NOTICE: All in person events are cancelled until further notice due to COVID-19. We apologize for the inconvenience. First Fridays is a monthly, city wide gallery hop celebrating our creative community. Other First Friday locations include: Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Smokestack, Outside the Lines Art Gallery, Upcycle Dubuque, Key City Creative, and Inspire Cafe. Make sure […]
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. Featured artists span the visual, performing, literary, and culinary worlds and have included Pablo Picasso, Charlie Chaplin, Julia Child, and Leonard Bernstein, among many others. This year Gwen Beatty will portray Mexican […]
The Heartland Marimba Festival will feature a solo spectacle of festive music performed by the internationally acclaimed artist Matthew Coley. He will perform on marimba with a variety of other percussion, masterfully making it sound like there are many musicians on stage. This interactive, free family friendly program will be followed by a family art […]
Gallery Talk: Artists Priscilla Steele and Thomas C. Jackson, whose exhibition Dialog Human is on view until February 5, 2017, will have a conversation about their work and their current exhibition. This program is free to the public.
Happening the first Friday of every month, DuMA stays open late and offers special programming in conjunction with other community arts events. Experience the creative spirit of our community, along with great friends, stylish appetizers and a cash bar, and great art. February's theme is Romance and Dance: Beat the winter blues and break that cabin fever with […]
Join us for free and family-oriented programming every second Saturday of the month at 1 PM. Second Saturdays features culturally-diverse performing arts acts and hands-on art activities that the entire family will enjoy. In Feburary, DuMA presents the University of Iowa Wind Quintet. This free family friendly program will be interactive and include an arrangement of […]
Member preview for new exhibits Shiny, Sticky, Smooth: Pop Art and the Senses and Fire and Ice: Paintings of the Mississippi River by John Anderson-Bricker.
Mr. Schnitzer will speak about a lifetime of collecting, beginning with the first work of art that he purchased from his mother’s contemporary art gallery in Portland, Oregon at age 14. Today, Mr. Schnitzer’s collection of contemporary prints exceeds 10,000 works, making it one of the country’s largest private print collections. Honoring his family’s longtime […]
NOTICE: All in person events are cancelled until further notice due to COVID-19. We apologize for the inconvenience. Babies and their caregivers are welcome to participate in a 30-minute tour of the Museum exhibitions, focused on shapes, colors and textures. Baby and Me tours are offered every month. Advance registration required. Register by calling the […]
DuMA is proud to once again present the Dubuque Citywide All-School Student Art Exhibition, held in conjunction with Music and Arts in Our Schools month. This annual exhibition includes visual artworks by students enrolled in grades K-8 at Dubuque Community and Holy Family Schools. Opening reception March 2, 5-6:30 PM. Open through March 31st.