NASA | ART - Figge Art Museum

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NASA | ART - Figge Art Museum
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SUMMER 2012
NASA | ART:
50 Years of Exploration
July 14–October 7, 2012
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In this issue
Regional favorite John Bloom is back! Visit the Family
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Bloom’s iconic work depicting a day at the races.
VIEWS from the Figge
Summer 2012 • Issue 10
Published 3 times a year in March, July and November
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Figge Art Museum is pleased to announce the appointment Tim Schiffer as
the Figge’s new Executive Director. Mr. Schiffer will begin work on August 1.
“We’re really excited that Tim is joining the Figge team. He has an exceptional track record of success and a unique blend of both management
skills and artistic perception. He has many wonderful and exciting ideas to
lead the Figge Art Museum to new high," said Andy Butler, President of the
Figge Board of Trustees.
Mr. Schiffer comes to the Figge from the Museum of Ventura County, a
regional history and art museum in Ventura, California, where he has been
executive director since 1999. Mr. Schiffer received his
B.A. in Fine Art from Yale and his M.F.A. in Painting from
the University of California, Santa Barbara. “When
I visited the Figge for the first time, I was amazed by
the building, by the collection and by the people I met—
they were all so enthusiastic about the museum. I look
forward to working with the board, staff, and the
community, to help the Figge achieve its incredible
potential. It is a real honor to be chosen for this position,” said Mr. Schiffer.
This July the Figge will present NASA | ART: 50 Years of Exploration, a
Smithsonian exhibition featuring artwork that celebrates NASA’s triumphs
and pioneering legacy. In conjunction with the exhibition, the Figge is
offering a variety of Art Talks, demonstrations, family activities, tours and
film screenings. We’ve partnered with the University of Iowa to present
University of Iowa Space Pioneers: 54 Years of Exploration, a NASA | ART
companion exhibition, showcasing objects from the university’s vast
collection of space instruments.
There is a lot happening at the Figge this summer! We look forward to
seeing you here soon.
Families have fun during “Create with
Kelli,” a once-a-month Saturday art
workshop series offered this summer in
the Artica Gallery. Sign up your child for
the July 21 and August 18 sessions!
NASA | ART:
50 Years of Exploration
July 14–October 7, 2012
NASA’s historic triumphs and pioneering legacy are well known to
millions, but the inspiring rocket launches, moon landings and planetary explorations also have had an impact on the imaginations of
America’s leading artists. In celebration of the space agency’s 50th
anniversary, the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
(SITES) presents NASA | ART: 50 Years of Exploration, featuring 72
works by these artists.
NASA | ART features nearly five decades of creations by artists
as diverse as Annie Leibovitz, Nam June Paik, Norman Rockwell,
Andy Warhol and William Wegman. Drawn from the collections
of NASA and the National Air and Space Museum, the exhibition
includes drawings, photographs, sculpture and other art forms
and media. These works—ranging from the illustrative to the
abstract—offer unparalleled insight into the private and personal
moments, triumphant victories and tragic accidents that form the
storied history of NASA.
Organized by the Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition Service and the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration in
cooperation with the Smithsonian’s National
Air and Space Museum.
For example, in Henry Caselli’s When Thoughts Turned Inward,
the artist captures the serene, almost spiritual moment before
takeoff, when an astronaut must prepare mentally for a mission. In
Chakaia Booker’s Remembering Columbia, the tragedy and pain of
the lost Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew are transformed in the
twisting tire remnants preserved from one of the shuttle’s earlier
missions. Andy Warhol melds Buzz Aldrin’s historic steps on the lunar
surface with the unbridled exuberance and flashiness of the 1960s in
his neon-highlighted Moonwalk silkscreen.
The works featured date from the inception of the NASA Art
Program in 1962, when NASA Administrator James E. Webb asked a
group of artists to illustrate, interpret and elucidate the space agency’s
missions and projects. Since then, painters, musicians and conceptual
artists have been with NASA every step of the way, strolling along
launch pads, training in flight simulators, talking with engineers and
technicians, and visiting with astronauts before and after their flights.
Sponsored locally by
The Smithsonian Community Grant
program, funded by MetLife
Foundation, is a proud sponsor of
these public programs.
Additional support
provided by
Cobham, plc
www.figgeartmuseum.org
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NASA Programs
This summer, Thursdays at the Figge
will explore more than the art included
in NASA | ART: 50 Years of Exploration.
Using works from the exhibition as a catalyst, featured presenters will discuss the
challenges to reaching outer space, explain
how telescopes work, walk guests through
the history of the spacesuit and more. Join
us each week at 7 p.m. for an Art Talk you
won’t forget!
“Discovering a Universe
Beyond the Cosmic Shore”
Presenter: John D. Johnson, PhD
7 pm Thursday, July 19
The cosmic ocean that surrounds us is no
longer a mythical place; it is governed by
natural laws and can be observed and understood by science. Astronomy takes us on a
journey from the Big Bang through the formation of galaxies and stars and planets, to the
present day, and suggests our eventual fate.
“NASA | Art: 50 Years of Exploration”
Presenter: Rima Girnius, PhD
7 pm Thursday, July 26
From the illustrative to the abstract, learn
more about the diverse artworks in this
exhibition that highlight the accomplishments,
setbacks and sheer excitement of space
exploration during the past five decades.
“Physics 101: The Challenges
of Reaching Space”
Presenter: Brett McCarty
7 pm Thursday, August 2
Discover some of the scientific and economic
challenges that have faced the NASA program,
including the high cost of sending material to
space, the biological effects of zero-gravity
and the hazards of radiation and space debris.
Brett McCarty is an adjunct physics professor,
specializing in condensed matter physics,
at St. Ambrose University.
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“The History of the Spacesuit”
“How Telescopes Work”
Presenter: Cathleen S. Lewis, PhD
7 pm Thursday, August 9
Presenter: Dana Taylor, President of the
Quad Cities Astronomical Society
7 pm Thursday, August 30
Take a historical tour through the National
Air and Space Museum’s spacesuit collection.
Learn why they were developed, how and
by whom and what the elusive standard of
creating a form-fitting spacecraft that allows
a human to do most anything that he or she
can do on Earth really means.
Dr. Cathleen S. Lewis is curator of International
Space Programs and Spacesuits at the
Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and
Space Museum, specializing in Soviet and
Russian programs.
Sponsored by
“How NASA’s Space Technology
Has Changed the World”
Presenter: Brett McCarty
7 pm Thursday, August 16
Discover how NASA programs and technologies have been used to develop consumer
products that we all use in our everyday
lives, including Tang, memory foam, shoe
inserts and solar panels.
“Artists Talk about NASA Art”
Presenters: Amy Nielsen, Ralph Iaccarino,
Bruce Walters and Dawn Wohlford-Metallo
7 pm Thursday, August 23
Did you pick a favorite from the exhibition
after you saw it? Come and share your
thoughts as four area artists discuss their
favorite works in NASA | ART: 50 Years
of Exploration.
Find out how light is bent as it passes through
a prism or lens and how a lens forms an image.
This talk also will cover how a lens is used in a
telescope, types of telescopes and mountings,
and how to track stars.
