Join us for a special Stanley Creates event celebrating the birthday of artist Hayward Oubre!Enjoy cupcakes and learn to make a wire sculpture inspired by his artwork in the exhibition Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity, currently on view in the galleries. Participants will be provided materials and guidance to bend, twist, and shape wire into imaginative sculptures and designs. The workshop will be led by Agnes Harry Mills, Graduate Assistant in Learning & Engagement at the Stanley Museum of...

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...

Grab lunch and connect with the campus community at the Plaza!Presented by the College of Engineering and the Stanley Museum of Art, Mondays at the Plaza is a weekly event series held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the North Library Plaza.Enjoy a rotating selection of food trucks, engaging activities, and informational booths all designed to foster cross-departmental networking and celebrate scientific discovery. It’s a vibrant community-building effort that brings together students, faculty, and...

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...

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop is back for the Fall Semester!Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece.Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen and...

Grab lunch and connect with the campus community at the Plaza!Presented by the College of Engineering and the Stanley Museum of Art, Mondays at the Plaza is a weekly event series held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the North Library Plaza.Enjoy a rotating selection of food trucks, engaging activities, and informational booths all designed to foster cross-departmental networking and celebrate scientific discovery. It’s a vibrant community-building effort that brings together students, faculty, and...

Make your own world from drawing shapes, creating stamps, and printing them onto paper in a creative and fun landscape! Various pre-cut shape stamps will be provided for visitors to use, as well as materials like cardboard and string to create an infinite number of designs as they come together on a sheet of paper.School's Out at the Stanley is offered on days when Iowa City Community Schools District has no classes. Art projects are developed with school-aged children in mind. All abilities and...

Join us for the 2025 Downtown Fall Gallery Walk at the Stanley Museum of Art! The museum will be open late for a special evening of art, food, and exploration.Stop by to discover the latest exhibition, Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity, which explores a previously unexamined history of American modernism, or revisit the early years of the University of Iowa's MFA program in In the Studio: Art at Iowa in the 1940s.Enjoy a self-guided tour of the galleries, take in our beautiful outdoor spaces...

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...

Grab lunch and connect with the campus community at the Plaza!Presented by the College of Engineering and the Stanley Museum of Art, Mondays at the Plaza is a weekly event series held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the North Library Plaza.Enjoy a rotating selection of food trucks, engaging activities, and informational booths all designed to foster cross-departmental networking and celebrate scientific discovery. It’s a vibrant community-building effort that brings together students, faculty, and...