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QUAD CITY ARTS'

RIVERSSANCE FESTIVAL
​OF FINE ART

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022  |  10 A.M. - 5 P.M.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2022  |  10 A.M. - 4 P.M.
Lindsay Park in the Village of East Davenport, Iowa

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celebrating its 34th year as the premier fine arts festival of the Quad Cities, showcasing top artists throughout the greater Midwest.

About Riverssance

Riverssance 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 70 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 & 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!
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APPLY TO BECOME AN ART VENDOR
Application Deadline: April 17, 2022 
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TICKETS

$5 per adult / per day
$8 for a weekend pass
​Individuals 18 and under FREE

Artists’ awards

  • one $600 Best of Show Award 
  • ten $225 Merit Awards 
  • one $150 People’s Choice Award

Thank you to our 2021 generous Sponsors

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VOLUNTEER AT Riverssance!

This cool, creative and fun event has numerous volunteer opportunities! Help with admissions and greeting guests, as “art angels” artist support, and at the wine tent. All volunteers receive a FREE festival t-shirt for a two hour shift! 
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Live Music Line-up 2022

Saturday:
  • 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Totes McGotes  
  • 1 p.m.- 3 p.m.: David G Smith
  • 3 p.m.- 5 p.m.: Bucktown Revue
Sunday: 
  • 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Lojo Russo  
  • 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.: QC Vinyl
  • 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.: Lewis Knudsen

Food Vendors 2022

  • Arely's Food Truck
  • Girl + Food by Cafe Fresh (Saturday Only)
  • Nerdspeak Brewery
  • Olathea Creek Vineyard & Winery
  • Pete’s Concessions
  • Lagomarcino’s
  • Versus Food Truck (Sunday Only)




LINDSAY PARK Map 2021

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1. Russ Duerksen, acrylic
2. Michael Kriz, wood
3. James Cronk, stoneware/porcelain
4. Dave Johnson, wood
5. Robyn Terwilliger, jewelry
6. Mick McFerren, watercolor
7. Carole Kasowski, acrylic
8. Kurt Schmidt, wood
9. Bill Robbins, ceramic
10. Green Space
11. Anna Repke, fiber
12. Jessica Wahlen, mixed media
13. Vahan & Vicki Bedeian, jewelry
14. Stuart Roddy, oil
15. Amy Taylor, jewelry
16. Joel Knanishu, ceramic
17. Todd Hughes, wood
18. Kent Broadbent, oil
19. Rich Clewell, photography
20. John VandeWalle, sculpture
21. Samuel Seigel, sculpture
22. Tom Hempel, watercolor
23. Christina Ziegler, jewelry
24. Glen Lowry, screenprinting
25. Deb Vogelgesang, fiber
26. David Zahn, sculpture
27. Pamela & Michael Brown, fiber/wood
28. Carrol Brandt, garden mosaics
29. Alexandria Medenciy, ceramic
30. Amy Schwantes, watercolor
31. Barbara Toner, glass
32. Judy Heath, watercolor
33. Sandy James, jewelry
34. Lynda Wallis, jewelry
35. Tammy Mutka, photography
36. Valerie & Clarence Butcher, glass
37. Devin Johnson, jewelry
38. Rebecca Dodson, acrylic
39. Lisa Larsen, jewelry
40. Thurston Baker, ceramic
41. Josh Meier, photography
42. Pamela Ohnemus, oil/acrylic/watercolor
43. Janet Ahrens, mixed media
44. Barbara Logan, glass
45. Kendra Brockmann, jewelry
46. Karen Austin, photography
47. Karen Steininger, ceramic
48. Stephen Steininger, mixed media
49. Naidine D’Angelo, photography/drawing
50. Kristin Hill, ceramic
51. Pat Halverson, oil
52. Carmel Schramm, jewelry
53. Cliff Logan, wood
54. Rachel Haynes, mixed media
55. Sisters Hip Hats, fiber
56. Justin West
57. Mark Dreyer, wood
58. Jay Nielsen, jewelry
59. Rich Robertson, ceramic
60. Liz Robertson, ceramic

61. Barbara Bianchi, mixed media
62. Steve Nowatzki, etching, lithography
63. Susan Cunningham, fiber/pen & ink
64. Peggy Gratton, acrylic
65. Betty Christian, jewelry
66. Bob Brehmer, ceramic
67. Marianne Schroeder, sculpture
68. Lisa Nelson, fiber
69. Dana Taylor, wood
70. Henry Matthiessen, mixed media
71. Sally Gierke, porcelain/stoneware
72. Jay Stratton, wood
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2021 HARLEY AWARD WINNER

