A beautiful exhibition of four large-scale paintings depicting the four seasons, along with a collection of smaller canvases, Elaine Miller: Uncommon Ground will be on display at Rock Island's Quad City Arts Center through January 29, the Chicago-based saying of her work, ”I paint to try to engage the spiritual qualities of nature that overwhelms our everyday existence whenever we can stop and notice.”

An acclaimed artist's award-winning, record-breaking exhibition of art made with LEGO pieces will be on display at the Muscatine Art Center through February 20 when the venue hosts Sean Kenney's Nature Connects, a fascinating and thoroughly engaging exploration into animal endangerment, the balance of ecosystems, and humankind’s relationship with nature.

A socially engaged artist known for her multi-layered work addressing such important issues as cultural inequity, social justice, and the complexities of identity, robin holder will discuss her experiences as a studio artist and assistant director at Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop in a virtual artist talk hosted by Davenport's Figge Art Museum, with the November 18 event also featuring the artist discussing the impact her experiences had on her career and creative and personal lives.

In the second of two virtual Sunday-afternoon programs hosted by Davenport's German American Heritage Center and Figge Art Museum, painting conservator and art historian Barry Bauman will lead the Zoom discussion Solving the Cranach Mystery Surrounding the Portraits of Martin Luther & Katharina von Bora, a November 14 presentation in which participants will share in the joy of Bauman's most remarkable discoveries on two 1537 portraits by Lucas Cranach the Elder.