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--Dan Cummins (Board President)
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Good Things Happen in Threes!
. . . At least that has turned out to be true for The ArtiFactory. After the dog days of summer, we have three exciting bits of news to share:
- Our gallery space has been updated with a new flow, additional lighting, and fresh paint. These improvements provide a solid foundation for hosting exhibits and shows.
- The inaugural event in our gallery opened last weekend and runs through the end of September. The Flag Project is a photographic study of New York City in the weeks following September 11, 2001. The exhibit is curated by Iowa City residents Sharon Beckman, who worked in midtown Manhattan as a creative director, and Ron Pile, a United Airlines pilot who was flying on 9/11. Their personal stories of the day, as well as poignant images, provide a unique window into the seminal event of the last two decades. The Flag Project will be on display through Sept. 26, Saturdays and Sundays, from 2-4 p.m.
- Art in the Afternoon is back and in person! Join InterDance for Let's Dance in the Alley at 1PM on September 19. It’s sure to be a fun afternoon with performances, talks, and audience participation. RSVP
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The ArtiFactory Presents:
Art in the Afternoon: Let's Dance in the Alley
Sunday September 19 @ 1 pm
120 N. Dubuque St (The Wesley Center)
Outdoors. Free and Open to All. Bring a lawn chair. Please wear masks.
Farida will perform and teach Near Eastern Dance; one of her dances involves balancing lit candles on her head. Sarah Furnish with Infinity Dance will perform and teach Improvisation; Infinity is an all inclusive dance group including people with all abilities (and disabilities). Nora and Ace will perform social dance and teach Disco!!! Ace created Disco Intervention many years ago and he and Nora have been teaching it all over, including area schools. Using disco music from the 70's and in a very silly way, the audience learns a dance routine from the movie Saturday Night Fever but, most importantly everyone will have a lot of fun!
TANGO has been added to the program!
Paula and Dwight will perform Social Argentine Tango.
Follow On: www.interdanceiowa.org
Photo by Eloy Barragán
View The Flag Project before and after the InterDance performance from 12-1 pm. and 2-4 pm.
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Join us for Thursday night life drawing group in memory of Phil Dorothy. The next one is on September 16, 2021 at 6:30-8:30 pm. in the lower level of Wesley House at 120 N. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Those interested in attending need to register so the ArtiFactory can gauge interest in this event. We will be drawing from nude, scantily clothed or dressed models. Must be over 18 to attend.
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It really is beginning to feel like fall. I’m canning tomatoes again this morning. It won’t be long, and I’ll have to play indoors in my studio instead of out in the garden. I might do a few little paintings of canned tomatoes. The Small Works Show is coming up in October and I need a few new little works for that. If you are interested in entering, check out Art Domestique’s web page. The entry deadline is October 15. Entry fee $25. Size limitation 12x12 inches. Show runs from 11/1 to 12/31.
Our own news for you is that some of us have been working hard to transform our cellar theater space into a bright and welcoming art studio and gallery. Thanks to everyone who helped with this, especially Bob Richardson who did about 90% of the work and all the carpentry and shopping.
On the local art scene, I want to encourage you to see our very own fabulous new art gallery and it’s opening show commemorating the horrific events of 9/11 twenty years ago. (see above)
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Iowa Artisans Gallery feature artist this month is Mary Moye-Rowley. You can see her new work in pastel during business hours until 9/29.
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The last note I have for you is a little bit about last weekend’s plein air event in Amana. We did what we could in pouring rain on Friday, painted all day Saturday and Sunday morning, turned in our work and enjoyed seeing the show and sharing dinner. Our board member, Bob Richardson took first honorable mention for his watercolor A Place Far Away, Almost!
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Public Space One is hosting a new exhibition during September entitled Data Figures by Dana Potter, an Iowa-based artist and Professor of Interactive Digital Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. The exhibition runs through September 25th and features a series of screen-prints and augmented reality experiences about facial recognition technologies. The exhibition is designed so that the visitors may interact with these technologies in the gallery.
 My last bit is one more interesting story about Johannas Vermeer. A New York Times article September 9 ran a story from the Dresden, Germany. With the latest X Ray scanning equipment they discovered that someone painted over a large part of “A Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window” long after the painting was made, 300 years ago. Under the paint was a large painting on the wall of Cupid, which shows up in other Vermeer paintings. They decided to remove the offending paint and now it is restored to its original glory. It will be on display with other paintings until next year at the Old Masters Picture Gallery in Dresden.
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That’s all from me for now.
Enjoy days as they grow shorter and we move into fall and let me know of any art type events that we can share or help promote in our community by clicking here.
Beppie
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And for the “last laugh” here’s our funny of the month! Thanks Jeff!
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Andreas Gursky at the Hayward Gallery
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Sensational, very large "photos" presented as realistic photography but with digital manipulation for formal and social comment. Interesting dialog helps us understand Gursky’s mode and goals. The Hayward Gallery is a very progressive London venue and at the same time with very good taste IMHO. From 2018.
11.5 minutes long.
Andreas Gursky link
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Jan van Eyck's Self-portrait in 10 minutes or less | National Gallery London
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One of my favorite paintings! Close examination by experts is such a treat. Also influential for my current paintings by highlighting contrast between his formal and accurate face and his exuberant and dynamic head-dress You’ll be surprised by how small this elegant painting really is.
8:35 minutes
van Eyck link
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Birds of Paradise, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University
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Gorgeous, unique to New Guinea and not art, but possibly inspiration for an aesthetic experience nevertheless. I know I am delighted by the colors and forms the birds exhibit normally and then take on in their mating rituals. This video is a must view.
5:37 minutes
Birds of Paradise
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20 Must See Works at The Art Institute of Chicago
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This very quick guided tour of the Art Institute of Chicago presents the narrator’s twenty must-see works of art including The Old Guitarist, Old Man with Gold Chain, Greyed Rainbow, Nighthawks, American Gothic, and many more! He’s not the most elegant talking head, but he does get done in 2:33 minutes. As a long time member, I would differ on at least ½ of his choices, but no one asked me to make a video of outstanding examples awaiting visitors to Chicago!
2:33 minutes short but you must be on your toes!
20 Must Works at Chicago Art Institute link
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