“Aeronautics and Aerodynamics”
and “Robotics 101”
Presenters: Brett McCarty, Michael LeGate,
Jon Burgstrum and student members of the
QC Elite Robotics Team #648
6 pm & 7 pm Thursday, September 6
Presenters will introduce you to two themes
explored in the exhibition: aeronautics and
aerodynamics, and robotics. Basic physic
demos will help participants visualize lift, drag
and thrust, and participants can drive a robot.
“The Shuttle Era Has Ended:
A History and Its Meaning”
Presenter: Brett McCarty
7 pm Thursday, September 13
Explore the major achievements in the
history of the shuttle program, including
the first shuttle launch and the International
Space Station. Learn what the future holds
for science and humanity now that the
shuttle program has ended.
“Wonders of the Heavens”
Presenter: Dana Taylor
7 pm Thursday, October 4
Enjoy “out of this world” astronomical images
captured by members of the Quad Cities
Astronomical Society.
NASA Events
Family Programs
Opening Party
Film Series
8-11 pm, Friday, July 13
Members only
$20 per person in advance
$25 at the door
“When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions”
2:30 pm Saturday and Sunday
July 21-October 7
NASA | ART: 50 Years of Exploration launches
into the Figge with the most explosive opening party this side of the Milky Way! Explore
a constellation of cosmic drink specials and
astronaut snacks. Strap on your asteroid
belt and adjust your orbit to the intergalactic
music at this out-of-this-world, membersonly event!
Space-inspired costumes are encouraged
(but not required) and Best Costume prizes
will be awarded at 10 p.m. Anything goes at
this celebration of all things space!
Mission Control recommends that you
acquire a $20 pre-event boarding pass by
July 10. Call 563.326.7804 x2007 with
payment to reserve your spot. You may also
purchase tickets at the door for $25.
Not already a member and want to attend?
Call 563.326.7804 x2007 to sign up for a
membership today!
Sponsored by
In celebration of NASA’s 50th anniversary,
the Discovery Channel partnered with NASA
to produce “When We Left Earth: The NASA
Missions,” a miniseries that explores the missions, the people and the triumphs of space
exploration. Narrated by Apollo 13 actor Gary
Sinise, the series chronicles the inside story
of NASA’s most epic endeavors. The six onehour episodes include Ordinary Supermen,
Friends and Rivals, Landing the Eagle, The
Explorers, The Shuttle, and Home in Space.
Check page 12 and the Figge website for a
complete schedule.
Roving the Moon:
Design Squad Challenge
11 am-2 pm Saturday, August 4
$20/family of four
NASA engineers have created allterrain vehicles that can handle the
moon’s dusty, rugged terrain—can
you? We challenge you to design and
build a rubber band-powered rover
that can scramble across the floor!
Space is limited; registration is required.
Call 563.326.7804 x2045 to register.
Star Lab Planetarium
12 pm -4 pm September 11-15
12 pm -6 pm September 13
See the changing motions of the night sky
in the AEA’s Star Lab Planetarium. Located in
the Figge Art Museum Studios, this portable
planetarium experience is offered in conjunction with the exhibition NASA | ART: 50 Years
of Exploration. The Planetarium experience
lasts approximately 20 minutes and is suitable to for visitors of all ages.
“3…2…1…BLAST OFF!”
11 am-2 pm Saturday
September 15
Your youngster will have a blast
during this free family event!
About NASA NASA was established by Congress in 1958 “to provide for research into the
problems of flight within and outside the Earth’s atmosphere, and for other purposes.” The
agency is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with 10 field centers and other facilities across
the nation. NASA’s mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery
and aeronautics research. www.nasa.gov
About the National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum,
composed of the flagship building on the National Mall in Washington and the Steven F.
Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, is home to the world’s finest collection of flight artifacts. From aircraft and space vehicles to engines, art and models, the array of the museum’s
holdings tells the story of the history and technology of air and space exploration. The museum also is a key resource for research into the history, science and technology of aviation and
space flight. www.nasm.si.edu
About Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) SITES
has been sharing the wealth of Smithsonian collections and research programs with millions of
people outside Washington, D.C., for more than 60 years. SITES connects Americans to their
shared cultural heritage through a range of exhibitions about art, science and history, which
are shown wherever people live, work and play.
• Experience the wonders of the planets,
stars and galaxies, and learn about the
universe in the interactive space dome.
• Discover how telescopes track
stars across the sky.
• Model a lunar landscape using clay,
and build a colorful rocketship.
• Explore interactive activities based on
environmentally aware scientific technology (activities led by ATEEC staff).
• Watch robotic demonstrations.
• Enjoy listening to space adventure stories.
For a complete schedule, including times,
please visit www.figgeartmuseum.org
Sponsored by John Deere and Butler Insurance
www.figgeartmuseum.org
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Museum Store
Discover out-of-this-world fun in the
Museum Store this summer! Shop for
space books, NASA toys, apparel and
more. Take a memory of the NASA | ART:
50 Years of Exploration home with you!
Does your husband like fun ties?
Check out our selection of airplane,
space shuttle, constellation and video
game ties!
Wonder what it would take to build
your own spaceship? Piers Bizony’s How
to Build Your Own Spaceship will walk you
through what it takes to launch yourself
into outer space.
Shop the Museum
Store and bring the
excitement of the
space program into
your own home!
Docent Tours
NASA | ART: 50 Years
of Exploration
1:30 pm Saturdays, July 21-August 25
1:30 pm Sundays, July 22-October 7
Learn about the accomplishments,
setbacks and sheer excitement of space
exploration during a 45-minute tour of
the exhibition. During your tour, a Figge
docent will lead a conversation on how
the works included in the exhibition
showcase the emotional impact of
space exploration.
If you would like to schedule a private
tour of NASA | ART for your group
or organization, contact Heather at
haaronson@figgeartmuseum.org or
563.326.7804 x2045.
NASA Companion Exhibitions
University of Iowa
Space Pioneers:
54 Years of Exploration
July 14-October 7, 2012
Exploring NASA
July 14-October 7, 2012
Figge exterior and lobby
The Figge will light up the night sky this
summer with a one-of-a-kind projection
installation. Hubble Telescope images, local
children’s drawings of astronauts and rockets,
launch sequences and radio telescope images
will be projected on the western exterior of
the Figge building in the evening hours during
the length of the exhibition.
Artist Bruce Walters, in collaboration with
a team of artists, musicians, technicians and
scientists, created this installation to communicate a sense of optimism about the future
and to convey a sense of collective effort and
pursuit of knowledge. NASA represents to
the artist the collective will to expand human
understanding through a synthesis of technology, vision and courage. This artwork is
intended to create a bold, interdisciplinary link
between the arts and physics.
The University of Iowa is considered a pioneer
of space research and has received international recognition for the development
of spaceflight instruments flown on more
than 63 successful missions. Space research
began at the University of Iowa with investigations of Earth’s upper atmosphere and the
discovery of Earth’s radiation belts in 1958
using measurements from University of Iowa
Professor James Van Allen’s instrument on
the first successful U.S. satellite, Explorer 1.
Van Allen is now considered the “father of
space research.”
The University of Iowa’s leadership role
continues today with instruments on 11
operating spacecraft and teams developing instruments for future Earth-orbiting
and planetary missions. Included in NASA |
ART are spaceflight instruments designed
and built at the University of Iowa in the
Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Hawkeye, 1974 (spare satellite)
Blast Off!
