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Exhibitions

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. 

Galleries

Reuling Feldman Gallery

Haitian Art - Forged from a Vibrant Land and a Powerful People

Ongoing

Watkins Grand Foyer

Twin Passions, Art and the Outdoors: My Journey from Landscape to Abstraction
by Greg Hargreaves

March 17-November 8

Memories of Woodie Long

March 2-December 6

Longfellow-Hurlbut Concourse Gallery

Twin Passions, Art and the Outdoors: My Journey from Landscape to Abstraction
by Greg Hargreaves

March 17-November 8
 

Heartwood: Objects from the International Folk Art Collection 

Beginning March 17

Rotary Lichty Gallery

Fe Koupe: Haitian Iron Works from Collection 

In Transition 

Law-Reddington Gallery

Grief is the Price of Love

by Amythest Warrington

Evanescence: Art from the UNI Permanent Art Collection
May 12-November 22

Langlas Loft Gallery

Viendo La Vida

Ongoing

 

American Abstract Artist

Paul Bland 
January 7-May 3 

Creative Connect Corridor

Memories of Woodie Long

March 2-December 6

Forsberg Riverside Gallery

Scott Robert Hudson:
New Work

September 1-November 8

Upcoming Exhibitions

Wall hanging of colorful, diamond quilting with varied patterns and text hidden within the patterns.

cloudeaters
by Catherine Reinhart

Forsberg-Riverside Galleries 
November 24, 2026-May 30, 2027

Vodou Reboot: Consecrating the Contemporary
Law-Reddington Gallery
December 2, 2026-March 21, 2027

Vodou Reboot:
Formation in the Sacred

Langlas Loft Galleries
December 2, 2026-March 21, 2027

Wall hanging comprised of colorful and patterned strips of fabric interwoven and entangled into a beautiful mass. 
-	Upcoming exhibit added Threads Between Worlds.

Tangled/Entangled
by Judy Bales

Watkins Grand Foyer &
Longfellow-Hurlbut Concourse Gallery

December 8, 2026-April 11, 2027

Organically emerging shapes through the use of paint, thread, ink, fabric and feathers. Peachy and earth tones map out the canvas.

Threads Between Worlds
by Wendy Stegall

Watkins Grand Foyer &

Longfellow-Hurlbut Concourse Gallery
December 8, 2026-April 11, 2027

Waterloo Center for the Arts

225 Commercial Street | Waterloo, IA 50701-1313

(319) 291-4490

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