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Grant Wood Art Colony
Grant Wood Fellows Artist Talks & Panel | 2026
Join the 2024-2025 Grant Wood Fellows artists for an evening of discussion about their work and research. The event will be accompanied by light refreshments.
Panel members:
Ada Friedman (Painting & Drawing)
Elizabeth Claire Rose (Printmaking)
Kyle Marshall (Interdisciplinary Performance—Dance)
The Grant Wood Art Colony seeks to provide a creative home for the next generation of artists and continue Grant Wood’s creative advocacy in the School of Art & Art History and the Division of Performing Arts...
Community Events
Study at the Stanley
Make the Stanley your study spot for finals week. We'll have free cocoa, coffee, cider, and snacks available all day Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (10 a.m.–4 p.m.).
Stop by for a few hours to study for your exams: grab a snack, replenish your study supplies (we'll have post-its, highlighters, and more) and take a quick break — either by exploring the galleries or playing with a fidget toy.
Drawing Salon with Robert Caputo
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 the only artmaking materials allowed in the galleries. The museum has golf pencils with erasers and clipboards for participants to use. Stools...
Open Public Tour
Join us for an informal, guided tour of the Stanley Museum of Art. Our team of docents will lead you through the galleries, exploring highlights from our collection. Perfect for small groups or walk-in visitors, this tour offers a flexible and engaging way to learn about the collection.
No reservations required. Simply drop in and join us for an hour of art appreciation but note that space is limited.
Drawing Salon with Robert Caputo
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 the only artmaking materials allowed in the galleries. The museum has golf pencils with erasers and clipboards for participants to use. Stools...
Kinky Boots
Based on true events, Kinky Boots follows the journey of two people with nothing in common — or so they think. The unlikely pair find that they have more in common than they realized ... and discover that you change the world when you change your mind.
Kinky Boots
Based on true events, Kinky Boots follows the journey of two people with nothing in common — or so they think. The unlikely pair find that they have more in common than they realized ... and discover that you change the world when you change your mind.
Kinky Boots
Based on true events, Kinky Boots follows the journey of two people with nothing in common — or so they think. The unlikely pair find that they have more in common than they realized ... and discover that you change the world when you change your mind.
Kinky Boots
Based on true events, Kinky Boots follows the journey of two people with nothing in common — or so they think. The unlikely pair find that they have more in common than they realized ... and discover that you change the world when you change your mind.
Longing: Stella Dayrit Roden, soprano and Amanda Arrington, piano
Faculty & Guest Artist Recital: Longing
Stella Dayrit Roden, soprano and Amanda Arrington, piano
This concert is free and open to the public.
5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music--A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 3: Memes
5/2: How Polarity Yields Five Codes of Music - A Syzygy with S/Z. Presentation 3: Memes
Professor Matthew Arndt emcees the third presentation in this series of intergalactic music poetics. Drawing together ancient wisdom and modern science, this poetics aims at transmuting one’s experience of everything as music and living joyfully even as we work confidently toward an abundant future.
Featuring selections from Quartet for the End of Time
Katie Wolfe, violin
Jorge Montilla Moreno, clarinet
Carey...
Grant Wood Fellows Artist Talks & Panel | 2026
Join the 2024-2025 Grant Wood Fellows artists for an evening of discussion about their work and research. The event will be accompanied by light refreshments.
Panel members:
Ada Friedman (Painting & Drawing)
Elizabeth Claire Rose (Printmaking)
Kyle Marshall (Interdisciplinary Performance—Dance)
The Grant Wood Art Colony seeks to provide a creative home for the next generation of artists and continue Grant Wood’s creative advocacy in the School of Art & Art History and the Division of Performing Arts...
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Stained Glass
By Randy Jackson-Alvarenga
Part of Theatre Arts' Gallery Series
Tickets:
Tickets for workshops and galleries are free of charge; however, you must obtain a ticket at the door and seating is limited.
Duo Battuto: Nick Miller and Hanna Rumora
Duo Battuto: Nick Miller and Hanna Rumora
Nick Miller, percussion
Hanna Rumora, cello
This concert is free and open to the public.
Recital: Henry Wolf, piano
Henry Wolf, piano
This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.
This concert is free and open to the public.
Guest Chamber Recital: Neave Trio
Guest Chamber Recital: Neave Trio
Anna Williams, violin
Mikhail Veselov, cello
Eri Nakamura, piano
This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.
This concert is free and open to the public.
Stained Glass
By Randy Jackson-Alvarenga
Part of Theatre Arts' Gallery Series
Tickets:
Tickets for workshops and galleries are free of charge; however, you must obtain a ticket at the door and seating is limited.
Stained Glass
By Randy Jackson-Alvarenga
Part of Theatre Arts' Gallery Series
Tickets:
Tickets for workshops and galleries are free of charge; however, you must obtain a ticket at the door and seating is limited.
UI Monthly Jazz Jam
Exhibit Opening Celebration for ‘Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of Iowa Conductor James Dixon’
Enjoy refreshments, remarks from the curators, and an open house in recognition of the spring 2026 Main Library Gallery exhibition, Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of Iowa Conductor James Dixon.
Event Schedule
4–5:30 p.m.: Reception and open house with curators Sarah Suhadolnik and Katie Buehner
4:30 p.m.: Brief remarks in the Main Library Gallery
5:30 p.m.: Opening event ends
6 p.m.: Main Library Gallery closes
Admission to the gallery is always free. No RSVP required for this event.
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Guest Artist: Ashley Hall-Tighe with Ana María Otamendi
Guest Artist: Ashley Hall-Tighe with Ana María Otamendi
This concert is free and open to the public.
Guest Solo Recital: Asiya Korepanova, Piano
Guest Solo Recital: Asiya Korepanova, Piano
This concert is free and open to the public.
Clue Live on Stage!
How to Defend Yourself
Clue Live on Stage!
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:
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How thinking about how toast is made can be a useful introduction to design-thinking practices and social innovation.
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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.
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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.
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!