Iowa Art Field is a new, multi-site art installation project through Public Space One. The project is directed by Nicholas Cladis, curated by Cladis and Sugimoto Hiroshi, and put on in partnership with the City of Iowa City and Johnson County. 

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During his time living in Echizen, Japan – a region with over 1,500 years of papermaking history – Nick Cladis was a contributing artist and committee member of Imadate Art Field. Imadate Art Field is a non-profit arts organization that turns historic structures into alternative exhibition spaces for installation art; visiting curator and artist Sugimoto Hiroshi was one of the founding artists of Imadate Art Field in 1979.

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Like Echizen, Iowa City is a community of thoughtful makers and creatives, and Iowa Art Field, similar to the project from which its name is inspired, seeks to highlight some of its remarkable structures and locations through aesthetic, historical, and conceptual engagement by artists. ​

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Experience Iowa Art Field at the Historic Poor Farm from

October 30 through November 8. Open 10am to 3pm daily. 

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In addition to the daily viewing hours at each site, join for the following events:

• Thursday, October 30 – join for any or all of the installation's opening tours, followed by a happy hour at PS1 Close House. Tour times: noon at City Park, 2pm at the Historic Poor Farm, and 4pm at the Close House.

• Saturday, November 1 – stop by the PS1 Close House from 5 - 7pm for a reception and brief remarks from artists on the process and themes of their work.