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In connection with the Brunnier Art Museum exhibition John Buck: Prints and Sculpture from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, this University Museums Art Walk explores the art of printmaking through the many examples in the Art on Campus Collection. Led by University Museums education assistant Caitlin Patton.

Hosted by the University Museums’ interns, celebrate the holiday season at the Farm House Museum. Take part in free Victorian yuletide themed activities and crafts while you enjoy holiday treats.

Enjoy festive family fun at the Farm House Museum. Victorian yuletide-themed crafts and holiday treats will be provided. Tours of the historic home in full period decoration offered throughout the afternoon and the opportunity to meet and take a picture with Santa.

Free 30-minute Sunday Tour at the Brunnier Art Museum. This tour is led by docent Roberta Vann. No registration, just show up!

It's the first of a series of Art Walks focusing on the art within specific buildings on campus. Student living spaces are home to a number of public works of art. This tour will focus on works of art in UDCC and Friley, and how these sites affect interpretations of the art.

Free 30-minute Sunday Tour at the Brunnier Art Museum led by University Museums staff or docents. No registration, just show up!

Free 30-minute Sunday Tour at the Brunnier Art Museum led by docent Rae Reilly. No registration, just show up!

In connection with the Harriet Bart: Material Alchemy exhibition, join museum Docent Barbara Bruene on an art walk focusing on texts and literary themes found in the Art on Campus Collection.

Join artist and ISU alumnus King Au for the exhibition reception and unveiling of his newly commissioned three works of art for the University Museums’ permanent collection depicting the campus sculptures of student-athlete Jack Trice (1902–1923).

Join Minnesota-based artist Harriet Bart for the opening of her solo exhibition Harriet Bart: Material Alchemy in the Christian Petersen Art Museum.

This program will explore the recent sculpture by public artist Ivan Toth Depeña that honors, commemorates and memorializes Trice's campus legacy as expressed through the power of art. A preview video featuring the creative process of creating Breaking Barriers with Depeña will be presented.

Joyce J. Scott is a dynamic artist, educator, and performer whose beadwork sculptures tell the stories of her world. Learn how her art on view in the Brunnier Art Museum challenges stereotypes and confronts many difficult subjects through the use of glass beads.

Join curator Sydney Marshall for a tour through Harriet Bart’s retrospective exhibition Harriet Bart: Material Alchemy.

Join Dr. Brianna Burke, Associate Professor of American Indian Studies and English, to learn more about the importance of beadwork to multiple American Indian nations. Participants will have the opportunity to try different beading techniques.

This program will explore the recent sculpture by public artist Ivan Toth Depeña that honors, commemorates and memorializes Trice's campus legacy as expressed through the power of art.

Try something new for date night and visit the Christian Petersen Art Museum to make a mini zine and look at art together, with friends or a special someone.

Join former Pohlman Fellow Sarah Bartlett (M.A. Anthropology ’23) as she explores a new way to look at ancient pottery to better include female voices in our discussion of Ancient Athens with ethnographic consideration of early interpretations of the ancient world. 

Interested in a career in museums, libraries, or archives? Join University Museums staff, University Library archivists, conservators, and many more professionals from around central Iowa for an informal meet and greet to learn more about these unique career paths.

Debra Marquart, Distinguished Professor and Iowa Poet Laureate will read from her in-progress book-length poem, Leave it in the Ground, and share images created in collaboration with visual artist Tom Rice. Together, the book and art will examine the true cost of oil extraction to the planet.

In connection to the Telling Tales exhibition at the Brunnier Art Museum, join museum Docent Rick Bartosh to explore two murals that are examples of narrative public art in the Art on Campus Collection.

Join Dr. Jodi Sterle, Professor of Animal Science, as she shares how for thousands of years art has told the stories of the connections between animals and the humans who care for them.

Join intern Travis Berhenke (History ’23) for an in-depth look at the Growing Up Victorian exhibition that he curated at the Farm House Museum. Explore themes of education, literature, chores and play from 1880 to 1910 in this historic home setting.

Try something new for date night and visit the Brunnier Art Museum to look at art with friends or a special someone.

Athletics and the depiction of the human form is a vital theme in both Iowa State’s history and the Art on Campus Collection. Museums Docent Steve Petska will lead an art walk in connection with the Honoring Jack Trice exhibition at the Christian Petersen Museum.

Try something new for date night by exploring the Farm House Museum during these special evening hours with friends, family, or that special someone.

Having trouble getting to the museum during the week? Enjoy the University Museums’ central campus locations and spring exhibitions during an open house weekend, Saturday & Sunday, April 15 & 16 from 1:00-4:00pm. 

Having trouble getting to the museum during the week? Enjoy the University Museums’ central campus locations and spring exhibitions during an open house weekend, Saturday & Sunday, April 15 & 16 from 1:00-4:00pm. 

In connection to the Growing Up Victorian exhibition at the Farm House Museum, join Museums Docent Rae Reilly on an art walk centered on depictions of families and domesticity in the Art on Campus Collection.

As a science and technology institution, much of the public art references the many forms of innovation in science, engineering and more researched and studied on campus. Join Museum Docent Cindy Scholten on an art walk looking at innovation in the Art on Campus Collection.

Join Lynette Pohlman, director and chief curator, to explore Breaking the 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.

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.