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Fall 2022 Semester Programs | |
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Monthly Art Walks and Date Nights are listed at the end of the program list under Recurring Programs.
Programs and events are subject to change. Registration is required for some but not all events. By registering, attendees receive direct information about any changes to the event. The University Museums website and Facebook page will have the latest information.
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Curator’s Tour of the Anderson Sculpture Garden
Thursday, August 25, noon – 12:50 p.m.
Anderson Sculpture Garden, 603 Morrill Road
Bring your lunch and join curator Sydney Marshall for a midday walkthrough in the Anderson Sculpture Garden. The sculptures in this space have a unique placement in and around hundreds of living plants.
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Curator’s Tour of Double Take: Insights on Figural Expression
Wednesday, September 7, noon – 1:00 p.m.
Christian Petersen Art Museum, 1017 Morrill Hall, 603 Morrill Road
Curator Sydney Marshall will introduce you to the exhibition Double Take: Insights on Figural Expression in the Christian Petersen Art Museum. Explore the concept of stylization in figural art and its effects on viewer’s interpretations.
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Andy Paiko Chandelier Installation Tour
Sunday, September 11, 4:00 p.m.
Virtual on YouTube youtube.com/ISUMuseums
Take a virtual tour of the newest installation at the Brunnier Art Museum. Glass artist Andy Paiko will give insight into his unique glass sculptures as he installed his chandelier in the Ann Brunnier Decorative Arts Gallery. Curator Adrienne Gennett will discuss the importance of the newest addition to the permanent glass collection.
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Curator’s Tour of Arts & Craftsman
Thursday, September 15, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Farm House Museum, 601 Farm House Lane
Curator Allison Sheridan will lead an in-depth exploration of the Farm House Museum and the current exhibition Arts & Craftsman: Simplicity, Honesty, and Truth to Materials.
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The History of the Glass Making Industry in America
September 18, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Brunnier Art Museum, 2nd floor Scheman Building, 1805 Center Drive
Questers and glass dealers Nancy Smith and Kathy Piersma from Grand Rapids, MI will present a program describing the various aspects and designs of Early American Pattern Glass in conjunction with Reflections of Iowa: The History of Iowa Questers through Glass. Attendees may bring up to three pressed glass objects from their own collections for an identification session. All visitors bringing glass into the museum will need to sign a waiver absolving University Museums, Iowa State University of any liability or loss.
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Scientific Collections Inspiring Art on Campus: Ada Hayden Herbarium & Anderson Sculpture Garden
Wednesday, September 21, noon – 1:00 p.m.
Begins at Anderson Sculpture Garden, 603 Morrill Road
Limited space, registration recommended
Join Curators Deb Lewis of the Ada Hayden Herbarium and Sydney Marshall of University Museums in a collaborative tour examining the scientific, living, and museum collections on campus. The Ada Hayden Herbarium, contains more than 660,000 specimens and is 12th largest among US university herbaria. The specimens housed here were used as inspiration by the artist Ouizi to create the mural Hidden Gems of the Sculpture Garden. Learn more about the Anderson Sculpture Garden then attend a behind-the-scenes tour of the historic Ada Hayden Herbarium.
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Drake Hall Preservation Tour Part I
Sunday, September 25, 4:00 p.m.
Virtual on YouTube youtube.com/ISUMuseums
Virtually tour Centerville, Iowa’s Drake Hall with owners Gerhard Spillmann and Kyle Shiroma along with University Museums’ staff. Des Moines based architects Wetherell & Gage designed the home in 1908 for the Bradley family with influences from the Arts and Crafts Movement and Japanese design aesthetics popularized after the St. Louis World’s Fair. Join us for the two-part tour of the current owner’s restoration and preservation of this grand Gilded Age home in Iowa and draw parallels to the permanent collection at University Museums.
