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Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery
 
 
The newly renovated Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery is located on the ground floor of the Fine Arts Center at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Exhibits are composed of work from local, national, and international artists.

Hours: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. daily.
Interim Gallery Director: Scott Hudson

September 10 –October 27, 2010
BARBARA FEDELER : LADIES AND LANDSCAPES

In this new exhibit, artist Barbara Fedeler continues to explore her ancestral landscape in Northeast Iowa.  Yet, for a new body of work, she has been looking into an eccentric and unexpected source for inspiration.  She started clipping obituaries of elderly women, some rural, some urban, from the local newspaper.  It is remarkable how much character and dignity is revealed in the faces found in these simple public announcements.  They become a tender evocation of the collective memory of a community.

November 5 – December 16, 2010
PROJECT AWARE: THE SCULPTURE OF DAVID WILLIAMSON

This exhibit features a unique partnership between Art, Environmental Awareness and Community Engagement.  Project AWARE is an annual river clean-up hosted by the Iowa DNR and other related groups.  The volunteer participants are on a special lookout for salvage metal that the Artist David Williamson transforms into monumental sculpture.

January 14 – February 24, 2011
ERICA DUFFY-VOSS and KEN HALL (No title yet)

Erica Duffy-Voss (Jewelry and Metals) and Ken Hall (Painting and Drawing) represent the new generation of Art Professors at the University of Northern Iowa.

March 11 – April 15, 2011
A LIFE SHARED IN ART: THE ART OF ARTHUR AND AIDA FRICK 

Professor Emeritus Arthur Frick and his wife Aida have enjoyed a long and distinguished career at Wartburg College.  As they prepare to return to Aida’s home country of Lebanon, it is fitting to have an authentic tribute to these two artist’s devotion to art and the community.

MAY TERM

April 21 –May 25, 2011
SENIOR STUDENT EXHIBIT

GALLERY CLOSED FOR SUMMER 2011

September 2011
PAM ECHEVERRIA: RECENT PAINTINGS

November 2011
SPEAKING WHILE LISTENING: AN INSTALLATION BY CHRIS WUBBENA

Chris Wubbena is an Art Professor at Southeast Missouri State University.  “Speaking While Listening” is a poignant artistic exploration of a personal journey he made to Post War Vietnam with his Father, a veteran of the conflict.

January 2012
BILL WITT: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM “ENCHANTED BY PRAIRIE”

This will be the first gallery exhibit of one of Iowa’s premier landscape photographers.  These images of Iowa’s native beauty have been recently spotlighted in the monograph book. “Enchanted By Prairie”, published by the University of Iowa Press.

March 2012
ALEX DOOLEY - DRAWINGS and INSTALLATION

Alex Dooley explores ephemeral aspects of romance and enchantment in our culture.

MAY TERM

SENIOR STUDENT EXHIBIT

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Gallery Description (PDF)
A complete facilities description of the Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery, including images, measurements, and floor plan is available for download to help you plan your exhibit proposal
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