Muscatine Art Center's collections were significantly enriched by a gift of twenty-seven works of art by Matisse, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Chagall, Renoir, Signac, Duffy, Laurencin and other European artists. The collection was a gift in 1992 from the estate of Mary Musser Gilmore in honor of her parents, Richard Drew Musser and Sarah Walker Musser.

This spring, the Muscatine Art Center welcomes Carol Ehlers, art history speaker, to present a lecture featuring Henri Matisse's Later Life: The Cutouts. View the artwork of Matisse that is part of the Muscatine Art Center collection. The lecture will be held on May 21, 2015, the third Thursday of the month and will be begin promptly at 5:30 pm. These lectures are FREE and open to the public.

 

Third Thursday, May 21, 2015 -- Henri Matisse's Later Life: The Cutouts

Henri Matisse recognized at one of the great artist of the twentieth century due to personal goal of the perfect synthesis of line and color. The program will include an introduction of the recognized works during his life time as he moves from the styles and subjects of pointillism, fauvism, odalisque, decorative arts, dance, and music. Later in life, Matisse relates how fauvism affected his cutouts.

Matisse did not originally see the cutouts as a medium for artwork but rather the cutouts were used as a process toward the final works. The talk includes information about: Dance and Music done for Russian collector Sergey Ivanovich Shchukin; the Dance done for Alfred Barnes; the Large Reclining Nude done for the Cone Sisters; and stage curtain design for Rouge et Noirs

In 1937, Tériade published Verve (magazine) and Matisse would use cut outs for covers. It would be Tériade, who encourages and supports Matisse to publish Jazz. The original edition of September 30, 1947 consisted of twenty plates. View the images and learn about the technique used to produce the work.

Shortly after Jazz, Matisse agrees to commission to design Chapel of Rosary in Vence, France. Learn about the four years, 1947-1951, of concentrated work to make his dream become reality and culmination of four years of concentrated work on stain glass, murals, and vestments. Today the chapel survives and represents a point that Matisse sees cut-outs as a medium for his artwork.

1952 was one of the most productive years for Matisse. The Sorrow of the King, Blue Nudes, Snail, Swimming Pool, Sheaf and other large scale cutouts will be presented with background information.

For Matisse's last fourteen years of his life or his second life, he found renewed and unexpected energies creating breathtaking new work called the cutouts.  Matisse dies on November 3, 1954

EVENT DETAILS:

What: "Henri Matisse's Later Life: The Cutouts

Who: Carol Ehlers

When: Third Thursday, May 21, 2014

Time: 5:30 PM

Where: The Muscatine Art Center's Music Room

Admission to these programs is FREE.

Please contact Melanie Alexander, Director,  with any questions or concerns at

563-263-8282 or by email at malexander@muscatineiowa.gov.

The Muscatine Art Center is located at 1314 Mulberry Avenue in Muscatine, Iowa. Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Thursday evenings until 7:00 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free. Donations are appreciated. Go to www.muscatineartcenter.org for more information about programs and events and to download a class brochure.

Dubuque Area Arts Collective is proud to feature a new group show of students from Dubuque Senior and Hempstead High School.  Artwork displayed will range from 2-Dimensional to 3-Dimensional work.  The exhibit will include drawings, paintings, printmaking, photography, ceramics, and sculpture in this dynamic display of talented young artists. Self-Portraits, Mythology, Figurative and Mixed Media sculpture are some of the many themes explored. Artwork displayed has been created by students participating in Basic and Advanced Art Courses offered at each school. Free admission/ accepting donations. LIVE MUSIC BY STUDENTS.  

* Exhibit open until June 14th. Gallery open Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 4 PM.

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"Navy Pier" by Kelsey Stamper to be displayed in U.S. Capitol

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Dave Loebsack announced today that a pencil drawing by Kelsey Stamper, a senior at Keokuk High School, was selected to represent Iowa's Second Congressional District in the 2015 Congressional Art Contest. The People's Choice Award winner was selected in an online competition in which nearly 700 votes were cast. Stamper's winning drawing, "Navy Pier," was one of 50 entries from 12 different high schools in 10 counties. It will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year and Stamper will receive a free trip to Washington, D.C. to attend the unveiling as well as a reception held to honor all of this year's winners.

"Each year I am more and more impressed by the creativity, ingenuity, and talent of our local high school students. I send my congratulations to all of the young artists whose wonderful submissions made it a very close contest this year. I especially want to congratulate Kelsey and look forward to welcoming her and her family to Washington and seeing her artwork hang in the U.S. Capitol," said Loebsack.

The artwork of the first and second runners-up will be displayed in Loebsack's district offices in Davenport and Iowa City. The first runner-up was a drawing by Rachel Warrick from Van Buren Community School entitled "Dad." The second runner-up was a painting by Crystal Wen from Iowa City West entitled "Willow Creek."

 

Winner:

Kelsey Stamper, Keokuk High School

"Navy Pier"

 

First Runner-up:

Rachel Warrick, Van Buren Community School

"Dad"

 

Second Runner-up:

Crystal Wen, Iowa City West

"Willow Creek"

 

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ROCK ISLAND, IL (04/29/2015)(readMedia)-- Every year graduating studio art students create and display a collection of original art. This year twenty students, including Elizabeth DeMay, created unique collections that were displayed in the Augustana Teaching Museum of art from April 24 to May 24.

The annual spring exhibition of senior student work is part of their Senior Inquiry capstone project. Every art and graphic design major creates a coherent body of original art work for the senior exhibition, concentrating in one medium or related media. Weekly working sessions and periodic group critiques with faculty in relevant media inform their work.

The finished project is a representative, high-quality collection for their portfolios. In combination with the public presentation component, the Senior Inquiry project gives art and graphic design students an edge for graduate school or the professional art world.

Founded in 1860, Augustana College is a selective four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences. The college is recognized for the innovative program Augie Choice, which provides each student up to $2,000 to pursue a high-impact learning experience such as study abroad, an internship or research with a professor. Current students and alumni include 155 Academic All-Americans, a Nobel laureate, 13 college presidents and other distinguished leaders. The college enrolls 2,500 students and is located along one of the world's most important waterways, the Mississippi River, in a community that reflects the diversity of the United States.