Winter 2020—VOL. 1
Beat the Winter Blues with the Arts! Americans for the Arts recently shared 9 out of 10 people report making new friends and meeting new people through arts experiences. Taking time this winter to see a show, take a class or try something new can be a great way to stay connected, meet new people, and beat the winter blues! At the Hearst Center everyone is welcome and admission is completely free. You might be surprised just how satisfying playing with clay can be—whether you’re 8, 38, or 80—if you’re making a vessel or just pinching a pot. If you like to write, why not sharpen those skills this winter? The Hearst hosts free writing workshops with the editors of The North American Review. Or, maybe you’d rather hear an author speak about a new release, find some time to unwind over the lunch hour with live music from the UNI School of Music, or make some messy art with your toddler on a Wednesday morning. If you’d prefer to find some quiet time by wandering through the galleries, the Hearst has an excellent line-up of exhibitions this winter, including related artists’ talks and programs to help you learn more about what you’re looking at, and why it’s here. Get inspired to make something and sign up for one of the Hearst’s studio classes! The Hearst offers scholarships and—new this year—a variety of free class check-out passes are available at the Cedar Falls Public Library!
Two Renowned Printmakers Exhibit at the Hearst Center This Winter Hearst Center to feature artwork by William Kentridge and Phillip Chen In a new exhibition opening on January 24, the Hearst Center features prints by two internationally-recognized artists. William Kentridge was raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he continues to live and work, sensitized by the region’s violent history of colonial power; Phillip Chen lived in Chicago for much of his adult life, raised in a household challenged by anti-Chinese legislation of the late 19th and early 20th century, facing the legacy of exclusion, foreclosures, and the denial of citizenship. Both artists lean heavily on their family and cultural histories to inspire their work, resulting in deeply personal images. Proposition; Pressure; Proof presents the work of the artists in terms of their openness to using print to test ideas, to think and to act through the creation of images, and to convey intensely personal memories and reckonings. The exhibition encourages visitors to see printmaking—or artmaking more generally—as a matter of knowing and not knowing; a testing of ideas.
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Want to get the most out of your visit? Pop online and check out a few special videos about the artists at thehearst.org before you come!
PROPOSITION; PRESSURE; PROOF
THE PRINTS OF WILLIAM KENTRIDGE AND PHILLIP CHEN 24 JAN–15 MAR 2020
Reception: Friday, January 24 from 5:00–6:30 p.m. Gallery Talk: Thursday, March 5 at 6:00 p.m.
William Kentridge, The Moon from Thinking Aloud (Small Thoughts), 2004, Drypoint
Phillip Chen Chen, who lives and works in Iowa, has work in the collections of major institutions Noumena—Recounting There including the New York Public Library, Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Art Institute Relief Etching of Chicago, and San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts. He is the recipient of the Louis B. Comfort Tiffany Award and Pollock Krasner Grant; he was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 2018. Kentridge has won several awards and his work can be found in major collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; both the MoMA and the MET, New York, and the Tate in London. For more on what’s happening at the Hearst this winter, see page 14–15.