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PROGRAM
Art Lovers Book Club
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LOCATION: Figge Art Museum

 

Expand your understanding and appreciation of art by joining other art lovers in the Figge Board Room for a lively discussions about artists. This group meets the first Wednesday of the month at 1 p.m. in the Board Room. Each program includes a short introduction and group discussion facilitated by Figge docents. Join the fun! 

Because this program meets around the lunch hour, feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. 

This program is free, and no registration is required, but participants must be Figge members. Learn more about Figge membership at here. For more information about the Art Lovers Book Club, contact the education department at 563.345.6630 or haaronson@figgeartmuseum.org.

All members are welcome! Upcoming sessions are as follows:

  • Wednesday, February 7: Turner by Franny Moyle, led by Mary Lou Kotecki
  • Wednesday, May 1: The Whitney Women and the Museum They Made by Flora Miller Biddle, led by Claudia Scharf
  • Wednesday, June 5: What the Ermine Saw by Eden Collinsworth, led by Bill Gallin
  • Wednesday, July 3: I, Juan De Pareja by Elizabeth Da Trevino, led by Hedy Hustedde
  • Wednesday, August 7:  "The Unknown Masterpiece" by Honore de Balzac, "His Blue Period" by Valerie Martin, "Fialta" by Rebecca Lee, "The Color Master" by Aimee Bender, "I Am Red" (From My Name Is Red) by Orhan Pamuk from Stories of Art and Artists edited by Diana Secker Tesdell, led by Linda Wilkinson
  • Wednesday, September 4: All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley, led by Carol Ehlers
  • Wednesday, October 2: ArtCurious by Jennifer Desal, led by Katie Tritt
  • Wednesday, November 6: Haussmann, or The Distinction by Paul LaFarge, led by Ellen Shapley         



 

 

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LOCATION
FIGGE ART MUSEUM

225 West Second Street
Davenport, Iowa

 

PHONE

Museum | 563.326.7804

Cafe | 563.345.6647

 

MUSEUM HOURS

Monday | Closed

Tuesday - Wednesday | 10am - 5pm

Thursday | 10am - 8pm

Friday - Saturday | 10am - 5pm

Sunday | 12pm - 5pm

*Closing procedures will begin 15 minutes before closing time

 

CAFE HOURS

Monday - Sunday Closed

*The Figge Cafe is closed until further notice

*See calendar for holiday exceptions