Youth Design Workshop

Youth ages 8-14 are invited to participate in a hands-on design workshop with Nate Trevethan, DuMA’s landscape architect and principal at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. Participants will collaborate as a group with Nate to develop designs that will be incorporated into the gardens of the new Museum Campus opening in 2027.

Projects Nate has worked on for MVVA include Brooklyn Bridge Park, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park in Detroit, and Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House. Nate received a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture from Michigan State University.

10AM for ages 8-10
1PM for ages 11-14
Session is expected to last 90 minutes

$5 materials fee. Space is limited.

Register:
8 – 10
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11 – 14
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Concept image of a planned courtyard as part of the upcoming building expansion.

(SOLD OUT)Youth Architecture Workshop

This workshop has sold out, however you may call the Museum front desk to be put on a wait list. The drop in pumpkin decorating and mask making workshop is free and open to all at 10 AM.


Is your child interested in architecture, buildings, and designing things? DuMA’s Community Day begins at 10 A.M. with a free children’s architecture workshop with Az Rashidi and Paul Schulhof, the architects designing the new museum campus.

Participants will share their ideas for the new Museum with Az and Paul and build their own models that describe their vision. Admission is free but advanced registration is required. Space is limited. Ages 9-13.

Teen Studio Saturdays

Artists ages 14-18 will have the opportunity to warm-up together as a group with creativity exercises and then work independently on art projects.

Instructor: Caitlin Donald

To register for any of these online classes call 563.557-1851 x15 or stay tuned for online registration at dbqart.org/youth-classes

Grab And Go: Art & History Projects – History of Masks

Looking for something different? Stop by the Dubuque Museum of Art and pick-up an art history project to go!

In October, we will look at the history of masks in and as artwork.

Brown bag supplies available for pick up prior to each month’s program. $15 for members, $20 for non-members. Call 563.557-1851 x 115 for more information or register online at dbqart.org/youth-classes/

This will be a pre-recorded 15 to 20 minute program for 8 year olds and up that will be posted on the DuMA YouTube and Facebook profile at 2 pm the day of the event.

Instructor: Caitlin Donald and Hana Velde

Grab & Go Art History Projects – Prehistoric Cave Paintings

Looking for something different? Stop by the Dubuque Museum of Art and pick-up an art history project to go!

In November, we’ll explore the creation and symbolism of prehistoric cave paintings.

Brown bag supplies available for pick up prior to each month’s program. $15 for members, $20 for non-members. Call 563.557-1851 x 115 for more information.

This will be a pre-recorded 15 to 20 minute program for 8 year olds and up that will be posted on the DuMA YouTube and Facebook profile at 2 pm the day of the event.

Instructor: Caitlin Donald and Hana Velde

Young At Art Online

On the second Tuesday of the month, Young At Art goes online!

Preschool-aged kiddos can join-in with a parent/caregiver for a reading of a Caldecott Award-winning picture book and related art project using materials found around the home.

This will be a pre-recorded 15 to 20 minute free program for 3-6 year olds that will be posted on the DuMA YouTube and Facebook profile at 2 pm the day of the event.

Instructor: Hana Velde

DuMA Art Adventures Online: Realism vs. Abstract

3/29: Realism vs. Abstract -There are many different ways to draw and paint. Explore the techniques of realism and abstraction 

DuMA Art Adventures Online is a kid & family friendly Facebook video series featuring Caitlin Donald, Education Fellow, sharing fun and imaginative art projects to do at home. Join Caitlin on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm on the Dubuque Museum of Art Youtube channel.

 

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DuMA Art Adventures Online: Cave Art

3/31: Cave Art -We will explore why people made cave art, when in history they made it and how they did it. Then you can go outside, find a flat rock and make your own cave art!

DuMA Art Adventures Online is a kid & family friendly Facebook video series featuring Caitlin Donald, Education Fellow, sharing fun and imaginative art projects to do at home. Join Caitlin on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm on the Dubuque Museum of Art Youtube channel.

 

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DuMA Art Adventures Online: Textures in Nature

4/2: Textures in Nature – We will go on a fossil hunt and draw the different textures we find.

DuMA Art Adventures Online is a kid & family friendly Facebook video series featuring Caitlin Donald, Education Fellow, sharing fun and imaginative art projects to do at home.

Join Caitlin on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm on the Dubuque Museum of Art Youtube channel.

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DuMA Art Adventures Online: First Stamps

4/4: First Stamps – Learn about stamp making in Ancient Mesopotamia, then go outside and try making your own stamps in the mud!

DuMA Art Adventures Online is a kid & family friendly Facebook video series featuring Caitlin Donald, Education Fellow, sharing fun and imaginative art projects to do at home. 

 
Join Caitlin on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm on the Dubuque Museum of Art Facebook Profile at https://www.facebook.com/dubuqueart/ 

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