On August 31, four outdoor locations in downtown Davenport will collectively house the traveling exhibit Coexistence, a series of 45 nine-by-15-foot panels - created by 43 international artists - exploring themes of compassion and empathy on a global level. Portions of the exhibit will be displayed in front of the Figge Art Museum, RiverCenter, and sky bridge, with the remainder displayed in LeClaire Park, and the exhibit is expected to attract 25,000 visitors - including more than 10,000 students - between August 31 and its close on September 27, 2007. Initiated by Jerusalem's Museum on the Seam in 2001 and sponsored by the Riverboat Development Authority, the artworks will be shown in conjunction with the Quad Cities' community-wide project "Coexistence: The Art of Living Together," and more information on the exhibit is available at (http://www.coexistence.art.museum). - Mike Schulz
Kathleen
Lawless Cox's new book, Journal
of the Unconscious, is a
necessarily self-indulgent affair. The title is perfectly descriptive
rather than being arty, and the volume - less than 80 pages - is
a collection of recorded "visions" from 1973 and 1974.
Few
people in the United States have heard of it, but the Eurovision Song
Contest might be likened to an American
Idol for songs (rather than
singers) on a multinational scale. The contest
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