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February 2021
2021 Elementary / Middle / High Exhibit: An Exhibition of Local Elementary, Middle, and High School Students
COMMUNITY GALLERY AND VIRTUAL The Octagon Center for the Arts is highlights artwork by local elementary, middle, and high school students annually. The Octagon loves loves hosting the work of these young emerging artists. See the K – 8 Virtual Show here! The High School Show is in the Octagon Community Gallery, Feb. 13 – 27, 2021, at the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames, Iowa. 2021 Jurors: Cathie Gebhart, Nancy Gebhart, & Lydia Mae Cathie Gebhart is a…
Find out more »March 2021
2021 Octagonal: The All Media Show
Octagonal: The All-Media Show 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 53 years, the exhibit morphed over the decades to become the Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood Exhibit that has featured hundreds of artists from dozens of states. The newest version of the exhibit, Octagonal: The All-Media Show, launched in…
Find out more »April 2021
What’s Good Project JENNIFER DRINKWATER
LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY Please join us for a closing reception on Thursday, May 20th, 5 - 7pm with artist, Jennifer Drinkwater! The reception will be at the Octagon Community Gallery. What is What’s Good, you ask. Culturally, it seems that we are addicted to negativity. What happens when we deliberately acknowledge and discuss the assets in our communities? What happens when we make a choice to look for what is working where we live? Can this build community…
Find out more »May 2021
Octagon Member Show
LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY More information coming soon.
Find out more »July 2021
Theater of The Absurdo LEON RICHMOND
LOCATED IN COMMUNITY GALLERY Artist Statement Why is when, and now is why, and we will ALWAYS want, AND all is “What the holy crap!” Never has this been an obstacle for lucid critical or crucial thought for whom the dummbbbell tolls in the skies of material wantonness. Q: How did we even get here? The needs, creeds and greeds of all the wants are re-assembled in this body of work. Faux luxury facilitated by dead corporate machines like Sears, JC Penny’s and Montgomery Wards with 1200 page catalogs are a good place to begin perhaps. Paper…
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