Crafting Moving Stories with Rafael Rosado

Central will soon be overrun by cartoons! Prolific storyboard and graphic novel artist, Rafael Rosado will be showcasing his work in the Mills Gallery. The show will feature a behind-the-scenes look into Rafael’s process from initial concepts through the final products. The show will run from October 23 through November 15 and can be viewed […]

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Alumnus Show Featuring Eoin Breadon

Central College is proud to welcome back Eoin Breadon for an Alumnus Art Exhibition. The show will be held in the Campus Art Gallery in the Lubbers Center for the Visual Arts on Central’s campus, September 25 through October 18. Breadon’s work consists of finely crafted glass sculpture. He uses this challenging and often fragile […]

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Julie McLaughlin: Facades of Space Once Shared

“Facades of Space Once Shared,” an exhibit by Julie McLaughlin. McLaughlin is an Iowa artist who brings an education in printmaking and experience as a theatre costume designer to her sculptural works in handmade paper. Her passion for pushing the boundaries between paper and textiles has grown from sculptural work based on the corseted silhouette […]

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Jane South: “Shifting Structures”

Jane South exhibits her recent work. Born in Manchester, United Kingdom, Jane South worked in experimental theater before moving to the United States in 1989. She has a BFA in Theater from Central St. Martins, London, UK, and an MFA in Painting & Sculpture from UNC Greensboro. South’s work was recently included in the 2018 Invitational Exhibition […]

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Amy Uthus: “Veritas”

Amy Uthus, porcelain artist, shares her current work. “I draw on my love for the beauty of light interacting with porcelain and my veneration of vast landscapes to create luminous works of art,” Uthus says. She has developed new methods to slip cast ultra-thin panels and vessel walls that are so translucent that color can […]

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Joan Soppe: “Vignettes”

Mills Gallery presents “Vignettes,” a solo show of artists’ books by Joan Soppe. Through her use of nontraditional materials and book-making techniques, Joan brings new and sometimes unexpected reflections on daily life. Joan focuses on one-of-a-kind and small-editioned artists’ books  which use handmade papers, letterpress and intaglio as the foundation of my work, while metal, […]

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Teresa Faris: “Displaced”

Mills Gallery exhibits the work of Teresa Faris’s jewelry.   Teresa’s work explores the notion of advantage and disadvantage that, adjacently, resides within all beings. Privilege comes in many forms ranging from skin/eye color, physical and mental ability to class, status and power. Teresa Faris is Associate Professor and Area Head of the Metals program at […]

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Celebration of Asian Art

This exhibition features items from the collections of Chia Ning, Central College professor of history, and of Pella residents and world travelers Susan Kuyper and Tom Stanley. The works represent a variety of eras, media, artists and Asian cultures.   Chinese Accordion fold book     Exhibit Dates:  Sept. 19 – Oct. 10, 2018 Reception:  […]

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Pella Invitational Exhibition

Local Pella artists, Sallie DeReus, Robert Franks, Joe Hoksbergen, Marlyn Hoksbergen, Mathew Kelly, Treva Reimer, Brian Roberts, and Heidi Schulte exhibit their work in the Mills Gallery. Exhibit dates:  August 22- September 14, 2018. Reception:  August 30 at 5:30 in the gallery.

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Senior Exhibit

Seniors Kayla Foster, Callie Gardemann, Jessica Lippert, Madison Thingstad, and Scottie Yang exhibit their senior thesis work. Exhibit dates:  April 25 – May 11, 2018.

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