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Allan Wexler - Visiting Artist in Sculpture & Intermedia - School of Art and Art History

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 7:00pm
Virtual
Allan Wexler has worked in the fields of architecture, design, and fine art for 45 years. He has exhibited, taught, and lectured internationally.  Wexler’s career resists easy classification. In the late1960s he was an early member of the group of architects and artists who questioned the perceived divide between art and the design disciplines. They called themselves non-architects or paper architects.   The subject of Wexler's work is the built environment. He creates drawings, multimedia...
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Dan Levenson - Visiting Artist in Painting and Drawing - School of Art and Art History

Thursday, February 9, 2023 7:30pm
Virtual
About Dan Levenson I am a Los Angeles based visual artist working in installation, performance, video, painting, and sculpture. My work takes the form of artifacts rescued from the ruins of an imaginary art school: the State Art Academy, Zürich (its initials in Swiss-German are SKZ). My paintings follow the strict formalist pedagogy of this imaginary school: metrically sized canvases are divided geometrically to create rational and reproducible abstract compositions. I expand on the story...
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Morag Kersel - Visiting Scholar in Art History - School of Art and Art History

Thursday, February 16, 2023 5:00pm
Art Building West
Title: License to Sell: The Legal Trade of Antiquities Time and place: February 16th at 5 pm in 240 ABW Lecture abstract: In 2002, I embarked on a Ph.D. adventure addressing the connection between the looting of sites and the market for antiquities, and whether or not a legalized trade in antiquities reduces the looting of archaeological sites, a remedy long suggested by the dealing and collecting communities. In tracking how artifacts go from the ground to the consumer I became increasingly...
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Boris Bally - Visiting Artist in Jewelry and Metal Arts - School of Art and Art History

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 7:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Momentum -  Lecture by Boris Bally Boris Bally is a Swiss-trained goldsmith working as a contemporary metalsmith and designer in Providence, Rhode Island, where he maintains his studio business, Bally Humanufactured. Bally’s work is a disciplined body of objects which vary from eccentric through formal to humorous, provoking thought and reflecting on some of the distortions of our ordered world. Over four decades, his practice has become an amalgam of the skills of an able industrial designer...
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Alan Ross - Visiting Artist in Photography - School of Art and Art History

Friday, March 24, 2023 6:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Alan RossSharing the Light…A Photographers JourneyFriday, March 24 at 6 p.m. in room E125 Visual Arts Building Alan Ross is a renowned photographer whose unique vision combines traditional photographic methods with today’s technology. Ross is best known for his tonally exquisite black-and-white photographs of the American West. He worked side-by-side with Ansel Adams as his photographic assistant, and was personally selected by Adams to print his Yosemite Special Edition negatives, a role he...

GrantWood Art Colony

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Grant Wood Fellow Talk with Michael Dixon

Saturday, February 18, 2023 2:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
"Unpacking the Demons: Within, Between, and Beyond Race" with 2022–23 Grant Wood Fellow for Painting and Drawing Michael Dixon This chronological overview of Michael Dixon’s art career, research, and personal narrative will include past projects leading up to his most current work, influences, relevant research topics, and a discussion of Dixon’s biracial identity formation. The content will be delivered through a series of stories.   Michael Dixon is an oil painter who was born in San Diego...
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Grant Wood Fellow Talk: Kieron Dwayne Sargeant

Thursday, April 6, 2023 7:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
The Fusion of African Retentive and Continued Trinbagonian dances and Contemporary American dance for the classroom and stage Kieron Dwayne Sargeant’s artist talk will focus on his work deconstructing and fusing African -Trinbagonian dances to create movement vocabulary, creative processes, and aesthetics which read as contemporary and can be fused with American modern and contemporary dance sensibilities and aesthetics. Kieron Dwayne Sargeant is a Trinidadian-born interdisciplinary artist...
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Shadow Puppetry: Animating Through Figure and Voice

Saturday, April 15, 2023 10:00am to 4:00pm
PS1
This workshop is a thematic introduction to shadow puppetry as a bridge between performance, poetry, and visual art. The workshop will offer a balance between language and image-based narrative. This workshop will be co-taught by collaborators Johanna Winters and Sarah Minor, who are developing a live shadow theater performance to be debuted in Iowa City in late Spring 2023.

