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June 4, 2023, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building

Two major University Museums online scholarship projects have been unveiled in the last year, the Iowa State University Biographical Dictionary and the Christian Petersen Catalogue Raissoné (Dec. 2023). Learn more about the behind-the-scenes in managing these multi-year projects, how to best utilize each publication online, and what the future holds for scholarship at University Museums.

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Telling Tales
June 11, 2023, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (US Central)

Join curator Adrienne Gennett to explore the many stories that art can tell as she tours the exhibition Telling Tales: Exploring Narrative Art in the Permanent Collection.

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Art Walks
June 14, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Begins at Albaugh Family Plaza, Athletic Sports Complex

Join Lynette Pohlman, director and chief curator, to explore Breaking Barriers a site-specific public work of art by artist Ivan Toth Depeña. The tour will examine behind-the-scenes glimpses in commissioning this heroic-scale sculpture for Iowa State.

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Sunday Tours
June 18, 2023, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM (US Central)
Location: Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building

Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!

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Sunday Tours
June 25, 2023, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM (US Central)
Location: Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building

Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!

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Sunday Tours
July 2, 2023, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM (US Central)
Location: Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building

Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!

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Closures
July 4, 2023

All University Museums and the office are CLOSED for Independence Day. 

The Anderson Sculpture Garden and Art on Campus Collection remain open all hours every day.

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Sunday Tours
July 9, 2023, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM (US Central)
Location: Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building

Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!

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Uncategorized
July 9, 2023, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Anderson Sculpture Garden, 603 Morrill Road

Join museums staff and The Numbers Lady®, Dr. Rebecca Klemm of NumbersAlive!®, for an afternoon celebrating the release of the new multimedia book Explore Art on Campus at Iowa State University.

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July 12, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Begins in Anderson Sculpture Garden, Morrill Hall south entrance

Bring a picnic lunch and join curator Sydney Marshall for a conversation around the return of the Left-Sided Angel this past fall. Have an inside look at what it takes to conduct conservation reports and annual maintenance in the Art on Campus Collection.

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Sunday Tours
July 16, 2023, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM (US Central)
Location: Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building

Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!

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Sunday Tours
July 23, 2023, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM (US Central)
Location: Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building

Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!

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Closures
July 24, 2023 - August 20, 2023

The Brunnier Art Museum, Christian Petersen Art Museum, and Farm House Museum are closed to change exhibitions.

The office remains open with regular hours. The Anderson Sculpture Garden and Art on Campus Collection remain open all hours every day.

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Art Walks
July 26, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Begins at University Library lobby

The Art on Campus Collection showcases the talents of artists from a variety of racial and cultural backgrounds. Join museum staff for a walk through some of the artists representing the diversity of the campus community.

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CPAM
Tom Stancliffe
August 22, 2023, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM (US Central)
Location: Christian Petersen Art Museum

Curator Sydney Marshall will lead a tour of the new installation Umbra in the Anderson Sculpture Garden by artist Tom Stancliffe, as well as explore the artist’s connections to the larger Art on Campus Collection with a look at the exhibition Art of Fabrication.

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Brunnier
Future Unfolding
August 27, 2023, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Brunnier Art Museum

Brunnier Art Museum curator Adrienne Gennett will tour the exhibition and introduce the newest acquisition to the permanent collection. April Surgent’s masterful ability to engrave subtle, yet powerful landscapes and seascapes within glass speak to the significant changes the world is witnessing due to climate change and human made detritus.

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Art Walks
Tom Stancliffe
August 30, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Begins outside Student Services

Join University Museums for an Art Walk centering around large-scale public art and environmental installation. In partnership with the exhibition Tom Stancliffe: Drift, visit outdoor installations that meaningfully interact with the environment.

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Growing Up Victorian
Farm House
August 31, 2023, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM (US Central)
Location: Farm House Museum

Farm House Museum curator Allison Sheridan will tour the Farm House Museum and current exhibition Growing Up Victorian

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Closures
September 4, 2023

All University Museums and the office are CLOSED for Labor Day. 

The Anderson Sculpture Garden and Art on Campus Collection remain open all hours every day.

