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Pajama Storytime: Rome Antics
Birds of Prey: Iowa Raptor Project Interactive Experience
Doodlebugs: The City Skyline
Art Lover’s Book Club “Schocking Paris; Soutine, Chagall and Outsiders of Montparnasse” by Stanlty Me
Pajama Storytime: Rome Antics
Art Lover’s Book Club “Schocking Paris; Soutine, Chagall and Outsiders of Montparnasse” by Stanlty Me
Art Lover’s Book Club “Schocking Paris; Soutine, Chagall and Outsiders of Montparnasse” by Stanlty Me
Pajama Storytime: Rome Antics
Art Lover’s Book Club “Schocking Paris; Soutine, Chagall and Outsiders of Montparnasse” by Stanlty Me
New Calendar Event
Another Sweet Event
Art Bites: "Kick Up Your Heels: The Fine Art of Shoes"
Guided Meditation at The Grant Wood Studio: Heart Mosaic
CRMA Summer Art Camp: Into the Blue
Free Third Thursday on Third
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Doodlebugs Sing the Blues, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Public Library: Wild Blue Yonder, Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Blue-Footed Booby Dance, Free
Art Bites: Into the Blue,, Free
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Embracing Wonder-Open Heart, Open Road
The Hue of Blue: Family Fun Day, Free
High Heeled History Talk, Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Library: The Hue Of Blue, Free
Artist Salon, Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: The Hue of Blue, Part 2, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Public Library: The Hue Of Blue, Free
Art Bites: Artist Talk: Into the Blue
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Checking In with Self: Identify & Elevate
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Agency
Gallery talk: Emperor Caracalla
Art Lovers Book Club: The Collector of Lives: Giorgio vasari and the Invention of Art
Art Lovers Book Club: A Month in Siena
Art Lovers Book Club: The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting
Art Lovers Book Club: Renoir’s Dancer: The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon
Art Lovers Book Club: Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim
Zoom Doodlebugs: Happy Birthday CRMA!
PJ Storytime: A Wiggly Line
Pajama Storytime: Her Long Arms
Pajama Storytime: Election Day
Pajama Story time: Mexican Wrestler's Vest
Pajama Story time: Double Trouble
Pajama Storytime: Chess Game
Pajama Storytime: Orientalisches
Pajama Storytime: Inaugural Print
Zoom Doodlebugs: Drawing with Scissors
Zoom Doodlebugs: Picasso Was His Name-O
Celebrating Black Creators at the African American Museum of Iowa
Guided Meditation: The Turning
Rembrandt or Not: The CRMA’s Intriguing Etchings
125! 125 Masterworks from the Collection, print-themed
Americans in Paris: Grant Wood and Marvin Cone’s 1920 Trip to Paris
Director’s Choice with Executive Director Sean Ulmer
Seriously Funny: American Gothic Parodies
Grant Wood Revealed: Rarely-Seen Works by an American Master
Virtual Family Fun Day
Virtual Doodlebugs via Zoom: Boxing Day
Guided Meditation: Celebrate its 6th anniversary
Rembrandt or Not: The CRMA’s Intriguing Etchings
Rembrandt or Not: The CRMA’s Intriguing Etchings via Zoom
Free Third Thursday!
Virtual Family Fun Day!
Guided Meditation at the CRMA: Humanity Lights the Way
Free Third Thursday
Virtual Doodlebugs via Zoom: Funny Farmers
Virtual Doodlebugs via Zoom: Grant's Gothic Glass
Virtual Doodlebugs via Zoom: Grant Wood Land
Virtual Doodlebugs via Zoom: Lilies of the Alley
Free Third Thursday:
Sgraffito Pottery Tile Workshop
Guided Meditation: Sensing Into the Vision
We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold by Faith Ringgold
Renoir’s Dancer: The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon by Catherine Hewitt
Artlovers Book Club: Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim by Anton Gill
Artlovers Book Club: Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel
Artlovers Book Club: Lady in Ermine: The Story of a Woman Who Painted the Renaissance by Donna DiGiuseppe
Virtual PJ Storytime via YouTube and Facebook: Lilies of the Alley
Artlovers Book Club: The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting by Ben Lewis
Guided Mediation at the CRMA: Random Acts of Kindness Meets Midwest Values
Virtual PJ Storytime via YouTube and Facebook: Happy Birthday Grant Wood!
Virtual PJ Storytime via YouTube: Happy Birthday Grant Wood!
Virtual PJ Storytime via YouTube: Map of Iowa
Virtual via PJ Storytime via YouTube: Chandelier of Corn
"Seriously Funny: American Gothic Parodies" Exhibition Open
Virtual PJ Storytime via YouTube: Where Artists Work
Virtual PJ Storytime via YouTube: Portraits of Iowa
Free Third Thursday
Guided Meditation at the CRMA: Light & Shadow
Guided Meditation at the CRMA: Water & Bloom
Free Third Thursday!
