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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
[edit]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 Haitian art.[7] 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Parker, Melody. "Trip yields new pieces for Waterloo Center for the Arts' Haitian collection". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ Michael, Ream (2012). Backroads & byways of Iowa: drives, daytrips & weekend excursions. Woodstock, Vt.: Countryman Press. ISBN 9780881509915. OCLC 759908501.
- ^ Lori, Erickson (2010). Iowa. Stuhr, Tracy (9th ed.). Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot. ISBN 9780762765614. OCLC 841504748.
- ^ Mike, Whye (2004). The great Iowa touring book : 27 spectacular auto tours. Black Earth, Wis.: Trails Books. ISBN 9781931599351. OCLC 54977287.
- ^ Athena, Ulysse Gina (May 25, 2015). Why Haiti needs new narratives: a post-quake chronicle. Trouillot, Evelyne. Middletown, Conn. ISBN 9780819575463. OCLC 908031420.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Waterloo Center for the Arts". waterloocenterforthearts.org. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- ^ "Despite NEH grant cuts, Des Moines Art Museum opens Haitian exhibit". Iowa Public Radio. April 22, 2025. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
- ^ "Facilities & Rentals". Waterloo Center for the Arts. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- ^ Molseed, John. "Free water for Mark's Park approved". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved May 2, 2018.