Sherry Case Maurer

Sherry Case Maurer is the recipient of the 2021 Harley Award for Outstanding Community Art Support.  This is an annual award bestowed during the Riverssance Festival of Fine Art that will be given at a 5:30 p.m. reception on Saturday, September 18 in Lindsay Park, Davenport.  The event is organized by Quad City Arts and the reception is sponsored by Medix Dental.
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Although born in the Midwest, Maurer grew up in New Albany, Indiana and suburbs of Montreal and Toronto, Canada. Always drawing as a child, her mother expressed concern when those drawings began to fill multiple carboard boxes. Maurer notes, “It brought home the realization that art had to matter.” She completed a BFA in printmaking at Miami University, Ohio and attended the prestigious Blossom Summer Program at Kent State University with visiting instructors Elmer Bischoff, Duane Hanson, Harvey Littleton and Lowell Nesbitt. Post-graduate degrees of an MA in art history and an MFA in painting were concurrently completed at the University of Iowa. There, she was introduced to museum work through an assistantship with the University of Iowa Museum of Art.
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Maurer began a career in museum work at the Cedar Rapids Art Center (1979-1982) as it transitioned to become the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, followed by positions at Augustana College (1983-2013), first as gallery curator, then becoming the first director of the Augustana College Art Museum (now Augustana Teaching Museum of Art). In 1988, she was recognized as the college’s outstanding administrator with the Harold T. and Violet M. Jaeke Award. She brought the Quad Cities to national attention as a board member of the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (2008–2013). In 2013, the Argus/Dispatch recognized her as a community leader with an Argpatch Award. She wrote exhibition reviews for River Cities Reader, co-wrote many exhibition catalogs and co-authored with Kent Olson the article “Puebloan Plates: Innovation Becomes Tradition” for a 2014 issue of American Indian Art Magazine.
 
As of June 2014, she joined the staff of MidCoast Fine Arts, advancing to director in 2015. MidCoast served the Quad Cities area with three gallery sites, studio and gallery spaces, and visual art exhibitions and programs, including Riverssance. MidCoast disbanded in 2020, facing Covid-19 shut-downs, and Quad City Arts has taken on the event.
 
Currently Maurer teaches Art Appreciation and Art History at Black Hawk Community College. “I love giving local students that first leg-up in higher education.” She is a long-time member of the Rock Island Art Guild, a community group known for organizing the Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, a regional juried art competition now held biennially at the Figge Art Museum. She was an early board member of the Rock Island Broadway Neighborhood Association and vice-chair of the mayor’s committee on a public pool in Longview Park. Over the years, in addition to giving numerous local art talks and participating in area art exhibitions, she has been a visiting artist in the Rock Island elementary schools and taught art at North High School in Davenport and Eastern Iowa Community College, Belmont campus.
 
Maurer said of this Harley Award: “It is a bit stunning to receive an award that was first presented in 1988 to an artist of such high caliber, John Bloom. The award in every sense also goes to the MidCoast board and staff members who gave so much to the vitality of art in our community.”
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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
  1. Sherry Case Maurer (2021)
  2. Terry Rathje (2019)
  3. Rachael Mullins Steiner (2018)
  4. Jeanne O'Melia (2017)
  5. Mary Ellen Chamberlin (2016)
  6. A year of silence in memory of Bruce Carter (2015)
  7. Megan & Kristin Quinn (2014)
  8. Nick DeGioia (2013)
  9. Les Bell (2012)
  10. James Konrad (2011)
  11. Kay Hall (2010)
  12. Mimzi Haut (2009)
  13. Dean Schroeder (2008)
  14. Ruth Evelyn Katz (2007)
  15. Jeanne Tamisiea (posthumously) (2006)
  16. Ralph Iaccarino (2005)
  17. Thomas Chouteau, Sr. (2004)
  18. Shirley Heysinger (2003)
  19. Jean Sieben (2002)
  20. Lloyd Schoeneman (2001)
  21. Larry DeVilbiss (2000)
  22. Marge Heir (1999)
  23. Don Heggan (1998)
  24. Betty Luther (1997)
  25. Sally Sahlmark MacMillan (1996)
  26. Isabel Bloom (1995)
  27. Sr. Clarise & Left Bank Art League (1994)
  28. Marilyn Morrison (1993)
  29. Elizabeth Rochow (1992)
  30. Ben Sunday (1991)
  31. William Hannan (1990)
  32. Father Edward Catich (1989)
  33. John Bloom (1988)

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  • About
    • Lloyd Awards
  • Programs
    • Visiting Artist Series & Educational Resources
    • Public Sculpture Program
    • Metro Arts Youth Apprenticeship Program
    • Arts Dollars Grant Program
    • 45th Annual High School Art Invitational
    • Visual Arts Programming
  • Events
    • All Events
    • Chalk Art Fest
    • Riverssance Festival
    • Performing Arts Signature Series (PASS)
    • Festival of Trees
  • Galleries
    • Rock Island Gallery
    • Airport Gallery
    • Second Avenue Window
    • Past Exhibits
  • Opportunities
  • Blog
  • Support