celebrating its 38th year as the premier fine arts festival of the Quad Cities, showcasing top artists throughout the greater Midwest.
About RiverssanceRiverssance is known throughout the Midwest for its high quality fine art, beautiful outdoor setting and its unique blend of delightful entertainment and delicious food & wine.
Located on a scenic hill overlooking the Mississippi River in the historic Village of East Davenport, this 2-day festival features over 90 exhibiting artists, a children’s art activity tent, wine tasting, food vendors and live regional music. Awards are given to exhibiting artists in various categories and the prestigious Harley Award is given to an individual whose affected the arts and artists in the Quad Cities during their lifetime. Enjoy live music, wine and beer tastings, artist-painted wine glasses, children’s activity tent, and the area’s best food, all while shopping for your next artistic treasure. We look forward to seeing you there! |
TICKETS$5 per adult / per day
$8 for a weekend pass Individuals 18 and under FREE Artists’ awards
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Thank you to our 2025 generous Sponsors
Live Music Line-up 2025Saturday:
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Food Vendors 2025Food:
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LINDSAY PARK Map and Artist Listing 2025
Thank you Artists, for a great Year. We can't wait to see you in 2026!
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1. Russell Duerksen - Painting (acrylic)
2. Retta Hentschel, glass 3. James Cronk, stoneware/porcelain 4. Doug Adams, mixed media 5. Laura Ross, jewelry 6. Josh Richardson, wood 7. Ken Nickels - Mixed Media 8. Tom Hempel, watercolor 8.5. Steve Heuer - Sculpture 9. John VandeWalle - Sculpture 10. Janet Ahrens, mixed media 11. Christina King Ziegler, jewelry 12. Bob Brehmer, ceramic 13. Levi Folker - Watercolor 14. J. Timothy Lancaster, oil 15. Tiffany Carr, acrylic 16. Vahan & Vicki Bedeian, jewelry 17. Stuart Roddy - Oil 18. Amy Taylor - Jewelry 19. Lisa Nelson, fiber 20. Laura Vincent-Arnold, acrylic/ceramic 21. Shelly Bales, alcohol ink 22. Kent Broadbent, oil 23. Christian Ohrt - Wood 24. Mary Noer, watercolor 25. Jeff Ignatius - Photography 26. Christine Song, acrylic 27. Sally Gierke - Ceramics 28. Barbara Hueting - Jewelry 29. Charlotte Speck, acrylic 30. Brian Lord, wood 31. Ellie Cupp - Painting (acrylic) 32. Susan Cunningham, fiber |
33. Megan Bassett, jewelry
34. Jeremy Marquis - Painting (acrylic) 35. David Zahn, sculpture 36. Cheri Olson, acrylic/wood 37. Judy Zeddies, printmaking 38. Clark (Mick) McFerren, watercolor 39. Jason Pfitzer, photography 40. Charlie Lenzmeier, sculpture 41. David Van Hook, acrylic 42. Lynn Kvigne, jewelry 43. Mark True - Photography 44. Evan Hoyt - Mixed Media 45. Breanna Engelhardt, ceramic 46. Andreas Soemadi, digital painting 47. Mike Mittermeier, acrylic 48. Cindy Kuhn - Jewelry 49. Elizabeth Kivett, glass 50. Lisa Howe-Ebright, ceramic 51. Chris Abigt, oil 52. Leigh Macemore, mixed media 53. Mary St. Clair, jewelry 54. Pam Ohnemus - Painting 55. Dan Kemp, jewelry 56. Randy Tede, acrylic 57. Joshua Steele - Photography 58. Sean Corner, sculpture 59. Glen Lowry - Printmaking (screen-print) 60. Julie Matos, jewelry 61. Pat Halverson, oil 62. Lisa Ellingworth, photography 63. Kate Hoyer, oil |
64. Naidine D’Angelo, multi media
65. Chris Kuntz & Chantell Downing - Fiber 66. Connie Rodgers, jewelry 67. Nicole Wasson, acrylic 68. Peter Brown, glass 69. Maggie Joynt - Jewelry 70. Tim Peitz, wood 71. Sandra Gerry, metal 72. Ken Caples, wood 73. Jeffrey Schult, acrylic 74. Zanetta Hoehle - Jewelry 75. Josh Meier, photography 76. Mike Lawrence, wood 77. Michael Hassig, mixed media 78. Rich Robertson, ceramic 79. Liz Robertson, ceramic 80. Steve Cole, photography 81. Nancy Kingsland, fiber 82. Rachel Newell - Mixed Media 83. Crystal Wade - Jewelry 84. Carol Brandt, garden mosaics 85. Karrie Daniels - Painting (acrylic) 86. Mika Sorak-Weirbach, mixed media 87. Ian Hauck, pen & ink 88. Daron Krueger, photography 89. Erica Gooding - Jewelry 90. Linda Lindner - Ceramics 91. Jon Walton, photography 92. Marissa Jager, acrylic 93. Steve Nowatzki, printmaking 94. Ann Hartley - Jewelry 95. Jay Stratton - Wood |
A public reception to honor this year’s Harley Award Recipient Award for outstanding support of the visual arts will be held on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at Lindsay Park at the Village of East Davenport. All artists, and art supporters are welcome!
2025 HARLEY AWARD WINNER
Carolyn Krueger
Carolyn Krueger grew up in Rock Island and studied art at Augustana College. She started volunteering for art events like Riverssance and the Great Mask Auctions when she was as young as 13. MidCoast Fine Arts provided this teenager with a way to engage and be inspired by other local artists.
