26 Aug 2003

Downs Sets New Tone for the Figge Arts Center

By Jeff Ignatius
The steel that's rising from the ground along River Driver between Harrison and Main streets in Davenport is the physical skeleton of the $34.4-million Figge Arts Center, but it also stands as a symbol of a new framework for doing business for the Davenport Museum of Art (DMA).
26 Aug 2003

Illinois Arts Council Invests in a River Renaissance from Galena to Cairo

By Nate Lawrence
The Illinois Arts Council, along with teachers and artists from around the state, celebrated the completion of the second year of the Illinois Mississippi River Valley Project with a festival weekend August 15 through 17 in Galena, Illinois.
12 Aug 2003

Sisters Produce Stunning Show

By Michael LoGuidice
Before September 11, 2001, the concept of the airport as town-hall meeting plaza was a great one. The Quad City International Airport was well on its way to realizing that ideal. There were plans for an office park to be located on or near the airport property, and people, not just travelers, would be lured to the facilities.
12 Aug 2003

Exhibit Showcases a Mature Hand

By Michael LoGuidice
Kathleen Van Hyfte says her work is in a stage of transition, but I don't agree. There is a strong cubist element that runs through most of the works currently on display in a two-person show at the MidCoast Fine Arts Gallery near LeClaire.
05 Aug 2003

Local Artist Lands New York Showing (Again)

By Todd McGreevy
Local painter Pete Schulte recently was juried into a weeklong exhibit in New York City, his second showing in the Big Apple in just over a year. (See "Mirror Repair" in the River Cities' Reader, July 3, 2002.
15 Jul 2003

Show Spotlights Excellence

By Michael LoGuidice
The great new show at the Quad City Arts Gallery in The District of Rock Island showcases a bit of a role reversal, with the woman being bold and the man being subtle. The show, running through August 8, features 27 wood turnings by Steve Sinner and 15 collages by Corrine Smith.
08 Jul 2003

Thor Meets the Bumblebee in New Exhibit

By Michael LoGuidice
As changeable and far-ranging as Teresa Mesich's paintings are in the current show at MidCoast Gallery West (in the District of Rock Island), David Zahn stakes out two bold, solid, consistent themes: bronze busts and hand-thrown ceramics adorned by figures.
20 May 2003

Sculpture on Second Returns for Second Year

By Jeff Ignatius
Photos by Brian Barkley Seven new sculptures have popped up in downtown Davenport, the result of the second Sculpture on Second project of DavenportOne. The organization is also developing a brochure for a walking tour.
20 May 2003

Pastel Competition Grows into Professional-Development Expo

By Jeff Ignatius
What had been MidCoast's Pastel Exhibition & Competition has been transformed through addition into something altogether different: a multifaceted arts-in-education event for teens that creates a link to workforce development and retention.
29 Apr 2003

Iowa Artist Breaks from Her Trap

By Judith Malone
Ellen Wagener does the kind of drawings that work so well for so many people, there isn't much incentive to try anything new. Over a 10-year career, she has mastered a pastel version of genre painting, paying homage to the same row-crop agriculture, rolling terrain, and big sky that so captivated native son Grant Wood.

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