Old City Hall Gallery Home

Rose Frantzen's Portrait of Maquoketa was shown at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. The exhibition ran from November 6, 2009 through July 5, 2010. In 2005/2006, Rose invited anyone in town to sit for a portrait from life. All 180 portraits that she painted for the project were on display in the Portraiture Now: Communities exhibition. The portraits were accompanied by Voice of Maquoketa, a sound installation by Rose's brother, composer John Frantzen that features the voices of many of those whose portraits are shown.

The National Portrait Gallery has posted a video of Rose's Gallery360 talk given at the exhibition in DC, on April 24, 2010.

The hardcover Portrait of Maquoketa book is available here.

Old City Hall Gallery, 121 S. Olive Street, Maquoketa, IA 52060
Open daily/evenings. Call for hours: (563)321-1074

	Rose Frantzen and Charles Morris have portraits showing in the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art's portraiture exhibition, now through January 15th, 2012. Click here for information about the show, "Seeing and Remember: Portraits and their Stories", which brings together contemporary portraits and works by Grant Wood, Rembrandt, Whistler, and numerous others from the CRMA collection.
	Rose Frantzen's Portrait of Maquoketa was shown at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. The exhibition ran from November 6, 2009 through July 5, 2010. In 2005/2006, Rose invited anyone in town to sit for a portrait from life. All 180 portraits that she painted for the project were on display in the Portraiture Now: Communities exhibition. The portraits were accompanied by Voice of Maquoketa, a sound installation by Rose's brother, composer John Frantzen that features the voices of many of those whose portraits are shown. The National Portrait Gallery has posted a video of Rose's Gallery360 talk given at the exhibition in DC, on April 24, 2010. The hardcover Portrait of Maquoketa book is available here. Old City Hall Gallery, 121 S. Olive Street, Maquoketa, IA 52060 Open daily/evenings. Call for hours: (563)321-1074 All images, text, and design © 2009 Old City Hall Gallery