Pearson Lakes Art Center Exhibit

What a great run for the exhibit (May 5 - July 5, 2011) at the Pearson LAC! We had huge attendance for the duration of the One Island One Ocean show. Roughly 200 people attended my presentation in the Lauridsen Performing Arts Theatre for a very interesting and personal account of the Around the Americas adventure.

Thank you Danielle and everyone and the PLAC for making the exhibit a huge success.
*Please contact Danielle at the Pearson Lakes Art Center for booking information- 712-332-7013.

New exhibit at Algona, IA

I am excited to announce a new exhibit that I have unveiled in Algona, Iowa (yes my home town). The exhibit was funded through a grant from the Stinson Prairie Arts Council. This interactive exhibit represents the story of the 2009-10 voyage of the 64-foot sailing vessel, Ocean Watch, on her 28,000 mile expedition to circumnavigate the N/S American continents.

The exhibit features 24 large format images with 15-30x40 inch informational "magazine" panels which tell the story of adventure, science and education with ocean and sea awareness as the key features.

The exhibit also includes examples of plastics use and disposal including a continuous string of 220 plastic bottles which represent one person's yearly use. Also included is a plastic shopping bag exhibit used to illustrate the effects of these bags being disposed of in the seas and oceans.

The exhibit finishes its run in Algona on Jan. 21st and will come back to Okoboji. We are working on booking at the Pearson Lakes Art Center this summer along with speaking engagements. The exhibit is available for traveling. Please contact Blue Water Studios for details.

Speaking at Iowa State Historical Society

I will be speaking Thursday evening (7 PM), April 30th, at the Iowa State Historical Society building in Des Moines in conjunction with the "official" opening of the 20/20 exhibit. There will be wine and refreshments, a powerpoint and premier of the documentary, "An Arctic Journey in a Changing World," followed by a brief Q & A. I will sell and sign a few books also if you are so interested. Should be a fun evening.

Opening at the State Historical Society of Iowa

20/20 has opened in Des Moines. The exhibit will run into September of 2009. It is a great venue with lots of linear wall space to let it all flow. We are planning an official opening night reception on April 30th. Stay tuned for details or please visit the State Historical Society website at right. Thanks. David

Schedule Notes

20 Years/20 Stories is exhibiting at the Pearson Lakes Art Center in Okoboji, Iowa, for the winter. The spring schedule is now taking shape as the exhibit opens at the Iowa State Historical Society in mid-March 2009, running through September. There is much more to the exhibit now also with new additions to the Northwest Passage and climate change sections.

This exhibit will then be available to travel the United States beginning October 2009.
See the Pearson Lakes Art Center for booking.

Autumn/Winter Venues

20/20 is currently back at the Pearson Lakes Art Center in Okoboji after a great summer run. The fall venues are changing as the floods in eastern Iowa have closed some of our state's best art resources, including the closing of the University of Iowa's Museum of Art for the entire year. We are trying for a great Des Moines venue this late autumn to coincide with the premier of the new Iowa Public Television documentary in December. I will keep you posted when we get the date and place secured. Stay tuned.

Exhibit in Waterloo and Moving to Sioux City

The gallery talk in Waterloo was wonderful on May 15. Thank you all who came to and sponsored the event. The questions were great and challenged me as always.

20/20 wraps up at the Waterloo Center for the Arts the end of May and then moves across the state to open at the Sioux City Public Museum on June 14, where it will be until the end of August. I will speak in Sioux City on Sunday, June 29, 2 PM. Hope to see you there in western Iowa.