Paint the Fair

With a stroke of a brush, you can create a master piece capturing the most iconic elements of the Iowa State Fair.

The Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation offers painting classes throughout the fair to help ensure the future of the fair remains colorful. All proceeds from the painting class are put towards the Iowa State Fair’s Future, the Blue Ribbon Foundation endowment fund.

The class times are daily at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. (No Class on Tuesday, August 15 and the mornings of Sunday, August 13 and Sunday, August 20.) A 6:00 p.m. class is offered on August 12, August 13, August 17, and August 18. You can register online now or up to a ½ hour before the selected class begins. The class will be taught by Missy Pieters, owner and artist at Messy Missy's Painting Studio and Gallery.  Space is limited to 40 painters at each class, so book your time today!

Each class will be held in the Patty and Jim Cownie Cultural Center on the 3rd flood.

To register online, click here! Or call our office at 515-262-3111 ext 371.

Stayed tuned for the canvas calendar to see what master piece you can create. Happy painting!

-Kennedy

(Last year's painters took home a painted portrait of the buttercow!)