PEOPLE’S ART PROJECT MOVED TO YMCA

The public is invited to be ‘part of the art’ with the fifth annual Peoples Environmental Art Project. The event will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, January 28 during the Okoboji Winter Games. This year, due to questionable ice conditions on Little Miller’s Bay, the event will be held outside at the Bedell Family YMCA in [...]

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Chair 1 – Artist: Emily Butterworth – Current Bid $25.00

To place a bid on this chair email your name, address, telephone and bid to jen@artslive.com. About Emily: Emily, a freelance graphic designer, came from Des Moines as a senior Graphic Designer at the Stelter Company. She also started a photography business this year with her sister, Megan Donnenwerth, called Emery Photo+Design.  They do lifestyle [...]

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Chair 2 – Artist: Marisa Sidles – Current Bid: $25.00

To place a bid on this chair email your name, address, telephone and bid to jen@artslive.com. About Marisa: I have always been a creative person and particularly enjoy painting. I like to use a variety of media to create a mood, invoke an emotion or tell a story with my work. My inspiration comes from nature and the world around [...]

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Chair 3 – Artist: Waxela Sananda – Current Bid: $25.00

To place a bid on this chair email your name, address, telephone and bid to jen@artslive.com. About Waxela: Waxéla (wa-shay-la) has been creating art since early childhood. She grew up at beautiful Lake Okoboji, Iowa, and she went to the College of Design at Iowa State University graduating in 1993. Waxéla has been the owner of [...]

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Chair 4 & 5 – Artist: Lissa Potter – Current Bid: $0.00

To place a bid on this chair email your name, address, telephone and bid to jen@artslive.com. About Lissa: Fine art is intended to connect with the human spirit.  Art should have a message.  Artists express ideas visually so that their audience is awakened to some extent.  I do this consciously and with intent.  I try to, [...]

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Chair 6 – Artist: Haley Isder – Current Bid: $60.00

To place a bid on this chair email your name, address, telephone and bid to jen@artslive.com. About Haley: Haley Isder is an award-winning artist from Milford, IA.  She works as the Gallery Director at A Piece of Work, Inc. in Spirit Lake.  Her favorite mediums/tools to create art with are photography, acrylic paint, text, Sharpie [...]

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Chair 7 – Artist: Rebecca Peters – Current Bid: $40.00

To place a bid on this chair email your name, address, telephone and bid to jen@artslive.com. About Rebecca: Rebecca developed a love and appreciation for art while in college at Drake University where she received her bachelors degree in Graphic Design.  Following college she moved to Okoboji, IA where she became actively involved at the Pearson [...]

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The power of many working for the common goal of bringing heightened awareness to the arts and culture scene of Northwest Iowa

ArtsLIVE is a nonprofit partnership of arts venues, artists, organizations and leaders promoting the arts in and beyond Northwest Iowa. The vision of ArtsLIVE is that one day, through the collaborative and promotional efforts of ArtsLIVE partners, the Creative Corridor will become a year-round arts destination.

ArtsLIVE partners believe in working together, expanding traditional borders to new partners and improving the quality of life through arts, entertainment and cultural opportunites.

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