tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13531764083868833712024-02-20T22:00:18.483-06:00Art MattersNews and art musings from inside the University of Iowa Museum of ArtClairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-19820150396347348792010-02-17T13:20:00.001-06:002010-02-17T13:22:03.525-06:00Keep following "Art Matters" at the UIMA's new websiteThe UIMA's redesigned website has officially launched! You can keep following the "Art Matters" blog on the new site: http://uima.uiowa.edu/blog/.
Thanks for reading! We hope you enjoy the blog's new look and location. This site will remain up here for reference to previous posts from 2008-2009.
—Claire Lekwa, UIMA Marketing and Media AssistantClairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-10563974323269980972010-02-08T12:06:00.001-06:002010-02-08T12:08:19.481-06:00"Art Matters" is moving!First off—apologies for the recent lack of posts on the "Art Matters" blog! Over the past two months, the UIMA staff has been in the process of putting together a new, redesigned website, which will launch this week. The "Art Matters" blog will now be located within the official Museum website, making it easier for people to find and more cohesive with the rest of the UIMA's communications. The Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-58020618442173799042009-11-17T16:40:00.003-06:002009-11-17T16:41:37.122-06:00UIMA@IMU hours over Thanksgiving break
Beginning Sunday, Nov. 22, the UIMA@IMU art space, located in the Iowa Memorial Union's third-floor Richey Ballroom, will hold special hours over the University's Thanksgiving break. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, Dec. 1.
Sunday, Nov. 22 and Monday, Nov. 23: Closed
Tuesday, Nov. 24 and Wednesday, Nov. 25: Open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 26 through Sunday, Nov. 29: Closed
Have a Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-58005745016701389042009-11-16T14:13:00.008-06:002009-11-16T14:23:08.386-06:00Press release: UIMA fundraiser raises more than $154,000 for programs, events, exhibits
More than 200 guests attended the seventh annual University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) fundraising event, The Museum pARTy!, on Saturday, Oct. 24 to celebrate the museum’s 40th anniversary. This event, sponsored by the UIMA Members Council, raised more than $154,000 for programs, events and exhibitions for 2010.
“The UIMA relies on private support, including annual gifts and its endowment Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-71067697869864194992009-11-05T16:57:00.000-06:002009-11-05T16:57:11.396-06:00UIMA art safe and unaffected by Iowa House Hotel fireYou may have seen the news about a small fire early this morning in the Iowa House Hotel adjoined to the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU). Don't worry -- our art in the UIMA@IMU, located in the third-floor Richey Ballroom, is safe and was not affected. You can read the University's press release about the incident here. Keep checking the blog for more updates and information.
--Claire Lekwa, UIMA Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-82035611745537923462009-10-30T15:38:00.007-05:002009-11-02T14:39:34.848-06:00Over $150,000 raised for UIMA at The Museum PartY!
What a great night! More than 200 guests attending The Museum PartY! on Saturday, Oct. 24 demonstrated their support for the Museum by raising over $150,000 for the UIMA's 2010 programs, events, and exhibitions. In keeping with the year-long celebration of the UIMA's 40th anniversary, Abigail Foerstner's new book, Building a Masterpiece: Legacy of the University of Iowa Museum of Art, made itsClairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-33441691939078020872009-10-01T17:49:00.023-05:002009-10-01T18:13:14.240-05:00UIMA staff members' thoughts on Pollock theory
Jackson Pollock, Mural, 1943, oil on canvas, 19' 10" x 8' 1"
Gift of Peggy Guggenheim, copyright 1959 UIMA
Jackson Pollock's ever-intriguing Mural (above), part of the UIMA's permanent collection, finds itself at the center of another debate online and in the paper. In an article from Smithsonian magazine's October 2009 issue, art historian Henry Adams, professor at Case Western Reserve Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-47714418806109476622009-09-28T17:38:00.003-05:002009-09-28T17:41:48.912-05:00UIMA@IMU: New photos and press coverage
The UIMA@IMU, located in the Iowa Memorial Union's (IMU) third floor Richey Ballroom, is open to the public, and in case you haven't checked it out yet, here are some photos of the completed installation to entice you!