July 14-October 7 Let your little ones do
what NASA did: be inspired by outer space
and create! In this interactive family studio, visitors can make projects at hands-on
stations like Wonders of Space, Creature
Critters from Space, Lunar Lookout, and
What Do You Take to the Moon?
Sponsored by Hubbell-Waterman and Brand Boeshaar Foundation Fund.
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. R ose F rant z en ,
Portrait of Maquoketa
O ctober 2 7 , 2 0 1 2 – J anuary 20, 2013
From 2005 to 2006, Rose Frantzen painted the likeness of
180 inhabitants of her native Maquoketa. She transformed
an empty storefront on Maquoketa’s main street into a studio
and extended an open invitation to the town’s inhabitants to
sit for an impromptu portrait session. The final body of work
collectively forms an intimate portrait of a small, close-knit
community in Iowa. Portrait of Maquoketa was in a group
exhibition organized by Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery
in Washington, D.C., in 2009.
Unlike a traditional portrait exhibition, Portrait of Maquoketa
will consist of a series of panels suspended from the ceiling.
Museum visitors will see Frantzen’s portraits on one side of the
panels while a stylized landscape will be painted on the backs of
the panels. This creative installation approach will be accompanied by an audio collage of the portrait subjects.
Sponsored by
Dr. Ralph
and Jennifer
Saintfort
Summer Celebration
of Iowa
Two summer exhibitions celebrate the best
of Iowa. Artist Michael Meilahn’s installation Corn Zone (through September 2,
2012) takes a 3-dimensional approach
to depicting the most prominent feature
of Iowa’s landscapes while photographer
David Plowden’s exhibition Visions of
Iowa (through August 26, 2012) features
photographs of Iowa people and communities taken during a 20-year period.
2012 College Invitational
October 20, 2012-January 6, 2013
Artist Lecture • 7 pm Thursday, November 1
Rose Frantzen will share her use of representational painting
to explore questions of self and community, giving special
emphasis to the Portrait of Maquoketa project. This has led
her in many directions during her 27-year journey as a fulltime artist. Although she was trained in the alla prima style,
she also employs other representational approaches and creates multidimensional works in which she incorporates diverse
stylistic elements along with gilding, stained glass and mosaic.
The best student work from Augustana
College, Black Hawk College, Knox
College, Monmouth College, St. Ambrose
University, Scott Community College
and Western Illinois University will be on
display in the Mary Waterman Gildehaus
Community Gallery.
Artist Demo • 12:30-4:30 pm Saturday, November 3
Rose Frantzen will demonstrate the alla prima approach to
portrait painting that she used in her Portrait of Maquoketa
project. Frantzen has demonstrated in front of crowds as large
as 750 at events across the country, such as the Portrait
Society of America Conference and American Artist’s Weekend
with the Masters. The Figge welcomes this special opportunity
to see Frantzen paint.
Evening Art History Series • “History of Portraiture”
7 pm Thursday, November 8, 15, 29
Free with membership or paid admission
Discover the ideas and approaches of numerous artists from
the Renaissance to the present.
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Posing Beauty
in African American Culture
September 8-November 4, 2012
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“Posing Beauty in African
American Culture”
Presenter: Deborah Willis, PhD
7 pm Thursday, September 27
Exhibition curator Dr. Deborah Willis will
talk about the central themes of Posing
Beauty in African American Culture. The
lecture will explore contemporary understandings of beauty by framing the notion
of aesthetics, race, class and gender within
art, popular culture and political contexts.
Deborah Willis, PhD, is chair
and professor of photography and imaging at Tisch
School of the Arts, New York
University, where she also
has an affiliated appointment
with the College of Arts and
Sciences, Africana Studies.
Willis, a 2000 McArthur Fellow, is one of
the nation’s leading historians of African
American photography and curator
of African American culture. Her most
recent works are Posing Beauty–African
American Images from the 1890s to the
Present; Michelle Obama, The First Lady
in Photographs; and Black Venus 2010:
They Called Her ‘Hottentot’ (editor).
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osing Beauty in African American
Culture explores the contested
ways in which African and African
American beauty have been represented
in historical and contemporary contexts
through diverse media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising and
other forms of popular culture such as
music and the Internet. Throughout the
Western history of art and image-making,
the relationship between beauty and art has
become increasingly complex within contemporary art and popular culture.
The images in this exhibition challenge
idealized forms of beauty in art by examining their portrayal and exploring a variety of
attitudes about race, class, gender, popular
culture and politics as seen through the
aesthetics of representation.
The first of three thematic sections,
“Constructing a Pose,” considers the interplay between (1) the historical and the
contemporary, (2) self-representation and
imposed representation, and (3) subject and
photographer. The second theme, “Body and
Image,” questions the ways in which our contemporary understanding of beauty has been
constructed and framed through the body.
The last section, “Modeling Beauty & Beauty
Contests,” invites us to reflect upon the ambiguities of beauty, its impact on mass culture
and individuals, and how the display of beauty
affects the ways in which we see and interpret the world and ourselves.
Posing Beauty explores contemporary
understandings of beauty by framing the
notion of aesthetics, race, class and gender within art, popular culture and political
contexts. Curated by Dr. Deborah Willis, a
professor at New York University and chair
of the photography and imaging department,
the exhibition seeks not to define beauty but
to pose the question of how beauty is conceived and realized through art, the media
and popular culture. As the title of the exhibition suggests, beauty involves not only the
act of self-presentation (the pose and attitude we adopt when confronted by a camera) but also the social and political underpinnings that frame our ideas of beauty.
This exhibit features approximately 50
works drawn from public and private collections and will be accompanied by a
book published by W.W. Norton. Artists in
the exhibit include, among others, Carrie
Mae Weems, Charles “Teenie” Harris, Gary
Winogrand, Renee Cox, Mickalene Thomas
and Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe.
Posing Beauty in African American Culture is curated by
Deborah Willis and organized by Curatorial Assistance
Traveling Exhibitions, Pasadena, California.
Sponsored by
Hunt and Diane Harris
Dr. Ralph and Jennifer Saintfort
Posing Beauty Special Workshop
7 pm Thursday, September 20
When a work of art moves us—causes us
to change from one state to another—
we’re affected in ways we can’t always
readily articulate, often on a variety of
levels. This workshop will address some
of the ways in which art has the power to
move us while encouraging participants to
examine connections between photography
and poetry.
"You Look Beautiful Like This:
Selling Race and Heritage to Chicago’s
African American Community In the
Era of the New Negro"
Presenter: Kimberly Glenn
7 pm Thursday, October 18
The New Negro Movement, a blossoming
of the arts founded on the premise of
African American empowerment and pride
in African heritage, took root in the mid1920s. This lecture will explore how the
ideal of black womanhood was championed through the advertisements of new
beauty products that promoted African
and African American aesthetic sensibilities with regard to hair and complexion
during this time period.
College Night at the Figge
6-9 pm Thursday, October 25
Inspired by the exhibition Posing Beauty,
this event will feature a variety of activities that encourage students to explore
identity and personal expression. This
event is free to college students, faculty
and staff.
