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Art at the Airport

Showcasing cultural vibrancy of our community
​to the nearly one million visitors every year.
ART AT THE AIRPORT

HAVLIS, JENSEN, Scheller & Scheller

From April 28-July 4, 2022
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Quad City Arts’ Art at the Airport presents glass art vessels by James Scheller of Staunton, IL, acrylic sculptural paintings by Sally Havlis of Chicago, IL, and sumi-e paintings by Karen Kurka Jensen of North Liberty, IA.

​Karen Kurka Jensen

​Karen Kurka Jensen uses the art of sumi-e ink painting to create abstract landscapes. Growing up among forests, lakes, granite rocks, and sparkling waters in Minnesota, Kurka Jensen always felt at home outside. “From mountain tops to desert, deep blue skies to the mysteries of the cosmos, I’m inspired,” states Kurka Jensen. “Sometimes I just sit and look. I let these things be. I breathe. I dwell in this presence, quietly, patiently.” Her paintings take the viewer on a similar journey where it is possible to get lost and feel at home in the same breath.

Sally Havlis ​

Sally Havlis is a Chicago artist and teacher with an MA and MFA from Northern Illinois University. Her work explores non-literal communication by using various media to pursue imagery that is devoid of symbols, but seemingly about something in an indirect way. “I am interested in imagery that does not convey or reinforce existent information,” states Havlis. The Billow series is made of forms traditionally associated with the domestic life of women while participating in the male dominated history and tradition of abstract art. The wall hung work exists between sculpture and paintings.
 

Jim Scheller

Jim Scheller was raised in Mt. Olive, Illinois, a small town on old Route 66 halfway between Springfield and St. Louis.  After two decades on the Chehalem Mountain outside Portland, Oregon Jim moved to his home studio to the Illinois prairie near his son Phillip in 2018.  Now in Staunton, Illinois they make decorative kiln formed glass art.
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Jim became enamored by glass in 2012 after a long and rewarding career as an engineer and technologist.  He has dedicated himself to his craft and art.  Extensive study of and experimentation with the medium is a passion and healthy addiction.  The vessels in this exhibition are inspired by the work of early 20th century painters (E.g., Mondrian, Gorin, Kandinsky, Klee, Tauber-Arp, van Doesburg). 

​Phillip Scheller

​Phillip Scheller began his practice at the studio in 2019, developing a unique series of intricate works.  He starts by cutting thousands of 9x9mm pieces of glass from a 3mm thick sheet.  Over a span of weeks these pieces are assembled, fused, and slumped in a kiln creating one of a kind art.

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Phillip Bruch Scheller Composition 5

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Karen Kurka Jensen Avalanche

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Sally Havlis BILLOW

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Karen Kurka Jensen Not My Home

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Karen Kurka Jensen Two Moons Over Jupiter

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James Scheller, A Bowl for Georges Vantongerloo

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Karen Kurka Jensen Solitude

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Karen Kurka Jensen We All Flow From One Fountain Soul 2

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Sally Havlis BILLOW-PERFECT FOLD

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Phillip Bruch Scheller Composition 3

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Sally Havlis BILLOW

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James Scheller A Bowl for Sophie Taeuber-Arp

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Phillip Bruch Scheller Trinity Gold

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Sally Havlis BILLOW-NOT SOFT SCULPTURE

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Sally Havlis BILLOW

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Karen Kurka Jensen Needling the Sun

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James Scheller A Bowl for Theo van Doesburg 5

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James Scheller Broadway Boogie Woogie in a Bowl for Piet Mondrian

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Sally Havlis BILLOW-DAMIEN

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James Scheller Vessel Composition 5

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Phillip Bruch Scheller Composition 4

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Sally Havlis BILLOW

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James Scheller A Bowl for Jean Gorin

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Phillip Bruch Scheller Blue and White

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Phillip Bruch Scheller New Life

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Karen Kurka Jensen Red Cedar

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James Scheller Circles in a Bowl for Wassily Kandinsky

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Karen Kurka Jensen Spirit Mountain 1

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Karen Kurka Jensen Creations Dawn, Morning Stars Still Sing Together

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Phillip Bruch Scheller Composition 2

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Karen Kurka Jensen City of Lights 2

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Sally Havlis BILLOW-SOFT

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James Scheller A Bowl for Theo van Doesburg

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Karen Kurka Jensen Golden Rays in Cirrus 1

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Sally Havlis BILLOW

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Karen Kurka Jensen Puff

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James Scheller Color Planes in Shades of Gray

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Sally Havlis BILLOW

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James Scheller Counter-Composition as a Vessel

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Phillip Bruch Scheller Memorial Blue

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ABOUT Art at the Airport

The Quad City International Airport gallery space, also known as Art at the Airport, is a formal contemporary gallery that has more than 1,600 sq. ft. of exhibition space in floor-to-ceiling glass cases. Nearly one million visitors view this space annually. This gallery is located in the front of the main arrival/departure seating area. Exhibits in this space are bi-monthly and showcase artists living within 250 miles of the Quad City area.

​For more information, visit the Quad City International Airport website.

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    • Public Sculpture Program
    • Metro Arts Youth Apprenticeship Program
    • Arts Dollars Grant Program
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    • Chalk Art Fest
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    • Performing Arts Signature Series (PASS)
    • Annual Celebration & Lloyd Awards
    • High School Art Invitational 2023
    • Festival of Trees
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    • Second Avenue Window
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