Join DuMA for Time Capsules: Photography and Anachronism, a lecture by photography historian and curator George Slade focusing on the Museum's current exhibit Remnants of the West: Edward S. Curtis and Mark James. Both Edward Curtis and Mark James use their photographic skills to transport us into other times and spaces. How do their images reflect […]
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 […]
Our next installment of Lunch & Learns will cover Impressionism (10/10) & Post Impressionism (10/17) Presented by Joan Lingen, BVM, Ph.D., Clarke University. Free admission. Bring a sack lunch if you wish, but food will not be provided by the Museum.
DR. SUE TAYLOR Professor Emerita of Art History Portland State University Hosted in conjunction with the Grant Wood Art Colony, University of Iowa. In Grant Wood’s Secrets, the title of her talk and new book, author and professor Sue Taylor incorporates original research and close readings of Grant Wood’s iconic, as well as lesser-known, artworks […]
FREE with Museum admission Teri Van Dorston, assistant director at the Veterans Memorial Commission in Cedar Rapids discusses Grant Wood’s Veterans Memorial Window project for the Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Building.
January 23, 2:30 pm. FREE with Museum admission Author, historian, and broadcaster Jeff Stein will present “From the Battlefront to the Homefront: Iowa Broadcasters Go to War,” the story of Iowa journalists who covered conflicts from World War II to the Gulf War. This talk is made possible by the Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau.
Tova Brandt, Executive Director of The Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa will present a talk: “Danish Immigration to Iowa.” Like all immigrants, Danes who arrived in Iowa adapted to a new landscape, new culture, and new opportunities. Brandt will discuss what motivated Danes to come to Iowa, what they contributed to the […]
Volumes have been written about art with discussions of craft reserved as an afterthought. Art history’s use of painting as the standard classification left three-dimensional works, such as crafts and ceramics, fighting for their rightful place with the same status as the painted image. Fariello’s talk challenges today’s art world vision and is sure to […]