2017 Art on the Prairie
Art on the Prairie is an art festival in Perry, Iowa, November 11th (10-5:00) and 12th (10-4:00) 2017, showcasing over 100 Iowa artists, musicians and poets in 7 buildings in the downtown Cultural and Historic District.
Experience the rebirth of culture in a small town set on the prairie. On November 11th and 12th over 100 Iowa artists, musicians, and poets will gather in Perry’s downtown Cultural and Historic District to celebrate the arts with the eighth annual Art on the Prairie. This nonprofit art festival is a collaboration of creativity that layers art, music, and words from a foundation of small town community spirit and ingenuity. It is free to the public and facilitated by a dedicated volunteer team.
Experience the rebirth of culture in a small town set on the prairie. On November 11th and 12th over 100 Iowa artists, musicians, and poets will gather in Perry’s downtown Cultural and Historic District to celebrate the arts with the eighth annual Art on the Prairie. This nonprofit art festival is a collaboration of creativity that layers art, music, and words from a foundation of small town community spirit and ingenuity. It is free to the public and facilitated by a dedicated volunteer team.
New Sculpture in Downtown Perry
Many attended unveiling of the sculpture created by John Brommel and lighted by Mike Lambert, commemorating the role of industry in Perry's historical development. The sculpture is located on the boulevard at the intersection of 2nd and Willis, in downtown Perry's Cultural and Historic District. The generous donation given to Art on the Prairie by the 100+ People for Perry,The Bock Family Foundation, The Dallas County Foundation and private donors has helped to make this sculpture possible.
With gratitude,
Art on the Prairie
Listen to the KDLS "Let's Talk" interview with the artist by Joe Cerwinske below!
With gratitude,
Art on the Prairie
Listen to the KDLS "Let's Talk" interview with the artist by Joe Cerwinske below!
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2017 Art on the Prairie Featured Artist
Paul MICICH
Paul Micich tells stories without words through his art and music. His paintings have received numerous awards, including Gold and Silver awards from the Los Angeles Society of Illustrators. He has illustrated several books, including "The Littlest Angel," which sold over 1.4 million copies. His Emmy winning band, WORLD PORT, plays his original music from their six CDs with his long-time musical collaborator, Dan Nicholson.
Micich says, "With my very unusual looking instrument, the electric horn, I know I'm a constant source of déjà vu. It's so strange looking, yet it helps me have the voice of a violin, or piano, or harmonica, or… But much of my work, as both an artist and musician, is vujà dé, finding the new and unexpected in the familiar.”
Micich will bring his original paintings from the book, "The Littlest Angel," to Art on the Prairie as well as paintings from his new gallery series, Paper Airplane.
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PAPER AIRPLANE
daydreams, tailspins and liftoffs It’s just folded paper, easily blown away by the wind or crumpled up for the wastebasket. Like a lot of things in life, it’s nothing until we think of it as something. We’ve lived the storylines of the paintings in this series. An itch in the back of mind. Plans we want to try out. A dream that keeps us going. I’ve gone to my workplace, the blank page, to create the characters in this series. As the empty page reveals each one to me, I can start to find the life in their faces, their stories. But that life never fully happens until you, as the viewer, reach out to the story...like the paper airplanes my characters reach out to, or hold in their hands, or let loose, or just dream about. Paul M. |
Read more about Paul Micich and his paintings from The Littlest Angel on our Special Features Page.
