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​VISITING ARTIST SERIES

MAKING QUALITY PERFORMANCE
​ART ACCESSIBLE TO ALL

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The Visiting Artist series makes the Performing arts accessible by bringing the program directly to schools. providing ACCESS to see Live performances that would otherwise be out of reach. 

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Winner of the 1999 William Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence awarded by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. For over 45 years, this nationally recognized performing arts residency program has brought distinguished artists and ensembles to Scott, Clinton, and Muscatine counties in Iowa, and Henry, Mercer, and Rock Island counties in Illinois. 
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About The VISITING ARTIST SERIES 

Since 1974, the Visiting Artist Series has engaged Quad City residents of all ages in quality arts experiences with professional performing artists. Accomplished and engaging artists of various disciplines present demonstrations, workshops, and master classes at preK sites, elementary, intermediate, and high schools as well as college campuses and community organizations.

The 2020-2021 roster includes groups like a hip-hop ballet company of Black professional dancers, a bilingual Mexican folk/rock band, and an East Coast theatre rep company, all arts experiences that students would otherwise not have access to.

The Visiting Artist Series makes it possible for students to see live professional performances right in their school building or classroom and for teachers to use these artists, a world-class educational resource, for a nominal fee.

​This is how we enrich the quality of life in the Quad Cities region through the performing arts.
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The Visiting Artist Series Educational Resources website offers exclusive content from professional artists and ensembles, including brief demonstration videos, study guides, workshop-style videos, and more. This platform continues to give students access to high-quality arts programming with added flexibility. The entire season of artists in residence is available, from musicians to actors, dancers to storytellers. Teachers, students, and parents can access performing artists' resources on any device connected to the internet, anytime, anywhere. 

​​Access is FREE and available to teachers and educators looking for quality performance arts materials and content that will make lesson plans fun, unique, and educational.
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FUNDING Partners

Significant support for the Visiting Artist Series is provided by: Scott County Regional Authority, National Endowment for the Arts, Bechtel Charitable Trust, Regional Development Authority, Iowa Arts Council, Arts Midwest Touring Fund, U.S. Bank Foundation, Rock Island Community Foundation, Doris & Victor Day Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine, Melvin McKay Trust, Mary Iva Gittens Knouse Trust, Rauch Family Foundation I, Bettendorf Rotary, Moline Rotary and Kiwanis Club of Davenport
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Questions? Contact us!

Questions about using our Educational Resources for students? Interested in learning more about our traditional Visiting Artist Series residency activities? Contact us. We welcome your ideas and suggestions for artists and collaborations.  ​
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margot g. day

Performing Arts Director
309.793.1213 ext. 106
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Along with our Educational Resources, artists in residence are featured online for brief spotlight performances through our Performing Arts Signature Series. To purchase tickets or learn more, visit our PASS page.
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Quad City Arts is dedicated to enriching the quality of life in the Quad City region through the arts. The organization’s dual role of presenting the arts and humanities, as well as serving as an arts resource, allows us to serve more than 350,000 people annually in the Arts Center in Rock Island and at over 200 rural and urban community sites.​

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  • About
  • Programs
    • Visiting Artist Series
    • Public Sculpture Program
    • Metro Arts Youth Apprenticeship Program
    • Arts Dollars Grant Program
    • Visual Art Opportunities & Calls for Entry
    • Artworks Expo High School Pastel Mural Competition
    • High School Art Invitational
  • Events
    • Festival of Trees
    • Chalk Art Fest
    • Run for the Roses Derby Party
    • Riverssance Festival of Fine Art
    • Performing Arts Signature Series (PASS)
  • Galleries
    • Rock Island Gallery
    • Airport Gallery
    • Second Avenue Window
    • Past Exhibits
  • Blog
  • Support & Donate