A Soldier Says Good-bye RICH ABRAHAMSON

Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

LOCATED IN THE SMALL WALL GALLERY (Third Floor) Artist Statement Camera’s freeze moments in split seconds while life passes in days, weeks and years. Some lives are mixed with both quality and quantity of time. Those individuals celebrate memories while unaware that the final chapters of their lives are being written. Photographs help us punctuate […]

Surface Wear AJ ZANDT

Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

LOCATED IN THE SMALL WALL GALLERY Biography and Artist Statement  AJ Zandt is an artist and printmaker from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Surface Wear is the result of his latest efforts to expand the relationship between the human body and surface through the lens of skin and clothing. Each work in the exhibition is comprised of varied […]

A Few of My Favorite Things MEGAN ANDERSON

Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

LOCATED IN THE SMALL WALL GALLERY From Megan Anderson: I have always been in awe of nature and its beauty. I see the world through a photographer’s eyes and always wish I had a camera permanently attached to my hand. With the invention of cell phones, my dream came true. I want to show that […]

Cherish LIZ MOYER

Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

Located 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 a universal experience, and yet remains in many ways a taboo conversation topic. These works are derived from questions of why we collectively struggle to […]