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Dave Loewenstein Dave Loewenstein Public Projects (murals unless otherwise noted) 2018 Galaxia y La Culebra, Iowa City, Iowa Perspectives on Water, Topeka, Kansas 2017 Return of the Pollinators, Lawrence, Kansas The Magic Seed Fountain, Baldwin City, Kansas 2016 Mural projects in Vitória, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil 2015 Kansas People’s History Project, community-based printmaking project across the state of Kansas How Topeka Got Its Name, Topeka, Kansas The Caged Bird Sings, I am more than just a weed, Shawnee County Juvenile Detention Center, Topeka, Kansas Lawrence Field Office of the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture A Beacon to Guide Our Children, Toledo, Ohio Half Empty, a series of public interventions and book addressing water issues in Kansas 2014 Under Independence Stars, Independence, Kansas 2013 Working Together Toward a People’s Art, Hastings, Nebraska City on the Rise, Songdo, South Korea Give Take Give, documentary research project, book and show & tell, Lawrence, Kansas Storytellers: Sharing the Legacy, Waco, Texas The World Comes to Whittier, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2012 From a Dream to the Promise, Arkadelphia, Arkansas 2011 The Butterfly Effect, Joplin, Missouri Pest Revenge, Queens, New York 2010 Listening back, Dreaming Forward, Tonkawa, Oklahoma The Imagineers, Newton, Kansas Where’s Your Neighbor?, New Orleans, Louisiana Waiting in the Wings, Salina, Kansas 2009 The Road From Brown V. Board, Topeka, Kansas What Flows Beneath Our Feet, Flagstaff, Arizona Keys to Success, Chicago, Illinois Reflective Perception, Free State High School, Lawrence, Kansas 2008 A History of Central Park, Topeka, Kansas Tower-Cam Kiss, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas Preserving Memories of the Free Fair, Topeka, Kansas 2007 Tree of Dreams, Greenville, Mississippi Tribute to Grant Cushinberry, Topeka, Kansas Welsh Heritage Mural, Wymore, Nebraska Pollinators, Lawrence, Kansas 2006 El Sueno / The Dream, Garden City, Kansas The East Lawrence Waltz, Lawrence, Kansas Patterns of Port Gibson, Port Gibson, Mississippi A Scattered Journey, Parkville, Missouri Visiting Artist Residencies 2016 Vitória, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil Shawnee County Juvenile Detention Center, Topeka, Kansas 2015 Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 2013 Chadwick International School, Songdo, South Korea 2009 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 2007 Greenville Arts Council, Greenville, Mississippi 2006 Mississippi Cultural Crossroads, Port Gibson, Mississippi Synergy House, Parkville, Missouri 2005 Mississippi Cultural Crossroads, Port Gibson, Mississippi 2003 National Academy of Design, Abbey Mural Fellowship, New York, NY 2000 Strabane, Northern Ireland Honors and Awards 2016 Meridian Center for Diplomacy Mural Program to Brazil 2013 Rocket Grant supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for “Give Take Give” project 2007 Notable Book Award from the Kansas Center for the Book for “Kansas Murals: A Traveler’s Guide” 1st Place Columnist Award from the Kansas Press Association for blog “Blank Canvas” 2005 Phoenix Award, given by the Lawrence Arts Commission for excellence in the arts, Lawrence, Kansas 2004 Tom & Anne Moore Peace and Justice Award, given by the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice, Lawrence, Kansas 2003 Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee: Best Documentary, for “Creating Counterparts” Solo Exhibitions 2018 This is Not a Test, Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence, Kansas 2014 Nimbys, 10 at BNIM, Kansas City, Missouri 2013 “Give Take Give,” Lawrence, Kansas 2012 SOS!, Blue Planet, Topeka, Kansas 2011 THEM, Invisible Hand, Lawrence, Kansas 2009 Submit or Reject?, Power & Light Building, Kansas City, Missouri 2008 Short Stories, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas 2007 Empty Lots and Propaganda, Love Garden, Lawrence, Kansas 2005 SNAFU, Olive Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas 2001 Community Murals: From the Studio to the Street, Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Group Exhibitions 2018 Tangled Roots, Interurban Art House, Overland Park, Kansas To Protect and Serve, traveling