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June 09, 2011
We're excited to announce our Free Summer! Beginning Tuesday, June 14, the CRMA will be free for all visitors thanks to our generous sponsors AEGON Transamerica Foundation, Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust, and United Fire Group.
May 16, 2011
In an effort to get the younger generation involved in the arts, the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art has scheduled a series of Junior Docent trainings. The next Junior Docent training session is scheduled for Saturday, June 4.
April 22, 2011
Support the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) at our hip, martini-inspired event featuring inventive drinks, delicious appetizers from LJs Catering, live music, and fun for everyone!
April 20, 2011
The Board of Trustees at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) will continue its series of Taste for Art fundraisers with Rock’In The Barn on Saturday, April 30 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Clear Water Farm in Cedar Rapids.
April 12, 2011
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) has reached the halfway point in its $3,000,000 endowment campaign.
April 06, 2011
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) is looking to expand our volunteer base by inviting Middle and High School students to learn how to be a CRMA docent (tour guide).
March 29, 2011
The CRMA will be the host for a recently completed mosaic of Grant Wood’s Woman with Plants beginning Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Titled, “Grant Wood, Piece by Piece” the tile mosaic was created by a group of students through the EIAA.
March 23, 2011
The Grant Wood Studio and Armstrong Visitor Center will be reopening for the season on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. Admission to the Studio is now FREE for everyone.
March 16, 2011
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) has partnered with The Old Creamery Theatre to offer an exclusive pre-run performance of the Tony Award winning play ART on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at the Studio Theatre in Middle Amana.
March 14, 2011
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) is excited to welcome Iowa City artist and children’s book illustrator, Claudia McGehee for a book signing and presentation on Sunday, March 27 beginning at 1:00 p.m.
January 31, 2011
Bonnie & Roger Schmidt and Priscilla Steele & Craig Campbell are pleased to present a special Valentine’s Jazz Brunch featuring the Dick Watson Trio, with fabulous food by LJ’s Catering, a delicious temptations truffle, and a single rose.
January 26, 2011
This month, the Iowa Cultural Trust awarded the Museum a $28,000 Challenge Grant to assist in building the Museum's endowment.
January 12, 2011
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) has been awarded a $9,000 grant by the Midwest Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation from the Jeffris Heartland Fund. The seed money is a matching grant for the Decorative Arts Analysis & Interio
January 06, 2011
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) has received a major grant from the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Esther and Robert Armstrong Charitable Trust for the benefit of Grant Wood Studio, which it has owned since 2002.
January 05, 2011
Celebrated children's books creators Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart are the best-known pop-up book artists working today. The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) is pleased to present an exhibition of their work – Wizards of Pop: Sabuda & Reinhart
December 30, 2010
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) is excited to launch our next series of Doodlebugs preschool programs, as well as Art Bites and SmArt Saturdays!
December 06, 2010
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) is interested in helping you find time to finish your holiday shopping! Parents, bring your kids to the CRMA on Thursday, December 16 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for Parents’ Night Out.
December 03, 2010
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) is pleased to continue the Creative Connections: Artists in Action series with Dai Kui on Saturday, December 18 beginning at 10:30 a.m. This program is free and open to the public!
November 22, 2010
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) will start December off with a bang with four free programs!
November 18, 2010
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) is will present, for the very first time, a dedicated exhibition of ceramics from the CRMA’s collection. A Show of Hands: Ceramics from the Collection will open at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 4, 2010.
November 08, 2010
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) continues with its series of lectures in conjunction with our current exhibition China: Insights. The next lecture is set to take place on Thursday, November 18 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium at the Ced
October 28, 2010
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art is responding to the prolonged effects of the slow economic recovery by stepping up its fundraising efforts and by trimming its budget.
October 27, 2010
Be our rock and support the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) at Art on the Rocks! Friday, November 5 and Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
October 12, 2010
Bonnie & Roger Schmidt and Priscilla Steele & Craig Campbell are pleased to present an elegant Jazz Brunch with the George Jazz Trio, featuring Dan Knight at the piano, and fabulous food by LJ's Catering all benefiting the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.
October 11, 2010
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) will present a series of lectures in conjunction with our current exhibition China: Insights. The first of these lectures will take place this Thursday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium at the CRMA.