Mendieta was a performance, video artist, sculptor and painter. She was born in Havana, Cuba, and at age 12, fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba with her sister, Raquelin, who was 15. In 1969, Mendieta earned her B.A. from the University of Iowa, in 1971 an M.A. in painting, and in 1972 an M.F.A. in Intermedia.
For 14 years, University of Iowa’s collection has had no home. Soon that will change.
Gilded Pear Gallery this spring is featuring “On The Verge,” abstract drawings and birch bark sculptures by Cedar Falls artist Crit Streed; and “Fiber Optics,” fiber wall sculptures and mobiles by Minneapolis artist Kristina Fjellman. A public reception will be held on Friday.
Alisabeth Von Presley thanks voters, praises contestants moving forward in TV competition
The Grant Wood Studio and Armstrong Visitor Center will be reopening for the season on Saturday at noon. Admission to the studio is free for everyone during regular hours courtesy of a grant from the Esther and Robert Armstrong Charitable Trust.
Public celebration slated for Aug. 26 at new University of Iowa jewel.
Jackson Pollock’s “Mural” will have a place of honor when the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art opens its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3 p.m. Aug. 26, 2022.
World-class nature photography exhibit at Dubuque’s National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium takes viewers inside remote locations.
This Friday marks five years since the fire that engulfed Thou Art Gallery on Main Street in Anamosa. The gallery has since been rebuilt and is running full swing again, and will commemorate the anniversary this Friday with an open house.
A banned graphic novel, “Maus,” sparks renewed interest, and big sales
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art shows history through noted photographer’s lens
1979 Cornell College grad Rupert Kinnard created oldest continuing Black gay and lesbian comic characters in U.S.
Laura Palmer, of Des Moines, created the design painted on the Muscatine water tower in 2020 after the city of 23,700 won a contest sponsored by the Iowa Finance Authority. This year, she’ll create the art for the Runnells water tower.
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