31 Aug 2004

Going to the Dogs in a Lighthearted Show

By Michael LoGuidice
Is Quad City Arts going to the dogs? Apparently so, at least from August 20 to September 24. Quad City Arts sent out a call for entries for dog-themed art, and the jury decided on 70 works by 48 regional artists now on display.
24 Aug 2004

Embracing Diversity in the Visual Arts

By Jeff Ignatius
The skeleton is now covered in glass that sometimes looks green and sometimes looks blue, depending on the light. That skin matches the accents on Davenport's new parking garages, and the building itself - while monumental - currently appears closer to that aesthetic than art - boxy and blank.
24 Aug 2004

Open Cities Announces 2004-5 Film Schedule

By No Author
• The Open Cities Film Society has announced its schedule for the upcoming year. The season starts on September 10 with George Seaton's 1948 movie Apartment for Peggy and continues with Daniel Mann's Come Back Little Sheba (September 17), Eddie Sutherland's Every Day's a Holiday (September 24), Richard Lester's A Hard Day's Night (October 1), and John Ford's Darling Clementine (October 8).
01 Jun 2004

Fair Looks to Make a Comeback

By Jeff Ignatius
The Left Bank Art League hopes to have a strong festival this weekend, making up for a poor showing last year. "If we get good weather, this should be a really good year," said Bill Hannan, organizer of the Invitational Fine Arts Fair.
25 May 2004

Father Edward M. Catich: World-Renowned Artist Gets His Due in His Own Backyard

By Jodie Shagrin Kavensky
Recently, at dinner with some Quad Cities politicians and lobbyists, I was asked to name the "best" local artists. Feeling put on the spot, I waxed regal about the subjectivity of art and how critical acclaim and commercial success are but two measures of artistic achievement.
25 May 2004

Artists Transform Themselves in Gallery West Show

By Michael LoGuidice
The current show at MidCoast Gallery West is all about transformations by artists perfecting their work and style. The exhibit, featuring 37 photo-paintings by Dave Sorensen and 25 sculptures by V. Skip Willits & Kristin Garnant, runs through June and is well worth the trip to downtown Rock Island.
04 May 2004

No Surprises at Welcome-Center Exhibit, Just Quality

By Michael LoGuidice
The current show at the MidCoast Fine Arts Gallery in LeClaire features two well-known artists in the Quad Cities scene, and for those who know their work, the exhibit holds no surprises. Katie Kiley and Akiko Koiso have highly developed styles, and their work is of a uniformly high quality, using themes, colors, and shapes that do not depart much from the artists' recent compositions.
30 Mar 2004

Exhibit Showcases a Who's Who of Quad Cities Artists

By Administrator
Move over Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy. It's time to bestow honors upon the Quad Cities' artistic community. The 28th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition boasts a roster that reads like a venerable who's who of local visual artists.
23 Mar 2004

Growth and Happy Accidents in Asian-Tinged Show

By Michael LoGuidice
The current MidCoast Gallery West exhibit featuring work by Caroline England and Ken Bichell is a striking exposition of Occidental Asian-influenced artists in two and three dimensions. England's floral watercolors, with their black backgrounds, borrow from Chinese black-lacquer works, while Bichell's wood-fired pottery grows out of the Chinese tradition in ceramics.
09 Mar 2004

Mystery Box

By Jeff Ignatius
For his current art exhibition, Felix Morelo started small, creating intricate painted boxes that can fit in one's hands. One wall of the Peanut Gallery is covered with them. But as intriguing as these works are, Morelo was unhappy with them.

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