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The Art of Collaboration and Community Building with Hightpoint Center for Printmaking
Thursday, October 6, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Virtual on Zoom (link)
Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis, MN works to make printmaking an accessible form of art for their community and a diverse range of artists. Highpoint has spent the last 21 years building community through the art of printmaking. Artistic Director & Master Printer Cole Rogers and Director of Artist Programs Josh Bindewald will discuss their work with both the community and nationally recognized artists.
In conjunction with the exhibition John Buck: Prints and Sculpture from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation at the Brunnier Art Museum.
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Drake Hall Preservation Tour Part II
Sunday, October 9, 4:00 p.m.
Virtual on YouTube youtube.com/ISUMuseums
Virtually tour Centerville, Iowa’s Drake Hall with owners Gerhard Spillmann and Kyle Shiroma along with University Museums’ staff. Des Moines based architects Wetherell & Gage designed the home in 1908 for the Bradley family with influences from the Arts and Crafts Movement and Japanese design aesthetics popularized after the St. Louis World’s Fair. Join us for the two-part tour of the current owner’s restoration and preservation of this grand Gilded Age home in Iowa and draw parallels to the permanent collection at University Museums.
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Gesture Drawing & Abstraction: Drawing Workshop with Celinda Stamy
Tuesday, October 11
Session 1- noon – 1:00 p.m. (registration link)
Session 2- 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. (registration link)
Christian Petersen Art Museum, 1017 Morrill Hall, 603 Morrill Road
Registration required
Join Arts and Visual Culture Assistant Teaching Professor Celinda Stamy for a workshop in response to the exhibition Double Take: Insights on Figural Expression. Participants will be guided through the process of gesture drawing, and how the visual material both shown and concealed in a drawing can have an effect on the interpretation of the figure. Note that there are two sessions for this program.
Click to register for Session 1 at noon
Click to register for Session 2 at 5:00 p.m.
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Iowa Political Cartoonists: A Discussion with Elizabeth Riordan
Wednesday, October 12, noon – 1:00 p.m.
Virtual on Zoom (link)
Political cartoons have been a method of disseminating political events to a wide audience for decades, often featuring distorted figures and satire. Join a Zoom conversation between University of Iowa Special Collections and Archives’ Lead Outreach and Instruction Librarian Elizabeth Riordan, and Iowa State University Museums’ curator Sydney Marshall for a look at the works of three Iowa political cartoonists: Ding Darling, Frank Miller, and Brian Duffy. In connection with Double Take: Insights on Figural Expression, on view in the Christian Petersen Art Museum.
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Open House Weekend
Saturday & Sunday, October 15 & 16, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Farm House Museum, 601 Farm House Lane
Christian Petersen Art Museum, 603 Morrill Road
Having trouble getting to the museum during the week? Enjoy the University Museums’ central campus locations and fall exhibitions during an open house weekend, Saturday & Sunday, October 15 & 16 from 1:00-4:00pm. Light refreshments will be served at the Farm House Museum.
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Movie Night Elbert Hubbard: An American Original (2009)
Thursday, October 20
First showing- 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. (registration link)
Second showing- 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. (registration link)
Farm House Museum, 601 Farm House Lane
Registration required, limited seating
Narrated by Liev Schreiber, this short movie produced by PBS in 2009 examines the story of Elbert Hubbard, a rebel and philosopher who founded a utopian Arts and Crafts colony Roycroft in 1895, who became a pop culture icon and influenced American thought in the early twentieth century. (57 min) Note that there are two showings of this movie.
Click to register for the first showing at 5:00 p.m.
Click to register for the second showing at 6:30 p.m.
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Heisey Glass Made for the Upper Middle Class: 1895-1957
Saturday, October 22, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Brunnier Art Museum, 2nd floor Scheman Building, 1805 Center Drive
In operation from 1896-1957, Heisey owed its beauty to an excellent glass formula, high quality raw materials, and to the way their glassware was finished. Heisy collector and Quester Caroline Jensen will highlight examples from the Iowa Quester Glass Collection and her personal collection of Heisey. In conjunction with the exhibition Reflections of Iowa: The History of Iowa Questers through Glass.
