December 9, 2016 - January 15, 2017

Curated by C.R. Cooper and featuring work in four dimensions by local, national, and international artists: Peter Barnard, Charlotte Greene, Emily E. Ritter, Annalibera, Dave Dugan, Hannah Secord Wade, Dennis Kowalski, Julia J. Wolfe, Anna Tea, Crisia Miroiu, Taylor Yocom, Mustard-in-Law, and Jack Dugan

October, 7-22nd, 2016

Opening reception: October 7, 5-8p

Closing reception: October 21st, 6-8p

Mindful Artist Collective is a supportive community of artists pooling ideas, skills and resources to facilitate the creation of art in Iowa

Artists include:

Carlos Maldonado, Kenny Morgan, Xochicoatl, Taylor Ross

Collective Dysfunction is the collective's premiere exhibition.

For our inaugural exhibition, 14 members of Bluestockings were asked to contextualize their work in response to the feminine. This could be interpreted as broadly as the artists desired, keeping in mind the goal to make art that challenges the traditional patriarchal nature of the art world and celebrates women, feminine strength, and feminist objectives.

Artists:
Lisa Anthony
Brooke Dearborn
Meggan Fisher
Christine Flavin
Christiana Hovick
Satomi Kawai
Tonya Kehoe
Kelly Kinser
Sam Mitchell
Jillian Moore
Amber Ruden
Vero Smith
Molly Sofranko
Heidi Wiren Bartlett

Exhibition on view: Sept. 10th-Oct. 1st
Public Space One Gallery hours: Tuesdays 6-8pm & Friday/Saturday/Sunday 1-3pm or by appointment (319-855-1985) Additionally, individual artists participating in the exhibition are able to arrange meetings for those interested in private viewings subject to Public Space One's availability.

Much of the work is available for sale, with a percentage of profits going to support Public Space One as well as Bluestockings.

Bluestockings, a feminist art collective, was founded by women in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area operating professional art/craft/creative practices with the desire to band together, talk shop, have critiques, share business tips, and support each other while raising awareness of the awesome community of art ladies that make this a cool place to live. Bluestockings also recognizes that the same societal gender oppression that impacts women is even more restrictive to the lives and creative freedoms of people of marginalized gender identities. We feel that together we can be most effective against the patriarchal oppression that marginalizes all of our contributions to the community, as artists, and as awesome humans. Membership is open to both cis and trans women, trans men, and non-binary people.

Bluestockings is an endeavor of the James Gang, an incubator for non-profits in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area.

Standing Wave (a vibration of a system in which some particular points remain fixed while others between them vibrate with the maximum amplitude)

August 3 - 27th, 2016

Closing reception: August 27th, 4-7p

Justus Roe lives and works in Chicago creating large scale paintings (both interior and exterior), sculptural installations, and canvas paintings, using a variety of visual mediums. His work references architecture, city grid systems, and landscapes. His abstract stylized forms, mark-making and color palette develop work that is at once reminiscent of aerial perspectives and metropolitan environments. Often in collaboration with architects, designers, curators and clients, Roe creates unique, iconic works of art that help to engage audiences and define specific environments. He is part of Fatherless, a collaborative print posse.

justusroe.com - wearefatherless.com

Kameelah Rasheed (b.1985) is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist, writer, and former high school public school teacher from East Palo Alto, CA working in installation, photography, printmaking, publications, and performance. She is on the faculty of the MFA Fine Arts program at the School of Visual Arts and also works full-time as a social studies curriculum developer for New York public schools.

June 1, 2016: Artist talk and exhibition opening at PS1

May 13-27th, 2016

Closing reception: May 27th, 6-8p

"The patterns that you find throughout my work are a reminder of our varied but similar structure. The subtle differences can, in time, create such vast expanses between individuals that it becomes hard to see their similarities. My work positions these variations next to each other in order to invite the connection. Our differences only subtly mask the commonality between us. I want to connect seemingly unconnected people through my work. I think a portrait is not just a likeness of someone, but a small glimpse of how related humanity truly is"

- Allen TenBusschen

https://www.allentenbusschen.com

May 13-27th, 2016

Closing reception: May 27th, 6-8p

…not without breaking it… is a sound/visual art installation that investigates global climate change and the retreat of Earth's glaciers. A combination of ice shattering, snow crunching, and glass breaking sounds create the soundscape. A landscape is built from an amalgamation of broken parts, preserved in uncertainty.

GRIT Collaborative
Joshua Marquez (composer)
Dana O'Malley (visual artist)

March 21st - April 8th, 2016

Reception: April 8th, 6-8p

An exhibition of sexual assault survivors work by:

Anonymous, Allison Baker, Katina Bitisicas, Julia Caston, Katherine Farley, Stacey Lee Gee, Emma Greimann, Mellisa Kreider, Lydia Larson, Kalena Meyer, Jeralyn Mohr, Traci Molloy, Danielle Owensby, Margaret Polzine, Ryann Slauson, Taylor Yoco

Curated by Jessica Pleyel.

January 29th - February 13th, 2016

Reception: February 6th, 4-6p

Yoga in the gallery: noon-1p on Saturdays for the duration of the show.

One Aum Eight is a visual mantra meditation as much as it is art installation. The title comes from combining the tradition of mala bead counting (one hundred and eight beads in length) with the term aum as a mantra vibration.