Skip Willits earned a degree in studio art with an emphasis in art education from Western Illinois University in 1978. His predominant medium is welded metal, using materials such as steel, aluminum and bronze with various techniques from arc to…
Bob Anderson grew up in Waterloo, Iowa and now is the owner of Sunflower Pottery, located in Pella, Iowa. He throws his pots, pie dishes, plates, etc. on a potter's wheel, then attaches sculpted or molded rural images to them. Some of these images…
Kate Carr received her Bachelor of Arts (1999) from 1994-1999 Marlboro College in Vermont. She is completing her MFA in the sculpture area at the University of Iowa and has shown work recently at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art in…
Gary Horn is a Des Moines native who now lives in New York City. He teaches studio art to middle school and high school students at the Metropolitan Musuem of Art in addition to his teaching jobs at the Academy of Mt. Saint Ursula and the New York…
Guy Loraine was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He studied photography at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and also studied in Derby, England. He is a former Fulbright Scholar and has worked as a photographer for The Smithsonian…
River Branch received her B.A. in Psychology in 1990 from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. She is currently working on her M.F.A. in Film and Video Production at the University of Iowa. River has created seven films including Conditioned Love, from…
Mitchell Squire was born in Natchez, Mississippi in 1959. In 2001, Mitchell earned a Master of Architecture from Iowa State University Graduate College. He has been an Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, as well as a Visiting Professor of…
Janel earned a B.F.A. in Sculpture and Photography from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1990. In 1998, Janel received an M.F.A. in Sculpture from Hunter College in New York, New York. She has had numerous solo exhibitions since starting her career…
Jody Boyer is an intermedia artist originally from Portland, Oregon. She received her B.A. from Reed College and her M.A. in Intermedia and Video Art fromt he University of Iowa. Her work has been shown nationally, including at the Des Moines Art…
