Join artist Sandra Sawatzky to embroider your own horse chestnut tree! This same type of tree is part of The Black Gold Tapestry on display at the Stanley Museum of Art and the same tree that Anne Frank looked at out of the annex window while in hiding. Create a beautiful embroidery and visit the Anne Frank Sapling, a descendant of the original tree, on the UI Pentacrest. All materials will be provided by the Anne Frank Initiative (AFI). No experience necessary, but participants must be at least...

Despite conventional wisdom, rural America is thriving across many important measures including higher home ownership, similar median income and similar if not lower unemployment rates than cities.

Rural Americans value our environment, family life, aspire for racial equality, and believe in our democracy. These are not “urban” values or “progressive” values, these are American values.

Through both interviews and statistics, Currid-Halkett shows that many urban and rural Americans share similar...

Canadian artist, filmmaker, and environmentalist Sandra Sawatzky will be in Iowa City to speak about her monumental 220-foot, hand-embroidered narrative, The Black Gold Tapestry, currently on view at the Stanley Museum of Art.

Sawatzky will share details of the nine-year process behind the creation this intricate masterpiece that traces the global history of oil. UI faculty members, Hope Tucker (Associate Professor, Cinematic Arts) and R. Tyler Priest (Associate Professor, History) will join...

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...

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

Lights, Camera, Careers: Arts & Media Career Trek
Thursday, April 23
Cedar Rapids, IA

Spend a day exploring creative careers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa!

Meet professionals, see how media and arts organizations operate, and discover local opportunities in storytelling, performance, arts education, and community events. Go behind the scenes with these organizations:

Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival

Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre

Eastern Iowa Arts Academy

KCRG-TV9

Register on Handshake: https://uiowa.joinhandshake.com...