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Dear Art Friends, Welcome to 2024!

Arts Iowa City’s ArtiFactory is slowly waking after “a long winter’s nap”! We will be offering drawing and painting opportunities beginning this weekend and a special three session foiling workshop. Look for details of time and place at our web page, and sign up! It’s more important this time of year so that we can contact you if there is a sudden cancelation due to the weather or illness.

Opening Reception | Feb 9 | 6-8 pm

Connie Peterson has a BFA from the University of Northern Iowa with an emphasis in painting. She pursued a highly successful career as a graphic artist in Chicago before moving to Iowa City and working for the university, first as art director for University Relations and later in UIHC marketing. She retired in 2012 and since then has had more time to devote to her art. “After retirement,” she says, “art became my passion.”

In recent years, her work has been exhibited, among other places, in the University Hospitals and Clinics and the Senior Center. She just closed her show “Sky” at CSPS in Cedar Rapids. Although she’s worked in different styles and with various subjects, Connie’s current focus is on the Iowa countryside. In pastels and photography, Connie expresses her constant amazement at “the quiet beauty of the Iowa landscape…that can also be dramatic and powerful when heavy weather moves in….These landscapes expand the heart and senses with vast fertile agricultural spaces and those amazing skies.”

@constancedith

On display throughout the month of February.

Free admission

Arts IC | ArtiFactory Gallery Open Saturdays | 1-3 pm

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Please register for each session.

Long Pose Studio Group

February 18 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm CST

Join us in the Dance Hall at the PS1 Close House for the Long Pose Studio Group. Enter through the eastern alley side with the handicap ramp. Please register to get the access code. Proceed upstairs and go to the Dance Hall. The model will maintain the same pose (with breaks) for the entire session. Bring your own drawing materials which can include graphite, charcoal, pastels or watercolors. Acrylics, water-based oils, and regular oils using odorless terpenoid will be allowed. We will be drawing from nude, partially clothed or dressed models. Must be over 18 to attend.

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Phil Dorothy Drawing Studio

February 22 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm CST

A life drawing group in memory of our dear friend, Phil Dorothy. An environment to practice the art of drawing from life. Bring your own drawing materials which can include graphite, charcoal, pastels or watercolors. 

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Body Parts

February 24 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm CST

Beppie Weiss  will share her drawing experience of the human body. She has drawn and painted hundreds, maybe thousands, of portraits and people drawings, and will help you improve your own drawing skills. Our goal will be to understand how it all comes together, and be able to draw it with more accuracy.

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Hot Stamped Foiling

Overview: The Hot Stamp Foiling workshop series celebrates the art and technique invented by University of Iowa Art Professor, Virginia Myers. This creative journey welcomes participants of all levels, regardless of prior drawing or painting skills. It’s a unique opportunity to delve into the world of foiling, from mastering the fundamentals to exploring a variety of innovative methods. Each session offers a distinct focus, showcasing the diverse ways this captivating medium can be used.

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