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Digital painting as cultural storytelling is focus of MFA thesis exhibition April 6-15 at ISU College of Design
04/05/22 AMES, Iowa — Youeun Lee, an Iowa State University graduate student in integrated visual arts, will share digital paintings exploring Korean culture in her master of fine arts thesis exhibition April 6–15 at the ISU College of Design. “Cultural Storytelling” will be open from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. weekdays in the College of Design’s Gallery 181. A closing reception will be from 5–8 p.m. Friday, April 15. In her graduate…

April 6, 2022
‘The Art of Climate Planning’ exhibited at ISU College of Design March 21–April 1
03/22/22 AMES, Iowa — An exhibition inspired by the City of Ames’ climate action planning process is on display March 21–April 1 at the Iowa State University College of Design. “The Art of Climate Planning” is open from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. weekdays in Gallery 181, located on the first floor of the College of Design building. It will close at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 1. Produced by The EcoTheatre…

March 22, 2022
Annual postcard print exchange, silent auction will be Dec. 20–Jan. 14 at ISU College of Design
12/15/21 AMES, Iowa — The Iowa State University Print Society will host “A Recipe For…,” the 21st Annual International Postcard Print Exchange Exhibition and Silent Auction Dec. 20, 2021–Jan. 14, 2022 at the ISU College of Design. Exhibition hours will be 8 a.m.–4 p.m. weekdays, Dec. 20–22 and Jan. 3–14 in the college’s Gallery 181. The gallery is closed Dec. 23–31. The show features 85 different prints by artists from…

December 15, 2021
Collaborative work by IVA grad student Amenda Tate exhibited at Octagon Center for the Arts
12/06/21 AMES, Iowa — New work by artist Amenda Tate, an Iowa State University graduate student in integrated visual arts, is on display Nov. 13–Dec. 24 in the Community Gallery at the Octagon Center for the Arts in downtown Ames. “Vestiges and (E)Motion” features three large-scale works Tate created collaboratively with individuals and groups in the production of her short film “Sapient_2.021.” The work was generated by dancers who…

December 6, 2021
Collage is focus of ISU graduate student Christopher Yanulis’ MFA thesis exhibition Nov. 13–19 at Reliable Street Gallery
11/08/21 AMES, Iowa — Christopher Yanulis, an Iowa State University graduate student in integrated visual arts, will share the development of his artistic process — and how the study of influential artists and an examination of personal history and beliefs has helped shape that process — in his master of fine arts thesis exhibition Nov. 13–19 at Reliable Street Gallery, 4625 Reliable St. in northwest Ames. Hours and reception “Thinking…

November 8, 2021
ISU integrated studio art seniors to present work in annual BFA exhibition April 16–22
04/07/21 AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University seniors in integrated studio arts will display their work April 16–22 in the College of Design’s Gallery 181 and online in Gallery 181V. “Emergence” will showcase artwork by 20 students who will graduate with a bachelor of fine arts in May, August or December 2021. Each senior submitted up to eight pieces for the BFA show, two to three of which will…

April 7, 2021
Visitors are integral to MFA thesis installation March 15–April 2 at Des Moines’ Mainframe Studios
03/14/21 AMES, Iowa — “Sediments of Identity,” the master of fine arts thesis exhibition by Daniel Nutt, graduate student in integrated visual arts at Iowa State University, will be on display March 15–April 2 in the atrium of Mainframe Studios, 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines. The show will feature wooden boxes, motion sensors, DC motors and found objects that together manifest as a mirror, thus engaging the viewers as…

March 14, 2021
ISU College of Design-affiliated artists win multiple awards in Octagonal 2021 exhibition
03/11/21 AMES, Iowa — Works by three Iowa State University College of Design student, faculty and alumni artists were recognized with top awards in “Octagonal 2021: The All-Media Show” on display at the Octagon Center for the Arts, 427 Douglas Ave. in Ames. Juror Jenie Gao, an interdisciplinary artist, creative director, curator and entrepreneur, announced the awards during a virtual opening reception Friday, March 5. The show will run…

March 11, 2021
Graphic novel featured in Nan-Teng Liu’s MFA thesis show April 1–9 at ISU College of Design
03/11/21 AMES, Iowa — Work created for a graphic novel will be featured in Iowa State University graduate student Nan-Teng Liu’s master of fine arts thesis exhibition April 1–9 at the ISU College of Design. Hours and reception “Unforgotten” will be open from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. weekdays in Gallery 181. A closing reception will be from 5–8 p.m. Friday, April 9, with a brief artist’s talk by Liu at 5:30…

March 11, 2021
ISU integrated visual arts graduate student Jasmine Beul explores ideas of relativity in thesis exhibition March 16–26
03/01/21 AMES, Iowa — “The Alien Landscape,” the master of fine arts thesis exhibition by Jasmine Beul, Iowa State University graduate student in integrated visual arts, will be on display March 16–26 at the Iowa State University College of Design. Beul, from Lakewood, Colorado, will share a selection of ceramics, mixed media artwork and photography created during her graduate studies at Iowa State. Her colorful body of work “explores ideas…

March 2, 2021