"Grant Wood's Sleeping Porch" with Jessica Peel-Austin
GW lithographs and 1930s print culture with Professor Joni Kinsey, Professor of Art History, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
Grant Wood’s Abandoned Plans with author/historian Paul Juhl
Zoom Lecture "Revisiting American Gothic" with Wanda Corn, Professor Emerita, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University
Zoom lecture "Painting a Picture of Iowa Dairy: Grant Wood and J. G. Cherry" with Tara Templeman, Curator and Collections Manager, The History Center
Zoom lecture: "The Allure of Paris as a New Urgan Center for Art, Culture and the Development of Modern Identity with Professor Amanda Strasik
Art Lovers Book Club Renoir's Dancer: The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon
Art Lovers Book Club, "Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim"
Art Lovers Book Club, "Ninth Street Women"
Art Lovers Book Club, "Lady in Ermine" by Donna Digiuseppe
Free Zoom Art Bites with Executive Director Sean Ulmer, "Here’s Looking at You: Grant Wood’s Portraits"
Summer Camp 2021: Artists in Real Life
Summer Camp 2021: Artists in Real Life
Summer Camp 2021: Artists in Real Life
Summer Camp 2021: Artists in Real Life
Summer Camp 2021: Artists in Real Life
PJ Storytime: "When in Rome..."
Art Bites: "Happy Cinco de Mayo!" with Associate Curator Kate Kunau
Art Bites: "A glimpse into the life and art of Grant Wood" with Associate Curator Kate Kunau
Zoom Doodlebugs: "A Roman Rabbit," Free
Zoom Doodlebugs: "Peace and Dove," Free
Zoom Doodlebugs: "Coy Cats," Free
Zoom Doodlebugs: "Art & Neigh-ture," Free
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Color's Influence
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Imagine and Engage
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Emancipation
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Rising Above
Zoom Doodlebugs: "Mix Me a Rainbow"
Zoom Doodlebugs: "Silver Sparks & Golden Glow"
Zoom Doodlebugs: "Opposites Pop!"
Zoom Doodlebugs: "Red+White+Blue"
CRMA Gala 2021
Zoom Art Bites: Grant Wood Studio with Executive Director Sean Ulmer
Art Lovers Book Club: The Tastemaker: Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America
Zoom Art Bites: Grant Wood's Lithographs with Suzy McGrane-Hop
Free Summer Admission Begins!
CRMA and Grant Wood Studio Closed
Zoom Art Bites: What if Grant Wood Had Been a Girl? with Deba Leach
WACKY LANDSCAPES with DORI PATRICK
IDEA LAB
Making Faces with Miss Erin
Grant Wood and 1142 East Court Street
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Ground and Release
Zoom Doodlebugs: Night Animals
Zoom Doodlebugs: All Sheeps and Sizes
Zoom Doodlebugs: A Roman Rabbit
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Supporting Inner Conflict
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: The Colors of Gratitude
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood: Silent Night, Artful Night
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: The World We're Imagining
Art Bites: Sneak Peek: Three New Grant Wood Acquisitions! Via Zoom
Art Lovers Book Club: The Bookseller of Florence
Art Lovers Book Club at the CRMA: The Elgin Affair
Art Lovers Book Club at the CRMA: Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature
Art Lovers Book Club at the CRMA: A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney
Art Lovers Book Club at the CRMA: Napoleon's Plunder
Zoom Art Bites: Mildred Pelzer
Zoom Art Bites: Five Five Contemporary Iowa Landscape Artists
Zoom Art Bites: Dick Pinney: Jack of All Trades
Zoom Art Chat: Stan Wiederspan on Larry Zirbel
Zoom Art Chat with Marcia Wegman
Zoom Art Chat with Mike Ryan
Zoom Art Chat with Al Sabin
Zoom Art Chat with Nancy Lindsay
Art Lovers Book Club:Napoleon's Plunder and the Theft of Veronese's Feast by Cynthia Saltzman
Art Lovers Book Club:Napoleon's Plunder and the Theft of Veronese's Feast by Cynthia Saltzman
Museum Closed for Thanksgiving
It's All About the Art Artist Market
Zoom Art Bites: Collection Confection with Registrar Jaci Falco
Zoom Art Bites: Freedom’s Daughters: New Work by Kathy Schumacher
Zoom Art Bites with Executive Director Sean Ulmer: Carl Van Vechten.
Zoom Art Bites: Abstract Ideas: Abstract Art from the Collection
Family Fun Days at the CRMA!
Museum closed
Family Fun Days at the CRMA!