Community Events

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place + Trust

Friday, February 3 to Friday, February 10, 2023 (all day)
North Hall
Dates: Jan. 30 through Feb. 10, 2022 Closing Reception: Friday, Feb. 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. Artist's Talk at 6 p.m. New body of work by Jennifer Miller exploring paper and text that includes sculptures, banners, pulp paintings, and a letterpress poem written by Ma Thida titled "Get out of the Maze."
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Out & About: Queer Life in Iowa City

Friday, February 3, 2023 9:00am to 6:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Out & About: Queer Life in Iowa City is the Spring 2023 exhibition in the Main Library Gallery.
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Discover Study Abroad

Friday, February 3, 2023 11:00am
Virtual
Would you like to study abroad during your time at the University of Iowa, but don't know where to start? Attend our weekly Virtual Discover Study Abroad info sessions to learn how study abroad works and find the right international opportunity for you!
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Distress Tolerance Workshop (for Emotional Regulation)

Friday, February 3, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
This is a 60-minute workshop focused on learning distress tolerance skills. Distress tolerance is the ability to manage distressing emotions and effectively move through stressful situations in an effective manner. This is a three-week series and students will need to attend all three weeks in order. This is a DBT informed curriculum-driven series with structure and specific learning objectives and topics for each week. All participants will receive handouts with exercises to be completed both...
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Mary Cohen, "Music-Making in US Prisons: A Musical Learning Exchange"

Friday, February 3, 2023 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Voxman Music Building
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Chill & Create

Friday, February 3, 2023 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
This unique and hands-on program integrates art viewing, art making and mindfulness strategies to provide students with tools to de-stress, manage anxiety, and develop wellness practices. During the 2-hour workshop, participants will learn new ways to improve well-being, while benefiting from the positive effects of viewing and making art. No prior art-making experience necessary. The workshop will be led by Dana Keeton, a local board-certified art therapist and licensed mental health...
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Chronic Health Support Group

Friday, February 3, 2023 2:30pm to 3:30pm
School, work, and simply managing everyday demands can feel overwhelming. It can be even more challenging when you have a chronic health condition. Join us in a space where you can meet other students who may validate, encourage, and understand your experiences. Feel free to just show-up or you can contact Dr. Marie Adams (marie-adams@uiowa.edu) with questions. Location: SDS Office, Main Conference Room Time: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Dates and Topics: Feb. 3: Self-Advocacy Feb. 24: Building Campus...
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APACC Community Support Space

Friday, February 3, 2023 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Virtual
In light of the tragic shootings at Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay in California, the Asian Pacific American Cultural Center (APACC) and the Pan Asian Council (PAC) will host a community support space on Friday, Feb. 3, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. to grieve the lost lives of the victims. Community members are invited to attend either in person at APACC (223 Lucon Dr.) or virtually on Zoom. We will have Dr. Tianyi Xie, staff psychologist from UCS, available to help attendees process their feelings. ...
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Red Watch Band Training

Friday, February 3, 2023 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
The Red Watch Band Program is in its 11th year at the University of Iowa. Almost 7,000 students have been trained so far! The training program focuses on knowledge, skill, and confidence building regarding preventing death from alcohol overdose. Students are taught the knowledge and skills to "make the call," and using role plays, given opportunities to build confidence to intervene on behalf of another. All students who complete the training will receive CPR and alcohol bystander training, and...
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Pop-Up Performance by Pilobolus!

Friday, February 3, 2023 3:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Join us at the University of Iowa’s Stanley Museum of Art on Friday, Feb. 3, at 3 p.m. for a brief and delightful FREE Pop-Up performance by members of Pilobolus!   Visit the Hancher Box Office website to purchase tickets for the Pilobolus performance at Hancher on Saturday, Feb. 4.
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Smash Ultimate Weekly Tournament

Friday, February 3, 2023 5:00pm to 11:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Come join us on Friday nights for our weekly Smash Ultimate tournaments! It's free to play, so even if you just want to play casually and try it out make sure to come say hi. The main tournament starts at 7 but you can come from 5-7 for casual games and for-fun events! For more info and to meet others, join our discord here: https://discord.gg/7pvc6wcTz2.
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Art & Write Night

Friday, February 3, 2023 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces. Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists. Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session...
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Dance Marathon 29 Big Event

Friday, February 3 7:00pm to Saturday, February 4, 2023 7:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
The University of Iowa Dance Marathon is a student organization that provides year-round support to youth cancer patients and their families.
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Braided Sorrow

