Octagon Member Show
Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United StatesLOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY More information coming soon.
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Theater of The Absurdo LEON RICHMOND
Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United StatesLOCATED 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 […]
Image & Text: Visual Art and Creative Writing in Partnership
Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United StatesLOCATED IN COMMUNITY GALLERY Image & Text features visual and written artworks crafted from partnerships between visual artists and creative writers. Whether the individual artworks or the overarching concepts behind […]
The Art of Climate Planning
Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United StatesLOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY The Art of Climate Planning is produced by The EcoTheatre Lab and funded by a City of Ames Small Art Grant. The project is inspired […]
AMENDA TATE
Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United StatesLOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY Artist Statement: In Latin, the word Manibus means “from the hand.” I created the Manibus robotic painting device to utilize as an extension of the […]
The Colors of Nature BRIDGET MARCUS & PAMELA DOUGLAS
Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United StatesBridget Marcus has been bird watching for most of her life and her wonder and love for birds is only increasing as the vulnerability of our avian neighbors becomes ever […]
Catching My Breath CAMERON GRAY
Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United StatesCommunity Gallery -- View from the Sidewalk Show Statement Do we have time to slow down? And I don't mean that Only in the sense of physically, but […]
2022 Octagonal: The All Media Show
Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United StatesLocated in the Community Gallery 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, […]
Cherish LIZ MOYER
Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United StatesLocated in the Reading Room (Small Wall Gallery). Show Statement Cherish (2022) is a collection of interactive soft sculptures that seek to ask “How do we view end-of-life planning?” Death is […]
Apricity ISU BFA ISA STUDENTS
Located in the Community Gallery Seventeen Integrated Studio Arts seniors from ISU's department of art & visual culture will be exhibiting artwork in Apricity, their BFA exhibition, with media ranging […]
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The Octagon Center for the Arts is a non-profit community art center in the heart of downtown Ames, Iowa. A cornerstone of the cultural scene in Ames since 1966, the Octagon serves more than 30,000 people each year through art classes and outreach, rotating exhibits, a retail gallery shop, and the annual Octagon Art Festival.
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