Art

A new tensile sculpture and motion-sensitive interactive light installation displays different colors at various speeds, depths and brightness levels, depending on how many people are in the alley and how they’re moving.

Works range from abstract to regionalism and representational.

Cara Briggs Farmer, a local artist and business owner, has spent the last few years designing public art pieces for various communities in Eastern Iowa

Quixotic troupe from Kansas City ready to surround Iowa City’s Hancher Auditorium with sight and sound explosion.

Not all the fallen trees left after the storm were turned into mulch. Some of the trunks that remained standing have found new life as yard art.

The Iowa family’s Bob Ross collection includes four paintings, a set of carved figures and two painted platters. Authentication has to be done in person, at Bob Ross Inc. in Virginia. So this summer, they plan to take a road trip.

Part zoetrope, part music box and part railway car, the exhibit will serve as a backdrop for downtown Iowa City as summer events thaw the pandemic’s social ice.

Did you have a special carving or other artwork made from downed derecho trees or stumps? We want to see it