Join us for an opening reception with the artists!

Amplified Rainbow II is our second group art show from Artists at SUI! We’re an art studio located in Iowa City made up of artists with varying disabilities. The artists in our studio made artworks ranging from paintings, to sculptures, to fiber art. We serve adult artists who do not have access to regular creative opportunities. We follow our artists’ creative visions and assist them by providing supplies, adaptive tools, feedback, or workshops. Our mission is to promote radical inclusion through art, and we work to empower artists with disabilities to be visible and equal contributors in Iowa’s creative communities.

Join us for the closing of Blueberry Morninginsnow’s Whales in the Sky: the Star Death, the River Now and the Imaginal Future ( A Triptych) at PS1 Northside gallery.

6:30-7:30p — the gallery is open for the last time

7:30p — the art ritual/ performance begins--we'll gather in the art courtyard in front of the a-frame shed

--folks will be invited into the circle with songs and poems and humming together. 

--there will be some participatory gifts and thoughts given

(everyone can choose their level of interaction)

8:15p — those who want to, walk together to the Iowa River. 

We’ll have walnut candle boats that we can float on the river, and let go of something we wish to no longer carry. 

We return back to PS1/ everyone takes a piece of the exhibit with them if they wish.

It is finished! 

Join artists Heather Steckler & Harper Folsom for a collage social as part of their Hold On/Let Go project and exhibition. Bring your unused collage ephemera, paper scraps, photos, old books, etc. that you’ve been holding onto to create with and swap! Trade materials with other artists and work on your own collages or creative projects. Basic collage materials and supplies will be provided to get you started. This drop-in event is open to participants of all ages & no experience is necessary!

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is highly encouraged!

reunion of St. Louis art rock trio The Star Death
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music video by Aleta Lanier
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ongoing speculative verse play reading

second of a series of whimsical performances and co-creative community activities
as part of Whales in the Sky: The Star Death, the River Now, and the Imaginal Future
a time-based art installation and troptych that changes, deepens, expands over 21 days (Aug. 3-24)
by Blueberry Morningsnow

Speculative verse play reading with songs and poems, with special guest Finn Morningsnow
music ! video ! puppets !

first of a series of whimsical performances and co-creative community activities
as part of Whales in the Sky: The Star Death, the River Now, and the Imaginal Future
a time-based art installation and triptych that changes, deepens, expands over 21 days (Aug. 3-24)
by Blueberry Morningsnow

Learn how to make Cyanotype photogram prints with artists Heather Steckler & Harper Folsom in this community workshop as part of their Hold On/Let Go project and exhibition. Participants will learn about the cyanotype process and expose and develop photogram prints. Bring your own objects– anything from trash to treasure– to use to create unique cyanotype compositions. This drop-in workshop is open to participants of all ages & no experience is necessary!

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is highly encouraged!

Please join us for a preview of ALHAMDU: MUSLIM FUTURISM, an evolving experiential art exhibition and digital archive created by MIPSTERZ that explores Muslim Futurism—a cultural and artistic aesthetic that learns from frameworks of Afrofuturism and imagines a broader Muslim future free from the oppression of today, set in a utopic tomorrow of our collective creation.

The exhibition will be on view and open to the public July 1 - August 18.

MIPSTERZ is a Muslim arts and culture collective curating, enabling, and amplifying creators of marginalized backgrounds through sound, film, and visual art. They are current artists-in-residence at PS1’s Center for Afrofuturist Studies.

ALHAMDU at PS1 is supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Ruth Foundation for the Arts, the ArtsMidwest GIG Fund, and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art’s Building Bridges Program.

Learn how to make handmade recycled paper with artists Heather Steckler & Harper Folsom in this community workshop as part of their Hold On/Let Go project and exhibition. Bring your junk mail, paper scraps, unwanted documents, and other paper you’d like to recycle. Learn how to make recycled pulp and pull your own sheets of handmade paper. Participants will have the chance to participate in a community-made artwork for display in the October Hold on/Let Go exhibition and make their own sheets of paper to bring home. This drop-in workshop is open to participants of all ages & no experience is necessary!

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is highly encouraged!

X. A. Li has invited the Performance Art Lab of Iowa to conclude the exhibition with a closing performance of Typedancing.

Join us for this special performance, and the penultimate chance to experience Li’s exhibition Terminal Care.

Typedancing is a collaborative interdisciplinary performance featuring musicians, poets, dancers and visual artists making music with and dancing to obselete office equipment. With audience participation, it also includes live-produced zines from the artifacts of the performance.

The Iowa City community is invited to participate in Hold On/Let Go, a collaborative project and exhibition led by local artists Heather Steckler and Harper Folsom.

The artists are seeking donations of objects you have held onto for sentimental reasons. If you are ready to let go of these things, but it doesn’t feel right to throw them away, we welcome your contributions!

Participants may share their future wishes for donated objects on collection days by filling out an optional form, detailing their “conditions of letting go.”

Collected objects will be part of an exhibition at PS1 in October 2024.

We welcome donations that you can easily carry. Larger donations must be arranged in advance. Contact Heather and Harper at holdonletgoproject@gmail.com with any questions!

Join the PS1 gallery team and some special guests for a bingo party celebrating love at PS1 Close!

