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events Current Exhibit: Terry Rathje Sculpture and Digitalia Maquoketa Art
Experience presents the work of Terry Rathje, artist and professor at
Western Illinois University. Terry's art covers a wide range, including
sculptural assemblages of discarded objects, interactive installations,
and digital images.
The outside world contains many amazing things- natural phenomenon,
ancient ideas, discarded objects, people in love, and communication on
many levels. The world inside us is equally interesting and contains
another world- one made up of flesh and blood and which also contains
misinterpretations, genetic propensities, events colored by experience,
and a mental junkyard that contains memories waiting to be retrieved or
abandoned. Things in this internal world are always linking to each
other and to the outside world, inspiring new forms. Technology is a
great tool for realizing these forms, but imagination is the most
important. -Terry Rathje Past Events
Arthur Geisert's Etchings Maquoketa Art Experience presented over 70 of Arthur Geisert's art history related cartoon etchings, which were created for art calendars over the course of ten years. Geisert practices the 500-plus-year-old technique of
copper
plate etching. He is an artist and illustrator with many books in
print in several languages. His
publishing credits include “Hogwash,” “Nursery Crimes,” “The Giant Ball
and
String,” and “Lights Out,” many telling stories strictly through
visuals. His
works have been featured in national publications such as “The New
Yorker” and
have been on display in the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Museum
of Art in
Washington D.C. and the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, IA.
"What Figures to be Art" by
Charles Morris Morris exhibited his hand-painted
slide mounts with images from art history books viewed through
magnifying glasses.
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On June
27th,
2009 Maquoketa Art Experience participated in Timber City Days with an
open collaboration on a large canvas in our new exhibition/workshop
space
at 124 S. Main. All visitors were invited to add to the
painting. Wine
tasting was offered by both Tabor
Home Winery and Brush Creek
Winery. Works on
paper from MAE’s weekly drawing session were available
for purchase.
Red
Henton provided musical entertainment.
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Maquoketa
Art Experience held its first Holiday
Art Walk in downtown Maquoketa,
the day after Thanksgiving, November 28th, 2008 from 5 to
9pm.
Three
new fine art spaces downtown and the Old City Hall Gallery were open to
the public and featured drawings and paintings by artists including
Rose Frantzen, Charles Morris, and Thomas Metcalf. Brush
Creek
Winery provided a wine tasting at The Drawing Room, 103 S. Main St.,
where works on paper from MAE’s weekly drawing session were available
for purchase. The Thomas Metcalf Studio at 106 S. Main, and
The
Charles Morris Studio at 103 E. Platt St. were open and featured
exquisite drawings and paintings by each artist. Frantzen’s
acclaimed oil paintings were seen at Old City Hall Gallery, 121 S.
Olive.Throughout the evening, the artists were present to discuss their works with visitors. Musical entertainment was provided by Scott Dalziel at The Drawing Room. *
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On June
28th,
2008 Maquoketa Art Experience participated in Timber City Days
by placing a large canvas on the sidewalk outside of our workshop space
at 103 S. Main, inviting anyone to add to the painting. Black, white,
and gray paint were used to create a sprawling, somewhat surreal
landscape. The whole process was videotaped intermittently to
capture
the painting coming to life. Raffle tickets were sold for the
finished
painting and a DVD of the video. The
winner was Heather Rickertsen.
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Maquoketa
Art
Experience hosted an Open
House Reception on Friday, May
30th, 2008 from 5 to 8pm at 103 S. Main, Maquoketa to introduce the
public to
the activities and objectives of the Maquoketa Art
Experience.
The
event was open to the public, who had an opportunity to meet and
observe established and resident artists in a drawing session.
Drawings by artists Rose Frantzen, Chuck Morris, and Thomas Metcalf were sold, and an auction was held for a live drawing session. The highest bidder in the auction, Angela McColley, became the model and received the drawings that Frantzen, Morris, Metcalf, and Nikko Francois drew from 7 to 8pm. |
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MAE activities are supported in part by an Iowa Community Cultural Grant from
the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
and by an Iowa Natural Resource-based Opportunity Grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
and by an Iowa Natural Resource-based Opportunity Grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources