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  • Installation view

    Artist Talk

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

    Exhibiting artist, Grant William Thye, will give a talk about his current exhibition Modern Landscapes: Paintings by Grant William Thye.  Image: Installation view

  • Artist Talk

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

    History of the Magic Box featuring Craig Steven. The “art of the use of the box in magic” is the featured topic as illusion builder and local Dubuque performer, Craig Steven, shares the rich history of parlor and stage illusion using the common box. From the first stage performance of sawing a women in half by […]

  • George Olson, Prairie Rose

    Artist Talk

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

    Join watercolor artist and botanical illustrator, George Olson as he discusses his current exhibition Homage to the Tallgrass Prairie: Watercolors by George Olson that runs through November 30, 2014. Olson retired from the art department at The College of Wooster in Ohio in 2000. He is now a full-time artist with an impressive exhibition schedule […]

  • Lecture

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

    Wayne Buchholz, Park Ranger at the Mines of Spain Recreation Area, will present a talk on the Tall Grass Prairie - what one is and how they are reconstructed and maintained. Held in conjunction with the exhibition Homage to the Tallgrass Prairie: Watercolors by George Olson,  this program will be held in the Museum classroom. The […]

    Free

  • Lunch and Learn lecture series – June 12, 19, & 26

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

    Fridays, June 12, 19, and 26 from 12:15 to 12:50 PM Three-part lecture series on the life of Georgia O'Keeffe by art history educator Carol Ehlers The series is free to Museum members and $5 for non-members. Friday, June 12 LECTURE 1: Her Natural World Why did O'Keeffe choose the subjects of nature such as trees, leaves, flowers, […]

    $5

  • Lunch and Learn lecture series – June 12, 19, & 26

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

    Fridays, June 12, 19, and 26 from 12:15 to 12:50 PM Three-part lecture series on the life of Georgia O’Keeffe by art history educator Carol Ehlers The series is free to Museum members and $5 for non-members. Friday, June 12 LECTURE 1: Her Natural World Why did O’Keeffe choose the subjects of nature such as trees, leaves, flowers, […]

    $5

  • Lunch and Learn lecture series – June 12, 19, & 26

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

    Fridays, June 12, 19, and 26 from 12:15 to 12:50 PM Three-part lecture series on the life of Georgia O’Keeffe by art history educator Carol Ehlers The series is free to Museum members and $5 for non-members. Friday, June 12 LECTURE 1: Her Natural World Why did O’Keeffe choose the subjects of nature such as trees, leaves, flowers, […]

    $5

  • Lecture – Tom Leslie

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

    The Iowa State Fair has been a symbol of the city of Des Moines and the State of Iowa since its inception. But even though it is an event that brings our state together as much as anything else, its history is also reflective of the gentle tensions between urban and rural here. Iowa State […]

  • Lecture – Mary Kay Shanley

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

    Our State Fair Is a Great State Fair— But Then You Already Knew That When the Iowa State Fair turned 150 years old in 2004, the celebration included release of Shanley’s book, Our State Fair—Iowa’s Blue Ribbon Story, a coffee-table book of history that’s both rich and fun. Shanley will take us on a sit-down […]