Sunday, 29 Jan 2012
Beyond Basics: Glass Beads, Dots Galore
Take your dot skills up a notch! Use masking, negative space, and distortion to create new designs, and practice fish scale and snow flake patterns.
Performance: Sleeping Beauty Ballet
Moscow Festival Ballet presents THE SLEEPING BEAUTY BALLET Sergei Radchenko, Artistic Director
Argentine Tango Practica with Valerie Williams
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance.
Monday, 30 Jan 2012
Poster Sale
Proceeds from the sale support art programs at the Memorial Union.
Copper Wrapped Felted Beads with Annihka Murray
Learn wet-felting techniques to make two different kinds of beads. Next, combine wool fibers and copper wire to create striking pendants, statement earrings, one-of-a-kind rings and other funky jewelry pieces. .
Precious Metal Clay Molded (PMC) Pendants
Learn how to use molding compound, a button of your choice, and metal clay to make a fabulous pendant. Use a vintage button supplied by Rhonda or bring your own.
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012
Poster Sale
Proceeds from the sale support art programs at the Memorial Union.
Glass Beads with Rhonda Scott
Learn the process of sculpting glass rods by heating and melting the glass in the flame of a gas-powered torch. After practice your lampworking skills will allow you to create pieces with detail and complexity that you can use in jewelry or other decorative ways. .
Belly Dance Foundation with Lisa Rich McKelvey (Shiara)
Build a strong vocabulary of basic dance movements that can be used for ANY style of belly dance! Body articulations and short dance combinations will be taught as part of this class. Bring a scarf or shawl to tie around your hips, grab your best friend and come join the fun on Tuesday nights!
Belly Dance Fundamentals with Lisa Rich McKelvey (Shiara)
Continue to build your movement repertoire and include new concepts like level changes and layering techniques to allow more options for personal expression. Movement phrases and practice drills will help solidify these concepts.
The Music of Philip Glass
A concert to celebrate the 75th Birthday of composer Philip Glass. The concert will feature Jonathan Sturm, violin and George Work, cello, both members of the ISU Music Faculty.
SUB Music: Andy Grammer w/ Ryan Star and Rachel Platten
Establishing himself as a Road Dog, Andy hasn't stopped stacking up the gigs. He's played over 100 colleges to date across the country, from Duke to UCLA, and opened for some of the industry's brightest stars, including Plain White T's and Josh Kelley. The demand continues to grow from his thousands of loyal followers coast to coast.
Belly Dance Focus with Lisa Rich McKelvey (Shiara)
Explore different belly dance styles, learn advanced concepts and include the use of dance props when appropriate.
Wednesday, 01 Feb 2012
Poster Sale
Proceeds from the sale support art programs at the Memorial Union.
Woodshop Orientation with Dan Newbauer
For the beginner who wants to learn the fundamentals of woodworking equipment. Proper usage of the machinery will be covered, as well as woodshop safety. This class is required in order to use the woodshop on your own.
ISU AfterDark
Each event is FREE for ISU Students! ISU AfterDark is a student group that plans late night events throughout the semester. Join us for bowling & billiards, BINGO, free food, live entertainment, free crafts, and MORE!
Grandma Mojo's Moonshine Revival
Come see Iowa State's very own student improv comedy troupe! The award-winning Mojos promise you'll love laughing your buns off with them.... and at them. Doors open at 9:30 PM
Thursday, 02 Feb 2012
Poster Sale
Proceeds from the sale support art programs at the Memorial Union.
Caterpillar Club
"Groundhog Day" - And Animal Habitats
Afternoon Oil Painting with Sara Merritt
Through this class, students will become comfortable using oil paint, and gain confidence in color mixing, composition, and paint application.
Wheel Pottery Section I with Greg Lamont
A multi-level class for both beginners and those with basic experience. Students will be guided through all aspects of forming bowls, mugs, vases and more on the pottery wheel. Learn hand-pulling, glazing and finishing techniques.
Friday, 03 Feb 2012
Poster Sale
Proceeds from the sale support art programs at the Memorial Union.
"Working Over Wood" Artist Studio Open House
Every Friday, artist Jennifer Drinkwater will set up her studio in the ground floor gallery of the Christian Petersen Art Museum - Room 0003. She invites the public to visit with her, participate, and develop a dialog about her current project to reinterpret and recompose the Grant Wood mural for Parks Library "When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow".
Varieties Semifinals
A second show at 9pm.
Performance: Barjche
Barjche 2012: Lost and Found. ISU's annual contemporary dance concert featuring faculty, students and guest artists dance works. Choreography by San Francisco-based guest artist Kim Epifano, Epiphany Dance; Barjche artistic director Cynthia Adams; Ken James, Fellow Travelers Performance Group); and members of Orchesis 1. Musical compositions by Kimberly Fitch.
SUB Music: The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt and Little Ruckus w/ TiRES
Founded in late 2007 as means for one man to yell about his romantic mishaps, The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! has blossomed into a real juggernaut of epic dance floor revelation.
Saturday, 04 Feb 2012
Beyond Basics: Knitting with Sarah Cady
Techniques covered include knitting in the round (circulars, double-pointed needles, magic loop method), cable knitting, basic colorwork, chart reading, yarn overs and finishing techniques.
Pamphlet Stitch Binding with Kathranne Knight
Make a small blank notebook perfect for binding secret poems and drawings you've been creating! Or, turn this small book into a love letter to your Valentine.
ISU Honor Band Concert
We are proud to be hosting three honor bands and featuring Iowa High School students.
Varieties Semifinals
Varieties has been showcasing the talent of Iowa State students for more than 80 years. Performances consist of 18-20 minute "mini-musicals" that are performed with original lyrics and choreography. Shorter acts, called vignettes, perform as well. A vignette consists of any talent that a student may have, from belly dancing to stand-up comedy. In this way, Varieties serves as Iowa State University's student talent show!