10 Mar 2021

Artist with “Clairvoyant” Works Has Drawings on Display at Monmouth College

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 10, 2021) — A series of watercolor drawings by an artist whose works have been described as "clairvoyant" is on display in the Len G Everett Gallery of Monmouth College's Hewes Library.

"The Life Hermetic" features 16 watercolor drawings by Scott Espeseth, the Dr Richard K and Gloria T Nystrom Professorial Chair in Fine Arts at Beloit (Wisconsin) College.

09 Mar 2021

Quad City Arts Awards $84+K to 25 Local Organizations

By Alex Salaverria

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 9, 2021) — Quad City Arts is pleased to announce the 2021 Arts Dollars grant awards to 25 non-profit organizations, totaling just over $84,000. Since 1979, Quad City Arts grants have provided funding for local artists and non- profit organizations to enrich the quality of life in the Quad City region through the arts. Since 1990 alone, more than $1.4 million has been awarded.

08 Mar 2021

Quad City Arts’ Metro Arts Program is Accepting Applications

By Alex Salaverría

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 8, 2021) — The 2021 Quad City Arts Metro Arts Youth Apprenticeship Program is accepting applications through Wednesday, March 31. This program provides area youth ages 15-21 with five-week paid summer apprenticeships. These apprentices will create community-arts projects that positively impact our community. These projects include mural painting, poetry, film, graphic design, and more.

05 Mar 2021

Quad City Arts Presents New Art Exhibition at the Quad City International Airport Gallery

By Dawn Wohlford-Metallo

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 5, 2021) — From March 3-April 28, 2021, Quad City Arts’ Art at the Airport presents aquatic paintings by Brian Buckles of Waterloo, Iowa; fiber tapestries by Rowen Schussheim-Anderson, Davenport; and coiled fiber-baskets by Kelly Hanson of Moline, Illinois.

05 Mar 2021

Living Proof Exhibit Announces Call for Entries

By Stacey Ortman

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 5, 2021) — Living Proof Exhibit, which provides the therapeutic benefits of the arts to people impacted by cancer, is seeking entries for its annual exhibition to be held from August 16 to September 30, 2021 in the Charles and Elizabeth Bisignano Art Gallery at the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa.

16 Feb 2021

Putnam Displaying Faces of The Past in New Exhibit, Opening February 20

By Rachel Evans

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 16, 2021) — The Putnam’s next featured exhibit explores portraiture around the world and across time as a reflection of self-identity, popular culture, mythology, and ritual.

16 Feb 2021

Quad City Arts Seeks Public Sculpture

By Dawn Wohlford-Metallo

 

"Metamorphosis," Hilde DeBruyne, KONE

01 Feb 2021

"Cover Up" with Historic Quilts at the Muscatine Art Center

By Lynn Bartenhagen

 

Early 19 century toy sewing machine and accessories, on display February 6 to April 4 at the Muscatine Art Center

14 Jan 2021

Mixed-Media Sculpture by Keith Kaziak and Acrylic Paintings by Elaine Rexdale at Quad City Arts

By Dawn Wohlford-Metallo

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (January 14, 2021) — On exhibit through March 19 will be “Turn on the News,” mixed-media sculpture by Keith Kaziak and “Machinations of a Colorholic,” acrylic paintings by Elaine Rexdale.

11 Jan 2021

Quad City Arts Presents "A Trip Back in Time" Art Exhibit at the Airport

By Dawn Wohlford-Metallo

 

Mid-Century Modern Artifacts on view at Quad City Arts' Art at the Airport

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