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Drinkwater's '168 Hours' exhibition reveals odd urgency of short-lived publications
"168 Hours" — an exhibition by Jennifer Drinkwater, Iowa State University assistant professor of art and visual culture — is on display July 1-31 in the South Gallery of the I nternational Gallery of Contemporary Art in Anchorage, Alaska. A First Friday opening reception will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 8. The exhibition features a series of embroidered covers of two of the…

July 6, 2017
ISU College of Design students, alumni to exhibit work at Des Moines Arts Festival June 23-25
06/07/17 AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University College of Design graduate student and two recent graduates are among 11 Emerging Iowa Artists selected to exhibit their work June 23-25 at the Des Moines Arts Festival. In its 15th year, the Emerging Iowa Artists program provides young visual artists an opportunity to showcase their talent at one of the nation’s top arts festivals, which annually attracts more than 200,000 visitors.…

June 7, 2017
ISU students design interactive pavilion for Flyover Fashion Fest in Iowa City May 5-6
05/04/17 AMES, Iowa — An interactive pavilion designed by Iowa State University students will provide new perspectives on self-image at the Flyover Fashion Fest May 5-6 in Iowa City. Titled “IMRU” (I am are you), the pavilion will be located in Blackhawk Mini Park, 201 E. Washington St., on the Pedestrian Mall in downtown Iowa City. The 12-foot-by-30-foot serpentine structure, which features 450 small mirrors, is intended to create a…

May 4, 2017
IVA grad student wins best in show in Biorenewables Art Competition

April 25, 2017
ISU graphic design seniors to showcase work April 27 at Iowa Events Center in Des Moines
04/13/17 AMES, Iowa — More than 70 students who will graduate with degrees in graphic design from Iowa State University in May will share their work in the Graphic Design Senior Show Thursday, April 27, in Des Moines. Titled “Hello World,” the student-organized event will run from 6 to 9 p.m. in Hy-Vee Hall C at the Iowa Events Center, 730 Third St. in downtown Des Moines. The exhibition will…

April 13, 2017
ISU integrated visual arts student’s thesis exhibition features abstract photography April 14-21 at Design on Main Gallery
04/10/17 AMES, Iowa — An exhibition of abstract photographs by Iowa State University integrated visual arts graduate student Xiaohan Chen will be on display April 14-21 at the ISU Design on Main Gallery, 203 Main St. in downtown Ames. Chen’s Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, “A World in a Flower,” will open with a reception from 6:06 to 8:08 p.m. Friday, April 14, and include brief remarks by her about…

April 10, 2017
ISU professor's work is part of exhibition merging art and handguns to promote peace
04/07/17 AMES, Iowa — “Bubble Gun,” a sculpture by Joe Muench, professor of art and visual culture at Iowa State University, is part of metalsmith and activist Boris Bally’s “I.M.A.G.I.N.E. Peace Now” exhibition on display at the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts through June 10. More than 90 artists were challenged to create works incorporating disabled handguns procured from a gun buyback program, transforming them into art…

April 7, 2017
Thesis exhibition at ISU Design on Main Gallery features climate change-themed comic book
04/04/17 AMES, Iowa — “Food Pirates: Food, Technology, Pirates and the Future,” a comic and thesis exhibition by Iowa State University integrated visual arts graduate student Brie Alsbury, is on display through Saturday, April 8, at the ISU Design on Main Gallery. The show features “Food Pirates,” a comic book written and illustrated by Alsbury that follows orphan Rylo Sykes, a resident of a refugee camp in Omaha, Nebraska, in 2035,…

April 4, 2017
ISU integrated studio arts seniors to showcase work in BFA exhibition April 10-22
03/27/17 AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University seniors majoring in integrated studio arts will share their work in the annual Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition April 10-22 in the ISU College of Design’s Gallery 181. “In•ten•tion•al” will feature work by 33 students who will graduate with a BFA in integrated studio arts from Iowa State in May, August or December 2017. Each graduating senior selected a collection of his/her own…

March 27, 2017
'Rome Beneath the Surface' exhibition features work by students who studied in Italy last fall
03/06/17 AMES, Iowa — Projects by 52 Iowa State University students who studied in Italy last fall are on display today through March 31 in the ISU College of Design’s Gallery 181. Titled “Rome Beneath the Surface: Inspiration from a City of Layers,” the exhibition features work by 19 graphic design, nine integrated studio arts and 24 interior design students who participated in the fall 2016 College of Design Rome…

March 6, 2017