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Virtual
Pulped
September 6, 2023, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Virtual on Zoom

Hear from four artists – Jillian Bruschera, Reni Gower, Melissa Potter, and Marilyn Propp – whose art is presented in the Brunnier Art Museum exhibition Pulped Under Pressure. They will discuss their unique perspectives of working with papermaking in their art practices.

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Honoring Jack Trice
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September 10, 2023, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Christian Petersen Art Museum, Morrill Hall

Explore the artistic process of looking closely at the University Museums’ collection of works of art honoring Jack Trice’s legacy through this program led by director and chief curator Lynette Pohlman and curator Sydney Marshall.

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CPAM
Tom Stancliffe
September 14, 2023, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (US Central)
5:30 Artist Talk, 6:30 reception with refreshments
Location: Christian Petersen Art Museum, Morrill Hall

Join University Museums and Tom Stancliffe for an artist-led gallery walk at 5:30 of the exhibition Tom Stancliffe: Drift. Stancliffe will discuss his studio practice, and the themes found within the works of art. Stay for refreshments and an opening reception of the exhibition at 6:30.

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Brunnier
Epergnes
September 17, 2023, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Brunnier Art Museum

Celebrate the addition of a unique group of 19th and early 20th century elaborately formed and boldly colored glass epergnes. 

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Uncategorized
September 21, 2023, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Scheman Building Atrium

Artist Ivan Depeña will discuss the process of creating public works of art and the intricacies of making art that captures the varied impacts and legacy of Jack Trice held by countless ISU alumni.

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Date Night
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Tom Stancliffe
September 22, 2023, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Christian Petersen Art Museum, Morrill Hall

Tired of the same old date nights? University Museums has you covered with free food, crafts, and art for a fun unique night. In partnership with the ISU Bookstore, all visitors will get a 20% off coupon for the ISU Bookstore and can enter for a chance to win some ISU art!

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Art Walks
September 27, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Begins in Curtiss Hall

Join University Museums for a selection of Art on Campus public art where artists experimented with new materials or mediums in non-traditional methods. Led by docent Rae Reilly.

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Tom Stancliffe
ASG
October 3, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Anderson Sculpture Garden

View the new installation in the Anderson Sculpture Garden with a different perspective on this tour with Dr. Laura Iles, director of the North Central Integrated Pest Management Center. Explore the intricate relationships between insects and forests, as well as how human influence on the environment affects this relationship.

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Art Walks
October 25, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Begins at "The Moth" outside Coover Hall

Examine the environmental and technological changes on display in the Art on Campus Collection on an art walk centering around nature and transformation. Led by docents Cindy Scholten and Steve Petska

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Virtual
November 2, 2023, 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM (US Central)
Location: Virtual on YouTube

Experience museum work through the eyes of current Pohlman Fellow Gracia Koele (History ’23), as she shares her experience over the last year at University Museums and her recent curatorial work. 

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Virtual
Growing Up Victorian
Farm House
November 7, 2023, 5:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Virtual on YouTube

Great-great grandson of author, advocate and etiquette professional Emily Post, Daniel Post Senning co-author of Emily Post’s Etiquette (19th ed.), presents a program on children’s etiquette.

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Virtual
Tom Stancliffe
November 16, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Virtual on Zoom

In connection with the exhibition Art of Fabrication in the Christian Petersen Art Museum, the layered processes behind the life of a work of public art will be explored in this Zoom panel discussion with Sydney Marshall, Dan Perry, and Reinaldo Correa.

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Closures
November 20, 2023 - November 24, 2023

The Farm House Museum and Christian Petersen Art Museum are CLOSED for Thanksgiving Break. The Brunnier Art Museum and University Museums office have open hours some days this week.

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Closures
November 23, 2023 - November 24, 2023

All University Museums and the office are CLOSED for Thanksgiving. The Anderson Sculpture Garden and Art on Campus Collection are open all hours every day. 

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Art Walks
November 29, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (US Central)
Location: Begins outside LeBaron Hall west entrance

Take time to enjoy artwork in the Art on Campus Collection that mirror and reflect other works of art on campus. Led by docent Rick Bartosh

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Art Walks
December 13, 2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (US Central)
Location: University Library

Across various mediums, from print to drawing, paper is an accessible and dynamic material used in the visual arts. Join University Museums for an Art Walk centering around works of art on paper. Led by Caitlin Patton, University Museums Education Specialist

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