Large hunks of decaying tree bark lay across a table while watercolor paintings hung on Julie Fiscella’s corner of the graduate student sculpture commons in the Visual Arts Building. Fiscella, a first-year...
Three exchange students — Samira Erdmann, Yannik Putsch, and Nika Drnovsek — are contributing to the University of Iowa’s status as the Writing University and crafting their own written works.
These...
Joe Gephart met his band members the same way every other heavy metal band meets — through Craigslist.
Just over two years ago, Gephart found an advertisement posted by members Greg Beaver and Mikey...
At the beginning of his career, Jack Howard could usually be found DJing weeknights at Gabe's. Since then, he has secured a regular Thursday night gig at Iowa City Yacht Club.
Howard, otherwise known...
Ceramic bodies, busts, and tools scatter the workspace of graduate student Nicole "Dia" Webb in the Visual Arts Building on the west side of the University of Iowa campus.
Webb is a second-year graduate...
It takes years for some artists to decide whether or not to trek down the path of creativity. For University of Iowa senior Zoe Hermsen, pursuing the practice was all she had ever envisioned.
By spending...
With eyeliner curved around her eyelid, complemented by a matching black dress and bright, red lipstick, Molly Bagnall’s outfit popped inside the café. Her classical look mirrors her appreciation for...
Tucked in the back corner of the painting and drawing section of the Visual Arts Building, artist N.E. Brown’s studio boasts an array of woodwork, paintings, and prints. A giant wooden spoon with wood...
“Le futur est entre nos mains.”
Below the phrase depicts a melting candle held by a white hand, with the painting intertwining Josephine Beddor’s ancestry and strive for healing.
Influenced by...
The ceramics communal studio in the Visual Arts Building was speckled with clay figurines, pots, and mugs, showing off the incredible talent of the artists in a casual way. Donté K. Hayes’ corner of...
Referred to by some as a “real-life Hannah Montana,” Lily DeTaeye is in fact living the best of both worlds. On weekdays, she can be found in the EPB writing, but on the weekends, she practices her...
Whether she’s working in Iowa City, Chicago, or New York City, University of Iowa junior Leela Bassuk is a full-acting force.
Bassuk said she always creatively expressed herself, mainly through music...
