often heard about prisons and crime, this documentary investigates the complex issues of discretion within the system, racial targeting, and the largest spike in the number of people incarcerated in our nation’s history. Through interviews with people caught up in or involved with the system, this documentary answers and provokes questions on an issue walled-off from the public’s scrutiny. (Run time: 1 hour) </p><p>This screening will be followed by a Q&A session moderated by <strong>Dr. Ruth White,</strong> Executive Director of The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success.</p><p>Doors open at 5 PM. The screening will begin at 5:30.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>About the Series:</strong></p><p>Museums have, more recently, been challenged with lending a voice to issues of social justice (and injustice). The African American Museum of Iowa recognizes this charge and understands the Museum’s growing role in its responsibility to demonstrate history’s direct impact on our present societal culture and climate. By screening these important documentaries, we are opening the door to honest dialogue, discovery, reflection, and even resolution. Documentaries can offer authentic and untold stories that can serve to fill gaps, expose truth and give a deeper meaning. We hope you will join us at the Cedar Rapids Public Library for these real conversations.</p> 2019-09-27 20:00:00 -0500
10/17/195:30 p.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Toast to Life Gala 2019
<p>The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)’s Toast to Life Gala is an event dedicated to saving and improving lives. At MDA, we are committed to transforming the lives of people affected by muscular dystrophy, ALS and related neuromuscular diseases.</p><p>During the evening, guests will have the opportunity to enjoy cocktails, a beer and wine tasting, dinner, bid on silent auction items, and enjoy live entertainment. This special event unites MDA families, business and community leaders, and corporate sponsors in support of continued research efforts and breakthroughs.</p><p>Your support is crucial to help MDA raise the funds and awareness needed to accelerate treatments and cures that will bring strength, independence and life to kids and adults living with life-threatening diseases.</p> 2019-05-22 21:00:00 -050010/17/195:30 p.m.EASTBANK VenueCedar Rapids -
Green Drinks CR
<p><strong>On Thursday, October 17th, the speakers will be from the Green Team CR School District and Van Meter Inc. </strong></p><p><strong>Van Meter</strong><strong> Inc</strong><strong>-</strong> The topic of discussion will be on solar implementation across the residential, commercial and Ag markets. What decision making criteria and education process is involved in making a well informed and confident decision with respect to implementation. An introduction of what considerations are and what the process looks like (how Van Meter aids in that).</p><p><strong>Green Team </strong><strong>of the Cedar Rapids Community School District</strong>- The Green Team of the Cedar Rapids Community School District is focused on teaching students about environmental sustainability and how to lower their carbon footprint. The presenter will be informing the community on how they do this, the projects they have taken on, this year's focus and how residents can help them continue achieving these efforts.</p><p><strong>All are welcome to attend this free event. Hope to see you there!</strong></p> 2019-08-26 19:00:00 -0500
10/17/196:00 p.m.NewBo City MarketCedar Rapids -
Pajama Storytime
<p>What’s that under your bed? What’s that thing in your closet? Don’t worry—it’s not what you think. When we read some books about not-so-spooky monsters, you’ll find that it wasn’t that scary after all. And we’ll even make some not-so-creepy critters to take home. Pajama Storytimes are free for kids and their adult companions. Wear your PJ's and bring a stuffed friend to cuddle with. </p> 2019-08-26 19:30:00 -0500
10/17/196:30 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
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Crack the Code
<p>Think you can solve a murder? Collect the clues and find out! Listen to the podcast Jensen & Holes: The Murder Squad on Thursday, October 10th for an introduction and the first clue. Follow us on social media for additional clues leading up to the event, then join us on October 17th to solve the case with your fellow citizen sleuths! </p> 2019-09-21 20:00:00 -0500
10/17/197:00 p.m.Barnes and NobleCedar Rapids -
Discover Great New Writers Book Group
<div data-block="true" data-editor="bvj45" data-offset-key="e6vdr-0-0"><div data-offset-key="e6vdr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e6vdr-0-0"><span data-text="true">Every month we discuss a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers title. This month's selection is The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott; a thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice–inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the twentieth century: Doctor Zhivago.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bvj45" data-offset-key="ane7n-0-0"><div data-offset-key="ane7n-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ane7n-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="bvj45" data-offset-key="37nbh-0-0"><div data-offset-key="37nbh-0-0"><span data-offset-key="37nbh-0-0"><span data-text="true">All are invited to join these discussions.</span></span></div></div> 2019-09-10 20:00:00 -0500
