Breakdancing embodies something special for University of Iowa senior Wesley Estrada — freedom.
Also known as “Wild Wes,” Estrada has been heavily involved with gymnastics throughout his life. Different...
A typical band has each member play a specific instrument. Local band Waverly, however, is a four-man group of jacks-of-all trades. University of Iowa senior Brendan Higgins describes what his band is...
Undergrad student Dawson Davenport of the Meskwawki Tribe on the Tama Settlement is putting his voice out there in more ways than one.
Davenport not only aims to spread his message through abstract art,...
Cinnamon Spear is a graduate student studying at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, working to get an M.F.A. in fiction. She will graduate from the workshop in May and is excited about that.
However, this...
Students all over the U.S. find their own way to get into the Halloween spirit, and Mackenzie Maurice does so as well, homeowner’s style.
Her décor consists of paintings rendered by her that she bases...
Despite his obvious talent for throwing down mad lyrics and growing internet fame, UI student Yusong Ju stays humble regarding his skills as a hip-hop artist.
Ju is a first-year University of Iowa student...
When Elaine Irvine goes on air for her radio show, “Stella,” she doesn’t think about what her guests may be about to say or how she’ll get them to blurt those unanswered secrets. Irving flips the...
Part of being a creative storyteller is finding one’s niche medium: the path artists employ to guide people through an ensemble of poems, a portfolio of paintings/photos, or collection of prose.
For...
For many students of the arts, holding a job in college tends to take away from their career aspirations, studies, social calendar and sanity.
Some students may work near their desired field or have an...
“By the way, this isn’t Jesus fan art,” Casey Gartlan said while shading a tattoo design of a cross on her sketchpad. The cross is for her boyfriend’s father. After beating cancer, he requested...
University of Iowa freshman Olivia Peters views the human face as a canvas. As with any other artist, she sets a base before beginning to work. Using a jumbo cream-colored eye pencil, Peters marks the...
Hands, a human system of manipulating our environment, are the most associated physical trait when art comes out to play. Painting, drawing, writing, and ceramics are located at the top of the list of...
