Hannah Givler makes sculpture through a process of material exploration paralleled with academic research. The works on display in Unarchitectured were developed with sensitivity to a collection of histories of design, modernism, and gender politics. Givler received an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2012. She teaches sculpture […]
Read moreLinda Lewis’s exhibit, “We’re all under the same sky” is a way of looking at the links between us no matter what age, culture, ethnicity, or gender. For 34 years, Linda worked as an educator in the Des Moines Schools until she took a workshop given by a narrative sculptor in Santa Fe, New Mexico […]
Read moreChuck Richards trained as a fine artist with a concentration in drawing and painting. His imagery has always been representational, mostly figurative and frequently narrative. Since coming to Iowa State University in 1998, his work shifted direction down a new, but related path and he began to write and illustrate a children’s book entitled Jungle Gym […]
Read moreSeven local Pella artists are spotlighted in this exhibit which runs from November 18 – December 11. The artists include Ken Esveld (photography), Joline De Jong (mixed media), Joe Hoksbergen (illustration, digital prints), Marlyn Hoksbergen (ceramics), Mary Robertson (mixed media), Eric Robinson (prints), and Andrea Van Wyk (painting). A reception for the artists will be […]
Read moreRebecca Strzelec, Allison B. Allen artist-in-residence Rebecca is Professor of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally and has work in the permanent collections of the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI and the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA as […]
Read moreGerhard Nollen (1830-1901), came to Iowa from the Netherlands in the 1850s. He worked as a portrait painter in Pella and Keokuk. The Pella Historical Society owns many of his works and they have undergone restoration recently. His largest and most famous work is “Dream of Arcadia” which is owned by the Iowa Historical Society. This […]
Read moreFiber artist Mary Merkel-Hess grew up in Evansdale and Gilbertville, Iowa. She received her B.A. in philosophy (1971) from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and her B.F.A. (1976) from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She earned her M.F.A. in metalsmithing from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, in 1983. She is married and has two children. Her sculptural […]
Read moreApril 24th through May 2nd the Mills Gallery is featuring the work of Ashton Mayer, Sean Robbins, Levi Ross, and Rick Williamson. A reception for the artists will be on Saturday, April 25th from 1:00-3:00pm. May 2nd through 14th the Mills Gallery will feature the work of Ashlei Bos, Grace Hove, Jennifer Johnston, Alison Ranniger, […]
Read moreAt the closing on April 14th of Dear Mother Nature: Defiled, the exhibiting artist, Ilse Schreiber-Noll gathered the gifts to Mother Nature left by gallery visitors to be burned in a short closing ceremony. The event was inspired by a Peruvian custom where similar gifts are burned to thank and celebrate Mother Nature.
Read moreOur theme and exhibiting artists in the Mills Gallery this Spring were suggested to us by Linda Weintraub, author of several books on contemporary art including TO LIFE! Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet. Linda Weintraub will be visiting the Central College campus this week to give a lecture titled Art-is-an Environmental Health Clinic: Art and […]
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