10/17/197:00 p.m.Barnes and NobleCedar Rapids -
'Rising Together: Protest in Print'
<p>This exhibit features artist books, prints, and zines with social justice themes drawn from the University of Iowa Special Collections and the <a href="http://www.collegebookart.org/" target="_blank">College Book Art Association</a> (CBAA) juried traveling exhibition <em>Rising Together</em>.</p><p>Through contemporary and historical examples, the exhibit demonstrates how artist books, zines, and prints give activism a visual voice and can serve as powerful agents in effecting positive social change on issues encompassing power, politics, war, immigration, the environment and more. Featured items include a wide range of editioned or one-of-a-kind book art and print activity–editioned artist books, sculptural bookworks, altered books, chapbooks, broadsides, protest signs, zines.</p><p>In addition to rare items from the University of Iowa's Special Collections, many contemporary artists, presses and collectives are represented in the CBAA portion of the show.</p><p><strong><em>Check Main Library Gallery hours of operation here: </em></strong><strong><a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/location-and-hours/" target="_blank">https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/location-and-hours/</a> <em>Weekend hours are shortened.</em></strong></p><p><strong>The Main Library Gallery is located on the 1st Floor of the University of Iowa's Main Library. (Toward the north side of the building.)</strong></p> 2019-10-18 18:00:00 -0500
10/18/199:00 a.m.Main Library Gallery, University of Iowa LibrariesIowa City -
Art Exhibit: Open Air
<p>Gilded Pear Gallery is pleased to present <em>Open Air</em>, a two-person exhibit of landscapes by Iowa natives: David Gordinier and Kristin Stoeffler.</p><p><br></p><p>This show brings together the work of artists who illustrate a particular style of moments in Midwest scenery. Both artists appear to have romantic or idealized renderings of these realistic vistas. The space between the sky and the earth is vast. Land reaches out to the endless horizon and the foliage seem to breathe the air that chase the clouds in that moment. Adventure and solace can be found in these paintings; the hunt for the cloud you could cut with a knife, the well-traveled path highlighted by the afternoon sun, or the colorful field within soft rolling terrain. The works themselves vary from the very large punchy style of Kristin’s and the mid-sized detailed serenity of David’s.</p><p><br></p><p>When talking about her work, Kristin mentions “My father-in-law put a bright yellow parasol on an old Oliver tractor and taught me how to rake hay, and I paint hay differently now.” She creates paintings that allude to surreal drama and heightened saturation. “The fields look different from the seat of a tractor. Rows look different after you’ve raked them yourself,” she explains. David approaches his subjects in a traditional manner, painting in a realistic style that concentrates on the way light defines an object or space. His landscape works are inspired by western vistas as well as secluded roads and wide-reaching fields of rural central Iowa. “If I live to be 120, I still won’t have time to paint all the things I want to paint.” David describes his process as “finding opulent things in the mundane.”</p><p><br></p><p>David Gordinier attended Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids and received his BFA from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He has been in group exhibitions at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City and the Des Moines Art Center. His work is in the collections of Farm Bureau Financial Services and Iowa State Bank, among many others.</p><p><br></p><p>Kristin Stoeffler received her BA in Art from The University of Iowa, but that is only part of the education that influences her work. The rest she learned from the insight and patience of the people who live on the land in her landscapes. She has work in the Lil Drugstore collection in Cedar Rapids as well as several private collections in the Midwest.</p><p><br></p><p>Gilded Pear Gallery is located at 808 Third Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403. For hours and more information visit www.gildedpeargallery.com –or- call: 319-366-0205</p>
10/18/1910:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Up All Night: The Art of the Dark
<p>From Renaissance artists painting images of the Nativity to 18th century artists depicting new scientific discoveries to Post-Impressionist painters such as Van Gogh turning the night sky into a mesmeric swirl of brush strokes, the night has been inspiring artists for hundreds of years. The dark can symbolize many things in art: mystery, solitude, fear, superstition, secrets, or death. The striking juxtaposition of light against the night may represent hope, discovery, magic, the evidence of a divine presence, or other forms of literal “enlightenment.” Historically, night scenes were a chance for artists to show off their mastery of painting light effects. Moonlight, candles, and later, electric lights against the dark added drama to the scene. <em>Up All Night </em>celebrates the night scenes in the CRMA’s collection: Grant Wood’s evocative Quaker Oats, Marvin Cone’s charming Christmas cards, M.C. Escher’s tesselated <em>Day into Night</em>, amongst others. Enjoy the look at one of art history’s oldest ways of infusing drama into art.</p><p><br></p> 2019-10-18 16:00:00 -0500
10/18/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids