Calling All Local Artists

Art @ your library® - - Call for Art

Calling all local artists! Celebrate at our mini-grand opening of the newly renovated second floor Rotunda area of the Library with your art on exhibit! The popular Carnegie-Stout Public Library’s Art @ your library® event is scheduled for November 20, 2009, just in time for holiday shopping.

If you are interested in submitting your work, artwork submission forms are available online. Each artist may submit up to three pieces of 2D or wall hanging works of art by October 15, 2009. The maximum allowed size is 2’ x 3’ and may represent a theme of your choice. Submissions can be sent via email (scanned or jpeg images not to exceed 2MB) to shenricks@dubuque.lib.ia.us or be delivered on a CD. The Library’s Art Subcommittee will review all submissions and notify artists during the week of October 26th.

For more information call the Library at 589-4225 option 7.

On this day in Iowa

September 24, 1906

The number of automobiles in the state tops 100 and newspaper editors declare that Iowa has gone "car mad."

From Deep Roots: Iowa Heritage Calendar 1976 by Beth Ann Conklin.

On this day in Iowa

September 16, 1874

Iowa boasts the highest number of Granges in the nation at 1,999. The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry or simply, "the Grange," is an fraternal organization for farmers and their families. Founded in 1867, the Grange is the oldest surviving agricultural organization in America.

From Deep Roots: Iowa Heritage Calendar 1976 by Beth Ann Conklin.