VOICES

VOICES

October 23, 2023 - January 22, 2024

The Cedar River Artisans is a consortium of professional artists based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The collective consists of eight members: Robert Fox, M.L Kline, Ellen Kleckner, Julia Kottal, Nancy Lindsay, Marty Mitchell, Elizabeth Rhoads Read, and John Schwartzkopf.

The Cedar River Artisans work in a range of materials including printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, pastel, oil painting, fiber arts, and photography. Their working method is collaborative with the objective to produce a unified visual statement. As a collective they are interconnected.

This exhibition centers around humanity's commonalities with one another, not our differences. The collective is looking beyond ideologies, divisive words, materials, and techniques. They are investigating our harmonies and what can create togetherness as a country, community, and region. Though, their artwork varies they are interested in the dialogue the individual pieces can create.