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Hearst Center for the Arts | Kim Behm | Cedar Falls, Iowa

Cedar Falls Exhibits

Cedar Falls Historical Society
Victorian Home and Carriage House Museum
Open February - mid-December
Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
308 West 3rd Street, Cedar Falls
319-266-5149
Currently or coming up on exhibit:
February 15, 2023 thru December 20, 2024 - The Rosenthals: The Show Must Go On!  Vaudeville! Before radio, TV, YouTube and TikTok, entertainers crisscrossed the United States via railroad and by Model T, bringing music, laughs and sometimes outlandish acts to stages in towns and cities of all sizes.  Cedar Falls hosted vaudevillians in its theatres, but Cedar Falls was also home to the nationally know Vaudeville couple: Lew and Mabel Rosenthal. Lew and Mabel worked under the name of "Rose & Severns" and played venues from coast to coast and into Canada. Their home on Grand Blvd. was always open to their fellow vaudevillians, whether for a day or two, or longer for those down on their luck. Learn about this fascinating couple and their and life together, in our featured exhibit for 2024. 

Ice House Museum
Open May thru Mid-October:
Saturday & Sunday: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
121 Center Street (access from frontage road at 1st & Clay Streets), Cedar Falls.
319-266-5149
See the introductory film on the first floor as you explore the ice harvesting industry through hands-on interactive exhibits. Learn about the full process—from cutting ice on the river to preserving food in the kitchen. Then travel through the second story River Walk to learn how the Cedar River has shaped business, culture, and recreation in Cedar Falls.

Little Red Schoolhouse Museum
Open May thru September: 
Saturday & Sunday: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
1st and Clay Streets, Cedar Falls.
319-266-5149

Hearst Center for the Arts
Monday: Closed
Tuesday & Thursday: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm 

Wednesday & Friday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
304 W. Seerley Boulevard, Cedar Falls
319-273-8641
Currently or coming up on exhibit:

December 19, 2024 - March 9, 2025 - DENIS ROUSSEL: PERMANENCE AND IMPERMANENCE
Works by chemist and photographer Denis Roussel are featured in this exhibition, which is presented with support and guidance from the late artist's family and friends. The collection is co-curated by Waterloo Center for the Arts Curator and former UNI Gallery of Art Director Darrell Taylor and UNI Associate Professor Matthew Wilson.

December 19, 2024 - March 9, 2025 - SIDIAN LIU: THE CONCH GIRL PROJECT
Sidian Liu is an image-based artist, translator, and home builder. Her practice reacts to a sense of displacement by utilizing images, text, performance, installation, and socially engaged methods. Her works address the issue of social barriers, and through her work she focuses on the participation and interaction of the public, facilitating intimacy from a distance while establishing a space to feel belonging through an exchange of trust and respect.

April 5 - May 18, 2025 - CEDAR FALLS STUDENT ART EXHIBITION 2025
See what the kids are up to in this annual student art exhibition! The Hearst Center's tradition of celebrating students and teachers continues this spring with an exhibition of work created in the art rooms of Cedar Falls Community Schools. Pottery, painting, and works on paper abound!

June 12 - August 21, 2025 - FIRST FIFTY: MADE IN 2025
Drop off date: Thursday May 22, 2025, doors open at 10:00 a.m.
Public Reception: Thursday, June 12 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Get ready! The Hearst Center will be looking for art made in 2025 for this year's First Fifty exhibition! When our doors open at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 22, 2025, the first fifty artists to arrive with a ready-to-hang work of art will be included in the exhibition. The work you submit must be your own and must be original. 

ONLINE - HEARST PERMANENT COLLECTION
John Page - View original etchings as part of the Hearst Permanent Collection.

Gary Kelley | Sleepy Hollow - View the original pastels in the Hearst Permanent Collection as part of the 1990 novel, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Original Book Illustrations by Gary Kelley.

James Hearst Interpreting the Farmstead | The Hearst Legacy Site - View original works of art selected from the Hearst Permanent Collection, as part of this grant funded project.

 

University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art 
Monday - Friday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Kamerick Art Building, 27th Street and Hudson Road, UNI, Cedar Falls
319-273-2077

Currently or upcoming on exhibit:
December 9 - 20, 2024 - Texts by Design UNI Permanent Art Collection Exhibition
Curated by Dr. Elizabeth Sutton. Gallery A Only. 

December 9 -20, 2024 - Fall BFA Group Exhibition
 

UNI Museum
Fall and Spring Semester
Monday - Thursday 7:00 am - midnight; Fri 7:00 am - 7:00 pm; Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday noon - midnight
Summer Session
Monday - Thursday 7:00 am - 8:00 pm; Friday 7:00 am - 5:00 pm; Saturday noon - 5:00 pm; Sunday noon - 8:00 pm
Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
319-273-3538
Currently or coming up on exhibit:
Through December 31, 2030 - Panoramic photographs of UNI 
Located in Rod Library 218, this curated collection of panoramic photographs gives a glimpse of life on campus during the early 20th century