Interested in learning about the ancient art practice of weaving? The Stanley has partnered with ICDD for the upcoming Free Week – a winter festival offering free programming at over 15 venues, celebrating Downtown Iowa City’s Cultural & Entertainment District from Feb. 18 to 22, 2025. Weaver and Graduate Assistant at the Stanley Museum of Art, Melanie Landsittel, will lead a workshop featuring many types of DIY looms and demonstrate the process of weaving. Visitors will be shown how to create...

Michael Knowles, from The Daily Wire, is coming LIVE to campus! He is the celebrated host of The Michael Knowles Show at The Daily Wire and The Book Club at PragerU. In 2017, Michael published the #1 national bestselling treatise Reasons to Vote for Democrats, which President Donald Trump hailed as “a great book for your reading enjoyment." In 2021, Michael published his first book with words, Speechless, which also reached #1 on the national bestseller charts. In early 2020, he teamed up with...

Join the Women of Colour Network in collaboration with The Pentacrest Museums, the Stanley Museum of Art, and Special Collections and Archives to connect with intentionality behind creating and choosing materials in clothing and design. Come together to enjoy food and conversation as we explore traditions of handmaking and embellishment of objects passed down through generations of artisans. Griselda Lopez, a lifelong practitioner of Guatemalan weaving will facilitate a workshop on simple...

Looking for undergraduates seeking to improve resume & support in managing work stress.

Connect over food truck breakfast and shopping local produce and goodies. Meet the Educational & Professional Islamic Community (EPIC)! Win a Farmer's Market merch prize basket! Faculty, Staff, Students, and Community Members all welcome!

Come try an array of salsa and chips and learn Latin dance basics (Salsa, Bachata, etc.) in a supportive and private environment before heading out for the weekend! Bring a friend or go solo! Every(body)'s invited!

Join WRAC at this year’s annual Take Back the Night rally, march, and speak-out on April 23 at 6 p.m. on the Pentacrest. Take Back the Night is a worldwide movement to stand against sexual violence and assault in all forms. This night includes moving and authentic stories, networking with community resources and organizations, and standing against sexual violence.

Free copy of Design Social Change: Take Action, Work Toward Equity, and Challenge the Status Quo for the first 30 attendees! What motivates you as a changemaker? What forces are preventing you (and others) from thriving? These questions are essential to the work of creating social change, and they are exactly what Lesley-Ann Noel asks you to explore in her new book, Design Social Change: Take Action, Work Toward Equity, and Challenge the Status Quo (Ten Speed Press, 2023). In the book and at...

Join us for our live awards ceremony and reception, featuring our keynote speaker - Author, Tippie College of Business Faculty Director, and Associate Professor Beth Livingston! Refreshments and social time will begin at 3:30 p.m., and the award celebration will begin at 4 p.m.  This event is free and open to the public. This event recognizes the recipients for the following awards: May Brodbeck Distinguished Achievement Award for Faculty Susan C. Buckley Distinguished Achievement Award...

Our voices are an important indicator of who we are. Female-presenting speakers often learn self-undermining speaking habits from the people and society around them. How does the voice contribute to our sense of presence and how others perceive us? Tone, inflection, pace, and volume are some of the vocal elements that provide clues for the listener as to what we think and feel. In this workshop, UI Theatre Arts professor Mary Mayo will invite you to develop a greater awareness of your voice and...