Come visit the space and take a look at some of the more than 250 art objects on display during the public hours:
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
10 a.m.-9 p.m. Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-16229132931188609552009-09-25T11:30:00.009-05:002009-09-25T11:45:57.339-05:00UIMA Word Painters: Work from Cheyenne Nimes
Last night in the Old Capitol Museum, the UIMA hosted its first Word Painters reading of the semester. Cheyenne Nimes (right), a graduate student in the UI Nonfiction Writing Program and one of the University of Iowa Museum of Art's Fall 2009 "Word Painter" fellows, read from her recent work, as did Ryan Van Meter, who currently holds the 2009-10 Provost's Postgraduate Writing Fellowship in Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-47361556540098779592009-09-17T18:30:00.010-05:002009-09-25T11:48:05.170-05:00UIMA preparator to tell challenges of converting old ballroom into UIMA@IMU
How do you transform an old ballroom (above), used mostly for meetings, into a multi-functional, visual classroom suitable for housing museum artwork, all in five months?
The task that Steve Erickson, preparator for the University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA), faced in creating the museum's new, temporary on-campus art venue, the UIMA@IMU, challenged him quite unlike his past experiences in Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-9523230081770360382009-09-11T11:55:00.009-05:002009-09-25T11:49:38.145-05:00UIMA@IMU now open to public, plus: Q&A with UIMA Chief Curator Kathy Edwards As of Tuesday, Sept. 8, the University of Iowa Museum of Art's new, temporary, on-campus art venue, the UIMA@IMU, is now open to the public. Located in the former Richey Ballroom on the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) third floor, the UIMA@IMU will hold regular public hours from:
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: noon to 5 p.m.
Closed Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-34536586198163159152009-08-31T17:19:00.007-05:002009-08-31T17:30:56.381-05:00Sneak preview: UIMA@IMU Throughout August, Maggie Anderson, UIMA Media and Marketing Manager, documented the UIMA@IMU's transformation into the museum's new temporary on-campus art space. Renovated from the Richey Ballroom to a sleek, state-of-the-art venue, the UIMA@IMU will open to the public on Sept. 8 with a global selection of art from the UIMA's collection, as can be seen in the pictures above. The installationClairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-10332075967523927802009-08-31T16:05:00.003-05:002009-08-31T16:10:12.043-05:00Pictures from UIMA Welcome Week event Check out this slide show of pictures from the Fall 2009 Welcome Week Black and Gold Carnival on Sat., Aug. 22, where UIMA staff members and volunteers gave students a sneak preview of the new UIMA@IMU space and led an art activity. At the event, more than 65 UI students checked out the UIMA@IMU and were entered to win UIMA merchandise and a $50 gift certificate to Atlas World Grill. Congrats Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-23107502293278568982009-08-26T21:26:00.000-05:002009-08-26T21:30:41.752-05:00'Thursdays at the Figge' features talks on UIMA masterworksAs a part of the ongoing collaboration between the University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) and the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, several UIMA staff members will present art talks for the fall "Thursdays at the Figge" series.These informal events aim to provide a fun, relaxed way to engage with works of art on display at the Figge. UIMA Director of Education Dale Fisher will speak about Abstract Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-91527706475705004692009-08-25T18:00:00.000-05:002009-08-25T18:01:34.002-05:00UI envisions a new Museum of ArtSaying that "It's time to look toward the future," of the University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA), UI President Sally Mason today announced the formation of the Envisioning Committee for the UIMA, which will hold its first meeting at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, in Room B5 of Jessup Hall."I have charged the envisioning committee to imagine all of the possibilities for the University of Iowa Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-32115702568479146082009-08-25T17:56:00.001-05:002009-08-25T18:00:24.130-05:00UI Museum of Art to open new on-campus location in Iowa Memorial UnionMore than 500 works of art from the University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) collection will be available in a new on-campus art venue this fall.The "UIMA@IMU," located in the former Richey Ballroom on the Iowa Memorial Union's (IMU) third floor, is a visual classroom that will serve as a temporary location while the museum is displaced because of the June 2008 flood.The UIMA invites students to Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16434019695108468264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-23371539154406318282009-08-07T11:54:00.004-05:002009-08-07T12:15:14.887-05:00For the record...On