Symposium at DMAC, April 26, 2025

WCA celebrates the most recent collaboration with the Des Moines Art Center, an exhibition of Haitian art from the collection followed by a symposium featuring Chawne Paige, Fredo Rivera, Dr. Petrouchka Moise, and Dr. Inbal Mazar. Lovely!

 

Rally for Democracy

Rally for Democracy at the Waterloo Public Library on April 19, 2025. Organized by the Insufferable Wenches.

90th!

It was Bev McCusker's 90th birthday on the 11th of April. We celebrated at the Hwy 63 Diner in Waterloo on the 12th. Posting on the 13th.

 

It's also Mark's (Ace's) Golden Year.

 

Hands Off March and Rally

 Waterloo's Hands Off March and Rally in Lincoln Park, downtown Waterloo, IA.

March 2025

An exciting March 2025.

St. Patrick's Day with Ace and Bev at Newton's Paradise Cafe. Mimosa's were had.

 

 Mylande Constant: Drapo at the Figge Museum of Art in Davenport with some objects loaned by the Waterloo Center for the Arts. Petrouchka Moise's lecture was excellent.

 

 

Collagist and drawer Ethan Edvenson's exhibition at WCA.

I juried an art exhibition at Clear Lake Arts Center, the Region 2 Art Show. A beautiful space with talented local artists.

 

At the Center, Winter/Spring 2025

 "A Period of Time: Patrick Luber 2005-2025." An extraordinary exhibition that I'm proud to present to the Waterloo community.

"Pumpkins, Pigs & Pirates: Tales of Arthur Geisert," the new children's interactive exhibition in the Phelps Youth Pavilion.

Grinnell College at the Center. Petrouchka Moise's class studies artworks from the Haitian art Collection.

The Start of 2025

 ISU Extension and Outreach Dinner (Black Hawk County), late January. Such lovely people and great ideas for a better Iowa.

Dr. Quinton Richardson (organizer) and Diane Ebert.
 

Palentines, a "Wicked" WCA event, early February.

Me: award recipient of Joshalyn Hickey-Johnson's "Susie Clark: The Bravest Girl You've Ever Seen."