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Waukee Area Arts Council
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Kiesha Dykstra
Please welcome the first artists to ever represent the great state of South Dakota at our festival: Chad & Kiesha Dykstra of Up in Smoke ...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Bramble Wood Acres
We have checked with all of our artists, and, unfortunately, we have to report that no one is offering artisan toilet paper. But, if you ...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Virgil Penner
"The Hagglers" by Virgil Penner of Penner Home Graphics in North Newton, KS. Virgil is a new-to-us artist. Welcome to the festival, Virgi...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Cara Briggs Farmer
If you've ever grown garlic, you get this. For everyone who hasn't, there is Google. Returning artist Cara Briggs Farmer of Synergy Metalw...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Robin Fisher
"Lean on Me" by Robin Fisher of Art by Robin Fisher in New London, IA. Robin is a returning artist. "My predominate subject matter tends ...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Heather Morphew Nelson
"Brass Hoops" by Heather Morphew Nelson of Morphew Designs. Hand-Textured + Hand-Patinaed Brass Hoops, wrapped in Antique Brass Aluminum ...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Tom Gross
"American Plumbing" by Tom Gross of Tom Gross Acrylic Cityscapes in West Des Moines. Tom is a new-to-us artist this year. "It's a big wor...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Joni Pierson
"Angels with Stethescopes" by Joni Pierson of INOJ Art in Waukee, IA. "Angels with Stethoscopes is my new geometric painting from my powe...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Lynn Kvigne
"Starry Night" by Lynn Kvigne of C-My Designs in Underwood, IA. A Boulder opal with ball prongs set on sterling silver backplate. Handmad...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Stephanie Reed
Many of our artists work in more than one discipline. Stephanie Reed of Clay and Oil is just one of them. "Clay and Oil’s mission is to b...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Joyce Meyer
"Cowboy" by Joyce Meyer of Joyce Meyer Photography. This image was a winner in an international competition sponsored by The Weather Chan...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Michelle Robson
Recognize this scene? Now imagine it with about 120 artists, food, and music in July. "Waukee Centennial Park," by Michelle Robson of Mic...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Mar 15, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Elaina Fredrickson
"Brown Shoes," by three-dimensional artist Elaina Fredrickson of Miss Elainious. Elaine is a returning artist. Her mission: "To creat...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Mar 15, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Brad Paulson
Brad Paulson of Brads Woodworking joins us again this year from Lonsdale, MN."I create small furniture and jewelry from wood. I have the ...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Mar 15, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Shoshana Marcus
"Annie," by Shoshana Marcus, who is joining us all the way from Gaithersburg, MD. Shoshana's work features animals, sometimes as memoria...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Mar 15, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Justin West
"Milk Way #1," by Justin West of Happy Hogtor Photography, in Des Moines. We might know a thing or two about photography around here, an...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Mar 15, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Shana Rainy
Every year we have so many jewelry artists apply to the festival that we actually have to cap the category. Not everyone makes it in, b...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Mar 5, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Volunteers
You want one. Admit it. Wildly popular, widely coveted, and limited edition. The only way you can get one of these iconic Waukee Arts F...
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Waukee Area Arts Council
- Mar 5, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Artist: Fred Schollmeyer
"Farm House Window," an acrylic on illustration board, by Fred Schollmeyer, of Chamois, MO. Fred is an artist new to the Waukee Arts Fes...
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