In 2009 at the age of 24, Carolyn opened her first gallery with the encouragement of Dean Schroeder. The ARTery quickly became home to over 45 local artists, staffed by volunteers with commission-free sales. The partnership between The ARTery and MidCoast made it possible for her to open The ARTery at Bucktown just a year later with another 20 local artists being able to show and sell their work.
While running these two galleries, she was also coordinating events like Deadstock, organizing volunteers for Riverssance, managing multiple galleries & Gallery HOP for MidCoast, all while teaching part time at the Family Museum and Blackhawk College. She also was proud to serve as the Art Curator for a few years for Venus Envy Quad Cities, an organization dedicated to empowering women through the arts. Venus Envy was another one of those events where you would find a teenage Carolyn volunteering just to be a part of an amazing thing.
Teaching pottery gradually became a priority and a passion. A life-long love of clay and education motivated Carolyn to find a teaching studio of her own. A shared studio-space in Davenport gave her that opportunity for seven years, but there was always the desire to carve out her own place.
When our community lost MidCoast Fine Arts, and our world was blind-sided by Covid, The ARTery & Gallery West in Downtown Rock Island closed in March of 2020. The search for a new gallery and studio space started in 2021 with new business partners and new goals.
The ARTery re-opened in Rock Island in August 2023. A smaller gallery space still accommodates over 20 artists in the former Bike & Hike building. Carolyn and her partners host regular free craft events, workshops, super fun receptions, and private pottery lessons.
Carolyn served on the Arts Commission for the City of Rock Island for over 16 years, she’s currently a member of the Rock Island Arts Guild, a governor on the Rock Island Community Foundation, and is an advocate for all things art in our community. She was proud to be honored with the title of Rock Island Citizen of the Year Artist in 2024. She has been teaching art and pottery for over twenty years and currently offers private pottery lessons and classes to students of all ages at The ARTery.
In 2009 at the age of 24, Carolyn opened her first gallery with the encouragement of Dean Schroeder. The ARTery quickly became home to over 45 local artists, staffed by volunteers with commission-free sales. The partnership between The ARTery and MidCoast made it possible for her to open The ARTery at Bucktown just a year later with another 20 local artists being able to show and sell their work.
While running these two galleries, she was also coordinating events like Deadstock, organizing volunteers for Riverssance, managing multiple galleries & Gallery HOP for MidCoast, all while teaching part time at the Family Museum and Blackhawk College. She also was proud to serve as the Art Curator for a few years for Venus Envy Quad Cities, an organization dedicated to empowering women through the arts. Venus Envy was another one of those events where you would find a teenage Carolyn volunteering just to be a part of an amazing thing.
Teaching pottery gradually became a priority and a passion. A life-long love of clay and education motivated Carolyn to find a teaching studio of her own. A shared studio-space in Davenport gave her that opportunity for seven years, but there was always the desire to carve out her own place.
When our community lost MidCoast Fine Arts, and our world was blind-sided by Covid, The ARTery & Gallery West in Downtown Rock Island closed in March of 2020. The search for a new gallery and studio space started in 2021 with new business partners and new goals.
The ARTery re-opened in Rock Island in August 2023. A smaller gallery space still accommodates over 20 artists in the former Bike & Hike building. Carolyn and her partners host regular free craft events, workshops, super fun receptions, and private pottery lessons.
Carolyn served on the Arts Commission for the City of Rock Island for over 16 years, she’s currently a member of the Rock Island Arts Guild, a governor on the Rock Island Community Foundation, and is an advocate for all things art in our community. She was proud to be honored with the title of Rock Island Citizen of the Year Artist in 2024. She has been teaching art and pottery for over twenty years and currently offers private pottery lessons and classes to students of all ages at The ARTery.
About The HARLEY AWARD
MidCoast Fine Arts and Quad City Arts honors individuals who've positively affected the visual arts and artists in the Quad Cities during their lifetime with the prestigious Harley Award. The Harley award has been presented since 1988 and was first awarded to John Bloom, a DeWitt, Iowa native who studied with Grant Wood. The prestigious award has been awarded to artists, teachers, museum officials, and people who've affected the arts and the artists in the Quad-Cities in their lifetime.
Past Harley Award Winners
- Carolyn Krueger (2025)
- Jodean Rousey Meleski (2024)
- Dee Schricker (2023)
- Pat Bradley Bereskin (2022)
- Sherry Case Maurer (2021)
- Terry Rathje (2019)
- Rachael Mullins Steiner (2018)
- Jeanne O'Melia (2017)
- Mary Ellen Chamberlin (2016)
- A year of silence in memory of Bruce Carter (2015)
- Megan & Kristin Quinn (2014)
- Nick DeGioia (2013)
- Les Bell (2012)
- James Konrad (2011)
- Kay Hall (2010)
- Mimzi Haut (2009)
- Dean Schroeder (2008)
- Ruth Evelyn Katz (2007)
- Jeanne Tamisiea (posthumously) (2006)
- Ralph Iaccarino (2005)
- Thomas Chouteau, Sr. (2004)
- Shirley Heysinger (2003)
- Jean Sieben (2002)
- Lloyd Schoeneman (2001)
- Larry DeVilbiss (2000)
- Marge Heir (1999)
- Don Heggan (1998)
- Betty Luther (1997)
- Sally Sahlmark MacMillan (1996)
- Isabel Bloom (1995)
- Sr. Clarise & Left Bank Art League (1994)
- Marilyn Morrison (1993)
- Elizabeth Rochow (1992)
- Ben Sunday (1991)
- William Hannan (1990)
- Father Edward Catich (1989)
- John Bloom (1988)
