Community members packed the Feb. 7 opening reception of the “Art from the Inside Out” exhibition at Public Space One’s Close House, giving me the feel-goods. I saw a woman I used to work with and met her mother; I saw friends and met their grandchild. Artists and their families were there, and it was the most class-diverse art show I’ve attended. It felt divine because I saw the Iowa City community as it is, not what it is assumed to be.

This is the show’s third year at the location, which spreads over three galleries featuring paintings, prints, works on paper, a few ceramics and a multimedia installation.

Read more at The Little Village. Written by Andrea Truitt, Feb 13, 2025.