The exhibit titled Pentimento features three artists: Janelle McClain, Gail Naughton and Lisa Oberreuter exploring different techniques and incorporating their artistic roots in their joint exhibition. McClain’s developing work is devoted to the human figure, exploring a variety of mediums. Naughton’s textile art combines intricate stitching, dyes and sewn fabrics, creating complex wall hangings. Oberreuter’s […]
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“The Words He Cannot Say, a graphic memoir by Leo Bird, 2014 Central graduate, is on exhibition in the Mills Gallery from November 4 through December 7. Meet the artist at 6 p.m. Thursday, November 7, in the gallery during the artist’s reception. Bird was diagnosed with autism at age three. He created the memoir […]
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Stina Joy Henslee is a mixed media artist and graphic designer, who relocated to Dubuque, Iowa in 2020 from her hometown of Chicago. In 1999 she spent a year in Helsinki attending a fine arts high school and then continued her arts education at Washington University in St. Louis where she studied Printmaking, German and […]
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She has spent over 50 years creating, exhibiting and teaching art. Her work has been exhibited and is included in both the U.S. and abroad. A reviewer wrote about Elizabeth’s work, “[it] recalls the late post minimalist artist Eva Hesse in its combination of minimalist sensibility with abject items”. She currently lives and works in […]
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The exhibition, Aviate, featuring the work of Amy Haney is exhibited in the Mills Gallery from March 4 – April 12 with a reception for the artist at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 11. “I incorporate birds, insects and animals into my work. I enjoy the personalities that come across with their postures, gestures, colors […]
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The works of Paul Andrew Wandless are exhibited in the Mills Gallery from Monday, January 15 until March 1. Wandless has been designated the Allison B. Allen Visiting Artist during Spring 2024. He will conduct a workshop on applying printmaking processes to clay in the ceramics and printmaking classes while in residence at Central, February […]
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The exhibition, “Kiddin’ Around: Works in Progress” features paintings and collages of Grant William Thye, Class of 1993, in the Mills Gallery from September 25 – October 27. The inspiration for this show came from his children as the artist explores the journey between creating new artwork and having young children in his studio. Some […]
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The work of Jennifer Drinkwater is exhibited in the Mills Gallery from August 23 – September 22 with an artist’s reception held at noon on Friday, September 22. The exhibition features paintings, prints, and embroidered works from her 168 Hours series and The What’s Good Project. 168 Hours is an embroidered archive of 24 […]
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The work of Howard Paine is exhibited in the Mills Gallery from January 23 – February 24. His exhibition of woodcut, lithograph, and digital prints is titled Into the Fading. An artist’s reception will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, February 23 in the Mills Gallery. Paine’s large-scale digital prints are part of a series […]
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The work of Jody Boyer is exhibited in the Mills Gallery from Nov. 6 to Dec. 9. Her exhibition is titled Ice Works. An artist’s reception will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, in the Mills Gallery.
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