In conjunction with the exhibition Razzle-Dazzle: World War I Camouflage Ephemera, collection owner Roy Behrens will speak about the little known use of designers, architects and artists (including Iowan Grant Wood) as army, navy, and civilian camouflage experts (called camoufleurs) during World Wars I and II. A noted scholar on the aesthetics and history of […]
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 […]
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. […]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In Iowa: A Message for Today A history about the October 1962 Iowa visit told from the perspectives of a family that greeted Dr. King upon his arrival, the President of Coe College, and the minister at Cornell College and excerpts from the lecture/sermon Dr. King presented. Part of the […]
A Brief History of Civil Rights African-Americans and whites were the founders of the NAACP in 1909. The presentation addresses the history of the organization including contemporary social concerns related to economics, education, education, health, public safety and criminal justice, and voting rights. Part of the Dubuque Chapter NAACP Speakers Bureau Lunch & Learn Series. Feel free […]
This noontime presentation will look at the Four Mounds campus and the architecture of Gentlemen's Farms. This event is free and open to the public. Please feel free to bring a sack lunch as lunch will not be provided. Register Online. Call the Museum at 563-557-1851 if you have any questions, or if you are […]
Speaker Dr. Mary Gitau, Assistant Professor of Social Work at Clarke University, presents a talk on "Hidden Figures" and the individuals that inspired the film. "Hidden Figures" is based on a true story of three female African American Mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program. […]
Judy Richardson will give a featured talk sponsored by the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque in conjunction with the Dubuque Museum of Art's new exhibit, "African American Art in the 20th Century." Richardson was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement, working on the staff of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and organizing a "freedom […]
The Maroons: Free People of Color in America Maroons were Africans and their descendants in the Americas who formed settlements away from New World chattel slavery. Some had escaped from plantations, but others had always been free, like those born among them in freedom. Part of the Dubuque Chapter NAACP Speakers Bureau Lunch & Learn Series. Free free to bring a sack lunch, however lunch will […]
Food Deserts in Urban America and Urban Dubuque Part of the Dubuque Chapter NAACP Speakers Bureau Lunch & Learn Series. Free free to bring a sack lunch, however lunch will not be provided by the Museum.