Recent MFA Center for the Book graduate Kazumi Wilds, will talk about her new book, Kojiki: The Birth of Japan: The Japanese Creation Myth Illustrated. "What makes this book special is the author's own long familiarity with the actual physical locations where some of the events took place . . . Because of her intense personal connection with the Kojiki story, Kazumi Wilds was moved to design and print a very special limited-edition artist book on her own handmade paper that embodied the mystery...

Experienced, aspiring, and amateur artists alike: this summer, make our museums your muse. Join us in one of our magical gallery spaces after-hours with other artists in your community. Our collections make excellent subjects for sketching because they're always perfectly still! Oh, and did we mention air conditioning...summer in Iowa, right?  This program is designed for adult participants but everyone is welcome!  Admission is free. Advanced registration not required. Thursday, July 11...

Experienced, aspiring, and amateur artists alike: this summer, make our museums your muse. Join us in one of our magical gallery spaces after-hours with other artists in your community. Our collections make excellent subjects for sketching because they're always perfectly still! Oh, and did we mention air conditioning...summer in Iowa, right?  This program is designed for adult participants but everyone is welcome!  Admission is free. Advanced registration not required. Thursday, July 11...

Cecilia Vicuña is a poet, artist, filmmaker, and activist. Her work addresses pressing concerns of the modern world, including ecological destruction, human rights, and cultural homogenization. Born and raised in Santiago de Chile, she went into exile in the early 1970s, after the military coup against elected president Salvador Allende. Vicuña began creating "precarious works" and quipus in the mid 1960s in Chile, as a way of "hearing an ancient silence waiting to be heard." Her multi...

Experienced, aspiring, and amateur artists alike: this summer, make our museums your muse. Join us in one of our magical gallery spaces after-hours with other artists in your community. Our collections make excellent subjects for sketching because they're always perfectly still! Oh, and did we mention air conditioning...summer in Iowa, right?  This program is designed for adult participants but everyone is welcome!  Admission is free. Advanced registration not required. Thursday, July 11...

Last Iowa Bibliophiles before we break for the summer! Join exhibit co-curators, Stephanie M. Blalock (Digital Humanities Librarian, Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio, University of Iowa Libraries) and Brandon James O’Neil (Ph.D. Candidate in English) for a tour of “Walt Whitman: A Bicentennial Celebration.” They will also give visitors an exclusive look at a variety of books from the University of Iowa’s extensive collection of Whitman materials that are not on display in the Gallery...

Join us for Happy Hour + Art at the next Stanley Museum of Art First Friday reception at FilmScene! Stanley First Fridays provide an ideal chance to usher in your weekend, enjoy the work of local artists, and mingle with other art enthusiasts. Our May First Friday features framed prints, sculpture, and video animation by Mary Claire Becker and sound art by Capel Howorth. In HyperNature, an idealized ecology is exaggerated to the point of parody, clamoring with a cacophony that verges on over...

Please join us for a celebratory reception honoring our Spring 2019 MFA Thesis cohort. Remarks at 4:30.

UICB's Spring 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition Featuring work by  Dong Dong Sonia Farmer Catherine Liu Isabella Myers Shoko Nakamura

Cheryl Porter will give a public lecture on her recent travels to gather material samples—Armenia for the Armenian cochineal, Greece to harvest saffron, the mines at Almaden to learn how mercury and cinnabar were mined there, lac harvest in India— used in the production of pigments found in medieval manuscripts and paintings. Cheryl Porter has been Director of the Montefiascone Project, Montefiascone, Italy since its inception in 1988. She worked at University College London Paintings Analysis...

The photo above shows pages from Reinhart's pop-up book "Harry Potter: A Pop-up Guide to Hogwarts." Reinhart's pop-up books include Frozen, PIXAR Pop-up Celebration, The Nightmare Before Christmas Pop-up, The Avengers, Game of Thrones Pop-up Guide to Westeros, the Star Wars Pop-up Guide to the Galaxy, and more. Join award-winning artist Matthew Reinhart as he takes you on the journey of creating his gravity-defying pop-up books. Learn how you can turn your ideas into pop-up reality with simple...

