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FINE ARTS

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FACE Art Center

The Fine Arts and Cultural Events of Mahaska County’ s art center is an art gallery that has studio space and classes for all ages in pottery, screen printing and other art styles. The center is also a venue for performances. The Oskaloosa Art Center is located in The Alley at 115 First Ave. W. in Oskaloosa.

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Fairfield First Fridays

As the name suggests, art and community events are held through Fairfield the first Friday of each month. The organization aims to celebrate creativity, culture and community with its events, including bringing diverse groups
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101 Things To Do 2025 together to express their creativity and passion for the arts. What began in 2002 morphed into Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk and was recently changed to Fairfield First Fridays to focus more on community events. For more information, visit fairfieldfirstfridays. org.

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George Daily Auditorium

The George Daily Auditorium has been a fixture in Oskaloosa since 1997. As the community’ s goto hub for premiere performing arts events and education, the George Daily presents a variety of performances, from international tours to local, student-led productions. This summer the auditorium will celebrate its 25th anniversary with Kim Selody’ s stage production of J. R. R. Tolkien’ s The Hobbit, directed by Andy and Allison Mc- Guire. The show will run Aug. 1-4.