Noted 20th-century photographer Aaron Siskind was quoted as saying, "Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever … . It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” This act of remembering will be on glorious display at the Figge Art Museum through July 3, with the Davenport venue housing works previously unseen in the Quad Cities via the arresting exhibition New Photography.

Richard Misrach, one of the most influential photographers of his generation, will be the featured guest in the Figge Art Museum's March 24 virtual artist talk on Border Cantos / Sonic Borders, the Davenport venue's exhibition in which Misrach and artist/composer Guillermo Galindo explore the complexities of the southern border through photography, sculpture, and sound.

Disparate yet equally arresting works by a pair of Midwestern artists will be on display at the Quad City Arts International Airport Gallery through April 26, with visitors invited to marvel as the paper mosaics of Granite City, Illinois' Alex Paradowski and the papier-mâché sculptures of St. Charles, Missouri's Deanne Row.

A fascinating program held in conjunction with the Figge Art Museum's current exhibition Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee, the March 10 virtual presentation Explore the Archives: Doris Lee will find Emily Moore – former archival assistant at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) – exploring the gifted Midwestern artist's career and works in the Doris Lee Archive housed in the NMWA Library and Research Center.

Vibrantly colorful works by a Long Grove native and the retired chair of the art department of Northwest Missouri State University will be showcased at the Beréskin Gallery & Art Academy through April 27, with the Bettendorf venue housing 17 ravishing acrylic paintings of varying sizes in the exhibition Philip Laber: Dialogues Within.

An eagerly awaited exhibition featuring dozens of recent and debuting works in a variety of artistic mediums, the 2022 Rock Island Art Guild Fine Arts Exhibition will be on display at the Figge Art Museum through May 15, with the Davenport venue housing 59 works - paintings, sculptures, installations, and more - by 50 artists living within a 200-mile radius of the Quad Cities.

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.

Drawings and paintings by a trio of terrifically gifted Iowa artists will be decorating the walls of the Quad City Arts Center through March 18, with the Rock Island venue housing expressive and beautiful works by Emily Minnie of Iowa City, Jennifer Vess of Dubuque, and Grace Fundenberger of Bettendorf.

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.

A gifted painter and Aledo, Illinois, native known for her beautiful and evocative figurative painting and printmaking will be celebrated in a new exhibit at the Figge Art Museum, with the Davenport venue, through May 8, housing Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee, the first major critical assessment of Lee’s superlative works.

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