Friday, July 31, The Daily Iowan wrote in their article "Some Art Returns" that the University of Iowa Museum of Art collection will no longer be at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport after Sunday, August 2. This statement is incorrect (the paper will be running a correction when it resumes publication in late August). Under a collaborative agreement, the majority of the University of Iowa Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-17193841555205412832009-07-29T09:37:00.008-05:002009-07-29T10:09:35.179-05:00Organized ChaosUIMA Graduate Curatorial Assistant Nathan Popp joins us on Art Matters today to share some of his reflections on the flood and his work with the UIMA's collection of prints, drawings, and photographs. Those who know me understand how much I crave order.Since water besieged the UIMA and so many others last summer, I have struggled to cope with the ongoing uncertainty of the Museum’s situation. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-44072813257129454092009-07-27T14:27:00.007-05:002009-07-27T15:17:21.845-05:00Video feature: Robert Motherwell's "Elegy to the Spanish Republic, No. 126"For this video feature, the third in our series highlighting works on display in the UIMA exhibit at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, A Legacy for Iowa: Pollock's Mural and Modern Masterworks from the University of Iowa Museum of Art, we talked with University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) Assistant to the Director for Special Programs and Curatorial Assistant Melissa Hueting about Robert Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-8022974690514367722009-07-27T11:33:00.006-05:002009-07-27T15:22:49.585-05:00From the Figge Front: All done!It’s been months since this room has been so empty!As of July 16, it's over. Over 13 months after being packed up and shipped to Chicago, the UIMA collection is unpacked and in storage at the Figge Art Museum, ready to begin the next stage of its existence. Countless people, hours, and miles have been dedicated to the collection’s well-being. "Thank you" just doesn’t cut it in terms of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-80513409362854899372009-07-15T09:12:00.003-05:002009-07-15T09:35:50.996-05:00Two possible sites for new Hancher-Voxman-Clapp; some concerns about UIMAUI officials narrowed possible sites for a new Hancher-Voxman-Clapp complex from eight to two at a public forum last Thursday.The "west site," just north of the current flood-damaged Hancher and near the Levitt Center, received the most support from those who spoke when the floor was opened to comment during the second half of the two-hour event.The “east site," located south of Burlington StreetUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-3809054416126922152009-07-14T09:40:00.012-05:002009-07-15T12:20:52.057-05:00From the Figge Front: Many Metal Drawers“They’re like an army! A tiny, terracotta army all lined up in a storage drawer! You know, like that Chinese terracotta army that was discovered years ago. Only smaller. Much smaller.”I turn to Victoria (from OIA--O'Connell International Arts, Inc.), eyes eager with the expectation that she agree. She shakes her head, laughing in amused consent.Victoria examines the terracotta army.I return her Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-24437781368975323352009-07-07T10:18:00.009-05:002009-07-07T10:46:14.816-05:00From the Figge Front: TodayToday will be a good day.I’m in the back seat of UIMA Exhibitions and Collections Manager Jeff Martin’s car, listening to an audio book on retired judge and military hero Buck Compton, known from the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" (the audio book is far more interesting than I originally anticipated). Looking out my window I see flashes of light -- cars zipping west on I-80, caught only by theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-59285442093977681502009-06-29T13:31:00.006-05:002009-06-29T16:26:52.396-05:00Video feature: Dale Fisher on John Marin's "Off Flint Island, Main Coast"For this video feature, the second in our series highlighting works on display in the A Legacy for Iowa... exhibit at the Figge, we chatted with University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) Director of Education Dale Fisher about John Marin's Off Flint Island, Main Coast. Check it out here or on the UIMA's YouTube channel.And be sure to attend Dale's lecture, where he'll talk more about John Marin's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353176408386883371.post-66715237564410434542009-06-24T14:35:00.009-05:002009-06-24T14:56:59.736-05:00Thursdays at the Figge: Pamela White on Jackson PollockJackson Pollock, Mural, 1943, oil on canvas, 19' 10" x 8' 1"Gift of Peggy Guggenheim, copyright 1959 UIMAUIMA Interim Director Pamela White will give tomorrow's "Thursdays at the Figge" talk on Jackson Pollock, the famous Abstract Expressionist artist who created the UIMA's most celebrated painting, the nearly 20-foot-long, more than 8-foot-tall Mural (1943).If you'd like to read a bit about Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0