Stanley Museum of Art

Welcome to the first Night at the Museum for the semester, Hawkeyes! Night at the Museum is our series of monthly events for students, hosted Thursday evenings when we are open late. 

This month will be our fourth annual collaboration with Hawk the Vote. HTV is an organization involved in civic engagement, voter registration, and education on campus, and will be available to help students register to vote and provide more information on engagement. In-state residents, please remember to bring a...

Need a creative break at the end of the week? Swing by the Stanley on Friday afternoons to work on a craft project of your choice.

Bring your own in-progress project or start a new one using the various supplies provided. Try your hand at sketching, coloring, knitting, embroidery, origami, and so much more in a relaxing, low-pressure environment. Stay as long as you like and make new connections. Light snacks will be provided.

Friday Crafternoons occurs almost every Friday at the Stanley Museum of...

Join us for a lecture at the museum by Nora Annesley Taylor introducing audiences to the field of modern and contemporary Southeast Asian art. This program accompanies the student-curated exhibition of contemporary Myanmar paintings on view in the Visual Lab in Fall 2026.

Nora Annesley Taylor is the Alsdorf Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a specialist in the art of the region. She is the author of Painters in Hanoi: An Ethnography of...