Welcome to the eclectic "Alternate Realty" by artist Dana Telsrow, nestled at 229 N. Gilbert St. This uniquely curated space invites you to step into a world where the quirks of home buying are examined through Telsrow's distorted portraits of local realtors. Challenge your perspective as familiar faces transform into captivating and enigmatic narratives, providing a playful commentary on the absurdity of using personal images to sell homes. Immerse yourself in the heart of Iowa City, where this unconventional experience not only redefines the traditional housing market but also encourages you to reconsider the role of personal branding in real estate. Mark your calendar for the open house on Jan 21, from noon to 2 pm, and be ready to delve into the intriguing, weird world of "Alternate Realty." Meet the faces of your new future.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

After careers in marketing for higher-education and audio-visual post-production, Dana Telsrow founded Alternate Realty in 2022 as a way of serving residents of the greater Iowa City area. Alternate Realty maintains an unparalleled roster of agents that are eager, willing, and ready to open the doors to your new future. 

Join us for the opening of Observed Changes and Their Causes by Allison Rowe and Tille Currington-Rowe in PS1’s Northside gallery.

This installation explores the intersections of early childhood, caregiving, and the climate crisis through video, painting, and interactive sculpture. Read more at the link above.

Observed Changes and Their Causes welcomes children as an important part of the Iowa City art community and warmly invites them to attend all public program which has been designed to support their participation.

Website: allisonroweart.com
Instagram: @allisonvrowe

Kenzi Rayelle is an interdisciplinary artist, gaining recognition for her fascination with the body and its organic materials as well as her exploration of the absurd. Rayelle, deeply inspired by practical effects and psychosocial development theory, has developed a unique and tongue-in-cheek approach to representing the impact of trauma.

Rayelle possesses a keen sensitivity to the versatile and unrestricted potential of textiles, film, and the written word. She views them as additional gateways from the subconscious mind to the hands. Through transcendental creation, her work serves as a form of personal healing, and her aspiration is for it to be transformative to those who encounter it.

Rayelle continues to work on her lifelong thesis, "Innerconnectivity," which comprises of a series of expansive installations that delve into what the body has kept hidden from present consciousness. In addition Rayelle will be releasing her short film “caake”, an absurdist autobiographical exploration about the creative process in 2024.

Kenzi Rayelle received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the University of Iowa and currently lives and works in Milwaukee, WI. She also likes frogs. Follow Kenzi on IG: @riotrayelle

Kenzi Rayelle was awarded the Mary Nohl Suitcase Fund to support this exhibition.

reception with the artist: Saturday September 9, 4-6pm

STATEMENT:
As an artist, I immerse myself in the dreams I weave every day, constructing a so-called self-consistent artistic logic. This logic is constantly being tested and revised, tirelessly advancing until it comes close to the longing in my heart. I embrace the solitude, wrestle with uncertainties, and find joy in the process. I am on the road, always on the road...

Painting as my lifestyle records my understanding and attitude towards life. This group of artworks is the re-imagination and re-creation of the photography of the fragmented moments in life. I express my perception and insights into art from my own perspective, while also aiming to make color, lines, and forms my personal signature...

Note: All works in this portfolio are created with acrylic on paper, with dimensions within 90*60cm. Artwork dates: 2020-2021

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jun Shi was born in Luohe City, Henan, China in 1963. In 1988 he graduated from Oil Painting Department of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He currently lives and works in Beijing, China.

opening reception with the artist: Friday September 8. 4-8pm

The Year of the Seldom Sun is an immersive, multisensory experience that highlights an emotional journey each year as the seasons change, and the Sun travels away from my world and returns again. Everything is affected: The colors and energy; the days, nights, and light; the sights and the sounds; life, death, silence and rebirth. It is a cycle, and the 2020-2021 cycle was particularly dynamic. As we (all) endured wave upon wave of uncertainty, tense civil situations, pandemic, and isolation, I turned to writing music to process. The music came out in the form of a full length, home recorded concept album: The Year of the Seldom Sun. 

I wrote the album to tell the stories that I was watching unfold around me, and embedded a host of extra sounds, clips, and special textures that provide more to dive into for listeners who want to go deeper than surface level. And while the finished product was conceptual, and flowed thematically and intentionally from start to finish, I still wanted more. I wanted this album to capture people's imaginations and engage their senses. So with the help of my colleague and friend Kelly Moore, and a handful of other local contributors, I have created and curated a physical space to extend the experience. To give visual representation to the imagery, and more storyline to the characters in the songs. To more fully immerse listeners into an environment, and to attempt to re-create that time in history the way that I saw it: from my stool looking out at the beautiful, if not inherently isolated, East Amana, Iowa.

about the artist

Not an artist, really. Not formally trained or practiced enough. Just a maker. A re-creator. For most of his life, Will Kemple-Taylor has been doing his best to mimic and capture the things that inspire him through songs, visual art, and more recently, immersive environments. When he followed his partner to Iowa 9 years ago, he left behind the mountains of Northern New Mexico, and much of the natural beauty that once fueled his creativity. But Iowa brought new inspirations. He found a creative calling working at The Iowa Children’s Museum. And that new path, along with the birth of his children and a move to the countryside, sparked something in him. A newfound urge to tell the stories around him. A need to create, and to do so in as many ways as possible.

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