On May 18, 2025, the city of Davenport, Iowa began to glow. Nestled amongst the downtown’s old buildings, the Figge Art Museum celebrated its 20th anniversary by unveiling Evanescent Field, an architectural art project by internationally acclaimed light artist Leo Villareal. Hundreds of onlookers gathered in the promenade to the already stunning museum designed by […]
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Book Review: ‘Invasives’ by Emily Kingery
Emily Kingery’s Invasives (Finishing Line Press) opens in a garden and closes in a garden, repeatedly returning to Eden and tearing it down with one consistent throughline: that which is invasive. The opening poem, “Musk Thistle,” weaves together two concepts such that they are inextricable. It talks about pulling weeds and ponders the difference between […]
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There’s still time to see the Figge’s floor-to-ceiling glass installation, ‘Landscape’
If you’re looking for respite from the balmy weather, there’s still one more week to see Ingalena Klenell and Beth Lipman’s collaboration, “Landscape,” at the Figge…
