Design on Main

01/30/19 AMES, Iowa — An exhibition of architectural projects, drawings, writings, installations and short films by Iowa State University architecture students will be on display Feb. 4-9 at the ISU Design on Main Gallery, 203 Main St. “Weather Permitting: Artifacts from the 2018 ISU DoA Venice Architecture Biennale Colloquium and Beyond” features artifacts from and work developed in response to an educational Biennale Session sponsored by the ISU Department of Architecture…

January 30, 2019

01/14/19 AMES, Iowa — An exhibition of works merging the analog and digital will be on display Jan. 16 through Feb. 2 at the Iowa State University Design on Main Gallery, 203 Main St. in downtown Ames. Titled “Very Very Real,” the show will include still-life surfaces of vegetative matter and digitally-derived works by Roman Chikerinets, ISU lecturer in architecture; embroidery by Leslie Forehand, lecturer and the David Lingle Faculty Fellow…

January 14, 2019

11/10/18 AMES, Iowa — An exhibition of digital drawings and hybrid digital drawing/photographic collages by Ames artist Matthew Merritt is on display Nov. 11 through Dec. 2 at the Iowa State University Design on Main Gallery, 203 Main St. in downtown Ames. “01100100 01110010 01100001 01110111 01101110” features 20 framed artworks, 12 tote bags and even a rug printed with original imagery by Merritt, all drawn by hand or drawn…

November 10, 2018

11/06/18 AMES, Iowa — The Iowa State University Design on Main Gallery will host a one-night community celebration from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at 203 Main St. in downtown Ames. “HOT HOT HOT” will feature illuminated cloth fireplaces, s’mores and other snacks and beverages. Members of the Ames and Iowa State communities are invited to create a collaborative mural entirely out of sticky notes during the event. About…

November 6, 2018

09/04/18 Ames, IA — Artist Andrew Kozlowski, an assistant professor of printmaking at University of North Florida, will present a lecture and workshop Sept. 20-22 at Iowa State University. Kozlowski, whose work explores how human histories are shaped by the objects we possess, will speak about “Art and Our Culture of Ephemerality” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, in the Iowa State Memorial Union’s South Ballroom. Using images of his…

September 4, 2018

08/27/18 AMES, Iowa — Recent artwork by 18 faculty of the Iowa State University Department of Art and Visual Culture is on display Aug. 22 through Sept. 8 at the ISU Design on Main Gallery, 203 Main St. in downtown Ames. “For the Common Good” features prints, paintings, photographs, illustrations, furniture, video, and fiber, metal and interactive works. The exhibition was inspired in part by an essay by Johnnella E.…

August 27, 2018

03/29/18 AMES, Iowa — The Iowa State University Design on Main Gallery will host a one-night, interactive community celebration from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 18. The “This is Now” event invites members of the Ames and Iowa State communities to respond artistically to live entertainment by painting a collaborative mural inside the gallery, located at 203 Main St. in downtown Ames. “This is Now” is being organized by the…

March 29, 2018

03/15/18 AMES, Iowa — Photographs by Rachel Deutmeyer, an Iowa State University graduate student in integrated visual arts, will be on display April 5-15 at the ISU Design on Main Gallery, 203 Main St., Ames. Deutmeyer’s thesis exhibition, “Traces: A Farm in Eastern Iowa,” documents interior and exterior spaces of a farm owned by her husband’s grandparents, Kenny and June Friederick. Gallery hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday and noon…

March 16, 2018

03/12/18 AMES, Iowa — Chicago-based composer, sound designer, radio and visual artist Eric Leonardson will present an “eco-sensing” workshop and lecture Monday, March 26, at Iowa State University. Leonardson will speak about "Advances in Eco-Sensing and Soundscape" at 5 p.m. in room 130 College of Design. Part of the 2017-2018 Master of Urban Design /Master of Design in Sustainable Environments Lecture Series, his talk will encompass several ongoing projects…

March 13, 2018

02/26/18 AMES, Iowa — “RezəˈrekSH(ə)n : Resurrection,” the Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition by Iowa State University graduate student Robert Jinkins, will be on display March 20 through April 2 at the ISU Design on Main Gallery, 203 Main St. Gallery hours are from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday or by appointment. A public reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 30. The show’s title…

February 26, 2018