More Easel Wars Artists
It’s time to meet our next 2 Easel Wars artists!
Painting “head-to-head” on Thursday, March 24th at 7:30 will be
Erica Wilson and Lisa Howell!
Erica Wilson
Erica grew up in Dubuque, Iowa with brief stints making art in Iowa City, Iowa and Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. She’s been back in Dubuque since 2017 and currently works at Wayfarer Coffee Roasters in the Millwork District and helps out with the Dubuque Area Arts Collective.
When we asked Erica why she wanted to be part of Easel Wars she said, “Theater is the fun, exciting thing that I like to do and to combine benefiting the grand opera house with making art sounds like a good time to me.”
Starting Monday, March 21st, 2022, You can donate into Erica’s campaign at: https://bit.ly/gohdonate
Add your donation to the Erica Wilson Donation Campaign.
Lisa Howell
Lisa Howell is originally from Maquoketa, but has lived in Oklahoma, Illinois and Florida. She returned to Iowa in 2006 to be closer to family. Lisa painted in high school and studied art and graphic design. Happily, in the last three years she has returned to painting after a twenty plus year hiatus.
Lisa told us that Easel Wars “looked like a really unique and interesting opportunity.” And we are excited to have her join us!
Starting Monday, March 21st, 2022, You can donate into Lisa’s campaign at: https://bit.ly/gohdonate
Add your donation to the Lisa Howell Donation campaign
The artist with the most money in their donation campaign at 11:59pm on Sunday, April 3rd will move on to the Finale on Thursday, April 14th.
Live Audience Information for Easel Wars
The live audience is invited to be part of the show. They are encouraged to question, cajole, and heckle the artists as they paint. Feel free to move about the theater to get the best view of each painting. The concession stand will be open serving the Grand’s signature popcorn, and Rotary will be selling beer and wine at all events.
Can’t be at the theater in person? Stream all the events live on Facebook. The streaming audience is invited to enter their taunts, comments, and challenges in the comments on the video and our hosts will relay them to the artists in real time.
How to Win a Painting
After each performance the paintings will be raffled off to raise money for the Grand Opera House. You can win these one-of-a-kind paintings to have a piece of Grand history hanging on your wall. For every $10 you donate into the artist’s donation campaign you are entered into a chance to win the painting they created.
Donate before 11:59pm Sunday, April 3rd, 2022, to be entered in the raffle to win your favorite painting from this performance. Winners will be drawn on Monday, April 4th.
Erica and Lisa face off on Thursday, March 24th, 2022, at the Grand Opera House. Witness this epic battle first hand, tickets to attend are just $10.