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 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 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...

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...

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 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 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...

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 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 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...

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 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 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...

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...

Join us for our next installment of Night at the Museum, a series of monthly events for UI students that occurs on Thursday nights when the museum is open late.This month, our session is aimed at helping students destress around midterms by making and viewing art. To do this, we're teaming up with Dana Keeton, a local artist, art therapist and mental health counselor.All night in the lobby, we'll have snacks and art materials provided for creative mask making. Dana will take interested students...