Faulconer Gallery

Margaret Whiting of Waterloo will be exhibiting her artwork at the Faulconer Gallery at Grinnell College from July 19 until Sept. 8. The exhibit is titled, “Environmental Concerns,” and according to the gallery website, “Whiting carves, alters and recombines science texts, encyclopedias, law books and maps to raise environmental issues with her art. Her exhibition addresses such issues as: deforestation and the ways human laws help and hinder environmental protection, the connections between human health and the health of the land, and the patterns and systems that connect us all.”

A native of northern Minnesota, Margaret Whiting now lives and works in Waterloo.  She graduated in Medical Technology from the University of Minnesota and received a BA from the University of Northern Iowa with emphasis in printmaking and paper making.  She has worked as a medical technologist in hospitals and has taught workshops and classes in paper making and bookmaking.

Whiting has participated in numerous regional, national and international shows, and her work is included in several museum collections.  Recently her artworks were exhibited in two national traveling shows, “American River” and “Paper Cuts:  The Art of Contemporary Paper.”

Examples of Whiting’s artwork can be found on the Iowa Library Services web page here. Click here for directions to the Faulconer Gallery.