Family Fun Days at the CRMA during regular Museum Hours
Family Fun Days at the CRMA during regular Museum hours
Family Fun Days at the CRMA during regular Museum hours
Museum Closed for the Holiday
Free Third Thursday
Free Third Thursday
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: The Voice Of The Heart
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Seeds of Inspiration
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Watering Intentions
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Color Lights the Path
Free Third Thursday
Free Third Thursday
Free Third Thursday
Free Third Thursday
Free Third Thursday
Free Third Thursday
Free Third Thursday
Free Third Thursday
Doodlebugs: Jackson's Actions
Doodlebugs: Renoir's Hands
Doodlebugs: Van Gogh's Nose
Doodlebugs: Morse’s S.O.S.
Dance, Dance, Dance: The Photography of Arnold Genthe and Carl Van Vechten via Zoom
Grant Wood and the Lure of Europe with Executive Director Sean Ulmer via Zoom
Art Chat with Kathy Schumacher and Akwi Nji
Art Chat with Curator Kate Kunau: Carl Van Vechten
Art Chat with Curator Kate Kunau: Carl Van Vecthen Part 2
Spring Family Fun Day at the CRMA!
Spring Family Fun Day at the CRMA!
Spring Family Fun Day at the CRMA!
Spring Family Fun Day at the CRMA!
Spring Family Fun Day at the CRMA!
Spring Family Fun Day at the CRMA!
Spring Family Fun Day at the CRMA!
Spring Family Fun Days at the CRMA!
Gala
Art Lovers Book Club: Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal
Art Lovers Book Club: Art is a Tyrant: The Unconventional Life of Rosa Bonheur by Catherine Hewitt
Art Lovers Book Club: Albert and the Whale: Albrecht Durer and How Art Imagines Our World by Philip Hoare
Art Lovers Book Club: The Whitney Women and the Museum They Made: A Family Memoir by Flora Miller Biddle
Art Lovers Book Club: The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: Five Hundred Years of Women’s Self Portraits by Jennifer Higgle
Art Lovers Book Club: Blue Arabesque: A Search for the Sublime by Patricia Hampl
Art Lovers Book Club: Back to Japan: The Life and Art of Master Kimono Painter Kunihiko Moriguchi by Marc Petitjean
Art Lovers Book Club: The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France by James McAuley
Mini-Camp Workshops at the CRMA
Noisy Mini-Camp Workshops at the CRMA
Messy Mini-Camp Workshops at the CRMA
Messy Mini-Camp Workshops at the CRMA
Stinky Mini-Camp Workshops at the CRMA
Stinky Mini-Camp Workshops at the CRMA
Üglî Mini-Camp Workshops at the CRMA
Üglî Art Mini-Camp Workshop at the CRMA
Mini-Camps for Mini-Artists
Mini-Camps for Mini-Artists
Mini-Camps for Mini-Artists
Grant Wood in Focus Zoom Lecture: Grant Wood's Impressionist artwork
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Color Lights the Path
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: The Freedom of Flow State
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Exploring "Üglî"
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: An Artistic Union
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Embracing The Light
Art Bites: Eve Drewelowe: Painting Her Way
Art Bites: Tomas and Charlie Lasansky: An Artistic Union
Closing reception for Freedom's Daughters
Zoom Doodlebugs: Amanda's Anthem
Zoom Doodlebugs: Frida’s {Many} Faces
Zoom Doodlebugs: Poe's Crow
Art Bites: Carl Van Vechten Man About Town
Eve Drewlowe: Painting Her Way Opens
Carl Van Vechten closes
Free Summer begins
Free Summer Ends
Art Bites, Behind the Scenes: New Acquisitions at the CRMA
Art Bites, Exhibition spotlight: Mauricio Lasansky at the CRMA
Tomás and Charlie Lasansky: An Artistic Union exhibition reception
Tomás and Charlie Lasansky: An Artistic Union opens
ARTISTRY IN THE 1920’s: Marvin Cone, Jazz and the Symphon
Grant Wood in Focus Zoom Lecture, “The Big Reveal”
Opening Reception
Grown-Ups Summer Camp Night
Art Bites: Abstract Ideas: Abstract Art from the Collection
Art Bites: Dreamscape: Surrealism from the Collection
Art Bites: The Collector’s Eye: The Collection of Thomas C. Jackson and Joanne Stevens
Art Bites: Byron Burford: Ringmaster
Family Fun Days, September 1-4
Family Fun Days, September 1-4
Family Fun Days, September 1-4
Family Fun Dayy, September 1-4
Tomas and Charlie Lasansky: An Aristic Union Closes
Free Third Thursday
Doodlebugs: With My Bear Hands at the Marion Public Library
Doodlebugs: With My Bear Hands at the North Liberty Library
Doodlebugs: With My Bear Hands at the Hiawatha Public Library
Doodlebugs at Home: With My Bear Hands via Zoom
Doodlebugs: Doodlebugs in Space!
