Our cover story is the Season of the Arts calendar. Connie Cherba interviews Ellen Wagener, who paints familiar Iowa vistas in a panorama of colors. John Moran dives into the world of en plein air painting and follows this old movement into a new event happening at many sites around Dubuque. The Mississippi River Art Workshops have expanded into several art workshops with the Brush Strokes paint out competition highlighting the year. This issue also covers the fight against breast cancer. More
