ZOLA GALLERY
With the opening of Zola, the Midwest’s first Eco-Arts gallery, artists/partners/proprietors Glorie Iaccarino and Meghan Hollister hope to take a creative hands-on approach to addressing the issue.
“Zola Gallery is an ecological gallery, “explained Ms. Iaccarino during a recent television interview. “All we feature are ecological artworks—art that’s nature-related, celebrates its inhabitants, and practices reuse, reduce, recycle and revamp principles.
“It’s an effort to be a good steward. People are reconnecting with nature as there are a lot of health benefits, psychologically and physically.”
Added Ms. Hollister, “It gives you a sense of conscious purpose in your art-making and your creative message a little more weight.”
In addition to displaying their own work, the co-owners hope to offer gallery space to other like-minded individuals, encouraging discussion and exchange of ideas. Art instruction is also available to the general public.
Zola Gallery is located at 1700 2nd Avenue, Suite 2, Rock Island, Illinois. Hours: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tuesday – Friday; 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Saturday.
Glorie Iaccarino has been an artist, writer, educator and environmental arts advocate in the Quad Cities for over twenty years. She’s the founder of the Director Quad Cities Eco Arts Council and the area coordinator of the internationally recognized Papergirl Project.
Meghan Hollister is a graduate of St. Ambrose University and a former art instructor for the Figge Museum in Davenport, Iowa. She organized the first Quad Cities Eco-Arts Salon and is Lead Facilitator of the Quad Cities Eco Arts Council.
