Announcing Free Public Events with University Museums for Spring Semester 2022
| |
|
AMES, IOWA — January 7, 2022 — University Museums at Iowa State University offers free events and educational programs that are open to anyone who wishes to attend. The events for the spring 2022 semester are relevant to exhibitions at the Brunnier Art Museum, Christian Petersen Art Museum, Farm House Museum, Anderson Sculpture Garden, and/or the Art on Campus Collection.
"We're excited to offer a variety of programming," said Alisha Abner, University Museums communications specialist. "There's something for everyone, both in-person and virtual events, and one offers both options!" Some programs this semester focus on how University Museums can enhance the teaching and learning experience at Iowa State, but all programs and events are free and open to the public.
Programming is made possible through support from the Kathy and John Howell Art Enrichment Program, the Offices of the Vice President for Research and the Senior Vice President for the Division of Operations and Finance.
Programs and events are subject to change. Registration is not required for most events. By registering, attendees can receive direct information about any changes to the event. The University Museums website and Facebook page will have the latest information.
| |
Spring Semester 2022 Programs | |
|
Mythical Bounty: Glass Sculpture by Amber Cowan Opening & Artist Lecture
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 4:00-6:30PM
Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building
Lecture at 5:30PM
Hear Cowan speak about her highly intricate works of art and her unique process of repurposing pressed glass. Light refreshments will be served during the reception. Supported by the Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau Community Grant Program.
Read more...
| |
|
Collecting Craft Tour
Wednesday, February 2, noon-1:00PM
Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building
Join University Museums Pohlman Fellow and ISU senior, Hannah Brennan, as she discusses contemporary Native American basketry and pottery in the exhibition and her experience as the 2021-22 University Museums Pohlman Fellow.
Read more...
| |
|
Julie W Chang: Vibrant Matter Opening & Artist Lecture
Wednesday, February 9, 4:30-6:30PM
Christian Petersen Art Museum, Morrill Hall
Lecture at 5:30pm in Morrill Hall Auditorium, room 2017
Chang will discuss the traditional and religious symbols interwoven within her abstracted patterns to comment on cultural identity. Light refreshments will be served during the reception.
Read more...
| |
Royal Craft: The History of the Roycroft through the Lens of Six Artworks
Thursday, February 10, 5:30-6:30PM
Virtual on Zoom
The history of the Roycroft campus, one of the first Arts and Crafts communities in America, told through unique artifacts of the Gilded Age by Alan Nowicki, Roycroft Campus Program Director.
Read more...
| |
Tears, Loss, and Resiliency: Iowa State Student’s Response to World War II
Wednesday, February 16, noon-1:00PM
Christian Petersen Art Museum, Reiman Gallery, room 0003 lower level of Morrill Hall
Join Lynette Pohlman, director and chief curator of University Museums, as she shares Charlotte Petersen’s stories of her husband’s response to war and the student experience in creating campus sculptures in the 1940s in response to World War II.
Read more...
Visual Literacy: Interactive Student Learning Workshop with CELT
Thursday, February 24, 3:10-4:00PM
Room 2030 Morrill Hall
Explore the possibilities that Museums collaborations can bring to your curriculum. Gain knowledge of teaching resources available on campus and become familiar with the process of engaging with Museums to build your curriculum. University Museums is partnering with the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) for this workshop. Please register with CELT.
Read more...
| |
|
Fire & Glass: Glassblowing Demonstration & Discussion
Thursday March 3, 5:30-6:30PM
Limited in-person seating at the Student Innovation Center Glassblowing Studio, registration required.
This event will also be livestreamed (no registration required for the livestream).
A collaboration with the Gaffer's Guild and University Museums: students, faculty, and staff glass blowers will demonstrate the process of creating blown glass and afterwards discuss how they came to glass blowing as a hobby or passion.
Read more...
Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement
Sunday, March 6, 2:00-3:00PM
Virtual on Zoom
Judith B. Tankard, landscape historian, author, and preservation consultant, will survey the inspirations, characteristics, and development of garden design during the Arts and Crafts Movement. In conjunction with the exhibition Arts & Craftsman at the Farm House Museum.
Read more...
Letterpress Prints, Abstracted Patterns
Thursday, March 24, noon-1:00PM
Christian Petersen Art Museum (Morrill Hall)
Join Art and Visual Culture Assistant Professor Raluca Iancu to create your own abstracted pattern, inspired by the Julie Chang exhibition in the Christian Petersen Art Museum. The Memorial Union Workspace will also lead a creative craft responding to the exhibition. Pizza will be provided. Join a guided tour of the exhibition at 12:30PM.
Read more...
| |
|
Open House Weekend
Saturday & Sunday, April 2 & 3, 1:00-4:00PM
Farm House Museum & Christian Petersen Art Museum
Having trouble getting to the museum during the week? Enjoy the Museums' central campus locations and spring exhibitions during an open house weekend.
Read more...
Craft Feminism: Making as Resistance & Inquiry
Tuesday, April 5, noon-1:00PM
Virtual on Zoom
Interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator Melissa Hilliard Potter will discuss case studies from her personal experience, including her co-curated exhibition Social Paper: Hand Papermaking in the Context of Socially Engaged Art and collaborations with women artisans in Bosnia and Republic of Georgia. In conjunction with the Collecting Craft exhibition at the Brunnier Art Museum.
Read more...
