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FEBRUAY 18, 2023 | DISCOVER!
4 |
Pieces
Art center
exhibits pieces
from its
collections
Going on Now!
DON’T
MISS
OUT!
“Selections from our Collections” will be
on display in the Monte Pearson Gallery at
the Pearson Lakes Art Center in Okoboji
though March 4. PHOTO BY RYLAN HOWE
At a Glance:
WHAT: Selections from our Collections
WHERE: Pearson Lakes Art Center,
2201 Highway 71, Okoboji, IA
WHEN: Through March 4
COST: Free
CONTACT: 712-332-7013
ONLINE: www.lakesart.org
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER
selections
Every once in awhile the Pearson
Lakes Art Center in Okoboji
pulls pieces from its vault to put
on display.
That is the case now through
March 4 with the “Selections from
our Collections” exhibit in the art
center’s Monte Pearson Gallery.
There are some familiar works of
art for those who frequent the art
center, as well as some new additions
to the collections.
That variety is what intrigues visual
arts director Danielle Clouse Gast
each time she puts together one of
these shows, comparing it to when
a family wants to mix things up with
their home decorations and maybe
decides to rearrange some furniture.
“It’s always a fun challenge,”
Clouse Gast said. “Even though it’s
Superb
working with pieces that are in the
building or maybe some viewers
have seen before, it’s trying to spin
them in a new way and I feel in
recent years the art center has expanded
its collection so much, there
are so many options visually to pull
from.”
Clouse Gast knew she wanted to
start with a large painting by Gary
Ernest Smith, which the art center
added in 2019, as well as round out
the exhibit with some 3D pieces.
Some have been out in the art center,
or in some of the offices perhaps,
but are making their debut in a gallery
show.
Others have been part of artist
specific exhibits, from which the art
center made purchases for its collections.
The show is a mix of selections
from the Pearson Lakes Art Center
collection and the Pearson Art Foundation
collection.
Clouse Gast said these shows take
form the day they hang the pieces
and in this case she gravitated towards
color, especially yellow that
pulls the viewer all around the room.
“Perhaps because it’s winter and I
wanted to liven it up a bit,” Clouse
Gast said. “You’re working to create
new experiences with what you have
and it’s a tremendously big deal to
have a collection like we have to be
able to do that.”
See it all on display this month at
the Pearson Lakes Art Center. F
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