25 Aug 2017

John Bloom Arts Festival

By Marsha Witte
15th annual John Bloom Arts Festival
Saturday, September 16, 2017
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
DeWitt’s Lincoln Park (by the downtown water tower)
512 – 10th Street, DeWitt, Iowa
Local artists and vendors have their creations for sale
Food and children’s art activities also available in the park
Free admission
Sponsored by the DeWitt Area Fine Arts Foundation
24 Aug 2017

Explorers & Explorers Jr. Workshops are BACK! Register your Child for the Fall Season Today!

By Putnam Museum & Science Center

Ever wonder how paleontologists learn about dinosaurs? Come and discover the joy of digging, explore the Putnam’s fossil collection, and make your own fossils in the first "Fantastic Fossils" Explorers workshop of the season!

Putnam Explorers (grades 2-5) & Explorers Jr. (pre-k* – 1st grade) workshops are a way for children to examine, investigate, create and invent while exploring different themed areas of the museum.

23 Aug 2017

Enjoy Riverssance, 90 Artists in Scenic Lindsay Park

By MidCoast Fine Arts
Saturday, September 16: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, September 17: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Lindsey Park, Village of East Davenport
 
23 Aug 2017

Muscatine Art Center receives Cultural Leadership Partners Grant

By Lynn Bartenhagen

The Muscatine Art Center is pleased to announce that it has received a $10,000 grant from the Cultural Leadership Partners (CLP) program from the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. Grant funds will support wages for weekend staff and specific museum purposes such as purchasing archival materials and presenting public programs.

22 Aug 2017

Metro Arts Alliance of Greater Des Moines Announces its Operations to End

By Metro Arts Alliance
As a valued supporter of Metro Arts Alliance, we wanted to share some news with you: the Board of Directors and staff leadership of Metro Arts Alliance of Greater Des Moines made the difficult decision on August 16, 2017 to cease operations after almost 42 years of providing access to the arts in our community.
 
21 Aug 2017

PLEASE JOIN US IN OUR NEW SPACE FOR OUR GRAND RE-OPENING

By Pat Bereskin
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2017
FROM 5PM TO 9PM
2967 STATE STREET
BETTENDORF IA 52722
 
REFRESHMENTS AND MUSIC
 
FEATURING WORKS BY 
ALLEN * ANDERSON * BERESKIN * BISBEY * GREIBNER * 
KIMBALL * KUGLER * MEIRHAEGHE * SCHOLD * SHARP * 
SINNER * TASSO * ZAHN * ZEIDLER
and the Iowa Plein Air Painters
 
18 Aug 2017

Council Bluffs and Milford artists take first place in Agriculture Art Exhibit contest at Iowa State Fair

By Jeff Morgan
Art works on display at State Historical Building through Oct. 30
 
DES MOINES – Marcia Joffe-Bouska of Council Bluffs and Allison Goehring of Milford were named winners of the sixth annual “Celebration of Iowa: Agriculture Art Exhibit” contest today at the Iowa State Fair.
 
17 Aug 2017

The African American Museum of Iowa Convenes Annual History Makers Gala Honoring Four Statewide Leaders

By Alyssa Lesmeister
(CEDAR RAPIDS, IA) – On Thursday, September 7, 2017, the African American Museum of Iowa will recognize four outstanding individuals as History Makers at the Museum’s annual History Makers Gala. The honorees will be presented awards and accolades for the significant impact they have made in their communities and their indelible mark on Iowa’s rich history. 
 
16 Aug 2017

News from the Figge Art Museum - Dr. Roald Tweet

By Natalie Dunlop
16 Aug 2017

Living Proof Exhibit to hold Creative Sessions at the Muscatine Art Center

By Lynn Bartenhagen

(Moline, Ill.) Living Proof Exhibit, which celebrates the creative spirit of cancer survivors, is teaming up with the Muscatine Art Center to display a juried exhibition and provide two free Creative Sessions to cancer patients, survivors, and families touched by cancer.

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