Public Programs

Students sit on stools sketching in front of artworks

Drawing Salon with Robert Caputo

A Black man wearing a red beret, bright yellow sweatshirt, and wire-rimmed glasses stands in front of an abstract painting

Visiting Speaker Series

An Image featuring three people sitting in front of Sam Gilliam's "Red April," with notebooks.

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop

A man sitting on a red couch speaks into a microphone as a group of people sitting around him listen.

Campus & Community Partnership Programs

A person with glasses standing in front of a painting, speaking to a group

Sunday with the Docents

NEA Big Read

NEA Big Read Program

Artist Conversation Series

Supported by the Henry Luce Foundation
Iron sculpture depicting a four-legged animal with long, curving horns

Mellon Symposium on Museum Ethics and Provenance Research

May 1 - May 3, 2025

Family Programs

Two boys posing in front of a colorful wall, holding up drawings

Stanley Creates

Colorful clay figurines with googly eyes and ebellishments

School's Out at the Stanley

White dots on a yellow background with words "Self-Guided Tour: The Iowa Tour"

Self-guided Activities

Student Programming

The logo for Chill & Create

Chill & Create

A silly graphic image: Herky poses in front of the Stanley Museum of Art, with text beneath reading "Night at the Museum," parodying the popular movies.

Nights at the Museum

Two women sit on a red couch leaning over a white table. There is a laptop and beverage on the table and backpacks on the couch and floor.

Study at the Stanley