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SUMMARY:Cherish LIZ MOYER
DESCRIPTION:Located in the Reading Room (Small Wall Gallery). \nShow Statement \nCherish (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 talk openly about death and dying\, and how that impacts the quality of our death. By shifting the lens of how we have these conversations\, from one of discomfort and foreboding to instead an act of love for those around us\, these pieces consider what a more communal\, open approach might look like. Combining circuit driven interactive elements with traditional quilting aesthetics\, these pieces are driven by human touch and exploration. Quilting becomes a metaphor in these works for what end-of-life could be. Life is in some ways like a quilt\, made up of pieces or moments that combine to create a whole mosaic of experience; why not treat death the same way? By planning for end-of-life you are creating a warm\, comforting legacy to be there when you are no longer able to be.  \n  \nArtist Bio \nLiz Moyer is a graphic designer living in Ames\, IA. Born in South Dakota in 1990\, she perused a degree in Printmaking from the University of South Dakota\, before resettling in Seattle\, WA. After several years working in the arts in Washington state\, she returned to school to pursue a Master’s degree in Graphic Design. Liz is currently an MFA candidate set to complete her degree in the spring of 2022.
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LOCATION:Octagon Center for the Arts\, 427 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Few of My Favorite Things MEGAN ANDERSON
DESCRIPTION:LOCATED IN THE SMALL WALL GALLERY \nFrom Megan Anderson:\nI have always been in awe of nature and its beauty. I see the world through a\nphotographer’s eyes and always wish I had a camera permanently attached to my hand.\nWith the invention of cell phones\, my dream came true. I want to show that it doesn’t\nmatter what fancy equipment you possess\, you can still capture beautiful and interesting\nphotography. Art is what you make of it. I have been fortunate enough to be able to\ncapture my every day experiences involving my animals and the nature around me\, and\nturn that into a creative outlet. \n\nI don’t typically take photos for others\, but find joy in them for myself. Over time\, family\nand friends have shown interest and I’ve been honored to give my photographs as gifts.\nThis will be the first time the public is receiving my work. I hope I can continue to grow and\nimprove in my photography skills and potentially parlay a hobby into a living. \nMegan Anderson’s Bio:\nMegan Anderson is a local amateur photographer. She feels fortunate to have grown up\non a farm in Northern Iowa where her love of animals and the outdoors was apparent from\nan early age. What started out as taking photographs for 4H\, evolved into taking photos\nfor personal entertainment. Megan attended Iowa State University and currently works as\nan equine veterinary technician. She has been able to combine her love of photography\nand animals into a hobby revolving around her own
URL:https://octagonarts.org/event/a-few-of-my-favorite-things-megan-anderson/
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SUMMARY:Surface Wear AJ ZANDT
DESCRIPTION:LOCATED IN THE SMALL WALL GALLERY \nBiography and Artist Statement \nAJ 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 combinations of pressure-printed fabrics and impressions of human skin on paper that take the shape of sewing patterns. AJ tears his prints after the first layers are established and follows the tears with shuffling\, reassembling\, and reprinting before stitching the pieces together. The prints are a reflection on the role of surface as a boundary. They are barriers that capture\, like a fine net or filter\, the actions of the artist at work. The actions themselves permeate the paper\, but the evidence of the experience is registered—or printed—onto the paper’s surface. They are left behind as proof of living. \nAJ received a Master of Fine Arts in Integrated Visual Arts from Iowa State University in 2019 and a Bachelor of Design in Architecture from University of Minnesota in 2011. His printmaking work has been exhibited in numerous national exhibitions\, including the Mid America Print Council Juried Exhibition in Laramie\, Wyoming; the Parkside National Small Print Juried Exhibition in Parkside\, Wisconsin; and the Annual Paper In Particular National Juried Exhibition in Columbia\, Missouri. \nJoin us for an Artist Talk on Thursday\, June 6 at 6pm
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LOCATION:Octagon Center for the Arts\, 427 Douglas Avenue\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Soldier Says Good-bye RICH ABRAHAMSON
DESCRIPTION:LOCATED IN THE SMALL WALL GALLERY (Third Floor) \nArtist Statement \nCamera’s freeze moments in split seconds while life passes in days\, weeks and years. \nSome 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. \nPhotographs help us punctuate their journeys\, empowering us to tell important stories. Photojournalists are called upon to document these events. This is our legacy. \nIn “A Soldier Says Good-bye” we follow a World War II veteran through the twilight of life. A time when moments resonate with love\, vulnerability and tears. \nThe soldier\, a 96 year-old Swede from Boxholm\, Iowa\, farmed with horses and picked corn by hand before joining the first group of Boone County Iowa men drafted into service in 1942. He joined the Army Air Corps and was assigned to crew on a B-24 heavy bomber. \nInstead of harnessing a team of horses and working the fields\, he was completing pre flight inspections on his plane. He’d push the aircraft’s throttles full forward\, bringing four thundering 1200 horse power Pratt and Whitney engines to life. \nThe serene view over an Iowa corn field was replaced with the sensation of flying over the white caps of the Adriatic Sea\, skimming above the water to avoid radar detection. \nSome soldiers never came home. Others returned to Central Iowa and into the arms of their families. Many returned to the farm and their jobs. They got married. Started families. \nA few lived to be old men One of them was my dad\, Staff Sergeant Richard L. Abrahamson. \nThis is his story. A tribute told through the eyes of his son\, the photojournalist. \n  \nBiography \nRich Abrahamson of Ames\, Iowa is a career photojournalist and writer. His appreciation for photography and stories began as a kid while watching slide shows his dad created with photos shot around the family farm and during summer vacations. \nIn high school and college\, he was part of the newspaper and yearbook staffs. The experience laid the groundwork for his career choice and showed him that work could be fun. \nAt 21\, he bought his first 35 mm film camera while taking a photography course taught by Bob Person at the Des Moines Area Community College. Person’s style of instruction impacted students\, including Abrahamson\, with thoughtful advice and passionate critiques of student work. \nIn 1987 Abrahamson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from Northwest Missouri State University. A few months later he was hired as the lone photographer on the staff of the Fort Morgan Times\, a small family-owned newspaper on Colorado’s northeast plains. \nIn 1991 he joined the staff of the Fort Collins Coloradan where he worked for the next 22 years. \nAbrahamson has completed news\, sports and documentary assignments throughout Colorado and the United States. He’s built a portfolio of images from 46 states and nine Canadian provinces. \nFor 26 years he covered professional and college sports including the Denver Broncos\, Colorado Avalanche\, Colorado Rockies and Colorado State University Rams. \nHis subjects have included Pope John Paul II\, the Dalai Lama\, Presidents Bill Clinton\, George W. Bush and Barack Obama\, hall of fame quarterback John Elway\, musicians Ray Charles\, David Bowie\, Carlos Santana\, Buddy Rich and the Grateful Dead. \nIn 2013 Abrahamson returned to central Iowa and began freelancing as a photographer\, writer and columnist for central Iowa newspapers. He also serves as a writer and photographer for Iowa State University’s Department of Residence newsletter.
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