Doodlebugs: Doodlebugs in Space! at the North Liberty Public Library
Doodlebugs: Doodlebugs in Space! at the Hiawatha Public Library
Doodlebugs at Home: Doodlebugs in Space! via Zoom
Doodlebugs: Piece of Cake! at the Marion Public Library
Family Fun Days at the CRMA
One NIght Stand via Zoom with Executive Director Sean Ulmer
Special Guided Tour: Surrealism
The Collector’s Eye: The Collection of Thomas C Jackson and Joanne Stevens opens
Special Guided Tour: Printmaking
Abstract Ideas: Abstract Art from the Collection Closes
Behind the Scenes Tour with Tom Jackson and Joanne Stevens
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio
Special Guided Tour: Surrealism
Chunghi Choo: The Master at Work Opens
One Night Stand with Executive Director Sean Ulmer via Zoom
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio
Doodlebugs: Piece of Cake at the North Liberty Community Library
Artists Market: It's All About the Art
Special Guided Tour: Surrealism
Doodlebugs: Piece of Cake! at the Hiawatha Public Library
Art Lovers Book Club
Free Third Thursday
One Night Stand: Kara Walker's Occupation of Atlanta with Curator Kate Kunau via Zoom
Behind the Scenes Tour with Tom Jackson and Joanne Stevens
Doodlebugs at Home via Zoom: Piece of Cake!
Dooglebugs: Ballerinas’ Balance
ONE NIGHT STAND WITH THE CRMA with Curator Kate Kunau via Zoom
ONE NIGHT STAND WITH THE CRMA with Executive Director Sean Ulmer via Zoom
dreamscape:Surrealism from the Collection opens
Doodlebugs: Art from Scratch at the Marion Public Library
Doodlebugs: Art From Scratch at the North Liberty Community Library
Doodlebugs at Home: Art From Scratch
Doodlebugs: Art from Scratch at the Hiawatha Public Library
Reception for Chunghi Choo: Master at Work and Byron Burford: Ringmaster
Free Third Thursday
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Signs, Symbols, and Surrealism
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Putting a Bow on 2022
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: A Vision for the New
Thanksgiving Museum Closed
Special Guided Tour: Printmaking
Grant Wood in Focus via Zoom with Curator Kate Kunau
Christmas Day Museum Closed
New Year's Day Museum Closed
Art Bites: Chunghi Choo: The Master at Work ,
Free Third Thursday
Thanksgiving Museum Closed
Zoom Doodlebugs: Piece of Cake
Reception for Chunghi Choo and Byron Burford
Art Lovers Book Club: Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty by Phoebe Hoban
Art Lovers Book Club: My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, Free
Art Lovers Book Club Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven by Ross King, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life by Laurie Lisle, Free
Art Bites: Through the Lens: Photography After 1950, Free
Art Bites: Built This Way: Architecture in Art, Free
Art Bites: Mauricio Lasansky: A New Installation
Art Bites: Surprise! with Executive Director Sean Ulmer, Free
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Center Of Gravity
Art Bites: Work & Society in the 1930s, Free
ONE NIGHT STAND WITH THE CRMA
PJ Storytime:Pajama Party at Grant Wood’s House!, Free
PJ Storytime: Artsy Architecture
PJ Storytime: Rainbow Magic, Free
PJ Storytime: Under the Big Top, Free
PJ Storytime: It's a Bust, Free
PJ Storytime: May the 4th Be With You, Free
PJ Storytime: Mystery at the Museum, Free
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: What Moves The Heart
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Ringmaster
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: The Call Of The New, Childlike Wonder
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Center Of Gravity
Art Lovers Book Club: April: Peacock & Vine: On William Morris and Mariano Fortuny by A.S. Byatt, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: Matisse on Art by Jack Flam, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York by Alexander Nemerov, Free
One NIght Stand with the CRMA
One Night Stand via Zoom, Free
One Night Stand via Zoom, Free
One NIght Stand via Zoom, Free
Presentation and book signing by Thomas C. Jackson and Fritz McDonald
100 Things to do in Cedar Rapids Before You Die by Katie MIlls Giorgio book signing
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Bookish Art
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: Bookish Art
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Bookish Art
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Building Bridges
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Building Bridges
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: To Be Frank
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: To Be Frank
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: To Be Frank
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: The Houses That Jack Built
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: The Houses That Jack Built
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: The Houses That Jack Built, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: Building Bridges
CRMA Gala
Free Third Thursday
Family Fun Day: Building Possibilities
CRMA Summer Camp
CRMA Summer Camp
CRMA Summer Camp: Building Possibilities
CRMA Summer Camp
CRMA Summer Camp
FFD has been rescheduled to Sunday, March 19
Free Family Fun Day!
Adult Craft Night: Mixed Media Mantras at the Hiawatha Public Library
Free Summer Admission Begins!
