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Study Hall
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm
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.

Weaving Our Connections | Ofrenda workshop with Miriam Alarcón Ávila
Thursday, September 25, 2025 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Join us for a special workshop this Hispanic Heritage Month, Weaving Our Connections: Remembering and Honoring the Dead across Cultures, led by artist Miriam Alarcón Ávila.Participants will explore the positive and celebratory ways different cultures view loss and remembrance. Miriam will guide you in creating your own ofrenda (offering), a beautiful tradition often seen in Día de los Muertos celebrations. This is a chance to connect with others, share stories, and create a meaningful tribute to...

Terrible Twos: A Second Year MFA Show - School of Art, Art History, and Design
Monday, September 29, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Terrible Twos: A Second Year MFA Show, Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 in the Drewelowe Gallery, Visual Arts Building. Closing Reception: Oct. 3, 7–9 pm.

Terrible Twos: A Second Year MFA Show - School of Art, Art History, and Design
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Terrible Twos: A Second Year MFA Show, Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 in the Drewelowe Gallery, Visual Arts Building. Closing Reception: Oct. 3, 7–9 pm.

VIEWS Presents: Ladan Osman Reading + Q&A
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Poet, photographer and filmmaker Ladan Osman will read her work, followed by a Q&A.

Terrible Twos: A Second Year MFA Show - School of Art, Art History, and Design
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Terrible Twos: A Second Year MFA Show, Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 in the Drewelowe Gallery, Visual Arts Building. Closing Reception: Oct. 3, 7–9 pm.

Study Hall
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm
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.

Terrible Twos: A Second Year MFA Show - School of Art, Art History, and Design
Thursday, October 2, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Terrible Twos: A Second Year MFA Show, Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 in the Drewelowe Gallery, Visual Arts Building. Closing Reception: Oct. 3, 7–9 pm.

Mail Art Pop-Up
Thursday, October 2, 2025 11:00am to 1:00pm
Mail Art for everyone! Join our art send out!

Terrible Twos: A Second Year MFA Show - School of Art, Art History, and Design
Friday, October 3, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Terrible Twos: A Second Year MFA Show, Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 in the Drewelowe Gallery, Visual Arts Building. Closing Reception: Oct. 3, 7–9 pm.

Art & Write Night
Friday, October 3, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
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 and...

Alebrijes Workshop with Miriam Alarcón Avila
Sunday, October 5, 2025 12:00pm to 3:30pm
Join artist Miriam Alarcón Avila for a free, family-friendly workshop where participants can learn about and create their own alebrijes, with examples from the museum's collection on view.

Visualizing Ethnic Diversity in the Roman Empire: Between “Barbarians” and Neighbors
Monday, October 6, 2025 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Sinclair W. Bell is Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois UniversityThe wide scatter of small finds, sculpted heads, statues, mosaics, and wall paintings of Aethiopians (Black Africans) indicates that their depictions constituted a popular visual and material commodity over several centuries and across the Roman empire. But how were these works—and more crucially, the people which they sought to depict—understood within the different parts of the vast imperial territories in which they...

Study Hall
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm
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.

Night at the Museum: Collage Night
Thursday, October 9, 2025 5:00pm to 7:00pm
It's time for another Night at the Museum! Calling all paper-lovers and journal-keepers: this month, we're hosting an entire evening of collage arts! Whether you're new to collage or a seasoned artist, feel free to stop by the Stanley for snacks and craft supplies. Have a junk journal or other materials you like to work with? Go ahead and bring them--otherwise, we've got supplies to get you started.Make sure to bring your Stanley Student Challenge card with you to get a stamp for attending the...

Exhibition Spotlight - INTO LIGHT: Transforming Grief
Friday, October 10, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
In conjunction with the INTO LIGHT Project's Iowa exhibition DRUG ADDICTION: Real People, Real Stories, currently on display at the Old Capitol Museum, our program series Exhibition Spotlight returns with two very special webinars.

Study Hall
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm
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.

Artist Conversation Series: Julien Creuzet and Aguibou Sanou
Thursday, October 16, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Join artists Julien Creuzet and Aguibou Bougobali Sanou for a talk and performance at the Stanley Museum of Art.

Drawing Salon with Robert Caputo
Sunday, October 19, 2025 2:00pm to 3:30pm
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...

Study Hall
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm
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.
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