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Art

The Waterloo Center for the Arts stimulates inquiry, provokes dialogue and connects people through the arts.

GALLERIES

The Center collects Midwest Art, American Decorative Arts, International Folk Art, including a significant collection of Mexican Folk Art and the worlds' largest public collection of Haitian Art. Selections from our collections are always on display. We also feature changing exhibits in five separate galleries throughout the building. 

LAW-REDDINGTON
GALLERY

A Mid-Century Nebraska Artist
by Milton Wolsky
September 30-March 15

LONGFELLOW- HURLBUT CONCOURSE 

Dot Day Exhibition
September 2-November 4

WEST GALLERY

Cielo Y Tierra: Mexican Traditional Painting
September 4 - April 19

WATKINS GRAND FOYER

Dot Day Exhibition
September 2 - November 4

Turtle Wisdom
by Betty Laduke
September 30-February 15

LANGLAS LOFT GALLERY

Viendo La Vida
Ongoing

Holiday Arts Festival Acquisitions
May 15 - December 6
 

FORSBURG GALLERY

Echoes of
Kathmandu Valley

July 1 - November 2

Nepalese Masks
& FIgures

July 1 - November 2

CREATIVE CONNECT CORRIDOR 

Turtle Wisdom
by Betty Laduke
September 30-February 15

REULING FELDMAN GALLERY

Haitian Art | Forged from a Vibrant Land & a Powerful People
Ongoing

ROTARY
LICHTY GALLERY

Fe Koupe: Haitian Iron Works from Collection 
Ongoing

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

CHRIS WUBBENA:
RECENT WORKS

On View November 25-April 12

Featuring interdisciplinary artist Chris Wubbena’s most recent bodies of work titled Demos and in the midst of things. His mixed-media sculptural compositions, multi-media installations, and large-scale public sculptures have been presented nationwide for the past two-and-a-half decades. He has a B.F.A. from UNI and an M.F.A. from San Francisco State University and is currently Professor of Sculpture at Southeast Missouri State University.

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TIME AGAIN

On View December 2-March 1

Accomplished muralist, installation artist, and educator Brent Houzenga is a New Orleans-based artist originally from Fulton, IL. His work has been featured in publications such as Time Out Chicago, Art+Design New Orleans, and the Rizzoli book Stickers: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art. He is also the subject of an independent documentary film titled Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer. Houzenga is known for his portraits of anonymous people painted with a Pop aesthetic. His influences include punk rock, street art, comic books, mysticism, and psychology. He states, “I’m interested in portraiture, but I’m equally interested in abstraction and the space between representation and the void.”

ARTIST RECEPTIONS

THURS.


October 30

5:30-7:30pm
 

TURTLE WISDOM: PERSONAL POLITICAL, PLAYFUL

OPENING RECEPTION & TURTLE TALK
Free Admission

The works of Betty LaDuke have many times graced the walls of the Waterloo Center for the Arts. This new body of work is 21 shaped, carved, and painted wood panels that are based on artist sketches drawn decades ago during travels in African, Latin American, and Asian countries. The themes speak to dreams, dreamers, expectations, love, hope, nostalgia, and resilience. The exhibition is supplemented by major LaDuke paintings and prints from the WCA collection.

FRI. 


February 27

 

TIME AGAIN 

CLOSING RECEPTION & GALLERY TALK
Free Admission

Accomplished muralist, installation artist, and educator Brent Houzenga is a New Orleans-based artist originally from Fulton, IL. His work has been featured in publications such as Time Out Chicago, Art+Design New Orleans, and the Rizzoli book Stickers: From Punk Rock to Contemporary Art. He is also the subject of an independent documentary film titled Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer. Houzenga is known for his portraits of anonymous people painted with a Pop aesthetic. His influences include punk rock, street art, comic books, mysticism, and psychology. He states, “I’m interested in portraiture, but I’m equally interested in abstraction and the space between representation and the void.”

FRI. 


December 12
5:30-7:30pm
 

CHRIS WUBBENA:
RECENT WORKS

RECEPTION, FILM SCREENING, & GALLERY TALK
Free Admission

Featuring interdisciplinary artist Chris Wubbena’s most recent bodies of work titled Demos and in the midst of things. His mixed-media sculptural compositions, multi-media installations, and large-scale public sculptures have been presented nationwide for the past two-and-a-half decades. He has a B.F.A. from UNI and an M.F.A. from San Francisco State University and is currently Professor of Sculpture at Southeast Missouri State University.

Waterloo Center for the Arts

225 Commercial Street | Waterloo, IA 50701-1313

(319) 291-4490

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