Representing Agriculture through Public Art: University Museums as a Student Service
Tuesday, April 12, noon-1:00PM
Curtiss Hall, lower level rotunda
Join CALS Student Services and University Museums for a student focused tour of Curtiss Hall’s public art and exploration of services available to all students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, followed by a viewing of the exhibition in the Christian Petersen Art Museum.
Read more...
| |
Reflections on Preservation from a Queer Public Historian
Thursday, April 14, 6:30-7:30PM
Virtual on Zoom
Franklin Vagnone, President of Twisted Preservation Cultural Consulting, will illustrate his experimental Public History work that often questions accepted professional best practices. Preservation, conservation, public history, sculpture, contemporary art happenings, and queer & marginal narratives all are a part of Twisted Preservation's Practice. In conjunction with the Farm House Museum.
Read more...
| |
|
Curator’s Tour of All the Evils… Christian Petersen and the Art of War
Sunday, May 15, 2:00-3:00PM
Christian Petersen Art Museum, Reiman Gallery, room 0003 lower level of Morrill Hall
Join curator Lea Rosson DeLong for a discussion on the works of art by Christian Petersen highlighting war and memorializing the sacrifices made by those involved. This talk will focus on Petersen’s work of art The Unknown Prisoner, which captures the grim realities of war rather than glorifying it.
Read more...
| |
|
Art Walks
Monthly on Wednesdays at noon
An Exploration of Materials in Public Art is the theme for this semester’s Art Walks hosted by University Museums’ staff and docents. Each walk will be centered on a singular material that makes up a majority of the selected public art presented in the walk.
Click on the materials for more information.
January 26: Metalwork, begins in Biorenewables Complex Atrium, led by University Museums director Lynette Pohlman
February 23: Textiles, begins at Jischke Honors Building Lobby, led by docent Dana Schumacher
March 30: Glass, begins at Beardshear Hall Second Floor Rotunda, led by University Museums curator Allison Sheridan
April 27: Painted Murals, begins at Anderson Sculpture Garden (near the Hub), led by University Museums curator Sydney Marshall
May 25: Ceramics, Lagomarcino Hall Courtyard, led by University Museums curator Adrienne Gennett
June 29: Stone, begins at Kildee Hall Lobby, led by docent Rae Reilly
July 27: Wood, begins at Scheman Building, 1st Floor Atrium, led by docent Cindy Scholten
| |
|
Header & first images: Detail of The Dreams of a Descendant of Sirenuse, 2021 by Amber Cowan. Flameworked glass, found glass, mixed media, powder coated aluminum frame. Commissioned by University Museums with funds from the Joyce Brewer Art Acquisition Fund. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Photo by Matthew Hollerbush.
Second image: Photo of Hannah Brennen in front of Brunnier Art Museum
Third image: Detail from Amulet Series, 2021 by Julie W Chang. On loan from the artist and Hosfelt Gallery.
Forth image: detail of Dressing Table, 1900 by Roycroft. Wood. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Wallace Wright. In the Farm House Museum Collection, Farm House Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Fifth image: Price of Victory, 1944 by Christian Petersen. Painted plaster. Gift of Mary Petersen. Conservation funded by Stockman Foundation and Ellen and Bernard Skold. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Sixth image: Stock photo by unsplash.com/@quinoal
Seventh image: Photo of the Farm House Museum.
Eighth image: Photo of Franklin Vangone. Courtesy of Vangone and Twisted Preservation.
Ninth image: Unknown Prisoner, 1944 by Christian Petersen. Plaster. Gift of Helen J. Sebek. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Tenth image: Floating World, 2014 by Ralph Helmick. Painted laser cut steel panels and terrazzo medallions. An Iowa Art in State Buildings Project. Commissioned by University Museums and the Departments of Biorenewables Complex. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Last image: Photo of Ingrid Lilligren in her studio. Courtesy of the artist.
| |
|
University Museums is a distinctive organization that encompasses two art museums, a National Historic Landmark historic home museum, a sculpture garden, and one of the largest campus public art collections in the nation. University Museums brings world-class exhibitions with educational programming to Iowa State University actively acquires works of art to add to the more than 30,000 permanent collection objects, conserves and preserves collections, conducts and publishes curatorial scholarship, and fosters student engagement.
museums.iastate.edu
Brunnier Art Museum
Scheman Building, Second Floor, 1805 Center Drive, Ames, Iowa
Hours, beginning January 19, 2022
Wednesday – Friday, 10:00AM – 4:00PM
Saturday & Sunday, 1:00PM – 4:00PM
Closed to the public Mondays & Tuesdays, but Iowa State curriculum tours may be scheduled these days.
Christian Petersen Art Museum
1017 and 0003 Morrill Hall, 603 Morrill Road, Ames, Iowa
Hours, beginning January 18, 2022
Monday – Friday, 10:00AM – 4:00PM
Closed weekends
Farm House Museum
601 Farm House Lane, Ames, Iowa
Hours, beginning January 18, 2022
Monday – Friday, noon – 4:00PM
Closed weekends
All University Museums and the office are closed for University Holidays. The Anderson Sculpture Garden, located outside of Morrill Hall, is open all hours every day. The Art on Campus Collection is open during individual building hours.
| |
To schedule interviews, photograph events, or request high-resolution images, please contact Alisha Abner at 515.294.3342 or aabner@iastate.edu. | | | | | |
