Making the Connection: An Introduction to French Moderns A presentation by Carol Ehlers, Figge Art Museum Docent Claude Monet: Marée Montante à Pourville, 1882, Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850 – 1950, an exhibition organized by the Brooklyn Museum, will be on view at the Figge Art Museum […]
Held in conjunction with the exhibition: Handmade Craft Invitational, DuMA will feature a series of artist demos on selected weekends. No registration is required. Saturday, June 23, 1-3 PM Sam Schold. cigar box guitars Saturday, June 30, 1-3 PM Paul Eshelman, slipstone pottery Saturday, July 14th, 1-3 PM Paul Opperman, boot making Saturday, August 18th, […]
One of the Museum’s most anticipated semi-annual events, the Famous Dead Artist series brings legendary artists to life through portrayals by local actors. Doug Donald will play Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Recent performances have been Standing Room Only. Come early […]
Join us at DuMA for a demonstration of the creation of slipcast stoneware with Artist Paul Eshelman. The clay vessels of Eshelman pottery order and dignify human life. Clarity is given to simple forms by contrasting glazed and unglazed surfaces. Pure clean glazes render elegant presentation of food and drink. Held in conjunction with the […]
Join us at DuMA for a demonstration of boot making with Artist Paul Opperman. Making a great fitting, stylish pair of boots takes all the skills of drawing, pattern making, sewing, and sculpting the lasts and heels to make a finished boot. Held in conjunction with the exhibition: Handmade Craft Invitational, DuMA will feature a […]
Free showing of: The 100 Years Show Starring Carmen Herrera (2015) 40 minutes Carmen Herrera is one of the oldest working artists today. She was a pioneering abstract painter in the '40s and '50s, but only recently found the recognition that eluded her for most of her career, as she approaches her 100th birthday. In […]
Join us at DuMA for a demonstration of book making with Artist Patricia Lehnhardt. Patricia will be sewing a book with coptic binding and explaining the process of dyeing and printing fabrics and paper with natural dyes and leaves, and the process of making paper from mulberry bark, grasses, flax, and recycling paper scraps with […]
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. […]
A discussion of Dubuque’s architecture through the lens of holiday celebrations and the decoration of buildings, streets and related print advertising Presented by Duane Hagerty, CEO, Heritage Works Dubuque Free. Feel free to bring a sack lunch (Lunch not provided)
Join us for a Lunch and Learn for the "Living Proof" exhibition being featured in the Museum's Alice E. & Erwin J. Hafeman Lobby. Ron Avery and Gail Chavenelle will each speak shortly on the topic of cancer survivor art and then welcome individuals attending the talk to create written reflections on the exhibition. Feel […]