Mondays at the Plaza is a weekly event series that brings local food trucks to campus, creating a casual space for cross-departmental networking and community connection

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...

Mondays at the Plaza is a weekly event series that brings local food trucks to campus, creating a casual space for cross-departmental networking and community connection

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...

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...

Mondays at the Plaza is a weekly event series that brings local food trucks to campus, creating a casual space for cross-departmental networking and community connection

We’re welcoming students back to the Stanley Museum of Art with the semester’s first Night at the Museum! Night at the Museum is our series of monthly events for students, hosted Thursday evenings when we are open late. This month we are once again collaborating with Hawk The Vote, a student group dedicated to helping folks here at the University of Iowa register to vote in local, state, and federal U.S. elections. HTV representatives will be available in our lobby to help you register, and...

Mondays at the Plaza is a weekly event series that brings local food trucks to campus, creating a casual space for cross-departmental networking and community connection

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...

Celebrate the opening of Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity at the Stanley Museum of Art.Join us for an evening of opening remarks, refreshments, and music, as we celebrate the first-ever retrospective of the American modernist and University of Iowa alumnus, Hayward L. Oubre, Jr. (1916–2006).Organized by the Birmingham Museum of Art, this travelling exhibition features a stunning and extensive display of 52 sculptures, paintings, and prints by Oubre.Visitors will have a great time exploring...

Mondays at the Plaza is a weekly event series that brings local food trucks to campus, creating a casual space for cross-departmental networking and community connection

Join us for the latest session of Stanley Sage, a program designed for older adults. This session will feature Pete Hartley, owner of The Frame Station (since 2023) in Iowa City, as he talks about his unique journey and passion for framing art. Pete will share how his love for the craft has quite literally "framed" his life, from early woodworking projects to becoming a cornerstone of the local art community.This program will be hosted by Amanda Lensing. Light refreshments will be provided by...

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...

Reduce - Reuse - Reboot! Assemble a robot sculpture by reusing tin cans and other materials.Spots are limited, register here: https://uiowa.doubleknot.com/event/stanley-creates-recycled-tin-robot/3105245Stanley Creates is a free, family-friendly event offered twice a semester at the Stanley Museum of Art. It provides an opportunity for families to experience the museum together through an art-making activity that takes inspiration from the Stanley collection. During their visit to the Stanley...

Create dazzling suncatchers to capture the summer sun inspired by Dale Chihuly's brightly colored, organically shaped glass sculptures.