Bruce Walter's Art Exhibition at Quad City Arts Gallery
Bruce Walters exhibited at the Quad City Arts Gallery in January and February. He also gave an hour long interview about the show on the Quad City area NPR station.
According to Steve Banks of the River City Reader, "Walters' color illustrations and charcoal drawings are masterfully rendered. He can summarize a pose or an expression with a few essential strokes or smudges. His visual structure actively guides the viewer through his compositions. His selection process from his research studies and sketches allows him a visual economy in his drawings that few artists can achieve."
Bruce Walters also reports that Des Moines City Magazine featured two alums in a recent issue:
Brent Houzenga (BA 2006) and Michelle Phillips (BA 2007) who were both in Walter’s graphic design classes. See the Des Moines City Magazine.
Jenny Knave's Art Work
Jenny Knavel exhibited a piece in the 40th Mid-States Craft Exhibition at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science in Evansville, Indiana during December 2007 and January 2008. Knavel also exhibited a piece in the Vicinity 2007 show at the Norris Cultural Arts Center in St. Charles, Illinois and additionally had a piece juried into Fiber Arts at Gallery 510 in Decatur, Illinois in October.
Art Works on Loan from Art Gallery
John Graham reports the loan of two works from the Western Illinois University Art Gallery Permanent Collection for an important exhibition at the Koehnline Museum of Art at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, Illinois.
On loan was a painting by Aaron Bohrod (American, 1902-1992), "Factory Buildings", watercolor, 1934, and our most sought-after work for loan and publication requests, Archibald J. Motley, Jr. (African-American, 1891-1981), "The Jazz Singers", oil on canvas, c.1934.
These are both works from our WPA collection, listed on our gallery website. The title of the exhibit was "Convergence: Jewish and African American Artists in Depression-era Chicago."
John Graham has been selected as a Panelist on this year's Illinois Arts Council Visual Arts Panel.
Vince Palacios' Art Work
Vince Palacios was juried into the Kirkland Arts Center exhibition titled Clay II. Juried by Jamie Walker, Akio Takamori and Doug Jeck, there were 440 entries with 19 pieces selected. They selected 2 of his works. Palacios has also been accepted into the 40th Annual Visual Arts Exhibition in Denton TX. He is also having a solo exhibition coming up at the Kettering Art Center in Ohio, and he has been invited to exhibit his work at the Santa Fe Clay Gallery in Santa Fe New Mexico. The Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach, CA has added Palacios' work to their collection. The American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, CA has also added Palacios' work to their collection.