Napoleon and the Art of Propaganda
September 13, 2012-January 26, 2013
Presented at these locations in Iowa City
by the University of Iowa Museum of Art:
The Pentacrest Museums Gallery for Arts,
Humanities and Sciences in the Old Capitol
Museum and the Black Box Theater at the
Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City
Napoleon and the Art of Propaganda features
more than 120 drawings, prints, paintings,
works of sculpture, manuscripts, medals and
objet d’art from the remarkable private collection of Pierre-Jean Chalençon. This exhibition
considers the full range of official art created
under Napoleon I and includes works by some
of the most important artists, architects and
sculptors of the period. The selected works
display the power of the Napoleonic propaganda “machine” and its scope of influence
both politically and artistically; illustrate how
Napoleon, his ministers and artists fabricated
and produced an imperial iconography; and
provide the viewer with an understanding
of the legend or myth of Napoleon that
persisted after his death in exile.
The exhibition was organized by the
University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) and
curated by Dr. Heidi E. Kraus, assistant professor of art history, Hope College, and Dr. Sean
O’Harrow, executive director of the UIMA. Dr.
Dorothy Johnson served as senior consultant.
Lecture
Member’s Trip
“Faces of Napoleon: Select Portraits from the
Private Collection of Pierre-Jean Chalençon”
Heidi E. Kraus, PhD
2 pm Sunday, September 23 at the
Figge Art Museum
Presenters: Dorothy Johnson, PhD,
and Sean O’Harrow, PhD
Saturday, October 6
Time and fee: TBA
In this lecture, exhibition curator Heidi Kraus
will examine the political importance, historical reliance and aesthetic value of select
Napoleonic portraits created from approximately 1796 through 1850. While portraits
of Napoleon I remain undeniably propagandistic, many possess a beauty, originality and
complexity that often is underemphasized
by art historians. Kraus will explore concrete
examples of how artists working in the service
of Napoleon—including Gros, Appiani, Girodet
and Delaroche—were engaged with and
inspired by their prescribed "official" subject.
Travel with the Figge to Iowa City for a tour
of Napoleon and the Art of Propaganda.
Dr. Dorothy Johnson will present an introductory lecture for the exhibition, and then
she and Dr. Sean O’Harrow, executive director of the University of Iowa Museum of
Art, will lead a tour of the exhibition. The
group will have time to shop and lunch in
downtown Iowa City prior to the tour.
Pricing and the itinerary will be available
on the Figge website. For more information,
or to reserve a seat, please contact Heather
Aaronson, education programs coordinator,
at 563.326.7804 x2045.
For more information on Napoleon and the Art of Propaganda, please visit http://uima.uiowa.edu.
www.figgeartmuseum.org
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n 2011, the Figge Art Museum established
its Outreach Collection—a group of artistic
and cultural objects that can be transported beyond the Figge’s walls to classrooms in
the region. The collection began with a generous donation of objects from artist and former
teacher John Werner and grew rapidly thanks
to a grant from the Iowa Arts Council. Today,
the collection features art objects from Roman
oil lamps and medieval manuscript pages to
African masks and World War II propaganda
postcards. The goal of this collection is to
educate and inspire through direct interaction,
while making students more visually literate.
Visual literacy, or the ability to recognize,
interpret and derive meaning from visual
forms, is at the center of The Big Picture and
has been so since its inception in 2008. From
that time, the program has served nearly
50,000 participants. During the past year,
objects from the Outreach Collection have
inspired more than 5,000 participants in a
“hands-on” and “minds-on” way.
The impetus for creating the Outreach
Collection came through conversations with
area teachers who were looking for creative
alternatives to budget cuts, especially as they
resulted in fewer study trips for students. This
resonated with Outreach Coordinator and
interim Director of Education Melissa Hueting,
who developed a deep curiosity and respect
for objects at an early age.
It was her family’s Greek coin collection
that made the biggest impact on her. “I
remember holding a silver
coin with Alexander the Great’s head on
it and thinking, ‘When were you made?
What have you bought and where have you
traveled?’ One can never anticipate what
will impact a person at any given moment;
for me, it was an object, which is why
we’re doing our best at the Figge to get
the Outreach Collection into the hands of
students and community members alike.”
To support The Big Picture Outreach
Collection, fill out the enclosed donation
envelope and include a note to direct your
gift to this important program.
Sponsored by the City of Rock Island Gaming
Fund, John Deere and Modern Woodman
Read All About It!
T
he Figge Art Museum and the University
of Iowa Libraries are pleased to announce
the release of the Grant Wood Digital
Collection. For the first time, scholars,
students and the general public will have
unprecedented virtual access to the Figge's
Grant Wood Archive scrapbook materials.
The Grant Wood Archive at the Figge
Art Museum is a resource for the study of
arguably America's most iconic artist of the
20th century. The archive, compiled by Nan
Wood Graham—the artist's sister, occasional model and greatest champion—has provided primary source material for numerous
articles, catalogues and monographs for
over 40 years.
The archive is comprised of more than
18 scrapbooks and albums of news clippings,
postcards, letters, snapshots, sketches and
related ephemera assembled by Nan Wood
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Graham. The archive also includes the artist’s palettes, paint box and artist’s easel
which Wood designed himself, and personal
effects such as his trademark wire-rim
glasses which are currently on view in the
Museum's American Regionalist Gallery.
This project was made possible by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation
American Art Renewal Fund. Additional funding for imaging equipment was provided by
an anonymous donor; additional funds for
scrapbook conservation has been provided
by the Scott County Regional Authority.
The Grant Wood Digital Collection would
not have been possible without the invaluable professional and technical assistance of
the staff of the University of Iowa Libraries.
The Collection is dedicated in memory of
the late Michelle Robinson, PhD, Curator of
Collections, 1998-2008.
View the Grant Wood Digital Collection
at http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/grantwood/
index.php
Additional
support from
Classes & Workshops for Adults
Create something colorful, bold and fun—take an art class! Grab a friend and register for a class
or consider giving a class as a gift—all experience levels welcome. Members receive discounts
on all classes. For workshop descriptions and supply lists, visit www.figgeartmuseum.org. To
register, contact Heather at 563.326.7804 x2045 or haaronson@figgeartmuseum.org.
