Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Thank you Carl and Mary Koehler History Center- Corn County Exhibit!

by Dena Tollefson
http://www.denatollefson.com/

Here are photos of the Carl and Mary Koehler History Center Corn County Exhibit where 6 of my Corn Series corn paintings are displayed now through May 2011. I attended the opening day Saturday, Aug 23rd.  It is a great exhibit- colorful, well-curated and very informative. Melanie Alexander did an outstanding job- the lighting and signage are expecially nice. Check it out!


North view of the Corn County exhibit, oil painting"Corn II" by Dena Tollefson on right hand wall





Dena Tollefson with corn paintings L-R "Corn I", "Rapunzel", and "Corn III: Attraction"





Here is some prehistoric corn they found buried in the ground


South side of the exhibit with early 1900s plow


The History Center did a great job with signage 




Exhibit west side



The exhibit covers prehistoric corn up through modern day uses/inspirations for corn


the exhibit includes interactive elements

Left: "Self Portrait in Corn", oil on canvas, right: "Corn IV" by Dena Tollefson

History Center
615 First Ave SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
phone 319-362-1501


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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous02 September, 2010

    1. What a great installation. I'm going to see the show.
    2. How funny that we did the blog feature at the same time.
    3. How come I didn't know about the opening? I would have come to see you.

    xxxoo

    Mary

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  2. DenaTollefson04 September, 2010

    Hi Mary! Thank you so much- it is ironic we were both thinking of this at the same time. I am excited that the Cedar Rapids Gazette ran a picture of "Rapunzel" in today's paper- on page 1C of the Accent section talking about the History Center exhibit. Very exciting!

    Take care and have a great Labor Day weekend!!!

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