Upcoming Events

The biennial Iowa Arts Summit features dynamic sessions from leading state and national voices in the arts. Hear from Iowa's most creative minds and learn how they are transforming their...

Iowans are invited to take a healthy step forward by stepping back in time. The 8th annual Iowa State Fair Historical Walking Tour, co-hosted by the Iowa Department of...

Join Sara Egge, the Claude D. Pottinger Professor of History at Centre College, as she discusses some of the landmark scholarship about gender in Iowa's history. We'll examine several topics,...

Deadline August 19, 2022: Are you a professional dancer in dire financial emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its continued impact? You may be eligible for a one-time grant of up to $5...

The Alternating Currents film festival is open to all genres. Music. Film. Comedy. Art. In late August, downtown Davenport will be brimming with energy as over a dozen venues host a wide variety...

Join historian Dr. Anthony J. Miller to explore the lives of the first Chinese immigrants to live in the American Midwest and examine how they founded businesses, formed small communities, won...

USArtists International supports in-person and virtual performances by American artists at engagements at international festivals and global presenting arts marketplaces outside of the United...

Founded in 2007, the Iowa Independent Film Festival brings independent films, unique documentaries, and student productions from local, national, and international filmmakers as well as...

Join Jason Loper and Michael Schreiber as they share the remarkable story of the Delbert and Grace Meier House in Monona, the third building Frank Lloyd Wright designed in Iowa. Loper and...

The regular quarterly meeting of the Iowa Arts Council Board of Directors will be held on September 13, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. noon and is open to the public.

Innovate Grant awards (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (4) honorable mentions (2 in art and 2 in photo), will be featured and recognized...

Join Leo Landis, the state curator for the State Historical Society of Iowa, as he discusses the history of Juneteenth, which has been a state holiday in Iowa since 2002 and became a federal...

Join the State Historical Society and Annals of Iowa editor, Andrew Klumpp, to explore Iowa’s past. Each quarter a book related to a different aspect of Iowa history will be selected and at the...

The regular quarterly meeting of the Iowa Great Places Citizen Advisory Board will be held on September 28, 2022 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and is open to the public.