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Conversations on Campus: Breaking Barriers by Ivan Toth Depeña
Sunday, October 30, 2:00 p.m.
Albaugh Family Plaza, Cyclone Sports Complex
Director and Chief Curator Lynette Pohlman will give a tour of the newest work of art in the Art on Campus Collection, Breaking Barriers by artist Ivan Toth Depeña. This work of art is to be installed in the Albaugh Family Plaza, Cyclone Sports Complex in October 2022 to begin a year-long campus commemoration of Jack Trice.
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Relief Printmaking Demonstration & Discussion with Raluca Iancu
Wednesday, November 2, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Brunnier Art Museum, 2nd floor Scheman Building, 1805 Center Drive
Join Assistant Professor of Art & Visual Culture and Printmaker, Raluca Iancu, as she demonstrates and discusses techniques of relief carved and hand printing. In conjunction with the exhibition John Buck: Prints and Sculpture from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.
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Sketching on Napkins
The Jack Trice Tribute Story: Breaking Barriers
Thursday, November 3, noon – 1:00 p.m.
Christian Petersen Art Museum, 1017 Morrill Hall, 603 Morrill Road
Breaking Barriers was commissioned by Iowa State University to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Trice’s death. This program will explore the recent legacy sculpture by public artist Ivan Toth Depeña that honors, commemorates, and memorializes Trice's campus legacy as expressed through the power of art.
Presented in partnership with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Office of the President, the Athletic Department, and the University Museums. Video creation on the process of Breaking Barriers is in partnership with Cyclones TV.
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Ivan Toth Depeña Public Art Installation: Breaking Barriers
Thursday, November 3, 4:00 p.m.
Virtual on YouTube youtube.com/ISUMuseums
Learn more about the October 2022 installation in the Art on Campus Collection Breaking Barriers, by artist Ivan Toth Depeña. Video creation on the process of Breaking Barriers is in partnership with Cyclones TV.
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Christian Petersen and an Unfolding Legacy of The Unknown Political Prisoner
Sunday, November 6, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Reiman Gallery, Christian Petersen Art Museum, 0003 Morrill Hall (lower level), 603 Morrill Road
Gather in the exhibition All the Evils… Christian Petersen and the Art of War in Morrill Hall for a gallery walk led by guest curator Lea Rosson DeLong focusing on the sculpture The Unknown Political Prisoner. Recent research completed at the Museums of Modern Art and the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives for American Art shed new light on Petersen’s sculpture.
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Projects in Process: The Building of the Art on Campus Collection
Sunday, November 13, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Christian Petersen Art Museum, 1017 Morrill Hall, 603 Morrill Road
Director and Chief Curator Lynette Pohlman will discuss the latest campus public art projects from conception and fabrication to installation, care, and education of the public. Specific projects to be presented include Ivan Toth Depeña's Breaking Barriers; conservation of the Fountain of the Four Seasons; and Christian Petersen's Unknown Political Prisoner.
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Figural Expression through Motion: An Evening of Dance and Art
Thursday, November 17, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Christian Petersen Art Museum, 1017 Morrill Hall, 603 Morrill Road
Experience a different kind of museum visit as you are introduced to works of art through the lens of dancers. This evening will feature student performances of original compositions under the direction of Kinesiology faculty member Cynthia Adams. Dance students and Orchesis I dancers will present choreography inspired by their close investigations at the sculptures and drawings from the exhibition Double Take: Insights on Figural Expression.
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Yuletide Evening at the Farm House Museum
Friday, December 2, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Farm House Museum, 601 Farm House Lane
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.
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Yuletide at the Farm House Museum
Saturday, December 3, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Farm House Museum, 601 Farm House Lane
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.
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Art Walks
Monthly on Wednesdays from noon to 1:00 p.m., Art Walks are walking tours that begin at different places on campus at Iowa State. Click on the title for more information.
