Small Town, Big Art

Chloe Allgood Lou Watercolor on canvas The month is almost over but I wanted to give out a little something since it's been a while. This month we had a great show from Chloe Allgood. Chloe is a resident of Iowa City, and her show is titled "A Bevy of Peeps". All Thirty Five paintings are in watercolor, and feature some fine feathered friends as well as some portraits. Chloe Allgood Baxter Watercolor on canvas Chloe Allgood Ziggy Watercolor on canvas Chloe Allgood Domestic

Winter is coming... ...but the wildflowers are still blooming at the Arts Center. Our November exhibit is up and ready for you to take a walk among the flowers. The artist for this month is Lydia E. Curtis. In 1958 at the age of 72, Lydia began what would become over 250 plates of wildflowers and descriptions of the individual plants. This project would take over 15 years in total. Below is an introduction by the artist herself. "In presenting these sketches of spring wild

Traci Utley Traci Utley Face of a Tiger It's the first week of October and that means new exhibit time! We have a great new show up for you to cuddle up to by Traci Utley. Traci has been quilting for over 35 years. She says she started with traditional quilts for family and friends. About 14 years ago she was ready for a change in style and started Mosaic Quilting. This exhibit shows some of the fruits of that labor. Here are a few more examples. Charlie Chaplin Monarch But

September's exhibit is up, and its kind of a big deal. Anastasia Chloe keys 2019 Cyanotype Anastasia Chloe Anastasia is the artist behind this months exhibit. She is a graduate of UNI and currently is the photographer for the art gallery at her alma mater. Even cooler for this Arts Center is that she is a local and has been around the Charles City Arts Center for a good part of her life. It's quite gratifying to see one of our own come back and have a show. It's exhilarat

Hello out there! I hope you are all doing well and staying safe. We are busy busy here at the Center. We have a new show freshly hung, and we're getting ready for our 47th?! Yup 47th Art-A-Fest! I've Also got some upcoming treats for any history buffs out there. Let us begin with our the artist of our current exhibit. Helen Hunter Helen is a treasure! I'm pretty sure I'm speaking for both Emily and myself when I say we had a great time hanging the show and hanging out with

Its getting closer to the end of the month, but I wanted to drop a few notes about the current exhibits and the months activities. With two artists this month we have double the awesome to apply to your eyeholes! We also had a great time hanging out for the Charles City Spirit Drive on the 4th. Due to the pandemic that's been changing the ways we do almost anything, we were lucky to find not one but two artists. Abby Harting The first artist I'd like to spotlight is Abb

Covid-19 is dampening my spirits. Visits to the Charles City Arts Center have been way down due to the pandemic. We did close for a couple of months starting in March but opened again mid-May with safety protocols in place. It greatly saddens me that our current exhibit has gotten very few views but understand the need for people to stay safe. Let me just share a bit about our current exhibit, which is actually two shows! It is fine art photography by Craig Kienast from Clea