Regionalist art symposium at Stone City

Date: 3 to 5 p.m. Aug. 21

Location:

General Store Pub, 12612 Stone City Road, Anamosa, IA 52205

Cost:

Recommended donation: $20

For more information

: Call (563)652-9925. 

 The Regionalist Art Symposium will be held in Stone City, the site of Grant Wood's Stone City Art Colony. Prominent Grant Wood scholars will look at Stone City's Regionalist history.  This will lead to a discussion of possibilities for Neo-Regionalists in Eastern Iowa.  All regional artists are welcome to join in this discussion. 

Panelists:

Sean Ulmer, Curator, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

Edwin Ritts, Director, Dubuque Museum of Art

Randy Lengeling, Grant Wood Scholar and Collector, Dubuque Museum of Art Trustee

Kristy Raine, Reference Librarian and Archivist, Mount Mercy College

 The symposium will mark the end of a weeklong landscape-painting workshop with noted pastel painter, Ellen Wagener.  Artists who are not able to attend the entire workshop can join Wagener for the final day of landscape painting at Stone City.  The fee for the one day of painting, including the Regionalist Symposium is $85.  Maquoketa Art Experience resident artists Rose Frantzen, Charles Morris, and Thomas Metcalf will join Wagener to paint in Stone City.  All artists who have done landscape paintings throughout the week or during the final day at Stone City will be invited to show and sell their paintings at a closing reception and exhibition to be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 21 at Maquoketa Art Experience Studio and Gallery, 124 S. Main St., Maquoketa.  The reception is open to all, free of charge.

The five-day landscape workshop with Ellen Wagener, Aug. 17 through 21, is the first of four seasonal workshops sponsored by Maquoketa Art Experience focusing on the natural resources and beauty of Eastern Iowa.  The workshop will combine on-site studies with studio work in the Maquoketa Art Experience Studio and Gallery.  The workshop will also include opportunities to attend lectures at the Dubuque Museum of Art at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, and the Figge Art Museum at 7 p.m.  Thursday, Aug. 20, where Ellen will discuss her work and influences.  The fee for the weeklong workshop is $395.

 Information about Maquoketa Art Experience:

Maquoketa Art Experience is dedicated to bringing accomplished artists to Maquoketa, Iowa, for short- and long-term residencies, workshops, and exhibitions.  Springing up in one of the Grant Wood Scenic Byway communities, Maquoketa Art Experience exists to nurture artists and provide opportunities for developing art-related businesses in the area. Recognizing what Grant Wood saw in Iowa, Iowans and the surrounding landscapes, the artists and board of Maquoketa Art Experience are dedicated to creating easily accessible resources for Midwest artists.  Similar to the Stone City Art Colony of the last century, Maquoketa Art Experience is committed to supporting arts and artists by creating local opportunities for artists to nurture and expand their talents and skills within the inspiring landscapes of Eastern Iowa.  Maquoketa Art Experience landscape workshops are funded in part through an Opportunity Grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.  Maquoketa Art Experience programs are funded in part by a grant from the Iowa Community Cultural Grant Program administered by the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs.

 For more information: www.maquoketa-art.org

Phone: 563-652-9925