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Grant Wood Art Colony

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Grant Wood Artist Talks and Exhibitions

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 6:00pm
Visual Arts Building

Grant Wood Artist Talks and Exhibitions

Kyle Marshall
Artist Talk:
April 21st, 6pm
VAB E125

Performance:
May 7th, 6pm
VAB Atrium

Elizabeth Rose
Exhibition:
May 4th - 16th
VAB Drewelowe

Artist Talk:
May 5th, 6pm
VAB E125

Ada Friedman
Exhibition:
May 4th - 16th
VAB Mendieta

Artist Talk:
May 6th, 6pm
ABW 116

More info at grantwood.uiowa.edu

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Grant Wood Artist Talks and Exhibitions

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 6:00pm
Visual Arts Building

Grant Wood Artist Talks and Exhibitions

Kyle Marshall
Artist Talk:
April 21st, 6pm
VAB E125

Performance:
May 7th, 6pm
VAB Atrium

Elizabeth Rose
Exhibition:
May 4th - 16th
VAB Drewelowe

Artist Talk:
May 5th, 6pm
VAB E125

Ada Friedman
Exhibition:
May 4th - 16th
VAB Mendieta

Artist Talk:
May 6th, 6pm
ABW 116

More info at grantwood.uiowa.edu

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Grant Wood Artist Talks and Exhibitions

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 6:00pm
Visual Arts Building

Grant Wood Artist Talks and Exhibitions

Kyle Marshall
Artist Talk:
April 21st, 6pm
VAB E125

Performance:
May 7th, 6pm
VAB Atrium

Elizabeth Rose
Exhibition:
May 4th - 16th
VAB Drewelowe

Artist Talk:
May 5th, 6pm
VAB E125

Ada Friedman
Exhibition:
May 4th - 16th
VAB Mendieta

Artist Talk:
May 6th, 6pm
ABW 116

More info at grantwood.uiowa.edu

Grant Wood Artist Talks and Exhibitions promotional image

Grant Wood Artist Talks and Exhibitions

Thursday, May 7, 2026 6:00pm
Visual Arts Building

Grant Wood Artist Talks and Exhibitions

Kyle Marshall
Artist Talk:
April 21st, 6pm
VAB E125

Performance:
May 7th, 6pm
VAB Atrium

Elizabeth Rose
Exhibition:
May 4th - 16th
VAB Drewelowe

Artist Talk:
May 5th, 6pm
VAB E125

Ada Friedman
Exhibition:
May 4th - 16th
VAB Mendieta

Artist Talk:
May 6th, 6pm
ABW 116

More info at grantwood.uiowa.edu

Community Events

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Beth Stelling

Saturday, April 11, 2026 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Her new special is called "If You Didn’t Want Me Then". We’re confident you’ll want to see her now.

Recital, "An Evening of Operetta": Adam Griffiths, tenor

Saturday, April 11, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA III Recital, "An Evening of Operetta": Adam Griffiths, tenor

Adam Griffiths, tenor; Wendi Griffiths, soprano; Halie Augustus, piano

Click here for program.

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Performing Arts Scholar Showcase

Sunday, April 12, 2026 1:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Performing Arts Scholar Showcase

Click here for program.

Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

This concert is free and open to the public.

Recital: Christina Leigh Stephenson, Cello

Sunday, April 12, 2026 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA III Recital: Christina Leigh Stephenson, Cello

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Joint Recital: Jack Power and Lily Schloss, Voice

Sunday, April 12, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Joint Recital: Jack Power and Lily Schloss, Voice

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Playwrights Workshop Reading: BOSIE (or the fag/hag play)

Monday, April 13, 2026 5:30pm
Theatre Building

By Zoe Senese-Grossberg

I want to tell you a story about the most beautiful boy alive. He killed Oscar Wilde. That's what they say. But I love him. He's my best friend.

Please be advised this play contains discussions of homophobia, pedophilia, suicide, bipolar disorder, and sexual assault, and depictions of sexual situations.

Part of Theatre Arts' Reading Series

Tickets:
Tickets for readings are free of charge; seating is limited.

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Live from Prairie Lights | Candice Wuehle - 'Ultranatural'

Monday, April 13, 2026 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books

Candice Wuehle will read from her new novel, Ultranatural. The University of Iowa Press describes it as: "Part pop elegy, part horror story, part radical reimagining of female celebrity...Ultranatural autotunes the static of fame until it sounds like prophecy." Anna Dorn, author of Perfume and Pain, praises Ultranatural as "Candice Wuehle’s sharp, surreal telling of a body turned brand, and the girl trapped beneath it," while E. K. Sathue, author of Youthjuice, says: "Ultranatural skewers fame...

