Fairfield Art Association Announces Summer Exhibits and Downtown “Firecracker” Art Installation
Fairfield Art Association is adding "A Practice in Shape" Blown Glass Works by artisan Samantha Treankler to the current Main Gallery wall Exhibit by the Iowa Art Quilters & Fiber Artists. Treankler is an apprentice to artist Tim Blair at Bloom & Bark Glass blowing in Keosauqua, Iowa.
The show opens Friday June 5 in the Main Gallery at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center , with an artist reception from 6 - 8;30 PM.
The Summer Art Installation "Firecracker" celebrating our country's 250th Anniversary will also open on June 6th with 20 art creations by local artists and groups. The display will be downtown around the square & up Main Street for the summer. Hickenbottom Inc donated the PVC pipes for this project. Artists include Shelley Urban and her father Tom, Phoebe Fiedler, Mike Pech, Suzan Kessel, FHS Art Student, Chaz Alley, Mendy McAdams & Hayden, Claire Reid, Connie Boyer, Jeanne Skopin, Gigi Gifts & Signs, Chuck & Terri Drobny, Victoria Rose, Ashley Worley & 1st Baptist Church, Colin Faulkner. Several artists are working on two pipes.
Pictured: FAA Summer Art Installation entry by Shelley & Tom Urban. The entry has attached specially made photos that tell a story. And the piece spins & Lights Up!
