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Apr 29, 2026

Congrats to PTK Spring 2026 Photo Contest winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Phi Theta Kappa Spring 2026 Photo Contest!

Photo of Daisy Blunt playing the bass with her band
Mar 2, 2026

Rocking Education with Rheumatoid Arthritis – Daisy Blunt

Learn about fine arts student, Daisy Blunt, and how she manages her rheumatoid arthritis while thriving at Black Hawk College in this student highlight!

A photo from the outside of building 4, where a majority of the art classes take place.
Feb 26, 2026

How to Get Involved at Black Hawk Artistically

Black Hawk College students are creative! This article is a means to help guide students interested in music, visual, and/or performance arts.

illustration of 3 cookies and a cup of hot cocoa on a saucer with a winter scene on top of cocoa.
Dec 8, 2025

Student artwork featured on BHC Foundation holiday card

"Cookies and Cocoa (Warmth in a Cup)” by student artist Ashley Schmoll won the 2025 Black Hawk College Foundation Holiday Card Contest.

In Process – An Interactive Arts Experience

BHC student artists, musicians and actors will immerse themselves in a one-of-a-kind evening of creating art! Students will paint and draw in real time and respond to visual art with […]

A Taste of Morocco

Experience Moroccan art and sample tantalizing Moroccan food at A Taste of Morocco! Wednesday, April 30 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Quad-Cities Campus Building 4, second floor, Hawk’s Nest Henna […]

Terrance Gray standing in front of mural in electronic music classroom
Dec 5, 2024

New mural by BHC alum inspiring music students

A stark white wall in a music lab now provides visual inspiration for students to compose and produce their music. Mya Diabira, a 2024 Black Hawk College graduate, was commissioned to create an original mural to hang in the electronic music lab at the college’s Quad-Cities Campus.

watercolor art of wintery scene people sledding through snowy woods
Dec 18, 2023

Student’s snowy art featured on BHC Foundation holiday card

A wintery blue-and-white scene of people sledding through snowy woods won the 2023 Black Hawk College Foundation Holiday Card Contest. “Gleefully Dashing” – a watercolor, colored pencil and white pen […]

‘Limitless’- A new feature of Black Hawk College
May 4, 2023

‘Limitless’- A new feature of Black Hawk College

There’s a new art piece in Building 1 at Black Hawk College’s Quad-Cities Campus –an 8-feet by 16-feet mural titled, “Limitless.” It was painted by 10 art students with the […]