Drawing Naturescapes
Figure Drawing Open Sessions
Multi-media Design
Offsite at Vander Veer Botanical Park
Instructor: Ralph Iaccarino
10 am-2 pm Saturday, July 14
$40/member; $50/non-member
Students should bring a sack lunch
Facilitator: Meg Hollister
6-8 pm Tuesdays, September 18-November 13
$20/3-session punch card, high school &
college students
$30/3-session punch card, adult
$12/single session
Students should bring their own supplies
Instructor: Rowen Schussheim-Anderson
9:30 am-1 pm Fridays, October 5 & 12
$65/member; $75/non-member
$10 materials fee payable to instructor
Acrylic Painting for Beginners
Instructor: Allen Holloway
10:30 am-2:30 pm Saturday, July 28
$40/member; $50/non-member
Students should bring a sack lunch
Pastel Landscapes • Beginner
Instructor: Allen Holloway
1-3 pm Thursdays, September 20-October 18
$75/member; $85/non-member
Watercolor for Beginners
Instructor: Don Heggen
10:30 am-2:30 pm Saturday, August 18
$40/member; $50/non-member
Students should bring a sack lunch
Basic Drawing
Drawing • Heads and Hands
Pastel Landscape Workshop • Beginner
to Intermediate
Instructor: Gloria Burlingame
10:30 am-2:30 pm Saturday, August 25
$40/member; $50/non-member
Students should bring a sack lunch
Tapestry Weaving
Instructor: Rowen Schussheim-Anderson
6-8:30 pm Tuesdays, September 4-October 9
$85/member; $95/non-member
$45 materials fee payable to instructor (includes
yarns, basic frame loom, heddle bar)
Instructor: Gloria Burlingame
6-8 pm Thursdays, September 20-October 18
$75/member; $85/non-member
Watercolor • Beginner
Instructor: Ralph Iaccarino
1-3 pm Fridays, October 19-November 9
$65/member; $75/non-member
Ikebana • Japanese Flower Arranging
Instructor: Michi Shearer
6-7:30 pm Tuesdays, October 23-November 13
$50/member; $60/non-member
$13 materials fee per class ($52 payable to
instructor at first class)
Portrait Photography Workshop •
Beginner to Intermediate
Instructor: David Garrison
9 am-4 pm Saturday, September 29
$110/member; $120/non-member
Students should bring a sack lunch
Instructor: Quinn Kirkpatrick
10:30 am-2:30 pm Saturday, October 27
$40/member; $50/non-member
Students should bring a sack lunch
Watercolor • Intermediate to Advanced
Floral Watercolor Workshop • Beginner
to Intermediate
Instructor: Ralph Iaccarino
6–8 pm Tuesdays, October 2-October 30
$75/member; $85/non-member
Wine & Art
Enjoy interesting, fun studio art activities paired
with a glass of wine, light hors d’oeuvres and
great conversation at this engaging event!
July 5 • Pop-ups and paper art • 6-8 pm
August 2 • Clay sculpture • 6-8 pm
September 6 • Mixed-media drawing • 6-8 pm
Register with Heather at 563.326.7804 x2045
or haaronson@figgeartmuseum.org.
$15 per student; all supplies provided.
Offsite at Vander Veer Conservatory
Instructor: Cindy Bergthold
9 am-1 pm Saturday, November 10
$40/member; $50/non-member
Pastel Portraits Workshop • Beginner
to Intermediate
Instructor: Cecile Houël
9 am-4 pm Saturday, November 10
$110/member; $120/non-member
Students should bring a sack lunch
Mosaics
Instructor: Mary Stringer
10:30 am-1 pm Saturday, November 17
$25/member; $35/non-member
$15 materials fee payable to instructor
www.figgeartmuseum.org
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Calendar
JULY
For more information on these or other programs, visit www.figgeartmuseum.org.
9 Thursday
7 pm NASA Talk
5 Thursday
5 pm Thursdays at the Figge
6 pm Wine & Art: Pop-ups & Paper
11 Saturday
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
11 Wednesday
1 pm Art Lover’s Book Club
12 Sunday
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
13 Friday
8 pm NASA | ART Opening Party
14 Saturday
Exhibitions Opening: NASA | ART;
Exploring NASA; Studio 1 Blast Off!
10 am Drawing Naturescapes Class
19 Thursday
7 pm NASA Talk
21 Saturday
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
22 Sunday
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
16 Thursday
7 pm NASA Talk
18 Saturday
10:30 am Beg. Watercolor Class
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
19 Sunday
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
23 Thursday
7 pm NASA Talk
26 Thursday
7 pm NASA Talk
25 Saturday
10:30 am Drawing Heads & Hands
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
28 Saturday
10:30 am Acrylic Painting Class
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
26 sunday
Exhibition Closes: Visions of Iowa
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
29 Sunday
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
30 Thursday
7 pm NASA Talk
AUGUST
2 Thursday
6 pm Wine & Art: Clay Sculpture
7 pm NASA Talk
4 Saturday
11 am Family Workshop
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
5 Sunday
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
SEPTEMBER
1 Saturday
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
2 sunday
Exhibition Closes: Corn Zone
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
4 Tuesday
6 pm Tapestry Weaving Class
6 Thursday
6 pm Wine & Art: Mixed-media
7 pm NASA Talk
Thursdays at the Figge
Gather at the Figge on Thursday evening for food, music,
socializing and an art talk! Café and bar open are open
5-8 pm, live music begins at 5:30 pm and talk starts at 7 pm.
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8 Saturday
Exhibition Opens: Posing Beauty
10 am Beaux Arts Fair
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
9 Sunday
10 am Beaux Arts Fair
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
13 thursday
7 pm NASA Talk
15 Saturday
11 am Free Family Event
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
16 Sunday
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
5 Friday
9:30 am Multi-media Design Class
6 Saturday
10:30 am Member's Trip to Iowa City:
Napoleon Exhibition
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
7 Sunday
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
Exhibition Closes: NASA | ART
Exhibition Closes: Exploring NASA
Studio 1 Closes: Blast Off!
9 Tuesday
6 pm Figure Drawing Class
11 Thursday
5 pm Thursdays at the Figge
18 Tuesday
6 pm Figure Drawing Class
16 Tuesday
6 pm Figure Drawing Class
20 Thursday
1 pm Pastel Landscapes Class
6 pm Basic Drawing Class
7 pm Posing Beauty Workshop
18 Thursday
5 pm Posing Beauty Talk
6 pm Acrylic Painting Class
22 Saturday
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
23 Sunday
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2 pm Lecture: Faces of Napoleon
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
25 Tuesday
6 pm Figure Drawing Class
27 thursday
5 pm Posing Beauty in
African American Culture Talk
29 Saturday
9 am Pastel Landscape Workshop
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
30 Sunday
1:30 pm NASA Docent Tour
2:30 pm NASA Film Series
OCTOBER
2 Tuesday
6 pm Watercolor Class
Intermediate to Advanced
6 pm Figure Drawing Class
4 Thursday
7 pm NASA Talk
19 Friday
1 pm Beginning Watercolor Class
23 Tuesday
6 pm Ikebana Flower Arranging
6 pm Figure Drawing Class
25 Thursday
6-9 pm Posing Beauty
College Night
27 Saturday
Exhibition Opens: Rose Frantzen:
Portrait of Maquoketa
10:30 am Portrait Photography
Workshop
30 Tuesday
6 pm Figure Drawing Class
NOVEMBER
1 Thursday
7 pm Rose Frantzen Lecture
3 saturday
7 pm Rose Frantzen
Demonstration
4 sunday
Exhibition Closes: Posing Beauty
6 Tuesday
6 pm Figure Drawing Class
On April 27, 2012, the Figge
hosted ART@Heart, a sold-out
event benefiting the Figge Art
Premier Sponsor
Museum. The museum would
like to thank our generous
donors who made the night a
wonderful success.
Supporting Sponsor
proprietors of
Contributing Sponsor
Butler Insurance Services, Inc
Table Sponsors
Anderson, Lower, and
Whitlow, PC
Frances Emerson
Eye Surgeons Associates, PC
Financial District Properties
Randy and Linda Lewis
Management Resource
Group (MRG)
Dave and Delia Meier
Paragon Commercial Interiors
Quad City Bank & Trust
Sue Quail
Doug and Deb Roberts
Snyder, Park, Nelson &
Schwiebert P.C.