Free Third Thursday from 5:00 PM-8:00 PM
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Big Top Band
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: Big Top Band
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Big Top Band
Artist Talk with Dr. Maggie Connolly
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Clownin' Around
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: Clownin' Around
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Clownin’ Around
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Scrap-eze Artists
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: Scrap-eze Artists
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Pubic Library: Scrap-eze Artists
Grant Wood in Focus:
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Scrap-eze Artists
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library:Scrap-eze Artists
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Line Tamers
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Then & Now
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: The Lightness Of Liberation
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Ringmaster
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Radiant Recharge
One Night Stand with the CRMA
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: Line Tamers
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Line Tamers
Art Bites, Free
Art Bites, Free
Art Bites, Free
Free Third Thursday
Free Third Thursday
Free Third Thursday
Artist Talk with Suanne Huffman: Discarded Books
Mixed Media Marvels Workshop
Mixed Media Marvels Workshops for Kids
Mixed Media Marvels Workshops for Kids
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Then & Now
Mixed Media Mantras Workshop at the Hiawatha Public Library
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Clownin’ Around
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community LIbrary: Clownin’ Around
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Clownin’ Around
Art Lovers Book Club: The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland, Free
Exhibition Reception
Art Bites: Tour of Work and Society in the 1930s by the Collectors
Art Lovers Book Club: Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York by Alexander Nemerov
Feed Iowa First and Harrison Elementary Art Display
Grant Wood in Focus
Teens Mixed Media Portraits at the Ely Public Library
One NIght Stand via Zoom, Free
One NIght Stand via Zoom, Free
Art and the Environment Lecture
Red Thread Covid Commeration Quilt on display
Banksy: You Are An Acceptable Level of Threat by Patrick Potter
The King’s Painter: The Life of Hans Holbein by Fanny Moyle
One NIght Stand via Zoom, Free
Free Third Thursday
Art Lovers Book Club: Famous Works of Art and How They Got That Way by John Nici and David Geronimus
Art Lovers Book Club: Mistress of Elgin Marbles: A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin by Susan Nagel, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: The Personal Librarian by Heather Terrell and Victoria Christopher Murray
Museum Closed
Artist Market
Art Lovers Book Club: Charels M. Russell: The Life and Legend of America's Cowboy Artist by John Taliaferro, Free
Teens Tattoo Design Shop @Marion Public Library
CRMA Members Only Event Riveted with Grant Wood's Overalls
Free Family Fun Day: Ringmaster
Circus Day at the CRMA, Free
Food Insecurity in Art Lecture
ONE NIGHT STAND WITH THE CRMA
Artist Talk with Lianne Westcot
Lecture: The Art of Labor: Selections from the Shogren-Meyer Collection, Free
Art Bites Adam Rake: World Lines
Art Bites: "Surprise!"
Art Bites: Power and Impact
Art Bites: Roy G. Biv
SURPRISE! It’s Free Family Fun Day at the CRMA
Surprise! Mixed Media Workshop (Adults),Hiawatha Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library, Surprise!, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library, Surprise!, Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library, Surprise!, Free
Mystery Party at the CRMA, Free
One NIght Stand via Zoom, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library, "Eek," Free
Reception for the African American Museum of Iowa's exhibition "Power and Impact," Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library, "Eek!," Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library, "Eek!, " Free
Art Bites with Curator Julia Jessen, "Surprise!," Free
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Radiant Recharge
One Night Stand with Executive Director Sean Ulmer via Zoom, Free
Free Third Thursday on Third
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library, "Oops!," Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library, "Oops!," Free
Doodlebug at the North Liberty Community Library, "Oops!," Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library, "Oops!," Free
One Night Stand with Curator Julia Jessen via Zoom, Free
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Grace, Gratitude & Gifts
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library, "Aha!," Free
Grant Wood in Focus via Zoom, Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library, "Aha!, " Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library, "Aha!," Free
Free Third Thursday on Third
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Winter’s Enchantment
One NIght Stand with Executive Director Sean Ulmer via Zoom, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library, Surprise!, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library, "Eek," Free
Doodlebug at the North Liberty Community Library, "Oops!," Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library, "Aha!," Free
Reception for New Fall Exhibitions, Free
Free Thursday Evenings at the CRMA
Special Gallery Tour with artist Adam Rake, free
Gala 2024!
