Bob Schlehuber’s “A Reflection on Isolation” is a performance art piece debuting at Rockford’s Art Scene from October 2-5, where Bob will isolate himself in a room for three days to highlight the impacts of isolation and loneliness and the importance of peacebuilding.
Bob Schlehuber is a multi-disciplinary artist, producer, and community organizer with over 12 years of experience executing diverse community based projects, launching local, national, and international-scale initiatives, and building and sustaining multi sectoral coalitions comprised of broad and diverse individuals and organization to advance social, political, and economic causes.
with additional art by Roland Poska:
Roland Poska (1938 – February 2, 2017) was an American artist who was notable for pioneering papermaking in modern art, for printmaking, and for frequently combining the two into completed works of art. He was also a teacher at Rockford University, Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a co-founder of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, and founder of the lithography studio the Fishy Whale Press.
By 1984, Poska was a nationally known artist. That year, he received a commission to produce a 270-foot (82 m) long painting From Blue to Blue, which was displayed on Main Street in Rockford before its installation in Milwaukee’s Henry S. Reuss Federal Plaza Building. His works are included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In his later years, Poska became an outspoken activist for equality and common human rights.
