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Despite the extreme cold and snow the past couple of weeks, the Office of Community Engagement is invigorated as we kick off the Spring 2024 semester with a multitude of exciting community engagement projects and partnerships. Almost sixty community-engaged courses designated in MyUI launched this week, connecting hundreds of students and instructors to community partners across Iowa.
OCE also held the Graduate Engagement Corps Orientation earlier this month for the 2024 cohort of students, which offered a three-day introduction to the pillars of community-engaged teaching and research. Visits with local community partners included So.6 Business District, Dream City, Coralville Community Food Pantry and Greater Iowa City, Inc. Students in the GEC will now begin to deploy community engagement best practices and connect with community partners across the state and beyond. In addition to the GEC, OCE and the Grant Wood Art Colony held a public art and engagement workshop titled "How to Be a Public Artist." This workshop offered students in the visual arts foundational training on how to incorporate community engagement into their work and become successful public artists.
We hope you are staying safe and warm and we look forward to connecting with you, perhaps through one of our upcoming community engagement initiatives this year, and wish you best of luck with the new semester.
In partnership,
Nick Benson
Executive Director
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OCE Welcomes New Team Member for Spring 24'
We are pleased to welcome Stephen Ogunnubi to the OCE team this semester! Stephen is a graduate student in Higher Education and Student Affairs and will be working with OCE on both a capstone project and his practicum.
Stephen will be working on development stronger assessment plans and mechanisms for community-engaged teaching and learning while working with OCE on a variety of projects and programs. Welcome, Stephen!
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Graduate Engagement Corps 2024 Orientation
We were thrilled to get to know the 2024 cohort of GEC students during the three-day Orientation in January. With guest speakers, breakout sessions, project development and community partner visits, the Orientation was a chance to not only learn new skills but also build community and expand professional networks.
Additional workshops and trainings, as well as a grant program that encourages cohort members to implement their community engagement projects will occur throughout the upcoming semester.
Visit our website to earn more about the impressive members of the Graduate Engagement Corps 2024 Cohort!
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"How to Be a Public Artist" Workshop
The Office of Community Engagement and the Grant Wood Art Colony offered a three-day workshop for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the visual arts who are interested in learning more about publicly-engaged art.
The workshop was led by muralist and UI lecturer Ali Hval, who has painted dozens of murals in Iowa and other states. Students were provided training in the process of working with the public, designing murals, and implementing public art in communities.
In addition to learning from Ali’s personal experience, students heard from community partners, public art commission members, and other experts in the field.
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Arts Share Concert: Variety is the Spice of Percussion | |
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Join us for the University of Iowa Arts Share Community Concert on Saturday, February 10th at 3:00 pm.
The 1-hour performance will be in the Voxman Music Building Concert Hall and is free and open to the public. This is a family-friendly event!
Learn more about the concert here.
This concert will be live-streamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.
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2024-25 Applications Grant Wood Fellowships Now Open! | |
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The Grant Wood Fellowship program currently provides three one-year fellowships in painting, printmaking, and interdisciplinary performance. Fellows are selected through a national competition and provided with furnished living quarters at the Grant Wood Art Colony. The application process is open in January of each year, with selections made in April.
During the academic year, each fellow will teach a total of two courses at the University of Iowa, leaving the rest of the time for the artist’s own work and research. A teaching salary, benefits, and studio are provided.
Fellows culminate their Fellowship with an end-of-year exhibition. Previous years' catalogs can be found below:
Click here for information about sponsoring a Public Art or Art History Fellowship at the University of Iowa.
You can learn more about these applications on this Grant Wood Art Colony webpage: https://grantwood.uiowa.edu/fellowship.
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Grant Wood Fellows Talk:
Shea Hembrey, Junli Song, and Jessica Tucker
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Join the 2023-2024 Grant Wood Fellows artists Shea Hembrey, Junli Song and Jessica Tucker for an evening of discussion about their work and research in painting and drawing, printmaking, and interdisciplinary performance - theater, respectively. The event will be accompanied by light refreshments.
More event details can be found on this page of the GWAC website: https://grantwood.uiowa.edu/event/132876
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Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Kimberly Datchuk in advance at 319-335-1727 or kimberly-datchuk@uiowa.edu. | |
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Arts Share Concert: Iowa Percussion
Saturday, February 24th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Voxman Music Building, Concert Hall
Iowa City, IA
Grant Wood Fellows Talk: Shea Hembrey, Junli Song and Jessica Tucker
Thursday, February 1st, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Iowa City, IA
Coffee with the Network
Wednesday, February 21st, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
2520 University Capitol Centre
Iowa City, IA
Jessica Tucker Solo Exhibition: Drink Me Entirely Through My Head
Thursday, February 15th, 6:00 pm - Saturday, February 24th, 5:00 pm
Art Building West, Levitt Gallery
Iowa City, IA
Engagement Summit (see below)
April 9th, All-Day
University Capitol Centre
Iowa City, IA
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Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Nick Benson in advance at 319-384-3464 or nicholas-benson@uiowa.edu. | | | | |
