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NEA Big Read | Discussion of "Beloved" with DK Nnuro

Saturday, April 5, 2025 2:00pm to 10:59pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Join us for four discussions of Toni Morrison's Beloved and the exhibition it's a fine thing, led by the Stanley’s curator of special projects and author of What Napoleon Could Not Do, Derek (DK) Nnuro.Register for each session by clicking the dates below, capped at 30 participants: Feb. 15 (Pages 1 - 59)March 8 (Pages 60 - 195)April 5 (Pages 199 - 277)May 10 (Pages 281 - 324)Iowa City is one of 62 communities nationwide participating in the 2023-2024 NEA Big Read. From February to May, our...
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Write at the Stanley

Sunday, April 27, 2025 2:30pm to 11:59pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop is back for the Spring Semester!Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece.Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen...
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Reclaiming Heritage: Leadership in Restitution and Repatriation in Iowa

Thursday, May 1, 2025 6:30pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Join us for a thought-provoking and timely panel discussion in partnership with the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, featuring esteemed representatives from the Stanley Museum of Art, the Pentacrest Museums, and the Office of the State Archaeologist.Together, they will explore the University of Iowa’s leadership and evolving practices in the restitution and repatriation of African and Indigenous American cultural objects. This conversation sheds light on the critical role of institutions in...
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Mellon Team Provenance Research Panel and Conversation

Friday, May 2, 2025 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Mellon Research staff, Dr. Peju Layiwola, Fernanda Campos, and Abigail Minor will present their work and examine the questions that lie at the core of provenance research.
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Art & Write Night

Friday, May 2, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
NOTE: The April 4th occurrence in this series will move to the Old Capitol Museum for a very special Art & Write Night!Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.Tell a friend...
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Mellon Symposium Keynote Lecture by Dr. Ciraj Rasool

Saturday, May 3, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Ciraj Rassool, PhD is Senior Professor of Historical Studies at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, and director of the African Programme in Museum and Heritage Studies. He has published widely on changing old museums & making new museums, race in museums, restitution, political movements and the politics of nonracialism. He served on the boards of the District Six Museum & Iziko Museums of South Africa and is a member of the South African National Advisory Board for Restitution...
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NEA Big Read | Discussion of "Beloved" with DK Nnuro

Saturday, May 10, 2025 2:00pm to 11:59pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Join us for four discussions of Toni Morrison's Beloved and the exhibition it's a fine thing, led by the Stanley’s curator of special projects and author of What Napoleon Could Not Do, Derek (DK) Nnuro.Register for each session by clicking the dates below, capped at 30 participants: Feb. 15 (Pages 1 - 59)March 8 (Pages 60 - 195)April 5 (Pages 199 - 277)May 10 (Pages 281 - 324)Iowa City is one of 62 communities nationwide participating in the 2023-2024 NEA Big Read. From February to May, our...
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Write at the Stanley

Sunday, May 25, 2025 2:30pm to 11:59pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop is back for the Spring Semester!Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece.Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen...
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Art & Write Night

Friday, June 6, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
NOTE: The April 4th occurrence in this series will move to the Old Capitol Museum for a very special Art & Write Night!Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.Tell a friend...
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Art & Write Night

Friday, August 1, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
NOTE: The April 4th occurrence in this series will move to the Old Capitol Museum for a very special Art & Write Night!Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.Tell a friend...
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