• Lunch & Learn: Remnants of the West

    Dubuque Museum of Art 701 Locust St., Dubuque, IA, United States

    Join DuMA for a gallery walk looking at selected works from the exhibition Remnants of the West: Edward S. Curtis and Mark James, with Executive Director David Schmitz, Associate Curator and Registrar Stacy Peterson, and Director of Education, Margaret Buhr. There is no charge for this event.

    Free
  • Roy Behrens Gallery Talk

    Dubuque Museum of Art 701 Locust St., Dubuque, IA, United States

    In conjunction with the exhibition Razzle-Dazzle: World War I Camouflage Ephemera, collection owner Roy Behrens will speak about the little known use of designers, architects and artists (including Iowan Grant Wood) as army, navy, and civilian camouflage experts (called camoufleurs) during World Wars I and II. A noted scholar on the aesthetics and history of […]

    Free
  • Gallery Talk with Photographer Noah Doely

    Dubuque Museum of Art 701 Locust St., Dubuque, IA, United States

    Join the artist for a gallery talk regarding his exhibition: OUT OF DARKNESS: PHOTOGRAPHS BY NOAH DOELY. Noah Doely is Assistant Professor of photography at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, where he also earned a BFA in sculpture before completing and MFA in visual arts from the University of California, San Diego. This program […]

    Free
  • Gallery Talk – “Charles Thwaites: An American Journey” with Graeme Reid

    Dubuque Museum of Art 701 Locust St., Dubuque, IA, United States

    Join Graeme Reid, Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, for a gallery talk in conjunction with DuMA's new exhibit: Charles Thwaites: An American Journey. From Milwaukee’s burlesque houses to Mabel Dodge Luhan’s Pink House in Taos, Charles Thwaites quietly went about recording his surrounds with a keen eye and a rare talent. This talk will […]

    Free
  • Artist Talk: Sandra Dyas

    Dubuque Museum of Art 701 Locust St., Dubuque, IA, United States

    Artist Sandra Dyas will give a gallery talk on Tuesday, June 19 from 12:15-1 pm. Dyas will discuss her exhibition, Lost in the Midwest: Photographs by Sandra Dyas, on exhibition from May 26-September 9, 2018.

    Free
  • Gallery Talk with Carol Sauvion

    Dubuque Museum of Art 701 Locust St., Dubuque, IA, United States

    A Gallery Talk with Carol Sauvion Sunday, August 26th 1 PM - 2 PM Carol Sauvion, creator and producer/director of the award-winning PBS series "Craft in America", will present a lecture in conjunction with the exhibition “Handmade Craft Invitational.” Ms. Sauvion has operated Freehand, a Los Angeles gallery specializing in functional craft, for 37 years. […]

    Free
  • Community Day/Smithsonian Museum Day Live

    Dubuque Museum of Art 701 Locust St., Dubuque, IA, United States

    Community Day - Women Making History Join us in celebrating the opening of the exhibition Just to Live is Holy: Women Religious and a Tradition of Art, Faith and Justice and Smithsonian Day Live. This year's theme is "Women Making History". Visitors will enjoy: FREE admission all day (10 am - 4 pm) Staff and docent-led […]

    Free
  • Louise Kames Gallery Talk

    Dubuque Museum of Art 701 Locust St., Dubuque, IA, United States

    Gallery walk through of Just to Live is Holy exhibition and Louise Kames' Dear Mother installation.

  • Gallery Talk: Virginia Mecklenburg

    Dubuque Museum of Art 701 Locust St., Dubuque, IA, United States

    Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Virginia Mecklenburg, will present a gallery talk on the "African American Art In The 20th Century" exhibition that she curated.

    Free
  • Third Thursday Tour

    Dubuque Museum of Art 701 Locust St., Dubuque, IA, United States

    Join Curator, Stacy Peterson and Director of Education, Margaret Buhr for an informal tour of the "African Art in the 20th Century" from the Collection of the Smithsonian American Art. Included will be a a brief history of African American art and stories about the artists and their creative process. You will be encouraged to […]