Articles from 2023

Stanley Museum of Art building

Iowa City Poetry hosts second Generative Writers Workshop at Stanley Museum of Art

Friday, September 29, 2023
The Daily Iowan
Visitors in the museum lobby

Stanley Museum of Art’s newest catalog takes risk to connect local art, literature

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Avi Lapchick
The Daily Iowan
Book display

Stanley Museum of Art's "In a Time of Witness" is an interactive guide through its many exhibits

Sunday, September 24, 2023
Jessica Rish
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Visitors at the museums exhibition

‘Drawn Over’ exhibit at the University of Iowa shines new light on Native American culture

Friday, September 22, 2023
Diana Nollen
The Gazette
A photo of the Art of Voting event, showcasing the info table at the front of the event. At the table sits Campus Engage Coordinator Alexis Belme, who is smiling, prepared to greet event attendees as they walk through the museum's front doors.

Night at the Museum: The Art of Voting

Monday, September 18, 2023
Alexis Belme
In case you couldn't make it to our first installment of Night at the Museum, we held an event to engage students in registering to vote! We hosted Hawk the Vote to help get students registered, had snacks and drinks, and had a table for voter button making.
A collection of art from the Stanley collaged under the titled "The Eras Tour: SMA's Version" and a picture of Taylor Swift.

The Eras Tour, SMA's Version: A Project by Anaka Sanders

Thursday, September 14, 2023
Anaka Sanders
A comparison of artwork from the Stanley Museum of Art’s collection to Taylor Swift’s ten original studio albums – creating a Stanley Eras Tour.
Allie Tokarski, assistant curator of student engagement at the Stanley Museum of Art, showcases how to use a button press during The Art of Voting installment at the Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa City on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Representatives from Hawk the Vote were present at the event to promote voter registration. Nights at the Museum is a monthly program to promote the Stanley Museum of Art’s late gallery hours on Thursdays.

The Stanley hosts ‘Nights at the Museum’ series to draw in UI students

Thursday, September 14, 2023
Emma Gaughan
The Daily Iowan
“Drawn Over” guest curator Jacki Thompson Rand smiles Aug. 24 as she talks with people about this newest exhibition at the Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa City. The exhibition runs through Jan. 2. The group shows the art and history the Indigenous Plains men who drew on pages ripped from government ledger books and given to them after they no longer had enough buffalo hides. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

In Stanley Museum of Art’s first year, thousands discover ‘gem’

Friday, September 8, 2023
The Gazette
A photo of Abbey, with library shelves behind her.

Mellon Graduate Assistant 2023 - 2025: Abbey Minor

Thursday, August 31, 2023
Abigail Minor
Click here to learn more about Abbey Minor, the Stanley Museum of Art's Mellon Graduate Assistant for the grant's two year cycle.
Visitors in the museum lobby

Celebrating Year 1 with the UI Stanley Museum of Art

Thursday, August 31, 2023
Iowa Now
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