The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Department of Performing Arts & Visual Arts presents Community Connections: Music, Meditation, and Movement on Sunday, September 18 @ 2:30 PM. Join Julia Thiesen and Elaina Burns for this collaborative event featuring yoga and live piano music. The theme of this experience will be melodic movement for all ability levels. A […]
Mary Swander, Iowa’s former Poet Laureate and Distinguished Professor of English at Iowa State University, will write a poetic performance piece centered around Grant Wood’s painting Appraisal. Based on research and interviews, this one-person show will explore the development and change in the poultry industry from the 1930s through the present. Swander’s play will premiere at the museum on September 25 at 1:30 pm […]
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 drinks, and great art. Admission $10 (Members are FREE) Follow DUMA (DubuqueArt) on Facebook, Twitter (#DUMAfirstfridays), and Instagram for updates […]
DuMA is partnering with the Multicultural Family Center to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month. At 1 p.m. the Quad Cities Ballet Folklorico will perform in Washington Park followed by Storyteller Amy Ressler with Latin folk tales.
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17th-century Dutch artist Johannes (Jan) Vermeer’s detailed depictions of maps and globes coincide with the great age of exploration and mapmaking. These cartographic objects, and the ways in which Vermeer used them, not only add further meaning to the allegorical subjects and scenes of everyday life in Vermeer’s paintings; they also shed light on the artist’s working methods, including his possible use of […]
Inspired by a book of the same title, the Monuments Men were the subject and title of a recent Hollywood movie, starring George Clooney. During World War II, a group of museum directors, curators, artists and architects, led by Iowa-born George Stout, helped to protect masterpieces from the Nazis, who stole thousands of works of art from museums, churches and private collectors. Sponsored […]
Three writers from the International Writing Program (IWP) will present a Lunch and Learn program at the Dubuque Museum of Art on Tuesday, October 11 from 12:15-1 p.m. The writers will read and discuss selections from their work and take questions from the audience. The IWP is the oldest and largest multinational writing residency in […]
During a live 45-minute videoconference with a curator from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, participating artists will have the opportunity to ask and learn about the history of plein air painting. Topics covered will include: The history of plein air painting, from Europe to America, and how it’s been taught; Artists’ working methods and […]
Dr. Elaina Burns, piano department head at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, will perform a series of musical selections inspired by the pastel landscapes of artist Ellen Wagener, whose exhibition: Ellen Wagener: No Ordinary Moments, is on view at the Museum until November 6, 2017 Joe Klinebriel, Associate professor of Drama at Clarke University will read […]