Events and Programs
΢ÃÜÆƽâ Museum of Art has a full array of programs year-round to enrich the experience of art-viewing and art-making for both campus and community.
Summer 2025 Events
Primary Sources Opening Reception
Oct. 9, 6–7:30 p.m. (Museum will be open until 8 p.m.)
Refreshments will be served.
Yoga in the Museum
Tuesdays, Oct. 7–Dec. 9, 12:15–12:45 p.m.
Enjoy a free 30-minute yoga practice with Joy Jones. Open to all levels, mats provided. Co-sponsored by Live Well ΢ÃÜÆƽâ.
Look, Think, Talk, Make: Dolls for the Dolls
Oct. 29, 4:30–5:30 p.m.
Celebrate LGBT History month with a tour and discussion of Queer art on view followed by doll making activities inspired by works by Greer Lankton. Co-sponsored by Stonewall Resource Center.
Gallery Talk: Dindga McCannon: Where We At
October 31, 4 p.m.
We are honored to host Dindga McCannon for a gallery talk and celebrate her works included in Primary Sources. Dindga McCannon has celebrated the histories of Black women in her multidisciplinary practice, which includes paintings, quilts, prints and sculpture. Together with Faith Ringgold and Kay Brown, McCannon formed Where We At Black Women Artists Inc. collective, pioneering a new form of community-based arts education and providing resources to those in prisons, shelters and schools.
McCannon’s work fiercely scrutinizes the inequality faced by Black women in America, drawing attention to the oft-forgotten histories and stories of public figures and everyday heroines, as well as her own family and friends.
Collaborating with Alumni Collectors Kathleen Narber and Gregg R. Narber ’68
Nov. 12, 4 p.m.
The creation of the ΢ÃÜÆƽâ Museum of Art gave alumni collectors the chance to forge new relationships with the College. For Gregg and Kathie Narber, their involvement meant advising on the creation of an exhibition of contemporary Brazilian art, and subsequent gifts to the museum from their personal collection. These gifts in turn have been used for teaching, exhibitions, and community outreach, as the Narbers intended. Former director Lesley Wright will discuss her long association with the Narbers and the ways their friendship has benefited the Museum and campus.
Black Art in Iowa
TBD
Student’s from Professor Fredo Rivera’s need class name, will present their work on their Guide to Black Art in Iowa, focusing on the work of Dindga McCannon which is on view.
Halloween Student Night at the Museum
Oct. 30, 6–7:30 p.m.
Join us for treats and a little spooky fun. Costumes encouraged!
Trans Yoga
Nov. 18, 12:15–12:45 p.m.
This special session of Yoga in the Museum is offered in honor of Trans Day of Remembering. Breathe, move, be.
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