UNI's Art Collection Photographer

Collection Photographer Anastasia Parsons demo'ed the digitization process for the Friends of the UNI Permanent Art Collection & Gallery last Friday, Dec. 6. Sometime in 2021, the entire art collection will be posted on our new searchable database: Browse Art Collection.

Celebrating in TX

 Ace and Ruby in Orsinger County Park.

 The lovely Renkers.

 Ace and Mikey, swings at full tilt.

 Me and the beautiful grandkids.

 Thanksgiving Day.

Mickey Severence and Ruby at Betty and Ron's / Chris and Jenna's home.

Oh, the memories

Yes, this happened on the way to San Antonio.

Hello?

Another Vertigo A-GoGo, another busy signal.

We Are the Asteroid

Last night (11/13/19) artist/activist Justin Brice Guariglia gave a sobering talk in UNI's Lang Hall auditorium. He spoke of dramatic climatic events, species die-offs, and unprecedented cultural collapses world-wide, but his work manages to provide humor, levity, and arch language to balance the intensity of the message. For a few weeks we'll be honored with his installation We Are the Asteroid II (see above). The Aldo Leopold Lecture Series organizers should be commended for bringing him, and his art, to our community.

Matt & Kimber at the Albright-Knox

Images by Matt Taylor of the Anthony McCall exhibition at the Albright-Knox in Buffalo, NY. Matt and Kimber attended the final day of Dark Rooms, Solid Light, a survey of the British installation artist's work from the 1970s to the present. The museum has now closed its doors for a two-year construction/expansion project. Sounds exciting!

Happy 55th!

Happy Birthday, Troy!

Here are some autumn collages from the yard, or as Ace likes to put it, the Taylor-Ace Arboretum. These are the last blooms, fruits, and mysterious interiors before winter 2019 blankets us in ice and snow.

Dedicated to brother Troy. Much love!

Old/New Art

Old art by me:

Homage to Paul Evans, ink on paper, 2012.

New art by me:

Dorsey Reading: A Notation Speculation, a wall book, ink on paper, 2019.

Faculty Exhibition

The 2019 UNI Department of Art Faculty Exhibition.

An exciting opening reception on Oct. 16!

October Fest

October 2019 in Waterloo with Ace and Bev.

 

Tim Miller / Jack Balas

Join!

Mayor Pete in Waterloo

September 22, 2019

At Mayor Pete's Town Hall, RiverLoop Amphitheatre, Waterloo, with Ace. Oh so rainy, and oh so cold! Somehow Mayor Pete, Mayor Hart, and Black Hawk County Democrats Chair Vicki Brown kept us warm.

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Allyn Slack at WCA

Allyn Slack's latest untitled project at the Waterloo Center for the Arts, Sept. 2019.

Lovely, sexy forms (macro/micro?) with lots of form & variation.

Greetings

En Plein Air, Amana Colonies, IA

12th Annual Catiri's Fresh Paint - Iowa Plein Air Competition,

Amana Colonies, Iowa.

I was the juror this year.

A very fun event with food, drink, and live entertainment.

The Catiri's have grown this plein air competition each year. They are to be commended for the excitement they bring to these beautiful little villages in east-central Iowa.

 Image: FB image - the Catiri page.

 

 Image: FB Catiri page by the event photographer.

Jack Balas at the University of Northern Iowa

Jack Balas: Against the Grain – Men, Maps, andOther Incorrections

UNI Gallery of Art

August 19 – October 5, 2019

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The Many Voices of Art

The Many Voices of Art at the UNI Gallery of Art, Fall 2019.

A Permanent Art Collection exhibition co-curated by Dr. Charles M. Adelman.

Iowa Irish Fest 2019

Iowa Irish Fest 2019.

 Me, Bev, Mark (Ace).

Just a fairy of the Aos Sí (leprechaun).

I was one of the jurors for the VIP tent this year.

This is my reward.

Annual Trip to Des Moines

 Queer Abstractions at the Des Moines Art Center.

The 47th Season of the Des Moines Metro Opera (with a teaser for the 48th).

The Fountains of Des Moines.