Art Gallery
Quad City Arts “Art at the Airport”
Bimonthly Exhibit
The following artists incorporate their views of the world into their own art forms.
In addition to the airport gallery, the artist’s works can be seen and purchased online.
Quad City Arts presents Art at the Airport featuring landscape paintings by Kevin Kluever, mixed media assemblages by Cheryl Holz, and blown glass art by Michelle Ryan.
From January 7 through March 3, 2025, Quad City Arts presents Art at the Airport featuring landscape paintings by Kevin Kluever, mixed media assemblages by Cheryl Holz and blown glass art by Michelle Ryan.
Kevin Kluever is a self-taught landscape painter from Eldridge, Iowa. He grew up on a dairy farm east of town where he saw vast skies of every color and mood. His observations, along with a natural love of drawing and design led him to explore acrylic painting.
Cheryl Holz, of Aurora, Illinois, says that her nature inspired mixed media artwork is a homage to nature’s strength, beauty and her desire to impart her love of nature to others. She often emulates natural aging processes in the studio with paint and other materials, building up and wearing away like water on rock. She incorporates techniques such as Ecoprints, digital prints, silkscreen, transfers, digitally cut silhouettes and archivally printed photographs in her work.
Michelle Ryan, of Springfield, Illinois, incorporates blown and hand-formed glass into sculptures of natural and familiar objects. Her series “Plants and Rocks and Things” capture an ephemeral moment in nature, in life, or in human experience. The common thread through her work is the life and energy they portray.
All three artists find inspiration from the natural world around them.
In addition to the airport gallery, the artist’s works can be seen and purchased online: https://www.shopquadcityarts.com/airport-gallery.
Quad City Arts’ Art at the Airport Gallery
Art at the Airport in The Quad Cities International Airport is easy to find. It is across from the gift shop and restaurant and right before the security checkpoint. The gallery never closes, and you will pay just a dollar for the first hour of parking.
Quad City Arts is a nonprofit local arts agency dedicated to enriching the quality of life in the Quad City region through the arts. Support for art exhibitions is provided by the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Quad City Arts Gallery is located at 1715 Second Avenue in the Arts and Entertainment District of Rock Island. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m.–5 p.m. For more information, contact Dawn Wohlford-Metallo 309-793-1213 X108, or by email.