Creative nonfiction is an art of selection, omission, and juxtaposition. Decisions, decisions, decisions… Not only what to leave in and what to take out, but also how to artfully arrange the parts. When just the right elements are juxtaposed, a...
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
A critique of a statue of Lincoln in England, originally published in the Illustrated London news and then condensed and reprinted by the Reader's Digest Association.
Janet Heinicke is a native Midwesterner and a seasoned artist. She holds advanced degrees in printmaking from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and in painting from Northern Illinois University. She has a long history of work as a collegiate...
Jiha Moon received a BFA from Korea University and an MFA at Ewha Women's University in Seoul, Korea. Later, she received a MFA from the University of Iowa in painting. She has shown in solo and group exhibitions at locations across the US and...
My background is conventionally grounded in drawing and painting; however, my work is often described as quirky or surprising. I make sculptural work that blends both animal and human forms. My sculptures have evolved into three-dimensional...
Designers operate as cultural intermediaries; the nature of visual communication straddles traditional artistic and commercial media and resides in a space connecting production and consumption. My work lives in the place between art and design,...
Of herself, Kathy Thor says, I was born in Dubuque, Iowa by the lock and dam on the Mississippi River. Animals and art have always been a part of my life. From the time I was in grade school until recently I have worked with horses. In school, I...
Originally from Des Moines, Van Holmgren is a student in graphic design at the University of Iowa. He works on found wood, painted freehand or with original stencils. His work can be seen at Artdive gallery in Des Moines in April and The House of...
Denis Roussel obtained a diplome d'ingenieur (1999) in chemistry at the Ecole Nationale Superieure Chimie in Rennes, France. He will complete his MFA in photography at the University of Iowa in December.
Ian Bennett was born in Iowa City and recently graduated from Northwestern University with a BS in Radio/Television/Film and Art, where he created his first graphic novel 'Leap Years' which was named 'Top Ten Graphic Novels for Youth in 2005' by...