GALLERY OPENING | Davis-Salazar, Weiland, & Regional Woodturners

Name: GALLERY OPENING | Davis-Salazar, Weiland, & Regional Woodturners
Start: 2025-02-07T18:00:00-06:00
Location: 1715 2nd Ave, Rock Island, IL, United States, Illinois 61201

Schedule

Fri, 07 Feb, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

1715 2nd Ave, Rock Island, IL, United States, Illinois 61201 | Rock Island, IL

The public is invited to a FREE opening reception on February 7 from 6-8 pm at Quad City Arts’ downtown Rock Island gallery. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the artists and enjoy refreshments as they explore the gallery. The winner of the Woodturning Competition will also be announced.
From February 7 to March 21, 2025, Quad City Arts presents paintings by Katrina Davis-Salazar, sculptural ceramics by Brant Weiland, and 20 works by 9 of the region’s best woodturners.
Katrina Davis Salazar is a mixed media Latinx artist living and working in the Chicago area. Her narrative portraiture explores themes of Tearing and Repairing by layering, obscuring, and deconstructing her pieces through texture and paint--destroying and rebuilding them repeatedly. Davis-Salazar’s work echoes the process of personal growth and character development. She hopes her many works might “comfort the ill-at-ease and confront the comfortable.”
Iowa City artist Brant Weiland’s work is comprised of molded objects cast in clay. These monochrome clay pieces are then assembled into a carefully curated collection. Weiland is “interested in the way a physical collection preserves and forms connections that influence an individual's perception of place and identity,” and his aim is to “show how a grouping of objects inherently forms a narrative through touchstones of personal memory.”
Twenty works of art by nine of the region’s best woodturners will be exhibited alongside Davis-Salazar and Weiland. Artisans were invited to submit up to three pieces for consideration, and jurors selected a total of 20 pieces to be displayed. These pieces will begin their exhibition at the Quad City Arts gallery in Rock Island, then move to the Quad Cities International Airport Gallery for display from March 5th-April 29th.
The artist’s works can be viewed and purchased online at https://www.shopquadcityarts.com/rock-island-gallery.
Quad City Arts is a nonprofit local arts agency dedicated to enriching the quality of life in the Quad City region through the arts. Support for art exhibitions is provided by the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Quad City Arts Gallery is located at 1715 Second Avenue in Rock Island. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m.–5 p.m. For more information, contact Dawn Wohlford-Metallo 309-793-1213 X108, or by email at [email protected].