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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. 

FORSBERG RIVERSIDE GALLERY

A Period of Time: 2005-2025 by Patrick Luber
February 25 - June 15

LONGFELLOW- HURLBUT CONCOURSE 

Recent Works by Michael Broshar
April 15 - August 17

WEST GALLERY

To Dream the Land: Watercolors from the Collection
April 15 - August 17

WATKINS GRAND FOYER

Recent Works
by Michael Broshar

April 15 - August 17

Soul of Distinction
by Ethan Edvenson

March 25 - September 7

LANGLAS LOFT GALLERY

Viendo La Vida
Ongoing
Holiday Arts Festival Acquisitions
May 15 - December 6
Coming Soon

ROTARY LICHTY GALLERY

Fe Koupe: Haitian Iron Works from Collection 
Ongoing

LAW-REDDINGTON

Fleuve-Revolution of Freedom & Flow
May 16 - September 14
Coming Soon

CREATIVE CONNECT CORRIDOR 

Soul of Distinction
by Ethan Edvenson
March 25 - September 7

REULING FELDMAN GALLERY

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

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

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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. 

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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. 

Waterloo Center for the Arts

225 Commercial Street | Waterloo, IA 50701-1313

(319) 291-4490

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