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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.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Holiday Arts Festival Acquisitions
Langlas Loft Galleries
On View May 15 - December 6, 2025
The Waterloo Center for the Arts has been collecting art from the juried vendors of the Holiday Arts Festival for some time now, but in earnest for more than a decade. Artists and artisans from across the region help strengthen the range and scope of WCA's Midwestern Art Collection.
Fleuve-Revolution of Freedom & Flow
Law-Reddington Galleries
On View beginning May 16
WCA Director Chawne Paige, partners with Grinnell College Museum of Art's Dr. Petrouchka Moise to co-curate an exhibition featuring Jacob Lawrence's The Life of Touissant Louverture, a series of 15 screenprints dedicated to the life of the leader of the Haitian Revolution. These stunning and rarely shown works of art are paired with objects from the WCA Haitian Art Collection.
Nepalese Masks and Figures from the Kohler Foundation
Forsberg-Riverside Galleries
On View beginning July 1
A collection exhibition to accompany Riva Nayaju's, Echoes of Kathmandu Valley. These striking, fragile masks and figures from Nepal reflect the complex culture and history of that country. The objects were a bequest to the Waterloo Center for the Arts in 2019 by the Kohler Foundation whose many initiatives include the preservation of art by self-taught artists.
Echoes of Kathmandu
Forsberg-Riverside Galleries
On View beginning July 1
UNI Assistant Professor Riva Nayaju is an architect and graphic designer specializing in typography, motion graphics, and print design. This exhibition represents her expressive work in watercolor and ink showcasing the temples, houses and streets of her home country Nepal. A daily painting challenge since the summer of 2024, each painting is a narrative, "a silent conversation with the past, reflecting Kathmandu's timeless charm and spiritual essence.
ARTIST RECEPTIONS
FRI.
May 9
5:30-7:30pm
FRI.
May 9
5:30-7:30pm
THURS.
July 10
5:30-7:30pm
RECENT WORKS
By Michael Broshar
FREE ADMISSION
Visit Longfellow-Hurlbut Concourse and see Michael Broshar's latest exhibition as well as the West Gallery where To Dream the Land: Watercolors from the Collection will be presented. Longtime WCA class instructor, Broshar, will present a watercolor demonstration that evening, so come take notes!
SOUL OF DISTINCTION
By Ethan Edvenson
FREE ADMISSION
Soul of Distinction exhibitor Ethan Edvenson invites visitors to participate in a collaborative collage and tour his exhibition in the Watkins Grand Foyer and Creative Connect Corridor.
ECHOES OF KATHMANDU VALLEY
FREE ADMISSION
Artist Riva Nayaju presents a brief overview of Nepal and a Gallery Talk about her solo exhibition Echoes of Kathmandu Valley. Nayaju has also designed the exhibition postcards, catalogue, and wall graphics and promises a brief watercolor demonstration during the reception.
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