Artist Market 2024
Family Fun Day at the CRMA, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: Space-Scapes, Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Space-Scapes, Free
Doodlebugs at Hiawatha Public Library: Space-Scapes, Free
Pajama Storytime at the CRMA: What Do You See?, Free
Happy New Year! Museum is Closed
Museum and Grant Wood Studio Closed
Grant Wood Studio Open today and then Closes for the Season
Landscape Hike at Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Center, Free
Pajama Storytime at the CRMA: Midnight Snack, Free
Grant Wood & Hollywood, Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Sky-Scapes, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Libery Community Library: Sky-Scapes, Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Sky-Scapes, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library, Sea-Scapes, Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library Sea-Scapes, Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library, Sea-Scapes, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny by Ann Marks, Free
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: The Artful Soul
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: Sky-Scapes, Free
Exhibition Reception, Free
Pajama Storytime at the CRMA: Starry Stories, Free
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Emerging & Embracing
Art Lovers Book Club: Rogue’s Gallery: The Rise (and Occasional Fall) of Art Dealers, the Hidden Players in the History of Art by Philip Hook, Free
Pajama Storytime: Tree-Mendous Art, Free
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Ground & Release
Art Lovers Book Club: Magritte: A Life by Alex Danchev, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: Land-Scapes, Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Libary: Land-Scapes, Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Land-Scapes, Free
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Where The Wild Things Are, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: Last Light, How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of Triumph by Richard Lacayo, Free
Pajama Storytime: Bookish Art
Black genealogical research with genealogist Ricki King and artist Jill Wells
Museum Store Trunk Show
Art Bites: Ravenous Food in Art
Art Bites: Land/Scape, Part 1
Art Bites: Land/Scape, Part 2
Art Bites, The Vessel: Form and Function
Glass Succulent Plant Stake & Painted Clay Planter
Color Magic:CRMA Summer Camp 2024
One Night Stand with the CRMA: Kristin Capp’s photograph, Carol with Cabbages (Lamona Colony, Washington)
Art Journal Jam
Art Chat with Artist Thomas Agran via Zoom, Free
Museum Closed
Grant Wood Studio Opens for the Season, Free
Grant Wood Studio Opens for the Season, Free
Art Chat with Curator Julia Jessen and artist Judy Bales via Zoom
Free Summer Admission Begins!
Grant Wood in Focus with Curator Julia Jessen: Grant Wood's Depecitions of Women via Zoom, Free
One Night Stand with the CRMA via Zoom: "Silver Spring" by Emmi Whitehorse
ReLeaf Cedar Rapids Plan with Trees Forever, Free
Art Chat with Curator Julia Jessen and artist Jeremy Chen
Artlovers Book Club: Winslow Homer: American Passage, Free
Color Magic: Pre-Camp
Color Magic: Pre-Camp
Color Magic: Pre-Camp
Color Magic: Pre-Camp
Free Summer Ends
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Art Journal Jam with artist Dori Patrick
Mixed Media Mantras for Teens and Adults at the Hiawatha Public Library
One Night Stant with the CRMA
Art Journal Jam with artist Dori Patrick
Doodlebugs: Opposite Day at the North Liberty Community Library
Doodlebugs: Opposite Day at the Marion Public Library
Doodlebugs: Opposite Day at the Hiawatha Public Library
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: The Small And The Large Of It
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Doodlebugs: Hidden Colors at the North Liberty Community Library
Doodlebugs: Hidden Colors at the Marion Public Library
Doodlebugs: Hidden Colors at Hiawatha Public Library
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Freedom To Play
Art Lovers Book Club: Indigo: In Search of the Color that Seduced the World by Catherine McKinley
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Doodlebugs: Black-Out at the North Liberty Community Library
Doodlebugs: Black-Out at Marion Public Library
Doodlebugs: Black-Out at the Hiawatha Public Library
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Summer Adventure
Opposite Day: Family Fun Day at the CRMA, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: Shifting Gears, Getting Centered
Art Lovers Book Club: Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America by Hugh Eakin
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Art Bites: Tiny Wonders: Small-Scale Works from the Collection, Free
Come In, Cool Off, and Color
Come In, Cool Off, and Color
One Night Stand with the CRMA via Zoom, Free
Tiny Art Workshop for Adults at the Downtown Library, Beems Auditorium B, Free
Tiny Art Workshop at the Marion Public Library, Free
Tiny Art Workshop for Kids at the Downtown Library, Children's Program Room, Free
Tiny Art Workshop for Teens at the Downtown Library, Union, Free
Tiny Art Workshop for All Ages at the Downtown Library. Ladd Library, Free
This Workshop is Good on Paper
Towering Tribute
Come in Cool Off and Color, Free
One Night Stand with the CRMA Yinka Shonibare's Dollhouse via Zoom, Free
Museum Closed. Happy Fourth of July
Art Bites: Thinking Big: Large-Scale Works from the Collection, Free
Art Bites: Tiny Wonders: Small-Scale Works from the Collection, Free
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Art Chat with Jennifer Lynn Bates
Grant Wood in Focus with Executive Director Sean Ulmer via Zoom, Free
One Night Stand via Zoom, Ulfert Wilke’s The Fourteenth of July, 1980, Free
Art Bites: meet at the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation's 75th anniversary block party, Free
One Night Stand with the CRMA via Zoom, Jacques Callot’s Varie Figure Gobbi (Various Grotesque Figures, Free
Doodlebugs: Howdy, Ombré st the North Liberty Community Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Howdy, Ombré at the Marion Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Howdy, Ombré at the Hiawatha Public Library, Free
Art Bites: Reinstalled Beyond the Praire Midwestern Art from the Collection, Free
One Night Stand with the CRMA via Zoom a new work from Beyond the Prairie, Free
Grant Wood in Focus via Zoom, Free
Free Thursday Evening
Free Summer Admission!
