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Àdìre Alábééla (Wax -Resist Dyeing Workshop) promotional image

Àdìre Alábééla (Wax -Resist Dyeing Workshop)

Saturday, March 21, 2026 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Land Alliance Farm, Fold School, & Retreat Center

Learn the art of Yorùbá batik in this 2-day workshop led by multidisciplinary artist Peju Layiwola. Participants will create their own templates and stamped T-shirts.

Participants must be at least 15 years old and register in advance for the workshop.

Registration deadline is March 20, 2026. T-shirts will be ordered in advance for all participants: https://uiowa.doubleknot.com/event/wax-resist-dye-workshop/3138629

Please note that workshop will not be held at the museum, it will take place at the L...

Àdìre Alábééla (Wax -Resist Dyeing Workshop) promotional image

Àdìre Alábééla (Wax -Resist Dyeing Workshop)

Sunday, March 22, 2026 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Land Alliance Farm, Fold School, & Retreat Center

Learn the art of Yorùbá batik in this 2-day workshop led by multidisciplinary artist Peju Layiwola. Participants will create their own templates and stamped T-shirts.

Participants must be at least 15 years old and register in advance for the workshop.

Registration deadline is March 20, 2026. T-shirts will be ordered in advance for all participants: https://uiowa.doubleknot.com/event/wax-resist-dye-workshop/3138629

Please note that workshop will not be held at the museum, it will take place at the L...

Labor of Care - Rebecca Oehler MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design promotional image

Labor of Care - Rebecca Oehler MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Monday, March 23, 2026 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
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Labor of Care - Rebecca Oehler MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
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One Day for Iowa | The University of Iowa's Annual Giving Day

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 (all day)
Virtual

One Day for Iowa returns on Wednesday, March 25, marking 10 years of Hawkeyes coming together to support what matters most at the University of Iowa.

Give now: https://1dayforiowa.org/3N96oqb

Our 24-hour online giving day is a chance for alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends to make an impact—supporting scholarships, research, health care, the arts, student experiences, and more. With special matching and unlocking opportunities throughout the day, every gift has the power to go further.

Ce...

Labor of Care - Rebecca Oehler MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design promotional image

Labor of Care - Rebecca Oehler MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
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Study Hall

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.
Labor of Care - Rebecca Oehler MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design promotional image

Labor of Care - Rebecca Oehler MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Thursday, March 26, 2026 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
"Reimagining the Rural from Idyll to Hinterland: Exhausting Rural Childhoods” — keynote lecture by Esther Pereen, University of Amsterdam promotional image

"Reimagining the Rural from Idyll to Hinterland: Exhausting Rural Childhoods” — keynote lecture by Esther Pereen, University of Amsterdam

Thursday, March 26, 2026 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art

This is a keynote lecture for the 2025-2026 Obermann Symposium: "Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research."

Esther Pereen, University of Amsterdam: "Reimagining the Rural from Idyll to Hinterland: Exhausting Rural Childhoods”

Across the social and cultural realms, the rural is often imagined through idyllic and pastoral genres that allow it to be conceived as a refuge from globalization. Pereen's European Research Council–funded project RURAL IMAGINATIONS, concentrating on...

Labor of Care - Rebecca Oehler MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design promotional image

Labor of Care - Rebecca Oehler MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Friday, March 27, 2026 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
Friday Crafternoons with the UI Cross-Stitch & Embroidery Club promotional image

Friday Crafternoons with the UI Cross-Stitch & Embroidery Club

Friday, March 27, 2026 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art

Join us on Friday, March 27 as we partner with the Cross Stitch and Embroidery Club. Cross stitch and embroidery materials will be provided, and members of the club's executive board will be available to answer questions and offer small demonstrations. We encourage crafters of all levels to come and start a new project or work on an existing one with us.

Learn more about the technique Sandra Sawatzky used to create The Black Gold Tapestry on view at the Stanley through June.

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 "More than 'Not Urban': Serving Rural Communities as Places and as People" — keynote lecture by Andy Mink, Smithsonian Institute promotional image

"More than 'Not Urban': Serving Rural Communities as Places and as People" — keynote lecture by Andy Mink, Smithsonian Institute

Friday, March 27, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Iowa City Public Library

This is a keynote lecture for the 2025-2026 Obermann Symposium: "Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research."

Andy Mink, Smithsonian Institute: "More than 'Not Urban': Serving Rural Communities as Places and as People"

What are synonyms for rural? Country and small town? Rustic or backcountry? Pastoral or hick? Rural communities are an important part of American life and history, yet they are frequently seen in a deficit model defined by what they are not instead of what they...

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Study Hall

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.
Undergraduate Art History Symposium - School of Art, Art History, and Design promotional image

Undergraduate Art History Symposium - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 1:30pm to 3:15pm
Visual Arts Building

We invite undergraduate students with an interest in Art History to submit an abstract for the Undergraduate Art History Symposium! Abstracts are due to anna-isbell@uiowa.edu by Friday, February 20. More information: https://art.uiowa.edu/undergraduate/experiential-learning

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Joel Whitaker, Visiting Artist in Photography

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 6:00pm
Visual Arts Building

Join the University of Iowa photography area in welcoming Joel Whitaker, artist and Professor at the University of Dayton.

Bio: Joel Whitaker is an artist and educator living in Dayton, Ohio. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Art in Art from the University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Alabama and a Master of Fine Art in Studio Art from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. In 1990 he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa and in 1993 he joined the faculty...