Exhibits
The Community Gallery is FREE and open to the public. You are warmly invited to visit.
You will find the Community Gallery on the street level (first floor) adjacent to the Octagon Shop. The Gallery observes the same hours as the Shop.
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August 2017
Deeply Rooted STUDIO ART QUILT ASSOCIATION
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,…
Find out more »Saw You On The Sidewalks of Russia KAREN COOPER
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…
Find out more »Pieced Fabric: Historic Quilts of Ames
Pieced Fabric: Historic Quilts of Ames ON DISPLAY AUGUST 19 - OCTOBER 28, 2017, SWEENEY GALLERY Quilting 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. …
Find out more »October 2017
Kawishiwi River AARON SQUADRONI
Kawishiwi River AARON SQUADRONI ON DISPLAY OCTOBER 6 - NOVEMBER 11, 2017, COMMUNITY GALLERY Artist Statement: "The Midwest is presently a battleground for resources. Fracking, oil pipelines, mining, and drilling are just some of the expanding industries in this region. In states like Minnesota and Wisconsin where the rugged beauty of the land is part of the state’s identity, these new industries create strong conflicts between environmental and industrial stakeholders. In northern Minnesota, the Duluth Complex is a geological formation bordering the Mesabi…
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