Saw You On The Sidewalks of Russia KAREN COOPER
2017-08-18 - 2017-09-30 | Octagon Center for the Arts, 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
Saw You On The Sidewalks of Russia
(видел тебя на тротуарах России!)
On Display August 18 – September 30, 2017, Community Gallery
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 26 from 3-5 P.M.
Doesn’t matter if it’s the guy who walks in the door while we wait at the dentist’s office, or the couple who walk by our table into the café, the twenty-ish aged girl in the really short skirt and 4 inch heels, or even the biker doing a wheelie on his BMX. It’s a worldwide occupation, this people watching gig.
Saw You On The Sidewalks Of Russia (видел тебя на тротуарах России!) is images, paintings, of people that we want to be different, because they live in a country on the other side of the world. Are they so very different? Not really – their hopes and dreams are a lot like ours.
We are pulled in to see. We are all human, and no matter which side of the earth we live on, no matter what the name of our country of residence, no matter which side of the border we’re confined to – we watch. With this exhibit I give you the opportunity to watch through my artist eyes – to people watch with me. Yes, it’s a grand adventure. – Karen Cooper

Deeply Rooted STUDIO ART QUILT ASSOCIATION
2017-08-11 - 2017-10-28
Deeply Rooted
STUDIO ART QUILT ASSOCIATION
ON DISPLAY AUGUST 11 – OCTOBER 28, 2017, MAIN GALLERY
Deeply Rooted, a juried exhibition organized by the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), explores the meaning of “roots” through the quilt medium. Thirty works are featured, all created by SAQA members from Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. SAQA, founded in 1989, is an organization of more than 3,000 fiber artists devoted to the education, exhibition, promotion, professional development, and documentation of the medium.
Pat Bishop, “Cedar Swamp #5” Fused and machine quilted, hand-dyed linen and other materials, silk and silk ties, commercial fabrics, 2015, Collection of the Artist