Reception for Tiny Wonders and Big
Free Summer Admission at the CRMA
Free Summer Admission at the CRMA!
Living Small at the Grant Wood Studio, Free
Come In, Cool Off, and Color
Come In, Cool Off, and Color
Come In, Cool Off, and Color
Come In, Cool Off, and Color
Come In, Cool Off, and Color
Mixed Media Mantras for Tweens at the Hiawatha Public Library
Art Lovers Book Club: All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Patrick Bringley, Free
Art Lovers Book Club, "Camille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism" by Anka Muhlstein, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England by Elizabeth Cleland, Free
Free Day at the CRMA
What Am I? Family Fun Day at the CRMA, Free
Nope! Gallery Tour for the Abstract-Averse
Nope! Gallery Tour for the Abstract-Averse, Free
Nope! Gallery Tour for the Abstract-Averse, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: Artists Gardens: From Claude Monet to Jennifer Bartlett by Madison Cox, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: The Short Night of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan
In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art by Sue Roe, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: What the Ermine Saw: The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo Da Vinci's Most Mysterious Portrait by Eden Collinsworth, Free
Nope! Gallery Tour for the Abstract-Averse, 6:00 PM, Free
Living Small At the Grant Wood Studio—810 2nd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: Not a Rectangle, Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: "Not a Rectangle," Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library, “Not a Rectangle,” Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library, “Frankenthaler’s Monsters,” Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Public Library, “Frankenthaler’s Monsters,” Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library, “Frankenthaler’s Monsters,” Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library, “Spot the Artist, “ Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library, “Spot the Artist, “ Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library, “Spot the Artist,“ Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library, “Art is in the Air,” Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library, “Art is in the Air, “ Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library, “Art is in the Air,” Free
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: "Shifting Gears, Getting Centered"
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: “Autumnal Trek”
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: “The Giving Circle”
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: “Twilight and Twinkle Lights”
Guided Meditation at the Grant Wood Studio: “The Vessel: Form and Function”
Art Bites: “A More Perfect Union,” Free
Art Bites: “Inspired by Cedar Rapids: 175 years of Art,” Free
Art Bites: “Beyond the Object: Women Working in Abstraction” Free
Art Bites: Newly installed Lasansky Galleries, Free
One Night Stand with the CRMA via Zoom, Free
One Night Stand via Zoom, Free
One Night Stand via Zoom, Free
One Night Stand via Zoom, Free
Museum Closed for the Holiday
Grant Wood Studio Closes for the Season
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Grant Wood in Focus via Zoom
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Museum Closed for Thanksgiving
Museum Closed for Thanksgiving
Let’s Get Abstract at the Hiawatha Public Library, Free
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Museum Closed for the Holiday
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library
Let's Get Abstract: Holiday Edition
Kids-in-Charge Day
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Lets Get Abstract Workshop at the Marion Public Library
Art Journal Jam with artist Dori Patrick
One Night Stand via Zoom
Art Bites: John Schwartzkopf, Woodworker
Art Bites: All Dressed Up (And Down): Depictions of Clothing in the Collection
Art Bites: Lee Bontecou
Art Bites: Mata Ortiz Exhibition
One Night Stand via Zoom, Free
One Night Stand via Zoom, Free
One Night Stand via Zoom, Free
All Dressed Up: Family Fun Day at the CRMA!
