Speaker: Brandi Isley, Subject: Little Pieces of Art About Brandi:Brandie is a self-taught mixed media artist, who has a life-long obsession with art that keeps her grounded and happy. After many artistic endeavors, her art has evolved into her current endeavor called Little Pieces of Art, which are collages created from old photographs. Her collages began when she acquired photos of relatives and felt inspired to tell their stories. Now she places discarded photographs found at estate sales and antique stores in her collages. She has been published in a popular mixed media publication, earned an award for “Best 2-d Artist” at the Valley Junction Art Market and won a CD cover art contest for an up-and-coming local band.

Date: Thursday, February 21 Location: B&B Restaurant & Bar, 2712 Beaver Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310, (515) 255-8521 Agenda: 5:30 p.m. - social time 6:15 p.m. - dinner 7:15 p.m. - speaker Menu: Dinner salad, Boursin Chicken or Grilled Salmon with garlic mashed potatoes and green beans or red pepper chicken alfredo with garlic toast, Chocolate volcano dessert Price: $25 for all attendees Reservations: Please RSVP by noon on Monday, February 18th by e-mail to rsvp@mwniowa.org.