Contemporary Approach in Drawing (JAN/FEB) Ages: 18 years old and up Day/Date/Time: Sundays, 12:30 – 4 pm, January 19 – February 9 (4 weeks) Cost: $250 Description: “If you can draw a triangle, you can draw this.” ~Jack Wilkes, Instructor (see photo) Using drawing techniques, value, design elements, and observational skills, participants will learn to […]
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 or psychological response. It marks a boundary of perception. The thresholds presented here explore feelings of liminality, and loss. Things emerge and divide, crystalize in time, […]
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 […]
You can see all the details about this important and unusual exhibit here.
Summer 2020 Art Camps Project Box: Book Arts Pack (Ages 5 - 15) $15 Supplies to create 2 mini accordion books, 1 Turkish map fold book, and 1medium size concertina folded book (video tutorial included for concertina book). GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECT BOXES The Octagon will supply the activities/projects, supplies, a short video tutorial, and […]
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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.
The Octagon Center for the Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization funded in part through memberships, donations, and grants, including the City of Ames Commission on the Arts (COTA) and the Iowa Arts Council.
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Octagon Center for the Arts
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