US Bank
ART@Heart
Thank you to our lead donors,
who provided significant gifts
in support of the Figge’s mission.
Supporting Sponsors
$5,000+
Dave and Delia Meier
James and Melissa von Maur
Contributing Sponsors
$2,500+
Randy and Linda Lewis
Artist Circle $1,000+
Martha Easter-Wells
Frances Emerson
Linda Newborn
Bruce and Luann Rickert
Tara Barney
Mark and Deborah Schwiebert
William Benevento
KWQC TV6
Prem Virdi
Patron Circle $500+
Kenneth Koupal
Bryan and Angela Wolfe
Dale and Marie Ziegler
Rodney and Jodi Blackwell
Mara Sovey
Amir and Lisa Arbisser
Randy and Mary Pat Bay
Aric and Tina Eckhardt
Bill and Deb Fitzsimmons
Nidal and Sana Harb
Roger and Sarah Mohr
Investors Circle $250+
Benefactor Circle $100+
Randy and Susie Rathje
Justin and Kristine Teitle
Michael Lois Harring
Dan and Gayna Stadelmann
Curt and Kay Poor
John and Linda Molyneaux
Ed and Connie Cervantes
David and Wynne Schafer
Paul and Priscilla Arnold
Craig and Gretchen Cordt
Ralph Iaccarino
Aleeza Singh
Friends Gifts
Gene and Mollie Conrad
Tom and Julie Brackmann
Ryan Butler
Dean and Marika Jones
Balpreet Kaur
Stan and Gayle Roberts
Tony Singh
Chuck and Deanna Slack
Bud and Lori Sturtzer
Pamela White
Thomas Behne
Karen Brooke
Mary Ellen Chamberlin
Kris and Eileen Eitrheim
Rima Girnius
Terry Hilbert
Tom Kersting
Csaba and Gabriela Lejko
Nathan Porteshawver
Srinivasan and Gowri Purighalla
Ralph and Jennifer Saintfort
David Schebler
A special thank you to:
Rose Frantzen
Necker's Jewelers
Jeff Grunder
Steve Hall
Dave Micklewright
Andy Wildermuth
Hotel Blackhawk
Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Jumber’s Hotel and Casino
DJ’s Steakhouse
John Taylor Salon & Day Spa
www.figgeartmuseum.org
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Museum Giving
CONTRIBUTIONS
as of June 1, 2012
Figge Society
$50,000 +
Mary Waterman
Thomas K and Jennifer Figge
Director Circle
$10,000 +
Figge Reaches
Annual Fund Goal!
Thank you! Because of the generosity of donors
like you, the Figge raised more than $200,000 in
new and increased gifts to the 2012 Annual Fund
and received a $50,000 matching grant from the
Bechtel Trust. The funds raised during this campaign
will be used to bring exciting and educational programs to the Quad-City community. NASA | ART 50
Years of Exploration family programs like “3…2…1…
BLAST OFF!” and “Roving the Moon: Design Squad
Challenge” are possible because of your generosity.
Andrew and Debi Butler
Martha Easter-Wells
Thomas A Gildehaus
Lardner Family Fund
J Randolph and Linda Lewis
Tony and Joyce Singh
CURATOR CIRCLE
$5,000 +
Thank you!
Samuel and Marsha Allen
Rodney and Jodi Blackwell
Frances Emerson
Patricia Figge
Robert and Patricia Hanson
Jim and Anita Jenkins
John and Pat Lujack
Delia and Dave Meier
Daniel A and Katherine Molyneaux
Susan Quail
Chris and Mary Rayburn
Douglas and Debra Roberts
Jon and Diane Robken
Ralph and Jennifer Saintfort
David and Wynne Schafer
A proud sponsor of Figge programs
EXHIBITOR CIRCLE
$2,500 +
Figge Board of Trustees
ARTIST CIRCLE
$1,000 +
Executive Committee
Andrew J Butler President
Dana Wilkinson VP of Education
Dr Randy Lewis VP of Collections
Cindy Carlson Treasurer
Tara Barney Secretary
Chris Rayburn At large
John A Stover At large
Dr Amir Arbisser
Rodney Blackwell
Dee Bruemmer
Carmen Darland
Don Doucette
Ken Freedman
Tom Gildehaus
Kay Hall
William R and Judy Benevento
Rick Bowers
Stephen Figge
Tony and Trish Glowacki
J Hunt and Diane Harris II
Bernhard and Vera Haas
Ross and Judie Lance
Brian J and Elizabeth Lemek
Kay Runge
Ken Koupal
Delia Meier
Doug Roberts
Kay Runge
Jim Russell
Wynne Schafer
Mark Schwiebert
Nancy Seidler
Anonymous
Amir and Lisa Arbisser
William Barnes
Tara Barney
Joseph Bergstrom and Shawna Duske
Don and Dee Bruemmer
Cynthia Carlson
John Carver
Roy and Pat Carver
John and Barb Dalhoff
Glenn and Kay Darlington
John O and Lisa K Figge
Ralph Gibson and Mary Junck
Gloria Gierke
Max and Jacki Guinn
Alan and Kristina Harris
R Josef and E R Hofmann
Ardo C and Carolyn J Holmgrain
Johnson Watkins Family Fndtn
Kevin and Jane Koski
Kenneth Koupal
Anonymous
Peter C and Chris Lardner
Ray and Jill McLaughlin
Joseph and Carolyn Martin
Susan McPeters
Sara and Bill Morgan
Rao and Veda Movva
Linda Newborn
Ron and Amy Nimmer
Henry and Priscilla Parkhurst
Steven and Bonna Powell
Cory and Heather Reed
Bruce and Luann Rickert
Ed and Bobbi Rogalski
Caroline Ruhl and John Thompson
Jenifer Schermer
Mark and Deborah Schwiebert
Dominic and Amy Scodeller
Steve and Anne Sinner
John and Diane Slover Jr
Mara Sovey
Jim Thomson and Melinda Pearson
Herbert Tyler and Nancy Chapman
Richard Vermeer and Susan Hanson
James and Melissa von Maur
Patty Watkins
Catherine Weideman
Mark and Dana Wilkinson
Dale and Marie Ziegler
PATRON
$500 +
Steve and Kathy Bashor
Randy and Mary Pat Bay
Tom and Julie Brackmann
Ralph and Marcia Congdon
John and Susan Crosby
Carmen Darland
Don A and Connie Decker
Aric and Tina Eckhardt
Dawn E Fensterbusch
Ken and Rose Ferencik
Bud and Bonnie Fox
Michael and Monique Gorsline
John and Kay Hall
Phyllis Hallene
Michael and Lois Harring
Shirley Harris
James and Betty Havercamp
P Charles Horan
Anonymous
Harry G and Gay I Hoyt, Jr
William Keck
James Klein and Elisabeth Lardner
George and Charlotte Koenigsaecker
Gene and Susan Krueger
Alan C Marin
Dennis and Pat Miller
Daniel and Jennifer Molyneaux
Samuel and Elisabeth Norwood
Lois Suiter O’Malley
Richard and Dianne Phinney
Mark and Karla Polaschek
William Prichard
Thomas and Sarah Priest
Vickie and Don Pruter
Stanley and Betty Reeg
Alan and Julie Renken
Larry and Marilyn Schreiber
William S Shore
Donald and Ardell Staub
Sam and Lori Syverud
Douglas and Jean Vickstrom
