• Field Notes DANIELLE CLOUSE GAST

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
    Exhibits

    Field Notes DANIELLE CLOUSE GAST May 11 - July 28, 2018 MAIN GALLERY Growing up and living in Northwest Iowa, routes to and from different towns have been memorized and […]

  • Based on a True Story ALEX BRAIDWOOD

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
    Exhibits

    Based on a True Story ALEX BRAIDWOOD May 18 - August 11, 2018 SWEENEY GALLERY Sound is an important aspect of the world around us. It tells a great deal […]

  • Empty Dresses PAULA STREETER

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
    Exhibits

    Empty Dresses PAULA STREETER May 25 - June 30, 2018 COMMUNITY GALLERY Empty Dresses as a concept was conceived half a lifetime ago while attending the estate auction of an […]

  • Grilling Ice LEE RAINBOTH

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
    Exhibits

    Grilling Ice LEE RAINBOTH July 6 - August 11, 2018 COMMUNITY GALLERY This exhibit examines the ways that matters of mortality and masculinity manifest themselves in a contemporary Haitian context. […]

  • Artisans Roadtrip

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
    Exhibits

    ARTISANS ROADTRIP August 17 - October 27, 2018 SWEENEY GALLERY This year is the 15th Annual Artisans Road Trip. Artisans Road Trip invites you to travel Iowa's scenic byways and back […]

  • Tales from a Ghost Town JOANNE ALBERDA

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
    Exhibits

    Tales from a Ghost Town JOANNE ALBERDA August 17 - September 29, 2018 COMMUNITY GALLERY Virginia City is a ghost town—the skeleton of a booming Montana gold mining camp in […]

  • Aperture: The Biennial Juried Photography Exhibit 2018

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
    Exhibits

    Aperture: The Biennial Juried Photography Exhibit 2018 Theme: Community Sports September 14 - November 21, 2018 Main Gallery We experience the world around us in flashes of action and emotion in […]

  • Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street Exhibit: Hometown Teams

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
    Exhibits

    Smithsonian Institution's Museum on Main Street Exhibit Hometown Teams October 4 - November 10 MAIN GALLERY Our love of sports begins in our hometowns. We play them on ball fields […]

  • Worlds Apart BOGUMIL BRONKOWSKI

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
    Exhibits

    Worlds Apart by BOGUMIL BRONKOWSKI October 4 - November 10, 2018 COMMUNITY GALLERY My current body of work explores the concepts of struggle, place, and belonging. I immigrated to America at […]

  • Cairo, Illinois: Photographs & Enamels SARAH PERKINS & GWEN WALSTRAND

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
    Exhibits

    Cairo, Illinois: Photographs & Enamels by SARAH PERKINS & GWEN WALSTRAND November 15 - December 21, 2018 COMMUNITY GALLERY This work is a collaboration, of sorts, by Gwen Walstrand, photographer, and […]