As part of her internship, Campus Engagement Coordinator Annelies Knight created a self-guided tour that explores printmaking techniques. Check out this blog post to learn more about Annelies's process and see the final result--or swing by the front desk and grab a copy!

On Thursday, January 23 (day 4 of MLK Week), the Stanley Museum of Art hosted an all day art workshop in collaboration with students at the African American Cultural Center. The program, Art and Expression, was led by different mural artists throughout the day and focused on creating a collaborative mural on large sheets of paper that reflected the themes of justice, equality, and unity that Dr. King championed throughout his life. Students and museum visitors were invited to participate and express ideas of social justice through art. Read this blog post for more info!

Click here to learn more about Amelia Enskat and the work she will do as Museum Studies Intern within the Learning & Engagement department at the Stanley Museum of Art during the Spring 2025 semester.

For our November installment of Night at the Museum, we hosted a stress-relief patch making workshop. Students were welcomed to join us and create their own pieces of fabric art on tote bags or pencil cases or their own textile goods. Click here to learn more about how the event went!

Museum Programs Intern Abbie McLaren attended FilmScene's 3rd Annual Refous Film Festival in Iowa City this October with a pass received through FilmScene's partnership with the Stanley. She watched a total of four films--check out this post for Abbie's thoughts on "Nightbitch," "Pavements," "Aelita: Queen of Mars," and "Plastic."

For our second installment of Night at the Museum this academic year, we hosted a making workshop focused on cyanotypes. Students were able to stop by the Stanley on Thursday night to create cyanotypes with us, or they could instead opt to pick up a take-home bag with all the materials and instructions to make their cyanotype photograms at home by themselves. Click here to learn more about how this event went!

The creative component of our September Night at the Museum event with student org Hawk the Vote involved making political inspired block prints with event attendees. After this event, we decided to use the same process to stamp the take-home-kit bags for our October event. If you are interested in learning how to make your own block prints to decorate your clothes, bags, or walls with, read this blog post for information about how we designed and made ours!

Click here to learn more about Luke Krchak and the work he will do as Museum Studies Intern within the Learning & Engagement department at the Stanley Museum of Art during the Fall 2024 semester.

For our first installment of Night at the Museum this academic year, we revisited our partnership with Hawk the Vote and hosted another iteration of "The Art of Voting." Similar to last year, we used our student event this month to encourage students to register to vote with Hawk the Vote; we provided a super cool voting-inspired art activity; and had some snacks and drinks available for attendees. Click here to learn more about how this event went!