exhibition across the U.S. 2016 Traces and Trajectories, La Esquina, Kansas City, Missouri Questioning the Bomb, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, Maryland Heating Up: Artists Respond to Climate Change, Percolator, Lawrence, Kansas 2015 Drift and Drag: reflections on water, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas Respond, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 2014 Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Artists Respond, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO 2013 Rainbow Warriors: The Art of Resistance, San Francisco, California We are the 99%, Bolzano, Italy Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the digital age, international traveling exhibition beginning at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design in Boston, MA 2011 Welling Court Project, Queens, New York I have a dream, I have a nightmare, Los Angeles, California 2010 Outside-In, Kemper Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 2009 Celebrate People’s History, multiple venues across the U.S. Alternate Realities, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas 2007 Subvertisements, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles, California Southern Graphics Conference, Cube at Beco, Kansas City, Missouri Graphic Work: Re-imaging the Labor Movement, Manhattan, New York Publications 2016 “Called to Walls,” premiere of feature length documentary film about the Mid-America Mural Project, calledtowalls.com “Microburst,” published zine and website responding to current politics in Kansas “The Power of Murals,” Kansas City KCUR Radio (NPR affiliate) 2014 “Whittier Neighborhood Mural Project,” National Endowment for the Arts – Exploring Our Town 2013 “Profile of Dave Loewenstein,” Pif Magazine, by Emily Frankowski Author and photographer of “Give Take Give,” published with the support of the Rocket Grants program 2012 “Mural for a Neighborhood, art for us all,” Argus Leader, by Lori Walsh 2011 “Part of Community Life: The Murals of Dave Loewenstein,” National Endowment for the Arts Magazine, 2011 Number 2 “New Joplin Mural Tells Story of the Storm,” by Mary Jo Brooks, PBS News Hour, September 28, 2011 “Best Known - Unknown Artist in Kansas: A profile of Dave Loewenstein,” by Tom King, Review: Mid-America’s Visual Arts Publication Featured in the book “Murals of Iowa” by Gregg R. Narber 2010 Featured in the book “Mural Art Vol. 3” by Kiriakos Iosifidis Featured in the book “ Celebrate People’s History” edited by Josh MacPhee 2009 Featured in the book “Educate! Agitate! Organize!: American Labor Posters,” by Lincoln Cushing and Timothy W. Drescher Featured in the book “Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today” 2006 Co-author, “Kansas Murals: A Traveler’s Guide,” University Press of Kansas Selected Public Collections New York Public Library St. Louis University Swarthmore College Museum of Modern Art Smith College Museum of Art University of Central Florida, Special Collections Stanford University Bucknell University Center for the Study of Political Graphics Yale University, Haas Family Art and Architecture Library Bates College Museum of Art Harvard University Claremont Colleges Library Interference Archive Spencer Museum of Art Grinnell College The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Emory University Experience 2018 Founding member of Epicenter (Eastside People’s Intercultural Center) 2014 - Founding Cultural Agent for the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture 2011 Adjunct faculty at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas 2006 - 12 Co-founder of The Lawrence Percolator 2006 - 10 Lawrence Cultural Arts Commissioner 2003 - 08 Board of Directors, Community Built Association 2002 - Director of the 4-1-1 Community Arts Workshop, Lawrence, KS 1993 Founder and Director, Lawrence Community Garden Project, Lawrence, KS 1991-93 Drawing Instructor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Assistant to Master Printer Mike Sims, Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Lawrence, KS 1990 Farm Apprentice, Rose Valley Farm, Rose, NY 1988-90 Drawing Instructor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Education MA 1990 Painting Purdue University BA 1988 Studio Art Grinnell College .
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