Diane von Dresky
Gary and Becky Whitaker
William and Marie Wiser
Investor
$250 +
Mark and Rita Bawden
John and Patricia Blackman
Patrick J and Sue Broderick
Brian and Barbara Cady
Roland M. Caldwell and Anne Corbi
Jane Chiappinelli and Jeff Miller
Frank and Hannelore Claudy
George and Nancy Coin
Gene and Mollie Conrad
John and Nancy Danico
Clarence and Sara Darrow
Clarence and Lili Darrow
Brock and Carol Earnhardt
Bill and Deb Fitzsimmons
Joel and Diane Franken
John C Gardner
Ray German and Clara Littig
Anonymous
William and Marvel Green
Jan Jurgens Harper
Rob and Mindy Harson
John and Nancy Hayes
Jim and Judy Hilgenberg
John Hobbs and Davia Gallup
Michael and Louise Howcroft
Doug and Nancy Hultquist
Dean and Marika Jones
Suhas and Sapna Kalghatgi
Joe and Ana Kehoe
Marjorie Kinsler
Brahma Konda
Laurie Krause
Richard and Judith Kreiter
Harold and Rosanne Krubsack
Todd and Mary Beth Kunau
Bill and Kathy Langley
Brian and Diana Lovett
Tod and Diane Luppen
Edward H and Anne F MacBurney
Tom and Marjorie Magers
Maureen McGreevey
Thomas and Erin McKay
Gary and Jean Medd
Glenn and Kathleen Medhus
John Menninger
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co
Roger and Sarah Mohr
John and Linda Molyneaux
David and Martha Neal
William and Lois Nichols
Donald and Angela Normoyle
Frank and Roxanne Nowinski
Antoinette O’Connor
Rafat Padaria and Mark Kovach
Susan Perry and Stanley Goodyear
Charlie and Peggy Pierce
Curt and Kay Poor
Alta Price
Dudley and Jean Priester
Jerry and Carole Reid
Nik and Heather Siebel
Michele Simpson
Sandra Miller Sohr
Dan and Gayna Stadelmann
Justin and Kristine Teitle
Wayne and Kay Wagner
James Walters
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Noted contributions were received as of July 1, 2011 through June 1, 2012.
Please contact Susan Horan at 563.326.7804 x2007 with any questions or corrections.
Dana and Faye Waterman
Tom and Maria Waterman
Donavon K Weston and Kathleen
Christensen-Weston
Sandra White
Marty and Celeste Wilkinson
Hannah Zahs and Scott Hage
Benefactor
$100 +
Donald and Rosalie Allard
Gary and LaDonna Anderson
John Anderson
Paul and Priscilla Arnold
Patricia Arp
Steve and Jane Bahls
Gerald and Patricia Barenthin
Robert and Priscilla Bass
J Michael and Barbara Bauswell
Joyce Bawden and Dick Karwath
Byron and Dorothy Beck
Karen Beetham and Palmer Steward
Thomas Behne
Erik and Monica Belby
Leslie and Sara Bell
A Fred and Shirley Berger
Scott and Jeanne Bernick
Zachary Beuthien
Michael and Harriett Blackman
Harlow and Lila Blum
Norm and Linda Bower
John and Kathryn Bowman
Helen Boyd and Blaine Flack
Ryan and Rebecca Brant
Ruth Brauch
Thomas and Elaine Bridge
Nina Britton
Jack and Gayle Broderick
Karen Brooke
Woody and Amy Brooks
Jose and Caryl Bucksbaum
William and Dixie Burress
Pleshette N Butler
John and Clara Caldwell
Lee and Nicole Carkner
Debra Carlson
James and Patricia Carter
Ed and Connie Cervantes
Don and Mary Challed
Joseph and Shelley Chambers
Greg and Annette Champagne
Mark and Rebecca Christy
David E and Sharon E Cinotto
Richard Clewell
Harry and Linda Cockrell
Scott and Susan Collins
Craig and Gretchen Cordt
Richard and Sharon Corken
Kent and Nancy Cornish
Michael and Janice Couch
Edmund and Bernadette Coyne
Amanda Crosby
Jessica Cruz
James and Mitzie Cunningham
Zach and Lynn Daczyk
Christine L Dahl
Vinje and Suzanne Dahl
Rebecca David and Jennell Bergwall
Mark and Mary Davidsaver
Barbara Davison
Ed and Courtney Decker
Josephine DeSilva
Barbara and Michael Doeden
Jeffrey D Donkers
Anonymous
Chet and Kathleen Doyle
Dick and Penne Duncan
J Huston Dunn and Joanne S Mercer
John Dunsheath and Ann Hailey
Leslie DuPree
Sean and Stephanie Eckhardt
Tobin Eckholt
Candace Egger
Carol Ehlers
Loryann Eis
Eileen Eitrheim
Laura Ekizian
Anne Ellis
Kenneth and Barbara Emerson
Christopher Epting and Susanne
Watson Epting
Sandra Eskin
Mary Joy Allaert Feeney
Robert and Karlen Fellows
Tom Fiedler and Tom Taylor
Jay and Cathryn Finn
Jerry Fisher
Sheila D Fitts
Matt and Karen Fitzsimmons
Todd and Angela Florence
Carol Francis
David and Connie Freund
Manfred and Sandy Fritz
Greg and Clare Gadient
Bill and Chris Gallin
W Camden Gass
Richard Gast and Joan Marttila
Steven and Joni Geifman
James and Stephanie Godke
Robert and Mary Jo Godwin
Tom and JoAnn Goodall
Shaun and Victoria Graves
Ann Green
Rex and Susan Grove
Darrel and Betty Hagberg
Roger and Laurie Hakeman
Jerry and Barb Hansen
Perry B and Elise M Hansen
Gerald and Linda Hardin
Alison E Hart and Karl Rhomberg
William D and Ruth Anne Hartman
Rick and Sara Hartsock
Dan and Jolene Harvey
Jim and Rose Ann Hass
Daniel and Judy Hazelton
Don C Heggen
Franz Helpenstell
Marjorie Hier
M Jill Hoff
Jane and David Hoffman
Bill and Shirley Homrighausen
Ralph E and Mary Ellen Horton
Frederick and Virginia Houlton
David and Tina Howell
Randall and Danette Hunt
Michael and Hedy Hustedde
David and Margaret Iglehart
William and Deborah Irey
Thomas C Jackson and Joanne Stevens
Paul and Beatrice Jacobson
Gene and Phyllis James
Sue and Kris Jansen
Dirk and Lois Jecklin
Jill Jensen
Anne Johnson
Keith H Johnson
Steve and Chris Johnson
J Paul and Joyce Johnston
Matt and Julie Johnston
Paul Juhl
Leonard Kallio and Carolyn Levine
Michael Kelly and Lenora Teigland
Aaron and Dorole King
David Kinkaid and Mary
Tarnish-Kinkaid
Brian and Tracy Kinman
Jake and Leslie Klipsch
Wolf and Linnea Koch
Georgie Koenig and Lloyd Kilmer
Kent and Cheryl Kolwey
Richard H. and Beverly Koos
John and Gwen Korn
Mary L Kotecki
Kevin and Susan Kraft
Daniel and Janet Kunau
Vytenis P. and Joan P. Kuraitis
Charles and Donna Kuykendall
Steven Landauer
Jennifer and James Lanphere
Robert and Joyce Lee
Oscar and Barbara Leidenfrost
