Tim Rees Exhibit - "Life Through the Lens: The Evolution of a Painter"                               Immerse yourself in all the aspects of life, filtered through the lens of an artist. From landscape to still life, touching scenes of every day life to…
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Maquoketa High School Art Exhibit January-February 2022 Your Opportunity to View the Art Work of Our Talented Area Students: Reception:  Saturday February 5th | 2-5 pm. Open to the Public

Iowa Artists Launches its 50th Anniversary Traveling Exhibit "Reboot"  January – February 2022 Reception:  Saturday, February 5th | 2-5 pm. Open to the Public Iowa Artists is a nonprofit group of over 200 artists located in 12 regions throughout Iowa.  Members work in acrylic, oil, watercolor, charcoal, colored pencil, pastel, pen and ink, pencil, and scratchboard…
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It's Our Day - Featuring Women Artists from the Midwest 2020 Marked the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in America Maquoketa Art Experience would like to commemorate this historic event in our history by Featuring Women Artists from the Midwest | March 3-April 28, 2022        Artist Reception:  Friday, April 15 | 4-6 pm 

Will Cundill Photography / Poetry Exhibit March 3 – April 28, 2022 Reception and Presentation | March 6th, 2:00 pm Pamela Myatt Crawford and Laura Ann Myatt Helmers are the granddaughters of Charlotte Cundill Myatt, the daughter of Will and Ella (Cassin) Cundill. Pam and Laurie are the two great-granddaughters of Will Cundill’s eight great-grandchildren. Due…
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A Visual Chronicle of Farm Life in the Midwest April 29 – June 28, 2022 Artist Reception: May 14th |12 to 3 pm Changes in the Midwest landscape moved artists Roberta Condon and Lorraine Ortner-Blake to present together with two series of paintings. Their artworks focus on the struggles, joys, and challenges of farm life.  …
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Josh Guge Exhibit June 12-17, 2022 Carver Reception: June 15, 2022 | 6-8 pm Demo by Joshua Guge World Champion Wood Sculptor                      At the age of thirteen, Joshua began his art career by selling his sculptures to art galleries. By the age of seventeen, he…
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Thomas Buchs Plein Art Exhibit Exhibit July 2 to August 29, 2002 Reception Date | Meet the Artist Reception-Sunday, Jul 24, 2022 2-4 pm ARTIST’S BIO Thomas attended Layton School of Art and became an Illustrator, creating artwork for advertising and children’s books for many national and local companies during the last 46 years. During summers…
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Kathleen Lanaghan Exhibit July 2 – August 30, 2022 Meet the Artist : Sunday, Jul 24, 2022 | 2-4 pm           Artist Bio: Kathleen Dubert Lenaghan is an artist raised on a farm in Jackson County. She is a member of the Iowa Pastel Society and an Associate Member of the Pastel Society of…
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"Human Alchemy" Exhibit - Billy (Little) Davids September 1 – October 27, 2022 Artist Reception:  September 9th | 5 -8 7PM Artist Statement Art is everywhere, though I didn’t see that for most of my life. I am Billie Davids, a lifelong Iowan, and an artist.   My thought processes and ideas for art include demonstrating the…
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Erin Weirup Exhibit - September 1 to October 27, 2022  ‘Cimmerian Credence‘ A Compositional Oil Study of Nocturne Landscapes Through the Absence of Light Erin Weirup is a self-taught artist who grew up on a farm outside Delmar, IA.  She had originally started out in 2012 as a Fine Arts Major at Mount Mercy University in…
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Mississippi Valley Quilters Guide Exhibit from November 1 to December 30, 2022 Artist Reception | November 13, 2022     Time:  2:00 – 4:00 PM         The Mississippi Valley Quilters Guild was organized in 1983 to educate and encourage members in the quilting arts; encourage high standards in color, design, and construction of the…
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What is on Your Wall? During November and December 2022 Maquoketa Art Experience will display photos that local residents have shot showing what they have on their walls. Everyone in the region is invited to use their phone or camera to take a picture of a wall or two in their place and email the image(s):   what.is.on.your.wall@gmail.com…
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Elisa R. Boughner Exhibition | Jan 7 – Feb 28, 2023 Artist Statement: An image develops from concept to sketch to final creation, placing color to canvas directly from the tube, with no dilution or hesitation. I will not know what the final outcome will look like until it is completely finished. I may get…
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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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ALL OVER THE BOARD - A retrospective of the last 30 yrs.                          Artist Theresa Ganzer-Blitgen No offense, but this work is all about me. Draw what you know, has always been my philosophy and from early on, that was with graphite on paper and…
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Photography: The Way I See It by Kent Crawford                 Kent Crawford is a retired Maquoketa music teacher now able to spend more time with a hobby he has always enjoyed - PHOTOGRAPHY! Kent was the Director of Bands at Maquoketa High School for 43 years. He previously…
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                           Andrea Van Wyk's paintings will be on display from                             September 7, 2023 through October 31, 2023.               Meet Andrea and hear more about…
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