Thursday, 01 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: Flower Power Week
June 1-10 Summer is here! Paint a vase for your flowers, a pot for your plants, or choose a mug, bowl or dish with a floral design.
Sunday, 04 Jun 2023
Forward to 50 | Innovate and Engage with Scholarship and Research
Two major University Museums online scholarship projects have been unveiled in the last year, the "Iowa State University Biographical Dictionary" and the "Christian Petersen Catalogue Raissoné." Learn more about the behind-the-scenes in managing these multi-year projects, how to best utilize each publication online, and what the future holds for scholarship at University Museums.
Argentine Tango Drop-In Lessons
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance. Classes meet every Sunday and drop-ins are welcome. Purchase a dance punch card and attend as often as your schedule allows. Open to ages 18+.
Monday, 05 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: Flower Power Week
June 5-10 Summer is here! Paint a vase for your flowers, a pot for your plants, or choose a mug, bowl, or dish with a floral design.
Thursday, 08 Jun 2023
Level II Wheel Pottery Class with Greg Lamont
If you have taken a beginning pottery class or have the basic skills to throw on the wheel, this class is for you! The first few classes will include demonstrations of new forms and techniques and a session dedicated to better glazing. The last 3 weeks will have lessons based on requests from students. There will be time for practicing in class and for individual questions throughout the course.
Friday, 09 Jun 2023
Paint by Number Friday: Flower Power
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.
Sunday, 11 Jun 2023
Curator's Tour of "Telling Tales"
Join curator Adrienne Gennett to explore the many stories that art can tell as she tours the exhibition "Telling Tales: Exploring Narrative Art in the Permanent Collection."
Argentine Tango Drop-In Lessons
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance. Classes meet every Sunday and drop-ins are welcome. Purchase a dance punch card and attend as often as your schedule allows. Open to ages 18+.
Monday, 12 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: Dinosaur Week
June 12-17 Incorporate a terrestrial vertebrate into your design or paint a dinosaur figurine. RAWR!
Wednesday, 14 Jun 2023
Art Walk: Walking in the Footsteps of Jack Trice
Join Lynette Pohlman, director and chief curator, to explore "Breaking the Barriers" a site-specific public work of art by artist Ivan Toth Depeña. The tour will examine behind-the-scenes glimpses in commissioning this heroic-scale sculpture for Iowa State.
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.
Clay Earrings Workshop with Hayley Goddard
Making polymer clay earrings is a snap with the right tricks and tools, and it's lots of fun! There are boundless design ideas like abstract shapes, rainbows, houseplants, pets, and spring flowers, plus the opportunity to experiment with color combinations. Sterling silver wires and/or studs will be provided for up to 4 pairs, and extra are available for purchase that evening.
Thursday, 15 Jun 2023
Textured Floral Painting Workshop with Kristin Erdman
Use palette knives and frosting-like textured paint mediums to create the modern 3D floral paintings you've seen all over Instagram. The process of mixing the medium and applying it to your canvas is almost meditative, so this beginner class will be a great stress reliever! You will leave with two post-worthy paintings and the skills to continue making more at home.
Sunday, 18 Jun 2023
Sunday Tour
Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!
Argentine Tango Drop-In Lessons
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance. Classes meet every Sunday and drop-ins are welcome. Purchase a dance punch card and attend as often as your schedule allows. Open to ages 18+.
Monday, 19 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: Containers & Canisters Week
June 19-25 Find the perfect vessel for your loose change, pens, plants, candy, crayons, jewelry, keys, coffee beans, craft supplies, things you want to hide, or things you need to keep track of.
Tuesday, 20 Jun 2023
Wire Earrings Class with Terrie Hoefer
Manipulate brass and copper wire into single-line shapes that can be made into earrings. In the first class, you'll learn to use a wire jig to make monstera leaves, rainbows, or hand shapes. Bring your own ideas the second week to outlining in wire, and leave class with four pairs of earrings and the know-how to make more on your own.
Wednesday, 21 Jun 2023
Luna Moth and Honeybee Embroidery Class with Judy Lemish
Choose an illustration of a luna moth or honey bee by Hello Hoop artist Catia. The stitches are designed to be monochromatic, but the color palette is up to the one that holds the needle! Those new to embroidery will learn foundation stitches. If you know the basics, try some fancy ones to add to your repertoire.
Thursday, 22 Jun 2023
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.
Sunday, 25 Jun 2023
Sunday Tour
Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!