Monday, October 27, 2014 - Tim Schiffer, Figge Art Museum

Rotarian and Figge Art Museum Executive Director, Tim Schiffer, will be the guest speaker at the Monday, October 27 membership meeting.  Tim will be presenting on the exhibition “Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum,” which will open at the Figge on November 15 on its first stop outside New York City on a national tour. The works in the exhibition range from paintings to quilts to woodcarvings, furniture and weathervanes that were made from the 18th century to the 21st. The exhibit explores the idea of the “self-taught” as a uniquely American trait.

Tim Schiffer is the Executive Director of the Figge Art Museum. Prior to coming to the Quad Cities in 2012, he was Executive Director of the Museum of Ventura County in Southern California. He holds