Thursday, 22 Jun 2023
Caterpillar Club
Join us outdoors weekly for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories followed by nature exploration and activities. Best for children ages 2-5 with an adult.
Stained Glass Class with Rod Simpson
Create a small panel using an array of beautifully colored glass. Learn how to handle glass, choose colors and textures, fit glass to patterns, cut, grind, foil, and solder. Enhanced by daylight, your piece will change based on the weather, season, and time of day.
Three-Tiered Rolling Shelves Woodshop Class w/John Burright
Construct a handy rolling stand that could be used as storage for your art supplies, to display your growing houseplant collection, or as a dandy bar cart to impress your guests. Finished shelves will be about 2.5 feet tall and 3 feet wide with three shelves measuring 9, 13, & 18 inches deep (top to bottom). Gain woodshop skills while making a mobile unit that will be a versatile addition to your home.
Friday, 23 Jun 2023
Paint by Number Friday: National Parks
Grab a friend and drop by for a fun evening of easy painting. Each Friday has a different theme, and there will be 4-6 paintings to choose from. If you don't finish, no worries! We will send you home with extra paint and brushes, or you are welcome to come back sometime the following week.
Saturday, 24 Jun 2023
Pollinator Fest
Join us as we wrap up National Pollinator Week with a full day of activities at Reiman Gardens! Pollinator Week is an annual celebration in support of pollinator health initiated and managed by Pollinator Partnership to raise awareness for pollinators and spread the word about what we can do to protect them.
Iowa Regional Lily Show
Celebrate the Iowa Regional Lily Society's 50th Anniversary at Reiman Gardens!
Sunday, 25 Jun 2023
Sunday Tour
Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!
Monday, 26 Jun 2023
Drop in Craft: Cottagecore Mushrooms
Once upon a time, when the world moved at a slower pace, it was easier to observe the beauty in nature and the joy in single-tasking. Find your cottagecore vibe while painting a trio of small wooden mushrooms that can be attached to a wood slice with a little moss. Enjoy the process of creating and bringing the outdoors in when displaying your trio of toadstools.
Drop in Craft: Glass Magnets
Browse through our stash of patterned papers, maps, sheet music, and comic books for images or designs you like and turn them into a set of 4 handy fridge magnets.
Paint Your Own Pottery: Dungeons and Dragons Week
June 26-30 Make your weekly game night a critical hit with a personalized pub mug, dice-box, or bank for your loot. Find creatures, monsters, characters, and dragons that will impress the most ruthless DM. Welcome RPG'ers, and to thine own elf be true.
Youth Summer Camps
Have fun and learn with STEM and Art activities at Reiman Gardens!
Tuesday, 27 Jun 2023
Youth Summer Camps
Have fun and learn with STEM and Art activities at Reiman Gardens!
Woodshop Orientation with John Burright
Learn the fundamentals of woodworking equipment while creating a key rack and shelf. Leave class with knowledge of proper machinery use and, most importantly, woodshop safety. Students may purchase the key rack for $10 after class, or we will use them for our Art Mart fundraiser. The orientation is required to use the woodshop on your own.
POSTPONED TO JUNE 28: Carillon Summer Concert Series
RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, DUE TO A CANCELED FLIGHT. Carillon concert with guest carillonneur Margaret Pan (Boston, Massachusetts). Bring lawn chairs or blankets, and enjoy an evening performance on central campus.
Wednesday, 28 Jun 2023
Youth Summer Camps
Have fun and learn with STEM and Art activities at Reiman Gardens!
Carillon Summer Concert Series
Carillon concert with guest carillonneur Margaret Pan (Boston, Massachusetts). Bring lawn chairs or blankets, and enjoy an evening performance on central campus. Originally scheduled for June 27.
Thursday, 29 Jun 2023
Youth Summer Camps
Have fun and learn with STEM and Art activities at Reiman Gardens!
Caterpillar Club
Join us outdoors weekly for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories followed by nature exploration and activities. Best for children ages 2-5 with an adult.
Retirement reception: Tim Hauber
Tim Hauber, assistant director for transfer recruitment in the office of admissions, is retiring from the university on July 5. Remarks will begin at 11 a.m.