• 70K: The Biennial Community of Artists Exhibit

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
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    LOCATED IN MAIN GALLERY Let’s do a little math! A = πr2 There are 70,686 square miles in a circle with 150 square mile radius. Thus the name for this exhibit…  70K is a […]

  • Surface Works PETE GOCHE

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
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    LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY (1st FLOOR/STREET LEVEL) Artist Statement Using site-adjusted installations as my primary mode of practice, I deploy an integrated and focused approach to both theoretical and […]

  • EMILY VERDOORN & JON KAMRATH

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
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    LOCATED IN SWEENEY GALLERY (3RD FLOOR) Emily Verdoorn Through drawing, I form vital relationships with the world of my everyday experience. My process often begins by drawing on location. I […]

  • Inklings SARA MERRITT

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
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    LOCATED IN THE SMALL WALL GALLERY (3RD FLOOR) I think of these works as inklings, for their humble beginnings as tiny ink doodles, and for those small, nagging ideas, fears, […]

  • ANGE ALTENHOFEN & JOSH SORRELL

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
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    LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY  Ange Altenhofen "Metaphorical function" is a term I use to describe my work, dovetailing sculptural form with the innate potential for usefulness and interaction that […]

  • Alight and Allure EMILY MINNIE

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
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    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, IA, United States
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    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, IA, United States
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    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, […]

  • #OutrageToChange

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
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    You can see all the details about this important and unusual exhibit here.

  • Super Natural PEGGY JOHNSTON & VERA SCEKIC

    Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States
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    LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY (STREET LEVEL) Peggy Johnston Artist Statement My love of paper made it almost inevitable that I would discover the book arts. Since crafting my first […]