Get ready for a spook-tacular time in our children’s art program where creativity meets Halloween fun! In this engaging workshop, kids will craft their very own spooky clay magnets. This program is perfect for young artists who love to get their hands dirty and create something unique and festive. Space is limited; please reserve your...
Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave...
The Drawing Salon focuses on drawing artworks from the museum's collection. Each session will focus on a different artwork. The sessions will begin with an introduction and discussion of the selected work. Participants will be encouraged to pursue their own visions and to take inspiration from the artworks in the gallery. Pencils and sketchbooks/paper are...
Pairing Art with Literature will be led by Stanley Docent David Duer. Participants will consider and discuss selected artists, such as Pueblo potter Lucy M. Lewis, and their artworks in light of kindred writers and their literary works. David Duer is a poet and memoirist who recently retired from teaching English language arts at Cedar Rapids...
In this hands-on workshop, kids will explore the world of sculpture by creating unique and colorful structures using simple cardboard tubes. This program is designed to foster creativity, enhance fine motor skills, and encourage collaborative play. Join us for a fun-filled adventure in art-making where cardboard tubes transform into masterpieces! Space is limited; please reserve...
Children and their caregivers will work together to create spontaneous drawings. Inspired by Keith Haring’s collaborative drawing exercises with children and the Surrealist drawing game, Exquisite Corpse, we will make a mural by completing each other's drawings as we play musical chairs. Can you imagine the silly, unusual, utterly unique creations we'll make? Space is limited;...
Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave...
BODY FREEDOM FOR EVERY(BODY) is a cross-country exhibition tour inside of a 27-foot Box Truck celebrating Reproductive Justice, Queer Liberation, and Trans Joy! Newark-based Project for Empty Space is bringing over 200 artists’ works inside this truck to cultivate community coast-to-coast. The exhibition will be parked alongside Gibson Square Park, outside the Stanley Museum of Art on Friday,...
Join us at the Stanley for a four-hour immersive, multimedia collaboration between NYC-based art-rock duo Sky Creature and dancer/artist Tony Orrico. In this live music+live art performance, Tony Orrico (Assistant Professor of Sculpture & Intermedia, and Dance) partners with Sky Creature to produce a high-energy dialogue between sight and sound. Originally conceived as a soundtrack to Orrico's performance, the music is part contemporary Classical, part ambient...
The Drawing Salon focuses on drawing artworks from the museum's collection. Each session will focus on a different artwork. The sessions will begin with an introduction and discussion of the selected work. Participants will be encouraged to pursue their own visions and to take inspiration from the artworks in the gallery. Pencils and sketchbooks/paper are...
Join us for the annual Jeanne and Richard Levitt Lecture featuring artist and UIowa alum, Jiha Moon. The talk will be accompanied by a reception celebrating Moon’s latest mural installation in the museum lobby, One An Other. Moon will discuss the process behind the mural's creation and her studio practice since leaving Iowa. Completed in July...
Join us for an evening filled with incredible performances, stunning art displays, and delicious food at Black Market Connection 2024 at the Stanley! Discover the beauty of Black entrepreneurship and culture, and support and connect with Black artists and entrepreneurs in the Iowa City community. Dress up or come as you are and celebrate Black art, culture...
