LOCATED IN THE MAIN GALLERY Print Retrospective Artist Bio: April Katz April Katz received her M.F.A. degree from Arizona State University. She is Morrill Professor at Iowa State University where she has taught printmaking since 1999. For nineteen years she organized the university’s annual international postcard print exchange. From 2004 - 2006 Katz served […]
LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY Artist Statement for Measured Perceptions During a 2015 trip to Spain, Katz encountered evidence of La Convivencia (the coexistence of Muslim, Jewish and Christian populations) in Medieval Spain that provided hope for our current time of vitriolic discourse. Measured Perceptions embraces the similarities and unique contributions of the varied cultures […]
Join us for PRINTFEST, a celebration of printmaking featuring the work of April Katz! All events are free and all are welcome! For more information, click here.
Summer 2020 Art Camps Project Box: Print Pack $15 Pre Cut matboard, cardboard and corrugated cardboard for print plate construction, papers, and rubber bands, and texture materials for monoprints (video tutorial included, paints not included) GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECT BOXES The Octagon will supply the activities/projects, supplies, a short video tutorial, and some written information […]
LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY Kat Silent Water is a printmaker based out of Ankeny, Iowa, working in woodblock and linoleum relief since 2014. She recently embraced the alchemical properties of encaustic painting in her latest body of work, ‘Wax Cathedral’. Silent Water’s inspiration has taken root in Art Nouveau’s celebration of organic forms […]
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