DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 26, 2019) — Alligator tamales, shrimp and crab arancini, red beans and rice, po’ boys, collard greens, pistachio beignets, shrimp etouffee, chicken and sausage gumbo, and Cajun braised beef are just a few of the dishes you will be able to sample at the Cajun Cook-Off to benefit the Figge Art Museum.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 4, 2019) — The Figge Art Museum will feature Submerged in the Sublime: The Landscape Photography of Kim Keever beginning Saturday in the museum’s fourth floor gallery.

Artist Kim Keever’s landscape photographs are no ordinary photographs. Rather than images of actual places, Keever, a former engineer with a background in fluid dynamics, creates fictitious scenes within the confines of a large fish tank.

Davenport, Iowa (January 24, 2019) — The bond between humans and animals permeates our language, as well as our art. The earliest known forms of visual expression included depictions of animals scrawled on cave walls. That tradition continues today with many contemporary artists centering their practice on the examination of animals and our connection to them.

Davenport, Iowa (January 14, 2019) – The second-floor Lewis Gallery at the Figge Art Museum will have Art Nouveau Amphora on view beginning Saturday. The exhibition is organized by the Figge Art Museum and features works from several private collections.

The Figge Art Museum will hold the final Free Family Day of the year on Saturday, November 17. Museum admission will be free all day with scheduled activities from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Davenport, Iowa (September 17, 2018) – The Figge Art Museum will present William L. Hawkins: An Imaginative Geography beginning Saturday in the first and fourth floor galleries. This is the first major exhibition in more than a decade to feature the work of the self-taught Columbus, Ohio artist.   

Living Proof Exhibit: A Visualization of Hope

to Open at the Figge Art Museum

Davenport, Iowa (September 5, 2018) – Living Proof Exhibit will present its annual exhibition of cancer survivor art from September 6–December 9 at the Figge Art Museum’s Mary Waterman Gildehaus Community Gallery on the second floor.

Davenport, Iowa (March 7, 2018) – The Downtown Davenport Partnership and the Figge Art Museum, in cooperation with the City of Davenport, are launching a study of ways to integrate public art into the design and development of the riverfront between Harrison and Pershing Streets in downtown Davenport.

Thursday, September 21
5:30 p.m. Opening Reception
7 p.m. Artist Talk
Free admission
 

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