Bellevue Iowa ARTS Council

10/20/2026

It’s never too late to become a Bellevue Iowa ARTS Council member! There are so many reasons to join !

10/15/2026

BAC member, Joan Gaspar Hart, will have her whimsical pottery in this weekend event! We hope you’ll be able to visit her while on this wonderful tour of regional ceramic artists and their studios.

10/15/2026

We hope you stop in and visit the 🎃Halloween Art Competition during the monthlong Maquoketa Halloween Spooktacular .
It’s an 👁️ eye popping display atMaquoketa Brewing . Be sure vote for your favorite artwork. Maybe one of our BAC artists will win a 💵 cash prize!
BAC member, Patricia Shahrivar, deserves our accolades for her vital role in making this Maquoketa community Halloween event a reality.
Congrats, Patricia, for putting together a fabulous lineup of family fun and supporting the arts with opportunities to exhibit.

A whole day of celebrating Halloween!For those of you who have been waiting for more details about the parade here it is!

The parade parking will be at the baseball field on Main Street, line-up will begin at 9:00 to 9:30 ish -
The Parade will start at 10:00
The lineup is on Gross Street turns right on Aliza Street to Quarry and then left on to Quarry and straight down to the fairgrounds and into Pearson Hall. We welcome political, business, and just creative floats and people of all ages, sizes, to join in wearing their costumes. The Witches will lead with their dance and walk will others to follow!
The FREE- Monster Makers Fair and Witches Walk will begin immediately upon arrival. From approximately 10:00 am until 4:00 or whenever it dies down. Please be advised that all of our committee members will be participating in the parade!
Adults please Don’t forget about our Masquerade Ball at the Eagles Club from 7:00 pm until midnight
Begins with H’orders
Dinner provided by the Eagles Club
Comic Magician: Tricky Allen
Music provided by Ken Yellavel LeValley & Jmigo
dreams band pallid.fallow .viper
Karaoke by
Costume contest
Dance contest
Singing contest
Master of ceremonies Brett Massey
Announcement of winners
Table Games
Photo opportunities
Coverage of the Ball photography by non other than our commitee member Natalie Petersen Photography
And more!

We hope you will join us!🦇 we are dying to see you there!💀🖤🧡💀

10/15/2026

Gravert’s is having a Halloween party this year at the orchard and thought it would be cool to have a spooky poetry reading on their porch for about an hour.
It will be at 1:00 on Sat., Oct. 31 at Gravert's Apple Basket Orchard, 54757 Hwy. 52, Sabula.

Anyone is welcomed to read other's horror poems or something they authored. Eva is going to start it off with the Raven by Edgar Allen Poe.

Please note, there will be lots of kid and families present, so keep it clean.
Thanks to BAC member, Laura Larabee for calling this event to our attention.
If anyone would like to go and needs more information, you can text 3194807699 or send an email to Laura Larabee.

10/04/2026

It was a wonderful day ! FISHTIVAL 2026 was a real keeper! Here are few photos we caught.

There are so many people who worked behind the scenes to make this event a reality…
we deeply appreciate you. You know who you are.

Thank you to all the artisan vendors for sharing your creations during our 25th annual street fair. Your displays looked wonderful !
We all certainly enjoyed the beautiful Mississippi River as a backdrop for the day’s events and the weather could not have been more lovely.

It gives us great satisfaction to connect artists with people who appreciate it, and Beautiful Bellevue, we are grateful for all the support you show them and us.

10/03/2026

We would like to thank all of our talented BAC members who shared their wonderful art in our “UNDER $100” Pop-up Art Show.
It all looked so awesome, and many of the visitors to the gallery thought so ,too -
a lot of your creations went home with them today! Yay & Congrats!!
We really appreciate the tremendous support the Fishtival and Riverfestival goers showed our artists by coming down to the Great River Gallery today and by buying their art.

10/03/2026

Congrats to BAC members, Forrest Grey and Peggy Jo Brekke for a hand well played in the Dubuque Area Arts Collective’s “Luck of the Draw” Art show.

10/03/2026

We’re absolutely thrilled to be able to collaborate with the Chamber of Commerce and appreciate them for making our 25th Annual Fishval extra special this years by providing Beautiful Bellevue with a day filled with fabulous family fun in addition to our awesome area art.

RIVERFEST is HERE in less then 24 hrs!

Join us on Riverview and Court Street from 1-7pm for an afternoon of family fun. Come enjoy 🎨Art, 🎵Music, 🍦Food, 🍻Beer, and so much More!

Don't forget the kiddos with our afternoon filled with various kids activities: (Schedule posted tomorrow @ 9:00 am)

Face painting
Hair Tinsel
Mermaid & Friends Meet and Greet
Sky High Rentals Bounce Castles
Bubbles & Chalk
Cupcake walk
RiverRock decorating competition
Scavenger Hunt
Mega Bubbles
Chalk
And MORE

10/01/2026

Be sure to check out the displays of BAC members, Barb Grimm, Brenda Schladetsky, Rich Weinschenk, & Scott Hoag during the FISHTIVAL this weekend!
They are among the 17 wonderful vendors in our 25th Annual Street Fair , held this year in conjunction with the Bellevue, Iowa Area Chamber of Commerce’s fabulous RIVERFEST on Court Street fro 1-7 pm.