Friday, 02 Sep 2016
BAM Happy Hour
Unwind after the first week of the semester and take in the new exhibitions in the Brunnier Art Museum while enjoying happy hour drinks and conversation. Artists and collaborators who contributed to the new exhibition Inspired By will be present and talking about their creative partnerships. Cash bar.
Thursday, 08 Sep 2016
My Favorite Things Tour: Wendy Wintersteen
Viewing art is personal, that is what makes it powerful. My Favorite Things tours bring some of the more public figures of the ISU community into the museums to discuss their favorite works of art in the collection. This month you will hear from Wendy Wintersteen, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Monday, 12 Sep 2016
Personal Growth through Diversity in Art
Students in the Spring 2016 Dsn S 145x, Diversity in Art class along with Dr. Reginald Stewart, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, invite you to celebrate and be among the first to view the painting Personal Growth by Paul Cooley. This painting was recommended for acquisition to the Art on Campus Collection by the students in the class because they felt it represented the importance of diversity and inclusion at Iowa State.
Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016
Art Walk: Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine is located on a beautiful sprawling campus to the southeast of Jack Trice Stadium. The majority of Iowa State's students, staff, and faculty rarely have a reason to go unless they have an ailing pet or business with the college. Join University Museums in exploring the hidden gems in the Art on Campus Collection that populate one of the world's preeminent schools of veterinary medicine.
Artful Yoga
This practice will enrich your yoga experience by going beyond the physical and inviting an artistic perspective to your awareness. This month we will focus on words, how we use them and interpret them. Please arrive early for a discussion on the month's topic beginning at 5:15. The practice will begin at 5:30. No yoga experience is necessary, but please bring your own mat.
Sunday, 18 Sep 2016
Two Artists Celebrating Textures, Tassels and Textiles: A Documentation of Design Process
Dr. Eulanda A. Sanders, the Donna R. Danielson Professor of Textiles and Clothing in Apparel, Merchandising and Design, and Cindy Gould, Associate Professor in Art and Visual Culture, will give a slide-illustrated talk about their collaborative design process, followed by a hands-on tassel-making workshop. All ages welcome. Tassel-making materials provided.
Thursday, 22 Sep 2016
Drawing a Campus Story
"NO FOOD NO DRINKS." Illustrator and Art and Visual Culture Professor Chuck Richards has created a new wordless sequential narrative drawing currently included in the exhibition "Inspired By ..." at the Brunnier Art Museum. Learn more about his creative process and the research involved along with viewing microscopic specimens and hearing highlights from Assistant Scientist Tracey Stewart about the work at MNIF.
Friday, 23 Sep 2016
Reception: Gary Ernest Smith Exhibition
Celebrate the new exhibition of paintings by Gary Ernest Smith, "Memories from the Fields." View the landscape through his eyes as he executes in oil paint his nostalgia and longing for the unbroken vistas of the past, those fields which have been tended by people who understand hard work and respect the power of the earth to give sustenance and life.