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Alight and Allure EMILY MINNIE

Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames

LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY (FIRST FLOOR) Artist Biography Emily Lambertsen Minnie is an artist who specializes in charcoal drawing and oil painting. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts […]

Limens CHRISTOPHER CHIAVETTA

Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames

LOCATED IN SWEENEY GALLERY (THIRD FLOOR) Artist Statement Limen may pertain to the sill of a doorway, the threshold itself, or the point at which a stimulus produces a physiological […]

OCTAGONAL 2020: The Annual All Media Exhibit

Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames

LOCATED IN THE MAIN GALLERY Octagonal: The All-Media Exhibit is the annual, juried all-media exhibition at the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames, Iowa. Originally titled the Clay and Paper Show, the exhibit opened in 1968 to provide an opportunity to the central Iowa arts community. Over the past 51 years, the exhibit morphed over the […]