Friday, February 3, 2023 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Braided Sorrow By Marisela Treviño Orta Directed by Natalie Villamonte Zito Feb. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 at 8 p.m. Feb. 5 at 2 p.m. David Thayer Theatre, UI Theatre Building In the Mexican border city of Juárez, Alma has newly arrived to take a job in an American-owned factory in order to help her family survive by sending money back to her parents and helping to provide for her brother and pregnant sister-in-law. At 16 years old, Alma is shocked by the dangers of the city—the femicides and...
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$4 Fridays at FilmScene

Friday, February 3, 2023 8:00pm to 11:59pm
FilmScene
Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!
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place + Trust

Saturday, February 4 to Friday, February 10, 2023 (all day)
North Hall
Dates: Jan. 30 through Feb. 10, 2022 Closing Reception: Friday, Feb. 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. Artist's Talk at 6 p.m. New body of work by Jennifer Miller exploring paper and text that includes sculptures, banners, pulp paintings, and a letterpress poem written by Ma Thida titled "Get out of the Maze."
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Out & About: Queer Life in Iowa City

Saturday, February 4, 2023 1:00pm to 5:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Out & About: Queer Life in Iowa City is the Spring 2023 exhibition in the Main Library Gallery.
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Pilobolus, "Big Five-Oh!"

Saturday, February 4, 2023 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Pilobolus—that feisty arts organism—is, like Hancher, celebrating 50 years! This remarkable company (and longtime Hancher favorite) secured an iconic place in American culture in the early 1970s and is still wowing audiences with its wit, sensuality, and stunning physicality. Turning its traditions sideway and bringing its past into the future, Pilobolus will perform a mix of signature works from the vintage and visionary to the fresh and electrifying. HANCHER EVENT PARTNERS Peter and Vera...
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Braided Sorrow

Saturday, February 4, 2023 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Braided Sorrow By Marisela Treviño Orta Directed by Natalie Villamonte Zito Feb. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 at 8 p.m. Feb. 5 at 2 p.m. David Thayer Theatre, UI Theatre Building In the Mexican border city of Juárez, Alma has newly arrived to take a job in an American-owned factory in order to help her family survive by sending money back to her parents and helping to provide for her brother and pregnant sister-in-law. At 16 years old, Alma is shocked by the dangers of the city—the femicides and...
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Bijou After Hours Presents: Medicine for Melancholy (2008)

Saturday, February 4, 2023 10:00pm to 11:59pm
FilmScene (Chauncey)
Bijou Film Board presents Medicine for Melancholy (2008) as part of the After Hours Film Series. Tickets are FREE for UI students and $7 for general public.
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place + Trust

Sunday, February 5 to Friday, February 10, 2023 (all day)
North Hall
Dates: Jan. 30 through Feb. 10, 2022 Closing Reception: Friday, Feb. 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. Artist's Talk at 6 p.m. New body of work by Jennifer Miller exploring paper and text that includes sculptures, banners, pulp paintings, and a letterpress poem written by Ma Thida titled "Get out of the Maze."
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Out & About: Queer Life in Iowa City

Sunday, February 5, 2023 1:00pm to 5:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Out & About: Queer Life in Iowa City is the Spring 2023 exhibition in the Main Library Gallery.

Piano Sundays at the Old Capitol: Réne Lecuona and Studio

Sunday, February 5, 2023 1:30pm
Old Capitol Museum
Piano Sundays at the Old Capitol: Réne Lecuona and Studio Piano Sundays returns for the 2022-23 season! The University of Iowa School of Music, in partnership with the Old Capitol Museum and West Music, is proud to host this annual tradition. Performances will be at the Old Capitol Museum Senate Chambers this year, performed on their historic, rebuilt Steinway grand piano “Rose.” This is an incredible opportunity for the community to see and hear the university’s talented piano students and...
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Braided Sorrow

Sunday, February 5, 2023 2:00pm
Theatre Building
Braided Sorrow By Marisela Treviño Orta Directed by Natalie Villamonte Zito Feb. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 at 8 p.m. Feb. 5 at 2 p.m. David Thayer Theatre, UI Theatre Building In the Mexican border city of Juárez, Alma has newly arrived to take a job in an American-owned factory in order to help her family survive by sending money back to her parents and helping to provide for her brother and pregnant sister-in-law. At 16 years old, Alma is shocked by the dangers of the city—the femicides and...