Randall Lengeling
Mary Lind and Tom Lytton
James and Mary Ann Linden
Robert and Barbara Lipnick
Edward and Mary Littig
William M and Heather Lovewell
Donald and Janet Luethje
Curtis Lundy
Geoffrey and Helen Macalister
Michael and Denise Mack
Elizabeth Magee
Robert and Elizabeth Maine
Gloria Malooly
Steve McCann
Paul I. and Sue Penney McDevitt
David McEchron
Teresa and James Mesich
James and Mallory Mezvinsky
Bonnie and Gerald Moeller
Jean Moeller
Edwin and Chris Motto
Bernedette Murphy
Robert Murray and Kathie Kuriger
Carl and Ingelore Nabb
Mark and Anne Nagan
Emily and Robert Navarre
David Nelson and Ann Marie
Campagna
Henry and Linda Neuman
Gordon and Anne Ney
David and Dana Nichols
David and Anne Nordstrom
Terry and Linda O’Connell
Sean and Amber O’Harrow
Jeanne O’Melia
Arla Olson
George and Pat Olson
Clark and Sara Olson-Smith
Ted and Jan Olt
Michael and Carla Osborn
Dimitri and Kathy Papageorgiou
Dave and Denise Parochetti
Charles and Rhonda Parsons
Mel Piff
Dan Portes and Judy Shawver
Anne Powers
Brian and Jenny Preston
Theodore J Priester and Emilie Giguere
Kristin Quinn and Anthony Catalfano
Stephanie Raphael-Nakos
Anne G Rapp
Steve and Dianne Rasmus
John and Mariann Reese
Paul and Marcia Renaud
Max and Margaret Rensberger
Stacey Replinger
Don and Connie Retherford
Douglas and Kyle Rick
Ron and Amy Riggins
Ryan Dean Roberson
Mary Ellen Rogers
Curtis and Elizabeth Roseman
John and Celeste Roth
Peter and LaWanda Roudebush
Sally Jane Ruggeberg and Ron Schiltz
David L and Ginny Samuelson
Carol and Kathy Schaefer
Mary Schechinger and Ross Epping
Tony and Helen Schiltz
Gerald and Anita Schlapkohl
Linda M Schneider
Ronald M and Gwendolyn J Schneider
Paul and Carol Schnyder
Samuel and Nancy Schold
Donna J Seifert and Peter Hunt
Velma Seitz
Nancy Servine
Peter and Christine Sharis
Laraine Shellenberger
Malavika and Devendra Shrikhande
Donald and Patricia Sierk
Jack and Patricia Sievers
John and Beverly Sinning Jr
Emily Smith
Joel and Linda Smyers
Ken and Ruth Soedt
Tom and Holly Sparkman
Gary and Janet Sparks
Bob and Carolee Stanley
David and Ann Stern
Thomas J and Mary Ann Stoffel
Scott and Carmen Stoll
James and Jeanne Stopulos
Gala Sunderbruch
Tom and Judy Sunderbruch
Kai Swanson and Jenni Venema
Michael Swartz and Nancy McConnell
Gail Takahashi and Christian Schmitz
William Tank
Arthur and Corinne Tate
Clara Delle Thompson
Duane Thompson and Carrie Schaffner
Clayton and Sue A Traver
Douglas and Karen Truesdall
Jerome and Jan Tutskey
Rusty and Doris Unterzuber
Charles and Joyce Urbain
Craig and Nancy Van Hook
Norman and Margaret Vande Kamp
Prem Virdi and Balpreet Kaur
Jeff and Robyn vom Saal
C.R. and Nancy von Maur
Patricia Walkup
Julie Walton
Mike Walton
Pat Walton
Matthew Welty
Don and Lanora Welzenbach
Cal and Jill Werner
Matthew and Debi Wesolowski
Jane White
Matthew White
Pamela White
Todd and Judy White
Frederic and Cathie Whiteside
William and Kay Whitmore
Jolene Whittemore
Sue Wiley
Anthony J and Mary C Williams
Vernon Willits and Kristin Garnant
William and Patricia Wohlford
Bryan and Angela Wolfe
Jeff Womack
Joe and Angela Woodhouse
Mark and Laura Wriedt
Rose Zemanek
Grants, Corporate
and In-Kind Gifts
Alcoa Foundation
Ashford University
The Bechtel Trusts
Bituminous Insurance Companies
Brand Boeshaar Foundation Fund
Deere & Company
Butler Insurance Service, Inc
Cobham
Community Foundation of the
Great River Bend
Community Foundation of
Greater Muscatine
Doris and Victor Day Foundation
Eye Surgeon Associates, PC
Eskin Foundation
Financial District Properties
First Midwest Bank
Genesis Health System
Heart of America Restaurants & Inns
Hubbell-Waterman Foundation
Humanities Iowa
Iowa American Water Company
Iowa Arts Council
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
Johnson Watkins Family Foundation
Management Resource Group (MRG)
MetLife Foundation
MidWestOne Bank
Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency
Moline Foundation
Northwest Bank & Trust
Paragon Interiors, Inc
Per Mar Security Services
Quad City Bank and Trust
Quad City Cultural Trust
Rauch Family Foundation, Inc
RK Dixon
Riverboat Development Authority
Robert W Baird Co
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IMAGE CREDITS cover: Jack Perlmutter, Liftoff at 15 Seconds, 1982, courtesy NASA Art Program; p. 2 John Bloom, County Fair, 1934, oil on masonite, gift of Mrs.
Philip D. Adler, 1988.14; p. 3 William Wegman, Chip and Batty Explore Space, 2001, courtesy NASA Art Program; p. 4 Norman Rockwell, Grissom and Young, 1965; oil
on canvas, courtesy Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, licensed by Norman Rockwell Licensing, Niles, IL; p. 6 Bruce Walters, John Glenn, 2012, pencil on
paper, courtesy of the artist; p. 7 Rose Frantzen, Untitled, 2005-2006, oil on panel, courtesy of the artist; Charles “Teenie” Harris, Mary Louise Harris on Mulford
Street, Homewood, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, c. 1930-1939, gelatin silver print; Ken Ramsay, Susan Taylor, as Model, c. 1970s, gelatin silver print; p. 7 Rose Frantzen,
Untitled, 2005-2006, oil on panel, courtesy of the artist; p. 8 Charles "Teenie" Harris, Mary Louise Harris on Mulford Street, Homewood, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
c.1930, gelatin silver print; Ken Ramsay, Susan Taylor, as Model, c. 1970s, gelatin silver print; p. 9 Hippolyte (Paul) Delaroche, Portrait of Emperor Napoleon the First
in his Office, n.d., oil on canvas, collection of Pierre-Jean Chalençon; p. 10 Clippings, Page 10, Scrapbook 14: Figge Art Museum Grant Wood Archive Digital Collection.
Funded in part by the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.