Mary Alice Waite shares her experience working on the exhibition "Ethics, Art, and Connections with Nature: Exploring the Archaeological Cultures of Mill Creek and Glenwood," in spring 2025, as part of a team of student curators.

Click here to learn more about Lauren Smith and the work she will do as the Campus Engagement Coordinator at the Stanley Museum of Art beginning summer 2025 and lasting through academic year 2025/ 26.

Spring 2025 marks the graduation of six of our gallery hosts--that's half of the year's team! Additionally, half of this year's graduates have been with the museum since it reopened in August of 2022. Read this post to hear a bit more about these students, their experiences at the Stanley, and where they're headed next.

Annelies Knight was our Campus Engagement Coordinator for academic year 2024/25. In this blog post, she reflects on the time she spent in the role and the events she planned, the resources and engagement tools she developed, and how her experience helped prepare her for what's next.

Abbie McLaren has been Museum Programs Intern at the Stanley since 2022. In this blog post, she reflects on her past three years in the role and how her experience at the Stanley shaped her time at Iowa. As part of the graduating class of 2025, Abbie will be leaving this role at the end of the spring 2025 semester.

For our final installment of our Night at the Museum series for this academic year, we hosted our pop-up Student Exhibit! Working with the Undergraduate Art History Society (UAHS), and student artists across campus, we turned our lobby space into another gallery which hosted over 150 guests! Click here for photos and a recap.