Recital: Matthew Freund, Moosa Hamad, and Karena Jensen, Horn

Monday, April 13, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Recital: Matthew Freund, Moosa Hamad, and Karena Jensen, Horn

Click here for program.

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

UI Jazz: Combo Workshop

Monday, April 13, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

UI Jazz: Combo Workshop

This concert is free and open to the public.

Recital: Nelson Cook, Tuba. Brett Tomkins, Tuba.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Recital: Nelson Cook, Tuba. Brett Tomkins, Tuba.

Nelson cook, Tuba
Brett Tomkins, Tuba
Donovan Mann, Euphonium
Nicholas Robie, Euphonium

Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

This event is free and open to the public.

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Lab Chamber Orchestra

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Lab Chamber Orchestra

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Canceled
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Symposium: Shadow Play Across the Arts and Humanities

Thursday, April 16, 2026 5:15pm to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Symposium on Shadow Play

Guest Chamber Recital: Escher Quartet

Thursday, April 16, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Guest Chamber Recital: Escher Quartet

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Earth Day Performance: Jim Swim & Daniel Xavier & Co.

Thursday, April 16, 2026 7:30pm to 10:00pm
Trumpet Blossom Cafe
SCOPE: Earth Day Show with Jim Swim and Daniel.Xavier & Co.

Honors Recital: Natalie Roth, trumpet

Thursday, April 16, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Honors Recital: Natalie Roth, trumpet

This event is free and open to the public.

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Dance BFA Concert

Thursday, April 16, 2026 8:00pm
Space Place Theater

This performance will feature works choreographed by Bachelor of Fine Arts students Evelyn Becker, Madison Burkhart, Ruby Gentzler, Claudia Jacobson, Allyson Meinders, Emily Pyburn, and Lindsey Wildman from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.

This concert is free and open to the public.

Sustainability Case Competition

Friday, April 17 to Saturday, April 18, 2026 (all day)
Pappajohn Business Building
The Tippie Sustainability Case Competition will challenge teams of UI undergraduate students to integrate knowledge from business and sustainability disciplines to solve a real sustainability challenge facing organizations today.
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Manual Cinema’s The 4th Witch

Friday, April 17, 2026 7:30pm
The Englert
Embrace the shadows to explore themes of grief, war, generational conflict, and cycles of violence.

Recital: Laura Carrico and Morgan Brantman, Trumpet

Friday, April 17, 2026 8:00pm
Voxman Music Building

Recital: Laura Carrico and Morgan Brantman, Trumpet

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Dance BFA Concert

Friday, April 17, 2026 8:00pm
Space Place Theater

This performance will feature works choreographed by Bachelor of Fine Arts students Evelyn Becker, Madison Burkhart, Ruby Gentzler, Claudia Jacobson, Allyson Meinders, Emily Pyburn, and Lindsey Wildman from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Uncle Vanya

Friday, April 17, 2026 8:00pm
Theatre Building
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker brings her observational prowess and razor-sharp wit to an intimate adaptation of Chekhov's beloved dark comedy. Written with the “goal of creating a version that sounds to our contemporary American ears the way it sounded to Russian ears during the play’s first productions in the provinces in 1898,” Annie Baker’s Uncle Vanya captures the timeless longing, absurdity, and beauty of human relationships.

Sustainability Case Competition

Saturday, April 18, 2026 (all day)
Pappajohn Business Building
The Tippie Sustainability Case Competition will challenge teams of UI undergraduate students to integrate knowledge from business and sustainability disciplines to solve a real sustainability challenge facing organizations today.
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29th Annual Powwow at the University of Iowa

Saturday, April 18, 2026 9:30am to 8:30pm
Field House
Celebrating Indigenous Culture and Iowa City's Native Community

Senior Recital: Hugo Kaut, violin

Saturday, April 18, 2026 11:30am
Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Hugo Kaut, violin

Hugo Kaut, violin
Danyun Zhao, piano

Concert can be viewed via livestream here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

This concert is free and open to the public.

Senior Recital: Luke Cuasay, Violin

Saturday, April 18, 2026 1:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Senior Recital: Luke Cuasay, Violin

Concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream

This event is free and open to the public.

Previous Workshops & Events

Office 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:

  • Difficult Discussions - Facilitating Political Dialogues
  • Inclusive Teaching - How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive
  • Partnership and Power - Community Partnerships Study
  • Re-imagining Engagement - Social Change Wheel 2.0
See recording of event here.

 

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Engagement & The Arts

"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.
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