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A seated audience listens to a speaker, there is a brightly colored, geometric wall mural behind them.

Performance, printmaking, and puppetry — Grant Wood Fellow Johanna Winters gives talk at Stanley

Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Daily Iowan
A large abstract painting with swirls of yellow, pink, teal, and light greenish blue, amid longer, vertical, curved black lines that have a quality of dance-like movement.

Behind Stanley’s ‘Homecoming’

Thursday, January 19, 2023
Emma Gaughan
Daily Iowan
Large, airy lobby with full-height windows, red arm chairs, and a brightly painted wall

15 Years After a Catastrophic Flood, the University of Iowa’s Esteemed Art Museum Is Reborn With a Fresh Vision

Thursday, January 12, 2023
Taylor Dafoe
ArtNet News
Front of grey brick building, set behind a park with green space.

The Stanley Museum of Art: More than 'Mural'

Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Judith H. Dobrzynski
Wall Street Journal
Beatrice Casto, 9, of Iowa City, talks with her parents, Heidi Casto (left) and Andrew Casto while looking at Jackson Pollock’s masterpiece, “Mural,” during the opening weekend event at the Stanley Museum of Art on August 26, 2022. The Castos are art instructors at the University of Iowa art school and wanted to take their daughter to the opening of the museum. Photo by Savannah Blake, The Gazett

Stellar year for art in Eastern Iowa

Thursday, January 5, 2023
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Signage with an illustrated figure of a woman sitting cross-legged on the floor meditating.

Stanley Museum of Art partners with Student Wellness and Koru Mindfulness to bring students ‘Mindfulness in the Museum’

Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Daily Iowan
Two women sit on a wooden bench in front of a large wall painting

Stanley Voted #1 Museum in the Crandic

Friday, December 9, 2022
Little Village Magazine
Two students stand together in front of the Odita mural in the Stanley lobby. Each of them is holding their clay creation in their hands. They're smiling, posing with the two clay snowmen they've made.

Monthly Meetup: Dec 8 Winter De-Stress Fest

Thursday, December 8, 2022
Allie Tokarski
For our December Monthly Meetup, we focused on creating a space for students to de-stress before finals week. We set out some board games, offered some arts and crafts activities, ordered food, and put on Wallace and Grommit on the lobby's big screen. Read this blog post to learn more about what the SCC got up to this month!
Woman with short hair wearing a dress with gold, black, and white patters stands at a podium

New Stanley Museum staff plans for the future three months after ‘Homecoming’ exhibition

Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Daily Iowan
A photo of Lily Hester: they are posing in Art Building West, wearing a very colorful sweater.

Stanley Campus Council Intern 2022/2023: Lily Hester

Sunday, November 20, 2022
Click here to learn more about Lily Hester and the work they do as the Stanley Campus Council Intern at the Stanley Museum of Art.
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