Bertha Jaques: Eye on the World

Date: 8/31/2013 TO 9/15/2013
Time: 10:00 AM

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
410 3rd Ave SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401

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Event Description: Accomplished printmaker and photographer Bertha Jaques is perhaps best known for her prints of wildflowers and ferns. Her interest in this subject matter grew out of her desire to present something that was not only beautiful to behold, but also promoted wildflower preservation. Jaques’ interest in environmental issues was only one way in which she was a pioneering woman artist. Not only did Jaques succeed in a field dominated by male artists, she helped popularize etching in America. Jaques’ full impact on printmaking and photography at the dawn of the twentieth century is still under-recognized and ripe for reappraisal. In 2013, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of her birth, the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art will present three successive exhibitions: one of her botanical prints and cyanotypes, one of her images of foreign locales, and one of her domestic scenes, including her beloved Chicago. In this way, repeat visitors will be able to gain a better sense of the artist’s breadth and depth of production. Only then can a proper re-appraisal of her place in the history of printmaking be properly considered.


Directions:
From the South: Take Interstate 380 North to Exit 20B. Go two short blocks to Second Avenue and turn right. The Museum is located just past Fifth Street on the left side of Second Avenue. A parking lot is available at this entrance. From the North: Take Interstate 380 South to Exit 20B. Go two short blocks to Second Avenue and turn right. The Museum is located just past Fifth Street on the left side of Second Avenue. A parking lot is available at this entrance.

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