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SUMMARY:Cairo\, Illinois: Photographs & Enamels SARAH PERKINS & GWEN WALSTRAND
DESCRIPTION:Cairo\, Illinois: Photographs & Enamels by SARAH PERKINS & GWEN WALSTRAND \nNovember 15 – December 21\, 2018 \nCOMMUNITY GALLERY \nThis work is a collaboration\, of sorts\, by Gwen Walstrand\, photographer\, and Sarah Perkins\, metalsmith and enamelist. The works themselves are not collaborations\, but instead are designed to be viewed together in order to have an impact and a narrative that neither could possess on its own. We are artists working in different media but with the same subject matter — the town of Cairo\, Illinois. Cairo is a unique place with both rich and tragic histories\, a visual showcase of all that is best and worst in our American history. \nDriving through what remains of Cairo it appears to an outsider that most of the town\, along with its historic buildings and extensive business district\, was abandoned within the same year\, as nearly all the structures are in the same state of decay. In actuality\, many \nevents and circumstances caused the precipitous decline of Cairo. The town’s history includes booming success as a shipping town at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers\, elegant hotels and mansions\, and an impressive business district. The more recent history is one of race riots\, appalling violence\, multiple lynchings\, domination by white supremacist groups\, and eventual boycotts of local businesses by African Americans. The 1920s city of over 15\,000 people now is home to under 3\,000 people\, hundreds of strangely patched up\, decaying buildings\, and a handful of struggling businesses. \nThe enameled bowls are a response to not only the reality of present day Cairo\, but also to the images of it that were chosen by the photographer. The work seen together offers insight into the working processes of the artists and the choices made by different viewers. The photographer gathers and selects visual material\, the metalsmith/enamelist edits the material again and transforms the flat images into three dimensions\, but on a functional form that speaks to basic human requirements. The photographs\, as both independent images and references for the bowls\, are aesthetic explorations of Cairo but with an attempt to consider more deeply the complexity of human histories that form such places. \n\n\n\n\n \n 
URL:https://octagonarts.org/event/cairo-illinois-photographs-enamels-by-sarah-perkins-gwen-walstrand/
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SUMMARY:Worlds Apart BOGUMIL BRONKOWSKI
DESCRIPTION:Worlds Apart by BOGUMIL BRONKOWSKI \nOctober 4 – November 10\, 2018 \nCOMMUNITY GALLERY \nMy current body of work explores the concepts of struggle\, place\, and belonging. I immigrated to America at the age of nine; initially\, no one told me that my family was permanently moving here. I boarded that international flight thinking that my family and I were coming for a vacation. It was devastating. I never said goodbye to many of my family and friends. I left behind everything that was familiar and came to a completely new environment\, and since I was moving from a small town in Poland to Chicago\, one of the most populated cities\, the change was drastic. I had to navigate through this new\, strange\, yet exciting world without knowing the language or the customs of my new land. The process was scary\, and many things did not make sense when I first arrived. It was similar to an alien being beamed down to a new planet; I had to learn a total new way of life. \nMy paintings reflect my personal experiences in that the viewer has to work to solve and make visual sense of each image. I play with the sense of space and depth\, and my painting do not always make formal sense\, much like America did not make sense to me when I first arrived here. Sometimes the image balances coming together as a whole\, while other times it threatens to disintegrate into the separateness of the elements that compose it. My paintings are alien landscapes\, confusing\, exciting and intriguing.
URL:https://octagonarts.org/event/worlds-apart-by-bogumil-bronkowski/
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SUMMARY:Artisans Roadtrip
DESCRIPTION:ARTISANS ROADTRIP \nAugust 17 – October 27\, 2018 \nSWEENEY GALLERY \nThis year is the 15th Annual Artisans Road Trip. Artisans Road Trip invites you to travel Iowa’s scenic byways and back roads looking for one-of-a-kind treasures.  Artisans will offer a rare glimpse into creative processes as they demonstrate their craft in personal and unique work spaces. Our mission is to promote a venue for established artisans to demonstrate their skills\, exhibit and sell their original fine art via a self-guided studio tour through scenic Northwest Iowa\, thereby encouraging education\, diversity\, tourism\, economic growth\, and art appreciation.  \nThe official Artisans Road Trip weekend will be held from 9am – 5pm on Saturday\, October 13th and from Noon – 5pm on Sunday\, October 14th. Professional artists welcome guests into their studios/local galleries to discover and purchase quality original works. Artists participating in the Roadtrip weekend will also have an artwork on display at the Octagon Center for the Arts. \nParticipating Artists: Penny Adam\, Joanne Alberda\, Mitch Eveleth\, Danielle Clouse Gast\, Hank Hall\, Bill Lieb\, Steve Mills\, Mary Ortner\, Lissa Potter\, Mary Schumacher\, David Strom\, Holly Zinn\, Deborah Burrow\, Kirsten Elyea\, Karen Ruddy\, Marisa Sidles\, Mark Bogenrief\, Beth Cathcart\, Barb McGee\, Gene Polson\, Cherie Courter\, Joleen Dentlinger\, Ken Harskamp\, Abby Jones\, Jerry Kahl\, Haley McAndrews\, Ron Netten\, Denice Peters
URL:https://octagonarts.org/event/artisans-roadtrip/
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SUMMARY:Based on a True Story  ALEX BRAIDWOOD
