Lure of the Local: Collecting the Corridor, 2006-2011 Exhibiton Opens
Beginning with its first acquisition in 1906, the Cedar Rapids Art Association (now the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art) has valued art of its own time, often from local origins. Over the last century, the collection has grown to more than 7,000 works of art, including several works by local artists Grant Wood and Marvin Cone. Over the past five years, a concerted effort has been made to ensure that the Museum collection continues to reflect the artistic outputs of artists living in and near the Corridor.
Lure of the Local: Collecting the Corridor, 2006-2011 showcases these recent acquisitions through the exhibition of more than 65 works by more than 40 area artists. Many visitors will be surprised by the variety of media, subjects, and styles that artists are using today, as demonstrated in the paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics, collages, photographs, and sculptures included, and in the wide range of materials from oil and acrylic paints to jigsaw puzzle pieces, carved wood, foil, and envelopes.
Lure of the Local is supported in part by the Richard D. Pinney Exhibition Fund, and by GreatAmerica Leasing Corporation and the Momentum Fund, both funds of The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation.
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What
Lure of the Local: Collecting the Corridor, 2006-2011 Exhibiton Opens
When
Saturday, February 04, 2012
10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
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