Pop on by the Main Library Tuesday, April 16th from 2PM-4PM and take a look at some of the wonderful pop-up books housed in Special Collections!   Pop-up books have a rich history of entertaining adults and children alike. The artistry, engineering and sophistication needed for these books means they not only delight readers at home, but also find themselves on display in museums and galleries around the world. Matthew Reinhart, award-winning writer and illustrator of children's pop-up...

Of the thousands of pre-Columbian books produced in the Americas, only a handful have survived to the present day, all of which shed a bright light on the history, language, and the book production methods and techniques of the Nahua and the Maya. This lecture will focus on the construction, material make-up, and pigments of these codices, and also consider broader cultural questions regarding the linguistics and philosophy of color, amongst the ancient Maya. We will examine the latest...

A Blue as No Other - The Science and Philosophy of Color in the Mesoamerican Codex Of the thousands of pre-Columbian books produced in the Americas, only a handful have survived to the present day, all of which shed a bright light on the history, language, and the book production methods and techniques of the Nahua and the Maya. This lecture will focus on the construction, material make-up, and pigments of these codices, and also consider broader cultural questions regarding the linguistics and...

A Year of Acquisitions with Special Collections Staff! Join Iowa Bibliophiles for a talk and open house of material recently acquired by Special Collections. Hear from curators about their selections, and be one of the first to see some of the great new items up close. Coffee and light refreshments will be available beginning at 6:30 pm, with the evening’s talk starting at 7:00 pm. All Iowa Bibliophiles meetings are free and open to the public. Wednesday, April 10, Special...

MFA Thesis work by Dong Dong Dong Dong's MFA thesis show Some Bubble Universe is in the KK Merker Gallery this week. Stop by level B of North Hall to see, and join us for a closing reception on Friday from 4-6.

Join us to learn the history and importance of flap books throughout medical history. Discover the doctors, authors, and artists that created and shared these beautiful and delicate works. Leaf through, lift the flaps, and look inside these pieces from the collection to feel like a surgeon as you dissect, explore, and discover the beauty of anatomy. This exhibit features intricate books, fugitive sheets, and manikins from the collection that have been used to teach both medical students and the...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Come see Cat Liu's MFA Thesis Exhibition, "It Should be Familiar" March 10 through 16, at the K.K. Merker Gallery. Closing Reception for the exhibition will take place Friday, March 15, 5–7 p.m. Refreshments will be served and the vitrines will be removed for a more tactile experience with the work.

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

How to Earn Your Book Scouts Merit Badge: The Pop-Up Exhibit! Join Special Collections for a pop-up exhibit and mini-bookbinding workshop to learn more about the current Special Collections exhibit curated by three BLIS graduate students. Interact with more unique books from the stacks, stop by and make your own zine fold or 3 hole pamphlet, and get one step closer to earning your Book Scouts merit badge! Learn more about the current exhibit here

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Join us for Isabella Myers' MFA Thesis Exhibition "The Book as Monument." Each morning the exhibition will change, showing Isabella's process as she creates an installment demonstrating the building of a book as monument. Come see the show each day to see her work as it progresses.

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

What Happens: A Festival of Poets' Theater Work by MFA candidate Sonia Farmer will be performed as part of What Happens: A Festival of Poets' Theater, held at PS1 following the Spring Gallery Walk.   This year's festival will take place on two nights, March 1st and 2nd, and features invited guests Tracie Morris and Bernadette Mayer alongside student playwrights. Friday March 1st at 8pm, will feature plays written and directed by: Sonia Farmer | Morgan Grambo Andy King | Dakota Parobek...

Spring Gallery Walk RSVP will again host the UICB during the 2019 Spring Gallery Walk. We look forward to this annual event each year. Stop by on Friday, March 1st, during the exhibition opening reception (5:00pm–8:00pm) to see new work from the University of Iowa Center for the Book. For more information about the Gallery Walk program, check out the Iowa City Downtown District website(link is external).

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...

Please see the Main Library Gallery site for specific exhibit times. For three decades, Granary Books has brought together writers, artists, and bookmakers committed to exploring and expanding the relations among the verbal, visual, and other arts. Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most...