Fairfield First Fridays Moves Outdoors for the Summer Season
Join Fairfield First Fridays, June 3rd, for the first outdoor event of the season. Fairfield First Fridays is having a Party in Central Park, with live music, lawn games, vendors, artist and some community togetherness.
There will be live music by The Roman Cadillacs from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., enjoy some Rock n’ Roll from a great, local Fairfield band. Come celebrate the warmer weather, enjoy Central Park and the Fairfield Square.
This year there will be the usual lawn games, Giant Jenga, Outdoor Connect Four, and others. Bring your friends for a little friendly competition!
There will be many galleries and businesses open on and around the square. A few are listed below:
Americus Gallery-100 W. Burlington Ave. Americus Gallery will be showing Christopher Kufner’s original oil paintings, featuring Italian/French Landscapes, and Figurative works. Also, showing original oil paintings by Kim Kufner, Original watercolor and ink paintings by Genevra Bell, Art Glass Vases by David Lotton, Leaping Koi sculptures by Dale Divoky, Kristin Ford’s Jewelry with Meaning, many of which are one of a kind, and Custom dichroic glass jewelry by Pedro Lujano. Also, beautiful New Crystals for your home available for purchase from our recent buying trip! Hours are: Wednesday – Thursday 11 – 5, ArtWalk Friday 11 – 8 (normally Friday is 11 – 5), Saturday 11 – 3.
Art FiftyTwo- 52 E. Briggs Ave Wee Stories by Jennifer Blair Later works . 6-9pm Friday June 3rd, Gallery hours Tuesday – Saturday 1-4pm
Carnegie Historical Museum 112 S. Court St. Heritage Farms of Jefferson County. Open 6-9pm. The Carnegie Historical Museum will be highlighting one Heritage Farm per month beginning with the June 3, 2022 First Friday. Heritage Farms are those which have been in the same family for 150 years of more. Jefferson County has fourteen farms which have received this recognition. The museum has established a special exhibit case so that each family, in rotation, will have the opportunity to share their story and display their special artifacts. Each Heritage Farm will have their display for a one-month time period and the following month’s First Friday will feature the next honored farm family. On June 3, Joe & Brenda Lamansky, along with other members of the Lamansky family, will be present for a video interview with Fairfield Public Access Television at 6:00 p.m. Those interested can sit in on this interview on the Indian Hills floor of the museum building. Following the interview you can continue your visit with the Lamansky family up on the 3rd floor by the exhibit.
Fairfield Art Association (inside the FACC) “WINDOWS – through the looking glass” Summer Down Town Art Installation OPENS FRIDAY JUNE 3, 18 original window creations. “METAL SCULPTURES” by Steve Maxon, Main Gallery in FA&CC – 6-8 PM. “Jenny Sammons – RECENT & NEW WORKS” Hallway Gallery in FA&CC 6-8 PM. STUDIO SALES GALLERY in FA&CC
ICON Gallery- 58 N. Main St. David Kupferman -Light Waves/Moments of Being. Acrylic paintings on canvas and paper. Kupferman’s work is the subject of a solo show at ICON Gallery in Fairfield through July 23. A large grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) through the Iowa Arts Council has helped launch Light Waves: Moments of Being. Kupferman aims to offer viewers an exhibition that reflects peace, joy, and harmony, a beautiful experience that transcends the contagious fear and divisiveness brought about by the pandemic. On display are about 50 colorful paintings, with most pieces representing recent work from a series begun last summer. These acrylic paintings are lyrical abstracts on canvas and paper of various sizes. With a broad stroke, Kupferman describes his paintings as “celebrations of the mystery, magnitude, and dynamism of life. They are expressions of the infinite flow of light and the expansion of inner consciousness through free flowing color, movement, and geometric compositions.”
Moon Locks Salon- 108 W. Broadway Ave. Open House! 6-9pm. We have missed having events and are SO ready for this one!! Come join us for a night of fun at our new downtown location in Fairfield. We will be open during the First Fridays Art Walk! We are offering botox, and hair accessories all evening! Come join us in celebrating our new special space
Mother Divine Church- 51 N. Court St.- Richard Trice Images surreal and realistic from Jefferson County Park. Art walk Friday. May 6th 6:30 until 9:30 pm and Saturday May 7th and Sunday May 8th, from 1pm -4pm both days. Information from Richard Trice- “Within nature, in the many forms of light and shadow we sense something bigger and vaster than ourselves. Over many years, with photography I have attempted to capture these moments in nature which reveal this eternity. In some cases, I rearrange several of these photos together to create another different image which is familiar. Although familiar, the image is at the same time, unfamiliar. This causes a positive leap of our imagination My purpose here is to explore visual associations which help us to think in a more intuitive manner. In a way, encouraging the creative problem-solving capacity of our innate sense of wonder. Realistic and surrealistic imagery. Looking at many of these images together is a grand and joyful experience”.
The Bookhouse-. 54 W. Burlington Ave. Open 5pm-11pm and will be doing another opening with photos from Des Moines resident, Izaac Holt!
Volition Skate- 52 W. Burlington Ave. Come check out the awesome roller skates, fun socks, apparel, and accessories that Volition Skate Co. has to offer, and get yourself a free popsicle! BOGO Socks during Art Walk only! *Popsicles available while supplies last Open 6-9pm.
Wanderer’s Haul-115 E. Burlington Ave. Introduction to Magic the Gathering. Event info: Join us for our intro to MTG workshop! Interested in learning the game? We’ll have advanced players on hand to teach you the basics of the game. Every table of new players will be paired with an instructor who will play through games by their side. Games will be going all day so wander in and join the fun! Open 2-8pm
And others!
Grab your family, friends, your lawn chairs and come enjoy all that makes Fairfield so great!
If you have any questions, or would like more information, please call Marla Brader at 641 233-8883 or email fairfieldartwalk@gmail.com .