Second Annual Member Show

by | Saturday, Jul 9, 2022

Located in the Community Gallery This unjuried show celebrates the skills, creativity, and lived experiences of the Octagon community! Let’s fill the gallery and surround ourselves with our own amazing work — established artists next to emerging artists, all media....
2022 Octagonal: The All Media Show

2022 Octagonal: The All Media Show

by | Friday, Mar 4, 2022

Located in the Community Gallery Octagonal: The All-Media Show is the annual, juried all-media exhibition at the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames, Iowa. Originally titled the Clay and Paper Show, the exhibit opened in 1968 to provide an opportunity to the central...
2021 Octagonal: The All Media Show

2021 Octagonal: The All Media Show

by | Saturday, Mar 6, 2021

Octagonal: The All-Media Show is the annual, juried all-media exhibition at the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames, Iowa. Originally titled the Clay and Paper Show, the exhibit opened in 1968 to provide an opportunity to the central Iowa arts community. Over the past...
OCTAGONAL 2020: The Annual All Media Exhibit

OCTAGONAL 2020: The Annual All Media Exhibit

by | Friday, Feb 7, 2020

LOCATED IN THE MAIN GALLERY Octagonal: The All-Media Exhibit is the annual, juried all-media exhibition at the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames, Iowa. Originally titled the Clay and Paper Show, the exhibit opened in 1968 to provide an opportunity to the central...
70K: The Biennial Community of Artists Exhibit

70K: The Biennial Community of Artists Exhibit

by | Friday, Aug 30, 2019

LOCATED IN MAIN GALLERY Let’s do a little math! A = πr2 There are 70,686 square miles in a circle with 150 square mile radius. Thus the name for this exhibit…  70K is a juried exhibition of artists located 150 miles from Ames or nearer. This focus on local and...