Every Dog Has Its Day!

Bring Your Dog to Puppypalooza!  DubuqueFest announces our new Puppypalooza! a dog-centric event for leashed dogs and their person(s) on Saturday, May 17 from 12-3 pm on Main Street. Puppypalooza! features interactive dog-friendly activities and vendors with a focus on your dog’s wellness. Dog owners are encouraged to bring their leashed furry friends and interact […]

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DubuqueFest Panorama on Exhibit at Roshek Building May 16-18

Tim Olson’s DubuqueFest Panorama will be on display at Roshek Building, 700 Locust Street in Dubuque as part ofDubuqueFest Fine Arts Festival May 16-18. The exhibit will feature the 110-foot panorama photo shot at DubuqueFest 2013 as part of a community engagement project. (See project history.) Tim Connery and Kylie Clark’s documentary short film that […]

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Old House Tour Features North End Homes

The 28th Annual Old House Enthusiast Tour will take place during DubuqueFest again this year on Saturday, May 17 & Sunday, May 18 from 10am-5pm. The tour features the Windsor and Linwood Cemetery Neighborhood in Dubuque’s North End. The annual tour encourages Dubuquers and visitors alike to explore Dubuque’s historic treasures and neighborhoods and learn […]

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Rich Rossignol’s Poster Art

Do you love the annual DubuqueFest posters as much as we do? The stunning artwork for this year’s official poster, and the coordinating DubuqueFest brochure cover art were designed by local graphic designer, tattoo artist, clothing designer, and visual artist Rich Rossignol. Rich, who works as the creative director of JMJ Screen Printing in Dubuque, has served […]

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Millennial Encounters

Friday, April 11 | Millennial Encounters | Artist Showcase & Fundraiser Nash Gallery, 371 Bluff Street, will host an opening reception for Millenial Encounters, an emerging artist showcase on Friday, April 11 from 7-10 p.m. This multi-genre exhibit that runs through June 15 features the work of emerging artists from the art departments of Clarke University and […]

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The DubuqueFest Panorama

Proceed to the first panorama -> Jump to a Section: Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Section 9 Last year at DubuqueFest we commissioned artist Tim Olson to create a community interactive art project. Tim created the “World’s Longest Panoramic Photograph of a Three-Day Art […]

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Call for Artists: DEADLINE EXTENDED

DubuqueFest Fine Arts Festival has extended the call for artist applications for the 37th annual juried fine art fair scheduled for May 17 & 18, 2014 in Dubuque, Iowa.  The Art Fair is accepting applications from the following fine art/fine craft mediums: wood, glass, mixed media, fiber, sculpture, textiles, painting, free form cement, metal, copper, […]

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Artist Award Winners 2013

The Dubuque County Fine Arts Society awarded $1000 in cash prizes to three exhibiting artists who exhibited their work in the 2013 DubuqueFest Art Fair held May 17 & 19 in Washington Park in downtown Dubuque, Iowa. The artists were recognized at a reception held on Saturday, May 18 at the Dubuque Museum of Art. […]

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Flame Painted Copper to Shimmer at DubuqueFest

Dan and Frances Hedblom of Copper Elements in Rochester, Minnesota, will bring their flame painted copper wall art to DubuqueFest fine arts fair for the first time this year. Their unique sun-catching metalwork, along with the work of over 60 other artists, will be available for purchase on Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19, in downtown Dubuque’s Washington Park.

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