Events

Public Meet and Greet

Public Meet and Greet Meet and Greet is open to the public during our regular hours for you to explore your interests and create art or meet and converse with friends. MAE has workstations, inviting you to channel your inner artist. Easels, drawing horses, two digital cameras and one digital video camera, a Clavinova, sound…
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Coffee Chat @ MAE

Coffee Chat at MAE Every Thursday @ 10 AM – Informal, open chat…and COFFEE!

Crochet and Chat

Crochet and Chat First and Third Thursdays at Maquoketa Art Experience at 1:00 pm Second and Fourth Thursdays at Maquoketa Brewery at 6:00 pm  Maquoketa Art Experience and Maquoketa Public Library are working together to host a fun and crafty social hour. Bring your current knit/crochet work in progress and chat with other crafters. Join Kim Carr at…
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Kimberlee and Liona Rocca Exhibitions | March 1 – April 30, 2023

Kimberlee & Liona Rocca Exhibition Enjoy the artwork of Kimberlee and Liona Rocca from March 1 to April 30, 2023 Artists Reception | Sunday, March 26th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm There will be items for sale, as well as interactive exhibits. Admission is free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated.   Kimberlee…
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Book Talk – The Moss Chronicles by TJ Stoneking

Meet author TJ Stoneking (aka Gary Shapley) as he discusses his book The Moss Chronicles. The Moss Chronicles is a fictional tale of murder, grand larceny, and a forty-year manhunt set in Maquoketa. Event is free and open to the public. Donations appreciated. Book Summary: "Jack Slater purchases ninety acres of remote riverfront property for a…
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Metal Tooling | Youth(9years) & Adult

Metal Tooling Saturday, April 8, 2023 Time:  1:00 – 2:30 pm Cost: $10 Metal tooling, also called “repousse” and “metal embossing” is a type of low-relief sculpture in which tools are used to create a design on metal.

University of Iowa’s Dance Company Performance(s) 

Maquoketa Art Experience 124 S Main St, Maquoketa, IA

        University of Iowa’s Dance Company Performance(s)  Sunday, April 16, 2023 | 2:00 -3:30 pm        Open to the Public    Donations Welcomed               UI Dance Company, the resident repertory and touring company of the Department of Dance, presents a concert of works by dance faculty and students.…
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“Tremors” with Levi & Kaitlin Burzlaff

Maquoketa Art Experience 124 S Main St, Maquoketa, IA

Join Levi & Kaitlin Burzlaff as they discuss the making of their fan film, "Tremors". Their will be time for Q&A after the presentation.  

Pointillism

Maquoketa Art Experience 124 S Main St, Maquoketa, IA

Pointillism Saturday, April 22, 2023 Time: 1:00 – 2:30pm Ages: 9 to 18       Cost: $5.00   Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886.

Laura Lengeling & Anne Kauff Exhibitions | May 1 – June 30, 2023

Maquoketa Art Experience 124 S Main St, Maquoketa, IA

Laura Lengeling & Anne Kauff Exhibitions Artists Laura Lengeling and Anne Kauff will have their art on exhibit from May 1 to June 30, 2023 at Maquoketa Art Experience. There will be an Artists' Reception on Saturday, May 6th from 2 to 4 pm. Laura Lengeling - Paintings from the Studio and Plein Air  …
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