“I just want these things to exist…rather than in my head or in an archival picture somewhere,” said artist Janae Grass (Sac & Fox/Absentee Shawnee/Mvskoke) in an interview over Zoom. Grass, a silversmith and beadwork artist from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was talking about her artistic output. “Whether it’s on a wall or on a person, I just want these things to be out in the world.” Grass co-curated the exhibition Echoes of Time and Place: Sauk Art and Culture with fellow artist Tony Tiger (Sac & Fox/Seminole/Mvskoke). The exhibition, which opened Oct. 3 at the Dubuque Museum of Art, marks the first major exhibition made up entirely of Sac & Fox artists outside of Oklahoma. There are three Sac & Fox federally recognized tribes: the Meskwaki Nation in Tama, the Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas, and the Sac & Fox Nation headquartered in Oklahoma. Echoes of Time and Place reunites Sac & Fox, or Sauk, artists from the Oklahoma land with their ancestral homelands in Iowa.
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Artists deck out dozens of skateboards for a rad exhibition at Dubuque’s Smokestack
A live and local example of the creative partnership between art and skate culture is realized in “The Skate Deck Art Show,” a collaborative exhibit brought to life by the Dubuque Area Arts Collective and Olliewood Action Sports. Over 100 artists, skaters and non-skaters alike, across all ages, channeled their energy into creating original works of art on skate decks.
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Yohance Joseph Lacour and 20 more Midwest craftspeople featured at Dubuque Museum of Art
The Dubuque Museum of Art, Iowa’s oldest cultural institution and home to over 2,700 works, was founded as an art association in 1874 by Dubuque citizens eager to share their collections with the public. It’s amusing to imagine Gilded Age art patrons walking through a contemporary exhibition, such as DuMA’s upcoming Craft Invitational. Common materials […]
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‘Creative Expression’ exhibit opens Friday in Dubuque
Creative Expression Workshops, a non-profit art program that helps people with special needs find vehicles for self-expression, is hosting a reception this Friday at Dubuque’s Gallery C featuring student artwork. Program directors will conduct discussions throughout the reception in an effort to raise awareness about the challenges facing these students and their families.
