Thomas Jewell-Vitale, Professor of Art at Loras College in Dubuque, returned to his Alma Mater in 1976 almost a decade after leaving: first to pursue religious studies at Gregorian University in Rome, then to study figure drawing at Academie der…
Possibly the Midwest's most distinguished sculptor, Mac Hornecker is certainly Iowa's most accessible, versatile, and productive. From his studio near the campus of Buena Vista College in Storm Lake where he taught with the Art Department from 1971…
Those familiar with the nature photography of Steven Herrnstadt will find interior visions from his creative psyche in this current show. Long concerned with government affairs, Herrnstadt offers access to his creative Yin/Yang, the darker side of…
Professor Jane Gilmor says that certain works are intended "to create a ritualistic ambience not unlike that of some bizarre roadside shrine. I am interested in both the construction and deconstruction of myth and in the deeper relationships between…
Gordon Kellenberger lives in High Amana, Iowa. He received a degree in Art Education from the University of Northern Iowa and has done graduate work at the University of Iowa and Marycrest College. He is a native of the Amana Colonies and is one of…
Born in Forest City, in 1965, Frerichs earned his BA with Departmental Distinction at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, then took an MA at the University of Iowa and stayed on to earn his MFA in 1991. He went to the Universitaet Osnabrueck…
Fitzsimmons received both her B.F.A. and M.A. from the University of Iowa. Her work has been included in the Des Moines Art Center's Iowa Artists Exhibition as well as other regional galleries and museums.
After "a strict religious upbringing, coupled with a 12 year business career, raised ". doubts about values ".practices ".and underlying beliefs of the society that had instilled those values," Ellinwood turned to art. Assisted by scholarships, she…
Possibly the Midwest's most distinguished sculptor, Mac Hornecker is certainly Iowa's most accessible, versatile, and productive. From his studio near the campus of Buena Vista College in Storm Lake where he taught with the Art Department from 1971…
