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Songs, Words and Pictures: Gwendolyn Countryman & Nancy Purington, during A Day in the City of Literature

Iowa Artisans Gallery is one of eighteen participants in the Iowa City Book Festival’s A Day in the City of Literature. The Iowa City Book Festival takes place over three days, July 13-15, and A Day in the City of Literature activities are scheduled for Sunday, July 15. The Gallery features Songs, Words and Pictures: Gwendolyn Countryman & Nancy Purington at 2pm. Countryman is a local writer and musician who will be talking about and playing music from My Grandma’s Songs, a children’s book currently in progress. Local artist Nancy Purington is the illustrator for this book and will display artwork for those illustrations. The presentation is approximately 45 minutes, with time for questions following.

OTHER DOWNTOWN VENUES include Prairie Lights, Home Ec Workshop, Iowa Book & Supply, the Bread Garden Market, T'spoons, Murphy Brookfield Books, Discerning Eye, Textiles, The Galleries Downtown, Beadology Iowa, RSVP, The Mill, Old Capitol Museum, Trinity Episcopal Church, UI Booksotre, The State Historical Society, Iowa City Public Library, and North Hall at UI. More information about the Iowa City Book Festival, including schedules for all three days, may be found by visiting http://www.iowacitybookfestival.org/

Iowa Artisans Gallery was established by artists in 1984. The gallery features work by American artists and specializes in Midwestern artists. Daily hours are Monday-Wednesday 10-6pm; Thursday’s Downtown Shopping Night: 10-7pm; Friday 10-6pm; Saturday 10-5:30 and Sunday 12-4. For more information, please contact the Gallery at 319-351-8686.

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