A collaboration between American photographer Richard Misrach and Mexican-American artist and composer Guillermo Galindo, the pair's combined museum piece Border Cantos / Sonic Borders will grace Davenport's Figge Art Museum through June 15, the artists' work exploring the complexities of the southern border through photography, sculpture, and sound, inviting us to bridge boundaries and initiate important conversations.

Visually resplendent works by a Quad Cities native and current Kansas resident are currently decorating the walls of the Berėskin Gallery & Art Academy, and on February 4, the Bettendorf venue will celebrate the great outdoors and some of its great mammals in an Open House Reception for painter Troy Swangstu's exhibition A Bullish New Year and the opportunity for guests to meet its featured artist.

Vividly colorful works by a Rock Island professor of art will be showcased across the river in Davenport through February 25 in the exhibition Rowen Schussheim-Anderson: Tapestry Collage, with the talents of this longtime Augustana College educator and professional artist on display in St. Ambrose University's Morrissey Gallery.

Held in conjunction with the Figge Art Museum's current exhibition Breakfast on Pluto, art historian Joy Sperling and exhibit creator Jane Gilmor will discuss the artist's career and how her work “bounces off” the world around her, the January 27 conversation topics extending to current events and the opportunities for dialogue, exploration, and connection that thrive in Gilmor’s artwork.