Art for Everyone by author Liz Lidgett, featured conversation with Ciar Carnell and Kimberlee Rocca
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Art for Everyone
An Evening of Art, Design and Conversation with Liz Lidgett
Featuring floral designer Ciar Carnall and Hanson Gallery exhibitor Kimberlee Rocca
Saturday | September 19th | 4:30PM - 6:30PM
What makes art feel personal?
Join Liz Lidgett for an inspiring conversation about choosing, collecting, and living with art.
Drawing from her experience helping new and established collectors find artwork that reflects their personalities, spaces, and budgets, Liz will offer an approachable look inside a world that can often feel intimidating.
Joining are panelists Ciar Carnall, floral designer with The Red Geranium, and Kimberlee Rocca, exhibiting artist in Hanson Gallery at the Clear Lake Arts Center. Together, they will explore how art, design, color, and personal expression shape the spaces where we live and work.
Whether you are an experienced collector, an artist, a homeowner seeking inspiration, or simply curious about art, this conversation will offer practical insight and fresh creative perspective.
Come curious. Leave inspired. Discover why Art is For Everyone.
Ticket Options
$50 — Event Admission + Book
Your ticket includes:
Admission to the featured conversation and audience Q&A
One copy of Art for Everyone
A personalized book signing with Liz Lidgett
Cocktails, light appetizers, and the social reception
$25 — Event Admission
Your ticket includes:
One copy of Art for Everyone
A personalized book signing with Liz Lidgett
Cocktails, light appetizers, and the social reception
Meet Liz Lidgett
Liz Lidgett is an art advisor, author, curator, and founder of Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design in Des Moines. She earned degrees in art history and journalism from the University of Missouri and a master’s degree in public-art curatorial practice from the University of Southern California. After working as a corporate art curator, she established her independent art-advising practice in 2013 and opened her
gallery in 2019.
Today, Liz’s gallery represents more than 70 contemporary artists from around the world. Her work is rooted in making original art more approachable and helping people confidently choose pieces that fit their style, space, and budget.
Liz is the author of Art for Everyone: How to Collect Art & Personalize Your Space on Any Budget, published by Simon Element, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The book became an Amazon bestseller. Her expertise and work have appeared in Forbes, Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, Martha Stewart Living, and Good Morning America.
Liz has been recognized by the Des Moines Business Record as a Forty Under 40 honoree and received the Griffiths Leadership Society for Women Emerging Leader Award from the Mizzou Alumni Association. In 2023, Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design was selected from more than 15,000 applicants as one of America’s Top 70 Small Businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Joining the Conversation
Ciar Carnall is a floral designer with The Red Geranium, Clear Lake’s longtime downtown florist and home décor shop. Her work with color, texture, form, and living materials brings a distinctive floral design perspective to the conversation.
Kimberlee Rocca is a Solon-based visual and sculptural artist whose work explores color, texture, natural elements, and the cosmos. Her solo exhibition, Watermarks & Constellations, is the featured in the Hanson Gallery at the Clear Lake Arts Center.
Evening Schedule
4:15–4:30 p.m. — Arrival
Guest check-in, cocktails, and light appetizers.
4:30–4:45 p.m. — Official Welcome
Opening remarks from the Clear Lake Arts Center and introductions of Liz Lidgett, Ciar Carnall, and Kimberlee Rocca.
4:45–5:30 p.m. — Featured Conversation and Q&A
Liz, Ciar, and Kimberlee discuss choosing and collecting art, designing meaningful spaces, and making art and design approachable and accessible.
5:30–6:30 p.m. — Book Signing & Social Reception
Have your copy of Art for Everyone personally signed by Liz while enjoying cocktails, light appetizers, and conversation.
Grab your tickets here! https://square.link/u/QbTDHPd7
An Evening of Art, Design and Conversation with Liz Lidgett
Featuring floral designer Ciar Carnall and Hanson Gallery exhibitor Kimberlee Rocca
Saturday | September 19th | 4:30PM - 6:30PM
What makes art feel personal?
Join Liz Lidgett for an inspiring conversation about choosing, collecting, and living with art.
Drawing from her experience helping new and established collectors find artwork that reflects their personalities, spaces, and budgets, Liz will offer an approachable look inside a world that can often feel intimidating.
Joining are panelists Ciar Carnall, floral designer with The Red Geranium, and Kimberlee Rocca, exhibiting artist in Hanson Gallery at the Clear Lake Arts Center. Together, they will explore how art, design, color, and personal expression shape the spaces where we live and work.
Whether you are an experienced collector, an artist, a homeowner seeking inspiration, or simply curious about art, this conversation will offer practical insight and fresh creative perspective.
Come curious. Leave inspired. Discover why Art is For Everyone.
Ticket Options
$50 — Event Admission + Book
Your ticket includes:
Admission to the featured conversation and audience Q&A
One copy of Art for Everyone
A personalized book signing with Liz Lidgett
Cocktails, light appetizers, and the social reception
$25 — Event Admission
Your ticket includes:
One copy of Art for Everyone
A personalized book signing with Liz Lidgett
Cocktails, light appetizers, and the social reception
Meet Liz Lidgett
Liz Lidgett is an art advisor, author, curator, and founder of Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design in Des Moines. She earned degrees in art history and journalism from the University of Missouri and a master’s degree in public-art curatorial practice from the University of Southern California. After working as a corporate art curator, she established her independent art-advising practice in 2013 and opened her
gallery in 2019.
Today, Liz’s gallery represents more than 70 contemporary artists from around the world. Her work is rooted in making original art more approachable and helping people confidently choose pieces that fit their style, space, and budget.
Liz is the author of Art for Everyone: How to Collect Art & Personalize Your Space on Any Budget, published by Simon Element, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The book became an Amazon bestseller. Her expertise and work have appeared in Forbes, Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, Martha Stewart Living, and Good Morning America.
Liz has been recognized by the Des Moines Business Record as a Forty Under 40 honoree and received the Griffiths Leadership Society for Women Emerging Leader Award from the Mizzou Alumni Association. In 2023, Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design was selected from more than 15,000 applicants as one of America’s Top 70 Small Businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Joining the Conversation
Ciar Carnall is a floral designer with The Red Geranium, Clear Lake’s longtime downtown florist and home décor shop. Her work with color, texture, form, and living materials brings a distinctive floral design perspective to the conversation.
Kimberlee Rocca is a Solon-based visual and sculptural artist whose work explores color, texture, natural elements, and the cosmos. Her solo exhibition, Watermarks & Constellations, is the featured in the Hanson Gallery at the Clear Lake Arts Center.
Evening Schedule
4:15–4:30 p.m. — Arrival
Guest check-in, cocktails, and light appetizers.
4:30–4:45 p.m. — Official Welcome
Opening remarks from the Clear Lake Arts Center and introductions of Liz Lidgett, Ciar Carnall, and Kimberlee Rocca.
4:45–5:30 p.m. — Featured Conversation and Q&A
Liz, Ciar, and Kimberlee discuss choosing and collecting art, designing meaningful spaces, and making art and design approachable and accessible.
5:30–6:30 p.m. — Book Signing & Social Reception
Have your copy of Art for Everyone personally signed by Liz while enjoying cocktails, light appetizers, and conversation.
Grab your tickets here! https://square.link/u/QbTDHPd7
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Where is it happening?
17 South 4th St, Clear Lake, IA, United States, Iowa 50428
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