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August 31: Student-Centered Spaces
Begins at Conversations sculpture at the Oak-Elm residence hall. Led by curator Sydney Marshall.
September 28: The Arts & Crafts Movement on Campus
Begins at the University Library lobby. Led by museum security & education program assistant Nicholas Scott.
October 26: Abstracted Figures in the Art on Campus Collection
Begins at the Christian Petersen Art Museum. Led by curator Sydney Marshall
November 30: Prints in the Art on Campus Collection
Begins at the University Library lobby. Led by docent Rae Reilly.
December 7: Art of UDCC and Friley
Begins at University Dining Community Center lobby near Clyde’s, 207 Beyer Court. Led by curator Sydney Marshall.
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Date Nights
Monthly on Fridays, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Bring your significant other or a group of friends for Date Nights at the Museums. Participate in scavenger hunts, crafts, refreshments, photo stations and more while you surround yourself with art for this unique experience. Click on the museum name for more information.
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September 23: Christian Petersen Art Museum
Craft wire figures and pose artfully for photos.
1017 Morrill Hall, 603 Morrill Road
October 21: Brunnier Art Museum
Scavenger hunt throughout the museum spanning three exhibitions.
2nd floor Scheman Building, 1805 Center Drive
November 11: Farm House Museum
Decorated for Yuletide.
601 Farm House Lane
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Brunnier Art Museum
Scheman Building, Second Floor, 1805 Center Drive, Ames, Iowa
Hours, reopening August 24, 2022
Wednesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Closed to the public Mondays & Tuesdays, but Iowa State curriculum tours may be scheduled these days.
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Christian Petersen Art Museum
1017 and 0003 Morrill Hall, 603 Morrill Road, Ames, Iowa
Hours, reopening August 22, 2022
Monday – Friday, 10:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Closed weekends
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Farm House Museum
601 Farm House Lane, Ames, Iowa
Hours, reopening August 22, 2022
Monday – Friday, noon – 4:00 p.m.
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. | |
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Header: Detail of Refraction Summary, 2022
Andy Paiko
Blown and formed glass, rope, twine, leather, LED lighting
Commissioned by University Museums. Funded by the Joyce Brewer Art Acquisitions Endowment. In the permanent collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
The Reef, edition 7/15, 2014
John Buck
Woodblock
Photo: Aaron Wessling Photography
Anderson Sculpture Garden with Cornhusker and 4-H Cow
The Lamp, edition Archive Impression 1/1, 1995
John Buck
Woodcut with rubber stamp and hand coloring
Photo: Strode Photographic LLC
Artist Andy Paiko with Refraction Summary, 2022
Blown and formed glass, rope, twine, leather, LED lighting
Commissioned by University Museums. Funded by the Joyce Brewer Art Acquisitions Endowment. In the permanent collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Nancy Smith and Kathy Piersma holding glass objects. Courtesy of Smith and Piersma.
People making prints at Highpoint Center for Printmaking. Courtesy of Highpoint Center for Printmaking.
Detail of Sketches of Two Dancers, 1940
Christian Petersen
Paper, black graphite or conte
Purchased from Mary Petersen. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. UM92.36
Photo of the Farm House Museum
Bowl/Pickle or Relish Dish, Heisy, A.H. Glass Co. No. 1255 Pineapple and Fan, 1899
A. H. Heisey and Co.
Non-flint clear pressed glass.
Gift of Sue Slight in honor of Nancy Nath. In the Iowa Quester Glass Collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. UM2004.68
Historic photo of Jack Trice wearing Iowa State football gear in 1923
Unknown Prisoner, 1944
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. UM2000.6
The Farm House Museum at night decorated for Yuletide
Santa with Charlotte Abner, age 10, at Yuletide at the Farm House Museum
Grouping of Conversations, 1947-1955
Christian Petersen
Bedford limestone and red brick wall.
Commissioned by Iowa State College. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University. U88.63
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