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Making the Book, Past and Present

Friday, May 17, 2024 9:00am to 6:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Making the Book, Past and Present explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality. What can we learn by placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another? Many techniques and materials common centuries ago still inspire contemporary book artists and bookbinders.

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series

Friday, May 17, 2024 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Virtual
The Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series highlights trainees and junior faculty from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in neuroscience. We meet virtually once each month—featuring one Big Ten institution—for presentations and discussion/networking. Seminars are scheduled for afternoons on the third Friday of each month. Zoom link is provided by the host institution. If not added in the event listing, please email iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu the week of the seminar to...
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$4 Fridays at FilmScene

Friday, May 17, 2024 8:00pm to 11:59pm
FilmScene (Chauncey)
Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!
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Making the Book, Past and Present

Saturday, May 18, 2024 1:00pm to 5:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Making the Book, Past and Present explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality. What can we learn by placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another? Many techniques and materials common centuries ago still inspire contemporary book artists and bookbinders.
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Staged Reading of SANKO FA by Isaac Addai

Saturday, May 18, 2024 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
SANKO FA is a story that explores the complexity of identity and legacy: a struggling artist is presented with the opportunity to ascend to stardom if he completes a series of labors for a mysterious benefactor, leaving him at a crossroads.  Isaac Addai will conduct a reading of the play in the Museums Visual Classroom with objects from the collection on display.  SANKO FA is a solo performance play that is still being workshopped. The content for the story was inspired by the Asante artifacts...
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Sunday With the Docents: What is a “Print?”

Sunday, May 19, 2024 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Join us at the Stanley Museum of Art on May 19 at noon for our inaugural Sundays with the Docents tour where Stanley docents create unique tours to share with our audiences throughout the year. What is a “Print?” will be led by Docent and former Adjunct Assistant Professor in Printmaking, Deanne Wortman. Deanne will share her experiences in the amazing world of printmaking. Visitors will examine printmaking history, materials, processes, and artists while being led through a tour of some of...
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Making the Book, Past and Present

Sunday, May 19, 2024 1:00pm to 5:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Making the Book, Past and Present explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality. What can we learn by placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another? Many techniques and materials common centuries ago still inspire contemporary book artists and bookbinders.
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Drawing Salon with Robert Caputo

Sunday, May 19, 2024 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art
The Drawing Salon focuses on drawing artworks from the museum's collection. Each session will focus on a different artwork. The sessions will begin with an introduction and discussion of the selected work. Participants will be encouraged to pursue their own visions and to take inspiration from the artworks in the gallery. Pencils and sketchbooks/paper are the only artmaking materials allowed in the galleries. The museum has golf pencils with erasers and clipboards for participants to use...
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Making the Book, Past and Present

Monday, May 20, 2024 9:00am to 6:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Making the Book, Past and Present explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality. What can we learn by placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another? Many techniques and materials common centuries ago still inspire contemporary book artists and bookbinders.
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Making the Book, Past and Present

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 9:00am to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Making the Book, Past and Present explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality. What can we learn by placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another? Many techniques and materials common centuries ago still inspire contemporary book artists and bookbinders.
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Discover Study Abroad-Summer 2024

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 12:30pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
Would you like to study abroad during your time at the University of Iowa, but don't know where to start? Attend our weekly Virtual Discover Study Abroad info sessions to learn how study abroad works and find the right international opportunity for you!
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Making the Book, Past and Present

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 9:00am to 6:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Making the Book, Past and Present explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality. What can we learn by placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another? Many techniques and materials common centuries ago still inspire contemporary book artists and bookbinders.

Max Sampson Defense: "Topics in Conformal Prediction and Causal Inference"

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 10:00am to 12:00pm
MacLean Hall
Max Sampson Defense: "Topics in Conformal Prediction and Causal Inference." His thesis committee includes: Kung-Sik Chan (chair), Joseph Lang, Boxiang Wang, Luke Tierney and Emily Roberts. All students are welcomed to attend.
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Making the Book, Past and Present

Thursday, May 23, 2024 9:00am to 6:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Making the Book, Past and Present explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality. What can we learn by placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another? Many techniques and materials common centuries ago still inspire contemporary book artists and bookbinders.

Online MSW Information Session

Thursday, May 23, 2024 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Virtual
Please join us for an info session to learn more about earning your MSW degree from the University of Iowa. Sessions take place from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Central Time) via Zoom: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/929909564 If you have questions or requests, please contact our coordinator: Christy Thies, Online Program Coordinator christy-thies@uiowa.edu 515-235-4662

Live from Prairie Lights | Colin Hamilton

Thursday, May 23, 2024 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Iowa City native Colin Hamilton will read from his new book, The Discarded. "In Hamilton's metafictional work, an unnamed librarian reflects on books pulled from the library's shelves and relegated to obscurity—and, by extension, the purposes of libraries in general. Hamilton's clear devotion to "the morgue" of discarded books is oddly inspiring; there's something mesmerizing about the collective encyclopedia of knowledge they comprise as a whole, even if many of the parts seem less than...
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Making the Book, Past and Present

Friday, May 24, 2024 9:00am to 6:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Making the Book, Past and Present explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality. What can we learn by placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another? Many techniques and materials common centuries ago still inspire contemporary book artists and bookbinders.
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Making the Book, Past and Present

Saturday, May 25, 2024 1:00pm to 5:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Making the Book, Past and Present explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality. What can we learn by placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another? Many techniques and materials common centuries ago still inspire contemporary book artists and bookbinders.
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Making the Book, Past and Present

Sunday, May 26, 2024 1:00pm to 5:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Making the Book, Past and Present explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality. What can we learn by placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another? Many techniques and materials common centuries ago still inspire contemporary book artists and bookbinders.
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Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop

Sunday, May 26, 2024 2:30pm to 4:30pm
Stanley Museum of Art
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 and adult writers in all genres are welcome. Write at the Stanley meets every fourth...
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