Waterloo Center for the Arts

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The Waterloo Center for the Arts is an art museum in Waterloo, Iowa. It is home to the largest collection of Haitian art outside of Haiti.[1] It also includes the Phelps Youth Pavilion, where children learn about art through art activities;[2] as well as the Black Hawk Children's Theatre.[3] The center has a permanent section of works by American artist Grant Wood.[4] With Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design, the Center sponsored a series called Reframing Haiti: Art, History, and Performativity.[5] The center's official slogan is "Stimulating inquiry, provoking dialogue and connecting people through the arts."[6]

Galleries

The Center collects many kinds of art, including art from the American Midwest; American Decorative Arts; and international folk art. It has a significant collection of Mexican folk art, and the world's largest public collection of

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] Its permanent galleries include:

  • The Forsberg Riverside Galleries, which focuses on Midwest art, American crafts and Haitian and Caribbean Art
  • The Law-Reddington Galleries, with changing exhibits and a theatre
  • The Reuling Feldman Galleries, containing a large portion of the center's Haitian art
  • The Watkins Grand Foyer, with changing exhibits
  • The Langlass Loft Gallery, with Haitian art, and a balcony overlooking the Watkins Grand Foyer and downtown Waterloo
  • The Rotary Lichty Gallery, with community outreach exhibits
  • The Longfellow Consourse, which includes the Waterloo Community Playhouse, Black Hawk Children's Theatre, changing art exhibits, and a view of the Cedar River
  • The Urban Galleries, a series of art installations in downtown storefronts
  • West Gallery, with changing exhibits
  • The Block-Loomis Consourse, changing art exhibits with children in mind
  • Riverloop Sculpture Plaza, with outdoor seating and sculptures from the center's permanent collection

Other features

The Riverloop Amphitheatre is a rentable outdoor space with seating for up to 3,000, where outdoor concerts are held in the summertime.[8]

Mark's Park is a summertime outdoor waterpark/playground for the free use of children. It is named after Mark Young, a Waterloo resident who died in a motorcycle accident in 2003.[9]

References

  1. ^ Parker, Melody. "Trip yields new pieces for Waterloo Center for the Arts' Haitian collection". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
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  6. ^ "Waterloo Center for the Arts". waterloocenterforthearts.org. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  7. ^ "Exhibits". Waterloo Center for the Arts. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  8. ^ "Facilities & Rentals". Waterloo Center for the Arts. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  9. ^ Molseed, John. "Free water for Mark's Park approved". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
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