Doodlebugs: My Mom is a Spider at the North Liberty Community Library, Free
Doodlebugs: My Mom is a Spider at the Marion Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs: My Mom is a Spider at the Hiawatha Library, Free
Doodlebugs: That’s “Sew” Sonia at the North Liberty Community Library, Free
Doodlebugs: That’s “Sew” Sonia at the Marion Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs: That’s “Sew” Sonia at the Hiawatha Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Abstract Party! at the North Liberty Community Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Abstract Party! at the Marion Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Abstract Party! at the Hiawatha Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Mary’s Magic Kingdom at the North Liberty Community Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Mary’s Magic Kingdom at the Marion Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Mary’s Magic Kingdom at the Hiawatha Public Library, Free
Nope! Gallery Tour for the Abstract-Averse
Nope! Gallery Tour for the Abstract-Averse
Nope! Gallery Tour for the Abstract-Averse
Nope! Gallery Tour for the Abstract-Averse
This Workshop is Good on Paper
The Vessel: Form and Function Tour with Julia Jessen and Ellen Kleckner
Grant Wood in Focus via Zoom
Grant Wood in Focus via Zoom
Grant Wood in Focus via Zoom
Free Thursday Evening
Free Thursday Evening
Presentation and author talk: Grant Wood’s Memorial Masterpiece by Barbara Feller
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Museum Store Trunk Show
CRMA Summer Camp 2025: Abstract Art
Exhibition Reception Open to the Public, Free
One Night Stand via Zoom, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: The Pursuit of Art: Travels, Encounters and Revelations by Martin Gayford
Art Lovers Book Club: A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner by Natalie Dykstra, Free
Free Admission to the CRMA all Day
ART IN MOTION FASHION SHOW
Concurrent: Stories of Fashion, Art and Technology via Zoom
Trevor Monnier in the gallery playing classical guitar
Grant Wood in Focus
Retirement for Deanna
Soaring—A Language for Movement, Free
Doodlebugs, You’re Making Me Dizzy! at the North Liberty Library, Free
Museum and Grant Wood studio Closed
You’re Making Me Dizzy! at the Marion Public Library, Free
You’re Making Me Dizzy! at the Hiawatha Public Library, Free
Art Bites: All that Jazz: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten and George T. Henrywith, Free
Art Bites: Strokes of Genius: American Impressionism and its Legacy, Free
Art Bites: Newly Reinstalled Beyond the Prairie: Midwestern Art from the Collection, Free
Art Bites: Tour of Strokes of Genius: American Impressionism and its Legacy, Free
One Night Stand: 120th Anniversary of the Carnegie Library via Zoom, Free
One Night Stand: Grant Wood's Appraisal, 1931 via Zoom, Free
One Night Stand: Carl Van Vechten All that Jazz via Zoom, Free
One Night Stand via Zoom: Grant Wood's Misty Day, Free
One Night Stand via Zoom: Marvin Cone's Artwork, Free
Grant Wood in Focus via Zoom: The Fruits of Iowa, 1932
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Library: Flowers and Bones, Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Flowers and Bones, Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Flowers and Bones, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Library: Aha! It’s Zaha!, Free
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Aha! It’s Zaha!, Free
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Aha! It's Zaha!, Free
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Library: Imagine a Place, Free
Doodlebugs at Marion Public Library: Imagine a Place, Free
Doodlebugs at Hiawatha Public Library: Imagine a Place, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: Eating Eternity: Food, Art and Literature in France by John Baxter, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art by Nancy Princenthal, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See by Bianca Bosker, Free
Name That Style! Family Fun Day at the CRMA, Free
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Gala 2025
Art Chat with Mata Ortiz artist Hector Gallegos Martinez
Free Summer Admission from July 1-August 31
Free Summer Admission Begins! July 1-August 31
Art Lovers Book Club: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See by Bianca Bosker, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art, Free
Art Lovers Book Club: Grant Wood’s Memorial Masterpiece, Free
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Art Journal Jam with Artist Dori Patrick
Doodlebugs: Artsy Builders
Doodlebugs: Artsy Builders at the Marion Public Library
Doodlebugs: Artsy Builders at the Hiawatha Public Library
Artsy Medics at the North Liberty Library
Doodlebugs : Artsy Medics at the Hiawatha Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Artsy Medics at the Marion Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Artsy Officers at the North Liberty Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Artsy Officers at the Marion Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Artsy Officers at the Hiawatha Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Artsy Firefighters at the North Liberty Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Artsy Firefighters at the Hiawatha Public Library, Free
Doodlebugs: Artsy Firefighters at the Marion Public Library, Free
Caution—Artists at work!, Free
Telling Stories through Art, Free
Tiny Art Workshops—Unconventional Materials, Free
Tiny Art Workshops—Unconventional Materials, at the CRMA, Free
Tiny Art Show & Workshop at the Hiawatha Public Library, Free
Tiny Art Show & Workshop at the Cedar Rapids Public Library, All Ages, Free
Tiny Art Show & Workshop at the Hiawatha Public Library, Adults, Free
Tiny Art Show & Workshop at the Hiawatha Public Library, All Ages, Free
Tiny Art Show & Workshop at the Cedar Rapids Public Library for Kids, Free
Caution—Artists at work! Free!
This Workshop is Good on Paper, Holiday Edition
This Workshop is Good on Paper, Holiday Edition
One Night Stand with the CRMA, Free
One Night Stand with the CRMA via Zoom, Free
One Night Stand via Zoom, Free
Grant Wood in Focus via Zoom: Grant Wood in Germany with Executive Director Sean Ulmer, Free
Art Bites: Powerful Kathe Kollwitz
Art Bites: Men and Women at Work, Free
Art Bites: Barn Storm: Picturing a Midwestern Icon, Free
Art Bites: Barn Storm: Picturing a Midwestern Icon, Free
Art Bites: Men and Women at Work pt. 2 with Sean (also looking at pieces in other galleries)
One Night Stand
Grant Wood in Focus via Zoom: Grant Wood in Germany
One Night Stand via Zoom, Free
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Exhibition Reception
Oct 2, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Please join us for an exhibition reception.