23 Dec 2002

Ceramics Highlight of Welcome Center Show

By Michael LoGuidice
Elizabeth Shriver strives for beauty, while Steve Banks tries to achieve ugly. She works in ceramics and is into natural shapes, while he works in two-dimensional painting and collages and is into unnatural shapes.
17 Dec 2002

A Little Bit Crazy

By Carrie Ann Mirfield
Initially, the pairing of Eric Mart and William Hannan in an exhibit at MidCoast Gallery West feels dichotomous and unnerving. There is the storied flow of Hannan's calligraphy around his illustrations in one eye, and the skittering, nearly audible rattle of Mart's sculptures in the other.
03 Dec 2002

Courting Dialogue, Not Controversy

By Jeff Ignatius
Artist Luis Jiménez wants discussion. What he often gets is controversy. "I've always been surprised by it," Jiménez said in an interview with the River Cities' Reader. "I intend to create some dialogue.
19 Nov 2002

Glass Exhibit Showcases the State's Best

By Administrator
Raised in Illinois, the current show at the Quad City Arts Center in The District of Rock Island, is a great show, a must-see. The exhibit showcases works created by more than 25 graduate students, alumni, and faculty from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal.
12 Nov 2002

DMA Show Offers a New Look at a Popular Local Artist

By Michael LoGuidice
If you like Isabel Bloom's whimsical cast-concrete figurines and want to learn a bit more about the artist, you'll enjoy this exhibit at the Davenport Museum of Art, which collects 25 of the sculptor's early works, including a few unfinished ones showing the armature supporting the concrete overlay.
05 Nov 2002

Addition through Subtraction

By Michael LoGuidice
The most striking thing about Emily Lambertsen's paintings is her compositions. She works from photographs, but her compositions create images that transcend the original photo. Color is used sparingly but dramatically to enhance the effect.
15 Oct 2002

Artist Offers Patient, Elemental Exhibit

By Michael LoGuidice
JinMan Jo's one-man show at Quad City Arts gallery in downtown Rock Island is very ambitious in its size and medium, with expressive rustic sculptures that evoke an emotional response from the viewer. I think they are better suited to being shown outside, and this is also the artist's preferred venue.
01 Oct 2002

Mars Meets Venus at the Quad City Airport

By Michael LoGuidice
The current show at the Art at the Airport Gallery in the Quad City International Airport is a classic counterpoint between masculine and feminine. For every vulva image created by Rowen Schussheim-Anderson's furry fabric surrounding a center of contrasting color, there stands an erect wooden vase turned in Steve Sinner's wood shop.
24 Sep 2002

Midwest Writing Center Opens Its Doors ... Sort of

By Administrator
The Midwest Writing Center was once an idea and an organization without a place. It's definitely a place now, but one with a door that might or might not be open if you stop by. The facility, which held several programs over the summer, will make its presence official this weekend with a grand-opening celebration on Sunday, September 29, from 2 to 4 p.
17 Sep 2002

Getting in Touch with the Inner Geek

By Michael LoGuidice
wetware /wet'wâr'/ n. [perhaps from the novels of Rudy Rucker or Stanislav Lem] 1. The human nervous system, as opposed to computer hardware or software. 2. Human beings (programmers, operators, administrators) attached to a computer system, as opposed to the system's hardware or software.

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