18 Mar 2003

Putnam to Debut Two IMAX Movies in Coming Weeks

By Jeff Ignatius
• In a move contrary to its past practices, the Putnam Museum & IMAX Theatre in Davenport will bring two new movies to the area in the span of just a few weeks. T-Rex: Back to Cretaceous opens March 21 (with a companion exhibit), followed by Ghosts of the Abyss (directed by James Cameron and focusing on the wreckage of the Titanic) on April 11.
04 Mar 2003

Quad City Arts Show Emphasizes the Spiritual

By Michael LoGuidice
Spiritual elements run through the current show at Quad City Arts in The District of Rock Island, with two artists interested in the idea of a life-force connection. The exhibit features paintings by David Murray and intaglio prints by Katie Kiley and runs through March 22.
04 Mar 2003

Artists Say Figge Needs More Local Art

By Jeff Ignatius
Davenport Museum of Art Director Linda Downs envisions the Figge Arts Center as a vibrant gathering place for the general public and artistic types. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City used to be "a meeting place for young people," she said, and the "incubation place" for artists, critics, and art-lovers alike.
04 Mar 2003

The Art of Getting Money

By Jeff Ignatius
Nancy Senn-Kerbs, program director of the Family Museum of Arts & Sciences in Bettendorf and past president of the group Iowans for the Arts, might sound wishy-washy on the status of state support for the arts. "It is discouraging in some ways but encouraging in others," she said.
21 Jan 2003

Provocative Exhibit Explores National Identity

By Carrie Ann Mirfield
The idea of cultural identity is tricky, and finding a cohesive means to express the guiding principles of being an American in the utterly subjective realm of artistic interpretation is impossible. Even though an "American experience" shared by all of us who live in the United States is difficult to conceive, the current exhibit at the Davenport Museum of Art (with the name The American Experience) seeks to portray a version of our nationhood through visual art.
23 Dec 2002

Ceramics Highlight of Welcome Center Show

By Michael LoGuidice
Elizabeth Shriver strives for beauty, while Steve Banks tries to achieve ugly. She works in ceramics and is into natural shapes, while he works in two-dimensional painting and collages and is into unnatural shapes.
17 Dec 2002

A Little Bit Crazy

By Carrie Ann Mirfield
Initially, the pairing of Eric Mart and William Hannan in an exhibit at MidCoast Gallery West feels dichotomous and unnerving. There is the storied flow of Hannan's calligraphy around his illustrations in one eye, and the skittering, nearly audible rattle of Mart's sculptures in the other.
03 Dec 2002

Courting Dialogue, Not Controversy

By Jeff Ignatius
Artist Luis Jiménez wants discussion. What he often gets is controversy. "I've always been surprised by it," Jiménez said in an interview with the River Cities' Reader. "I intend to create some dialogue.
19 Nov 2002

Glass Exhibit Showcases the State's Best

By Administrator
Raised in Illinois, the current show at the Quad City Arts Center in The District of Rock Island, is a great show, a must-see. The exhibit showcases works created by more than 25 graduate students, alumni, and faculty from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal.
12 Nov 2002

DMA Show Offers a New Look at a Popular Local Artist

By Michael LoGuidice
If you like Isabel Bloom's whimsical cast-concrete figurines and want to learn a bit more about the artist, you'll enjoy this exhibit at the Davenport Museum of Art, which collects 25 of the sculptor's early works, including a few unfinished ones showing the armature supporting the concrete overlay.

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