Mark your calendar for the 2022 Illuminations Dubuque Museum of Art Gala! Save the date to join us for a stellar party in the park celebrating the historic mission and vivid future of DuMA. Click here for more information
Friday, October 21 4 PM: Correspondences Gallery Talk 5 PM: Intimate Exchange Gallery Talk 6–9 PM: Opening Celebration $20 for members ($8 Under 21 ) $25 general admission ($10 Under 21) Free for 1874 Society members Celebrate new exhibitions and the women who inspire us. Join artists Mary Bergs and Lisa Hochstein inside their collaborative […]
Shaking the Family Tree Trace your roots without getting tangled up in the process. Join us for a genealogy-packed lunch and learn series that will help you begin your ancestry search as well as examine lesser-known tales of Dubuque’s past. October 26, November 2, and November 9 from 12:15–1 PM. Free for members Museum admission […]
Ricki King of Roots to Branches Genealogy and City of Dubuque assistant planner Chris Happ Olson will discuss what they have discovered in their work on Dubuque’s Black Heritage Survey. This program is the final in a series of free lunchtime programs about genealogy and Dubuque history related to Intimate Exchange: Wendy S. Rolfe and […]
Dubuque Camera Club members will discuss both artistry and technique of the works in their exhibition, Portraits, on January 7 at 1:30 pm. Following the talk, audience members can have their photograph taken in a style inspired by Therese Mulgrew’s Intimate Exchange paintings. Ronald W. Tigges, New Urban Cowboy
UPDATE: Available space for the Artist Conversation at the McCarthy Center portion of the event has SOLD OUT. Please join us via ZOOM. You are still welcome to attend the 2:30 PM opening Celebration at the Museum. 1:30 pm Artist Conversation between Jill Wells and Ricki King at the McCarthy Center for Nonprofit Learning, 700 Locust […]
Meet veteran snow sculptor Hugh McCarron and learn about the preparation, tools, and design work that goes into competing at the national level. Hugh will also share tips and answer questions for anyone interested in learning how to get started working with snow. With a few simple household tools and a bucket to pack snow […]
The Dubuque Museum of Art in partnership with the City of Dubuque Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs will host the 6th annual Winter Arts Snow Sculpting Competition and Festival in Dubuque’s downtown Washington Park, February 9-12, 2023. To prepare for the event, volunteers are needed on Tuesday, Feb. 7 to ‘stomp snow’ in wooden […]
This is one of several Community Conversations about arts & culture in Dubuque hosted in February. Your input will help create the Community Equity Profile, which will inform initiatives and policies that foster a region where everyone can thrive. Register and learn more by visiting: DBQFOUNDATION.ORG/EQUITYPROFILE
DuMA has partnered with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the strong ties within our region’s arts community. Together, we invite artists of all ages to take inspiration from Camille Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of Animals and submit them to DuMA for a chance to win Dubuque art prize packs. The deadline is Friday, February 10. Click […]