Guest Artist Concert: Asya Fateyeva, saxophone

Sunday, February 5, 2023 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building
Guest Artist Concert: Asya Fateyeva, saxophone Asya Fateyeva, saxophone Casey Dierlam Tse, piano Guest: Kenneth Tse, saxophone This concert is free and open to the public. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A30043
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Previous Workshops & Events

Looking In, Zooming Out: Community-Engaged Learning in the Big Picture

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021

2:30 - 4:00p, virtual event via Zoom

In partnership with Iowa Campus Compact

Join us for an interactive workshop for anyone teaching a community-engaged course who is curious about how to introduce interdisciplinary, systems-level thinking, and/or local-global connections into their course design, assignments, and activities.  Participants will try on and explore a range of ideas and strategies, including:

  • How thinking about how toast is made can be a useful introduction to design-thinking practices and social innovation.

  • How to strategically use the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals to scaffold and contextualize conversations about local community partnerships and the purpose community-engaged learning more broadly.

  • How their own disciplinary orientation and approach might inform their understanding of local and global "wicked problems".

See recording of event here.

 

Making an Impact: A Student's Perspective on Community Engagement.
Thursday, March 18th, 2021
3:00-4:00PM  - Virtual event Via Zoom
Live Student Panel

 

Are you a student enrolled in a community engaged course or interested in starting a project with a community partner? Are you interested in learning what you can expect, from students who have already successfully completed a community engagement project? This workshop will explore the nuts and bolts of working with community partners from a student’s perspective. A panel discussion of students will explore the challenges and opportunities of community engagement and highlight examples of successful projects and partnerships. Join us for a discussion and learn more about how you can make an impact in your community.

Engaged Faculty Institute
January 8th - 25th, 2021 
Virtual Institute, Asynchronous + Live Zoom
In partnership with Iowa Campus Compact

 

Whether you are new to teaching community-engaged learning courses, or are a community-engagement expert, this Institute provides opportunities for everyone to learn best practices for community engaged teaching and learning. Traditionally offered in-person every spring semester, this year the Institute will be offered both over winter break and in the spring semester through an online, asynchronous format, followed by a synchronous Zoom workshop. The Institute will cover all aspects of teaching a community-engaged course, including:

  • Foundations and critical commitments to community engagement
  • Planning and Facilitation
  • Partnerships and Engagement
  • Learning Outcomes and Reflection
  • Assessment and Evaluation

Defining and Sustaining Community Partnerships
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
3 - 4 pm, virtual meeting via Zoom

 

Community engagement best practices encourage the development of sustained, long-term relationships and partnerships between campus and community. This workshop will explore how faculty and staff build community partnerships through service-learning and engaged research. A panel discussion of faculty, staff and community partners will explore the challenges and opportunities of community engaged teaching and research and provide tips on how to build successful, sustained partnerships.

See recording of event here.

 

Community Engagement for Inclusion and Justice
Thursday, October 15th, 2020
12 - 2 pm, virtual meeting via Zoom

 

hosted by the Office of Community Engagement in partnership with Campus Compact. Emily Shields, Executive Director of Iowa/Minnesota Campus Compact, will be co-hosting this event and will be referring to a few texts throughout the training:

See recording of event here.

 

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"Writers Unmuffled" hosted by Michaeljulius, a Virtual Student Reading
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
6:30 pm, virtual webinar via Zoom

 

UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student Reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, April 29th 6:30 p.m. During this Zoom event, five University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an evening of thought provoking readings!

 

See recording of this event here.

 

UI Percussion Arts Share Community Concert
Saturday, February 27th, 2021
3:00 pm, virtual via LiveStream

 

Iowa Percussion and the Iowa Steel Band will present a concert titled “All You Need is Love.” Originally a Valentine’s Day Concert, the program was rescheduled because of the late start of the Spring semester due to COVID.

 

"Writers Unmuffled" hosted by Michaeljulius, a Virtual Student Reading
Thursday, February 25th, 2021
7:00 pm, virtual webinar via Zoom

 

UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student Reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, Feb. 25th 7:00 p.m. During this Zoom event, five University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an evening of thought provoking readings!

 

See a recording of this event here.

 

Fellow Talk Margarita BlushFeb, Grant Wood Art Colony
Monday, February 22th, 2021
7:30-8:30 pm, virtual via Zoom

 

My Voice: Creating Original Theatre Inspired by Personal Experiences and Fueled by Societal Issues 

Hosted by the Stanley Museum of Art

https://grantwood.uiowa.edu/event/63036

Writers Unmuffled, a Virtual Student Reading
Thursday, November 19th, 2020
6 - 7 pm, virtual webinar via Zoom

 

UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student Reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, Nov. 19th 6:00-7:00 p.m. During this Zoom event, six University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an evening of thought provoking readings!

See a recording of this event here.