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Isabel became involved in the local art community, teaching ceramics and exhibiting locally and regionally. Her artwork was displayed at the
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Isabel Rose
Scherer was born in Galveston, Texas to Charles F. and Adeline (Paradise) Scherer in 1908. The family moved to Davenport, IA when she was an infant. She showed artistic promise from a young age and studied at many different institutions including, the
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From 1953 to 1957 Isabel hosted a children's art television program called "Let's Make Art" on WOC-TV in
Davenport. Each show featured a children's story or fairy tale and art lesson and featured original sets she painted and characters she made from clay.
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In the 1940s and 1950s, Isabel began experimenting with sculpting with wet cement. She founded her sculpture business, Isabel Bloom, in
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