If you’ve been to White Rabbit these past couple of weeks, you may have noticed the electrically colored modular shapes of Mary F. Coats‘ paintings hanging on the walls. The gallery, titled Boom For Real, is the product of Coats’ four-week residency at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont — on display for the first time at…
Iowa City art
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Art City: Matt Bollinger’s ‘Odd Jobs’ at Prairie Lights’ Cafe
A selection of new works by New York-based painter and collagist, Matt Bollinger, is on view at Prairie Lights’ cafe through Aug. 3. Entitled ‘Odd Jobs,’ Bollinger presents a series of collage-paintings in which each image contains a snippet of a larger storyline. As the title implies, many of the scenes portrayed fall under the description of ‘odd jobs,’ yet the show is not constrained by a single unified narrative concept.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Gnats, rain, paint and pattern: An interview with artist Meggan Fisher
Tis the season to see the latest iterations of artist “BenchMarks” benches in downtown Iowa City. Now in its third year, the public art program is sponsored…
Posted inCommunity/News
Meet the Market: Diane Volrath and Her Glass Flowers
Diane Volrath makes flowers out of stained glass which she sells at the Saturday Farmers Market in Iowa City, her studio in Camanche, Iowa, as well as 100 retail locations across the U.S. and Canada …
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Iowa Arts Festival to take over downtown Iowa City
The 2014 Iowa Arts Festival kicks off this Friday, June 6 in downtown Iowa City. The weekend-long festival plays host to more than 125 local and national artists, with nightly live music and a variety of food options available on Culinary Row. A full rundown of participating artists is available through Summer of the Arts. […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
PS1 to host annual ‘Cheap Art Bazaar’ this Saturday
Public Space One (PS1), located in the lower level of the Wesley Center at 120 N. Dubuque St., will be hosting its annual Cheap Art Bazaar from 1-4 p.m. this Saturday. The event will include original lithographs, silkscreens and drawings as well as mix-tapes and other unique works by local artists. Up to 20 local […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Art City: ‘Art and Life in Africa’ brings new depth to the UIMA’s permanent collection
When entering a museum or gallery, viewers hold certain expectations for encountering art. The museum is well-suited to display a…
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Saturday at the Englert: Ten tiny performances make for one big event
Ten diverse artists, on a sixteen square foot stage, with only five minutes per act. While these may be ten tiny performances, they add up to one big event…
Posted inArts & Entertainment
The sound of her voice: Laurie Anderson in Iowa City
Starting Mission Creek 2014 with Laurie Anderson was simultaneously comforting and unsettling, not unlike her body of work. I attended a discussion she had with MFA students Tuesday on-stage at the Englert Theatre, prior to her lecture that evening. My experience with her performances made her a tall person, inhabited by large ideas. But she’s […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
In the Iowa City art market, local galleries get creative
There’s nothing like going for an afternoon walk and seeing half a dozen art shows within a few short city blocks. To do this in a city like Chicago or New York is a true delight: Galleries sit cheek-by-jowl in tightly knit neighborhoods, and one stroll can wind through engaging and disparate worlds created in […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Ultra Terrestrial: Becca Kacanda opens show at White Rabbit this Friday
This Friday at 5 p.m., Spectroluxe opens at White Rabbit, featuring Becca Kacanda’s 3D collages and paintings. Kacanda stumbled upon the name for her art…
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Art City: Unwitting animals offer a new canvas for outsider art
“Mom, can I be in a Coca-Cola commercial?” begs the caption beneath her photo. She wears a red and white bow, the iconic colors of the can she poses next to…
