Fairfield First Fridays hosts gallery hop Nov. 1

Fairfield First Fridays is holding a gallery hop from 6-9:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1.

Attendees can obtain a 'passport” at participating art studios, get each location on the tour to stamp their passport, and turn in the completed passport to ICON Gallery by 9:30 p.m. to be entered into a drawing for a piece of art and other great prizes. The drawing will be held that night at 9:45 p.m. You do not have to be present to win. If your name is drawn, you will be contacted.

The raffle includes masterpieces from some of Fairfield's most distinguished artists such as Greg Thatcher, Bill Teeple, John Preston, David Kupferman, Joanie McGinnis, Irene Murphy, Care Connet, Diane Dallner, Kartika Damon, Terrence Kennedy, Cris Soth, Wendy Stegall and Bill Munson.

There are six great galleries on the passport! Fairfield Art Association, Crest Jewel, Cindy's Artbeat/Henderson's, ICON, Art 52, and Carnegie Museum. There will also be many other locations open on and around the square with activities, as well as for dining, and shopping.

For more information about Fairfield First Fridays, contact director Marla Brader at 641-233-8883 or email fairfieldartwalk@gmail.com.

Carnegie Historical Museum – 114 S. Court St. Passport to the Past! Come view photos of early Fairfield in the basement gallery of the Carnegie Museum. Brought out of storage for November's 1st, Fairfield First Friday's gallery hop, these photographs were from the collection of E.U. Peasley (1883 - 1958), a Fairfield merchant who took most of the photos himself. When his son Henry (1921-1966), a Fairfield druggist, purchased the Shriner and Johnson Drug Store (which now houses Village Realty) he had them mounted for display in his drugstore. His mother Mrs. Carrie Peasley (1893-1985), gave them to the library museum about 1979. Last displayed when the library was located in the Carnegie building, the photos show early photos of the town square (1908) businesses, schools, and churches along with people and events.

Fairfield Art Association – (inside the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center) 'Iowa Art Quilters” Exhibit in Main Gallery. The Art Quilt Exhibit will include a special project of 14 Iowa Buildings comprised of the following: Postville, Iowa State Capital, Lynnville's Wagaman Mill, Lewis' Hitchcock House, Nashua's Little Brown Church in the Vale, Ames' Morrill Hall, Charles City's Carnegie Legacy, Sioux City/Woodbury County Courthouse, Fairfield's Bonnifield Cabin, Corning's Opera House, West Bend's Grotto of the Redemption, Chariton/Lucas County Courthouse, Lansing's Old Stone School, and Creston's Phillips 66 Station. Artists participating in this exhibit include: Janet Bergeron, Tricia Coulson, Mary Cecil, Karen Grimes, Linda Nelson Johnson, Sue Kluber, Jane Knapp, Judy Ludwick, Norrie Macllraith, Susan McIntyre, Sal Miller, Janet Pittman, Wendy Read, Sandy Rieber, Barbara Riggs, Lois Sheriff, Jean Taft, Carol Trumbull and Patricia Weber. 'Fairfield Pillar Portraits” by Kesryth in Hallway Gallery.