MFA Thesis Show: Kelsey Voy

Sunday, March 23 to Saturday, March 29, 2025 (all day)
North Hall
University of Iowa Center for the Book MFA Candidate Kelsey Voy's thesis exhibition will be on view from March 23–29.
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Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive

Wednesday, March 26 to Friday, June 27, 2025 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper meaning. For over 125 years, artists and writers have continued to explore the mystery of Mallarmé’s poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” [A throw of the dice will never abolish chance]. This exhibition...

BIG CAMERA SHOW - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
BIG CAMERA SHOW presents the work of current students and recent alumni of various BFA and MFA programs working with view camera technologies. For the non-photo nerd, picture an older box camera where the photographer has a dark cloth over their head to focus an upside down and backward image onto a pane of ground glass. Each photograph is made on an individual sheet of large film - for example, the formats most commonly used are 4 by 5 inches and 8 by 10 inches. While they may seem old-school...
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Analog - Sarena Gibson BFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
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Worry In Good Health - Lya Finston MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
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Theatre Auditions: Iowa New Play Festival

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 6:30pm to 11:00pm
Theatre Building
Theatre auditions for Iowa New Play Festival are here! Auditions are open to everyone, including non-majors and the general public.

Iowa Symphony Band

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Iowa Symphony Band This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/943822 This concert is free and open to the public.

Optional Graduate Recital: Jesse Reed, tenor

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Optional Graduate Recital: Jesse Reed, tenor Jesse Reed, tenor Halie Augustus, piano View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/943823 This concert is free and open to the public.
Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive promotional image

Exhibition - A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive

Thursday, March 27 to Friday, June 27, 2025 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper meaning. For over 125 years, artists and writers have continued to explore the mystery of Mallarmé’s poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” [A throw of the dice will never abolish chance]. This exhibition...

BIG CAMERA SHOW - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Thursday, March 27, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
BIG CAMERA SHOW presents the work of current students and recent alumni of various BFA and MFA programs working with view camera technologies. For the non-photo nerd, picture an older box camera where the photographer has a dark cloth over their head to focus an upside down and backward image onto a pane of ground glass. Each photograph is made on an individual sheet of large film - for example, the formats most commonly used are 4 by 5 inches and 8 by 10 inches. While they may seem old-school...
Analog - Sarena Gibson BFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design promotional image

Analog - Sarena Gibson BFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Thursday, March 27, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
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Worry In Good Health - Lya Finston MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Thursday, March 27, 2025 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building

DMA II Recital: Alicia Maiz Alonso, violin

Thursday, March 27, 2025 5:30pm
Voxman Music Building
This event has been canceled.
Canceled
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Jerusalem Quartet

Thursday, March 27, 2025 6:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
The Jerusalem Quartet brings an evening of Dimitri Shostakovich’s searingly intense music to Hancher’s intimate onstage experience. The ensemble will perform two Shostakovich quartets in the first concert and two different quartets by the composer in the second concert.