The National Center for Midwest Art and Design, known as NCMAD, is based at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa.

The Figge Art Museum presents a symposium on Mercedes Matter (1913-2001), Abstract Expressionist artist and founder of the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, from 2-4 pm Saturday, October 2.

An intra-state alliance will soon bring the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s (UIMA) collection back to Iowa.

The Figge Art Museum, Iowa’s oldest art museum, has offered the UIMA significant space for display and st...