Lee Ann Conlan is a Des Moines native and a graduate of Drake University where she studied drawing. She has also studied in Italy and at Rhode Island School of Design. She has been an instructor at the Des Moines Art Center and her artwork is part of…
Dedicated and restlessly searching, Jack Wilkes is a teacher, painter, and explorer in concrete images and abstract ideas. After studying at the Cleveland Art Institute, Jack finished his BFA in Art Education at Drake which included a Certificate in…
Jules Kirschenbaum was a former professor of art at Drake University where he taught for over 25 years. His work has been shown on a national level and has been awarded several prizes and fellowships throughout his career, including a Fullbright…
Thomine Wilson is a native Iowan who can't wait for tomorrow to come, but doesn't want to leave yesterday behind. It is her love for the old and the new that have been the inspiration behind Designs By Thomine.
Larry Welo has been creating etchings since the early 1970's. A graduate of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, Welo operated a studio in Minneapolis until moving to Wisconsin, where he currently lives with his family.
Now living in Brooklyn, New York and associated with the Guggenheim Museum, Katherine Lock has Iowa connections in both Iowa City where she graduated with honors in painting and the Des Moines Art Center where she served in a variety of roles from…
Former Des Moines Register visual arts critic Eliot Nusbaum commented more than a decade ago about McKibbin's "intuitive sense of place." He wrote "McKibbin is interested in investigating the character of the landscape and what makes each of these…
Barbara Fedeler holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona, and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Drake University, Des Moines. She also has studied at Scuola Lorenzo de Medici in Florence, Italy. She currently serves as a…
