Pop art was the theme for the Dubuque Museum of Art's First Fridays event on Friday where the new exhibition, "Shiny, Sticky, Smooth: Pop Art and The Senses", is currently on display. Allison Wong of KCRG-TV9 covered the event.
"We encourage people to do a gallery hop, where they can go to the Gallery C, Studio Works or the library, whoever might be featuring art for that month or that season," explained Dubuque Art Museum Marketing and Events Manager Katherine Schroeder.
The exhibition pieces come from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, and feature art from several renown Pop Art artists, including Andy Warhol.
Ellen Dettmer says she loves to attend the First Fridays events.
"I think that these First Friday events are just really great for the Dubuque community. It's a chance for people to come on out and get a chance to explore some different areas that they might not have seen before."
The Museum partnered with Capri College to bring the exhibit to life. Models wore pop art-inspired makeup and outfits and walked around the exhibit to interact with patrons.
Capri graduate Colleen Hoffmann enjoyed being in the exhibit, as well as viewing the art pieces.
She said, “They’re beautiful. They’re like so different and stuff I haven’t actually seen before which is really nice because when you look up pop art you see Andy Warhol all the time and this was not just Andy Warhol."
The "Shiny, Sticky, Smooth: Pop Art for the Senses" exhibit will be at the Dubuque Museum of Art until May 14.