MUSCATINE, IOWA (June 20, 2024) — Visitors to this year’s Annual Ice Cream Social are in for a real treat! The Muscatine Art Center is opening the “Fashionably Dressed” exhibition just in time for the free event. “Fashionably Dressed” features work by Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, and other artists recognized around the world.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 14, 2024) — The Putnam Museum and Science Center is gearing up for three days of dinosaurs.

Friday, June 28, kicks off the weekend with the classic Nineties film Jurassic Park. They will be showing the movie in 3D on the GIANT Screen Theater at 7PM.

Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965), Red and Green Umbrellas, 1940, oil on canvas, 34 x 54 in, Gift of Linda and J Randolph Lewis, 14 February 2024

DAVENPORT, IOWA (June 7, 2024) — The Board of Trustees of the Putnam Museum and Science Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Cindy Diehl Yang as President and CEO following a national search. Yang has over twenty years of leadership experience in innovative non-profit organizations and eighteen years’ experience in executive leadership.

MUSCATINE, IOWA (May 29, 2024) — Maquoketa, Iowa artist, Kurt Ullrich, will open an exhibition in the Musser House galleries at the Muscatine Art Center on June 13, 2024. His exhibit will explore the Iowa State Fair through photography.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 20, 2024) — We are thrilled to announce the return of the Pulling Focus African American Film Festival of the Quad Cities for its second year. Join us from June 6-9, 2024, as we celebrate the rich and diverse narratives of the Black Diaspora through the art of film. The festival will kick off with an opening ceremony and filmmaker meet-and-greet on June 6 at The Last Picture House in Davenport.

FOREST CITY, IOWA (May 2, 2024) — Are you as excited as we are for our big day on Saturday, May 4, at the Boman Fine Arts Center 225 John K Hanson Dr, Forest City, Iowa? Are you coming to the Iowa Oscars? We hope so.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 2, 2024) Art has a remarkable ability to bring people together, transform communities, inspire creativity, and foster a sense of identity and pride. Thanks to you, Quad City Arts has been dedicated to creating an art-centric community for over 50 years. 

DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 22, 2024) — The Putnam Museum and Science Center is thrilled to open a brand-new exhibit, Quad City Innovators. Stakeholders, and members of the media are invited to the Putnam to experience the brand-new, permanent exhibit, which highlights inventors, innovators, and trailblazers that hail from the Quad Cities. There will be a ribbon-cutting, with the Quad City Chamber of Commerce, on Friday, April 26, 3PM.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 18, 2024) — Art Academy is excited to announce the opening of registration for its 2024 Summer Camps. Pat Bereskin (Art Academy Executive Director) and studio staff have put together over sixty camps/seminars in drawing, writing, painting, ceramics, fashion, illustration, and more.

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