DESCRIPTION:Based on a True Story \nALEX BRAIDWOOD \nMay 18 – August 11\, 2018 \nSWEENEY GALLERY \nSound is an important aspect of the world around us. It tells a great deal about our surroundings when we take the time to listen. Listening requires time to experience because sound requires time to exist. In today’s fast-paced culture\, deeper levels of engagement have become increasingly rare. Add to this the common positioning of sound as a background element or object of distraction and what remains is little opportunity\, inspiration\, or perceived value in the act of listening to what’s available. People today focus on blocking out or covering up unwanted sound while at the same time\, finding it difficult to both engage with and protect what quality soundscapes exist. Modern society is well practiced at protecting nature in visual and territorial ways to ensure high quality experiences with a variety of landscapes and vistas. Only recently have efforts begun to protect valuable soundscapes. The soundscape of a given environment can be an indicator of its status and vitality. Sound has the ability to communicate in a variety of ways and experiencing these stories provides insight into the value of protecting these spaces. If we are able to protect the natural soundscape\, we will be able to help many other things along the way. \nThe goal of this exhibition is to provide a space for pause\, for reflection\, for a slowing down of focus. Each visit to the exhibition will be a unique experience because the audio works presented are not fixed compositions but are instead\, composed as dynamic systems that respond to a variety of conditions. Works of sonic fiction based on naturesound recordings are presented as a way of both documenting the natural world and connecting with otherwise familiar sounds through a different means of interaction. Data of regional significance is presented as audio to create a listening experience designed using high-frequency data collected from sensors monitoring the quality of the natural world. Through installation-based performances of a naturesound archive and the sonification of environmental data\, listeners can shift their attention to the natural world and reconnect to places that are differently familiar. \nSound has the ability to tell us a great deal. We just have to be willing to take the time to listen. \nYou can learn more about Alex Braidwood’s work by following him on Instagram @formalplay or by visiting his website www.listeninginstruments.com
URL:https://octagonarts.org/event/alex-braidwoods-based-on-a-true-story/
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SUMMARY:Elem/Mid/High 2018
DESCRIPTION:Elem/Mid/High 2018 \nAn Annual Exhibition of Local Elementary\, Middle\, and High School Senior Students \nApril 19 – May 5\, 2018 \nMAIN GALLERY & SWEENEY GALLERY \nThe Octagon Center for the Arts showcases artwork by local elementary\, middle\, and high school students annually. High School art instructors from schools within 20 miles of the Octagon Center for the Arts are welcome to register students in their fall and spring classes for participation.
URL:https://octagonarts.org/event/elem-mid-high-2018/
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SUMMARY:Relief From Endlessness  ANDA TANAKA & JEREMY RUDD
DESCRIPTION:Relief From Endlessness \nANDA TANAKA & JEREMY RUDD \nNOVEMBER 3 – DECEMBER 21\, 2017\, SWEENEY GALLERY \nJeremy Rudd \nArtsist Bio  A native Iowan\, Rudd grew up in rural Benton County thirty minutes outside Cedar Rapids.  He attended Iowa State University receiving a BFA in visual Studies with an emphasis on Three Dimensional Design\, and completed his Master of Fine Arts at the CVPA of The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.  He was a Professor of fine arts for four years at Lasell College\, Boston MA and Bristol Community College\, Fall River MA.  Since returning to the Midwest  Rudd has  worked as Assistant Professor of Art for divine word College in Epworth\, IA\, and worked as a professional artist completing many liturgical\, private and commercial projects.  \nAnda Tanaka  \nArist Statement  I have lived in the Midwest for my entire life and have always appreciated our open spaces- cornfields\, prairies\, the huge starry night sky.  Until recently\, though\, I did not realize how important the Midwestern landscape is to my art practice and how I yearn for expansiveness to find peace within myself. \nBeginning in January 2014 I endeavored to make one 2 inch by 2 inch painting or drawing every day for a year.  The project called for discipline but also trust in intuition.  Reviewing the pieces now points to my impulse to create imagined and remembered landscapes:  At least a third of the three-hundred-something squares could be interpreted as landscapes. \nIn July of 2015 I visited my brother in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina where the trees grow tight together and the roads wind endlessly up hills and mountainsides.   The novel setting was beautiful and exciting\, but I felt a sense of claustrophobia.   We were always climbing in search of a clear view\, to see the sky above or the valley below. \nSince then I have become committed to dedicating an extended period of time to painting and printing landscapes that specifically explore my attachment and deep interest in the vistas of the states I call home\, Iowa and Minnesota.   The abundance of open space in these places lends itself to creating abstractions that are visually quiet.  In paring down a landscape\, the essence of my experience of the space is intensified. \nWe can search for drama in our travels\, but here at home we have a deep and special calm.  \nArtist Bio  Anda Tanaka is a Minneapolis-based painter and printmaker.  She was raised in Ames\, Iowa and is thrilled to be showing at the Octagon\, the site of some of her very first art classes!  Drawn north to study music and studio art at St. Olaf College\, she has lived in Minnesota for the past 10 years.  In 2013 Anda completed an emerging artist residency at St. Olaf\, during which she continued to study painting and printmaking with Wendell Arneson and John Sauer\, respectively.  She now works out of a studio in her home as well as the artist co-op at Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis.
URL:https://octagonarts.org/event/jeremy-rudd-anda-tanakas-relief-from-endlessness/
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SUMMARY:Pieced Fabric: Historic Quilts of Ames
DESCRIPTION:Pieced Fabric: Historic Quilts of Ames \nON DISPLAY AUGUST 19 – OCTOBER 28\, 2017\, SWEENEY GALLERY \nQuilting has always been a social outlet for women in Iowa. Old quilts are personally created signed gifts from quilters of the past\, many of whom braved hardships as they sought a new life in a new land. They were made from materials collected by women who had little to spare. They are sturdy but worn from strawberry gathering\, picnics\, protecting furniture\, and birthing babies.  \nThroughout the years\, the Ames Historical Society has received a variety of beautiful quilts for their collection. Many of these quilts come from long-time Ames residents\, and tell the unique story of Ames history. The quilts tell the story of quilting as an art form for Iowa women. 
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