On your day off from school, stop at the Stanley to create an art project and enjoy snacks in our lobby. Then, head up to the galleries to try your hand at our scavenger hunts and find a new favorite artwork. This week, collage your own robot! We will provide a base and a variety...
Dr. Boureima Diamitani and Dr. Samuel Nortey will explore the historical, political, educational, and gendered dimensions surrounding ceramic pottery in West Africa today. Diamitani’s research addresses challenges around the (mis-)representation, production, and restitution of pottery among Senufo communities in Burkina Faso, while Nortey’s work examines ceramics as an agent of community cohesion, social inclusion, and...
Write at the Stanley is a monthly workshop series that explores different approaches to ekphrastic writing, the art of creative writing inspired by visual art. The Stanley Museum of Art provides the perfect backdrop for this form of expression with its stunning collection of art. Writers can engage with the art in the galleries as they delve into...
San Pere, Louisiana: Oya runs fast, but her collegiate future is placed on hold to care for her mother. Inspired by Federico García Lorca’s Yerma and Yoruban cosmology, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s In the Red and Brown Water is a lyrical offering at the intersection of ancestral myth and ritual about a young woman’s coming-of-age navigating lovers, community,...
Write at the Stanley is a monthly workshop series that explores different approaches to ekphrastic writing, the art of creative writing inspired by visual art. The Stanley Museum of Art provides the perfect backdrop for this form of expression with its stunning collection of art. Writers can engage with the art in the galleries as they delve into...
In this class, participants will draw artworks in the museum's collection. Each session will focus on a different piece. The sessions will begin with an introduction to and discussion of the selected work. Participants will be encouraged to pursue their own visions and to take inspiration from the piece. Classes will be held Sept. 17,...
On your days off from school, stop at the Stanley for kid-centered activities and snacks in our lobby. Then, head up to the galleries to try your hand at our scavenger hunts and find a new favorite artwork. The theme of February's session will be posted soon!
Open Call: Share your Stories at the Stanley on Feb. 4 The Stanley Museum of Art is hosting a walk-in call for stories or memories related to Keith Haring's mural at Ernest Horn Elementary School on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. If you were a student, employee, or parent associated with Horn Elementary in the 1980s,...
Join the 2023-2024 Grant Wood Fellows artists Shea Hembrey, Junli Song and Jessica Tucker for an evening of discussion about their work and research in painting and drawing, printmaking and interdisciplinary performance - theater, respectively. The event will be accompanied by light refreshments. The Grant Wood Art Colony seeks to provide a creative home for the next generation of artists and...
Saturday, Jan 27 10:30 am - 3:30 pm Location: Stanley Museum of Art & UI Theatre Building Register online or call 319-356-5220 Instructor: Loyce L Arthur Join students from the University of Iowa for a weekend workshop to make masks based on African masks in the Stanley Museum collection. We will tour the museum for...
In this class, participants will draw artworks in the museum's collection. Each session will focus on a different piece. The sessions will begin with an introduction to and discussion of the selected work. Participants will be encouraged to pursue their own visions and to take inspiration from the piece. Classes will be held Sept. 17,...
Stanley Museum of Art 160 West Burlington Street, Iowa City, IA 52242 Main lobby Kimberly Datchuk kimberly-datchuk@uiowa.edu 319-335-1727 https://stanleymuseum.uiowa.edu/events/ The Wilder Hill players are ecstatic to be performing in the beautiful Stanley Museum again! The mission of the University of Iowa Musical Theatre Ambassadors is to spread the joy of musical theater and song across campus and...
