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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

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Student Spotlight: UI playwright turns to livestreaming their writing process online amid COVID-19 outbreak

Josie Fischels, Arts Editor April 5, 2020

Should one find Cameron Speta streaming on Twitch, they might be surprised to find that the UI senior and playwright isn’t always playing Overwatch as the category title suggests — they’re typing...

UI senior Sabrina Claman poses for a portrait in the Visual Arts Building on Friday, March 13, 2020.

Art student tells visual stories through comics

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Editor March 29, 2020

A pencil-drawn image of a girl looking down a hillside toward a cow laying on its side sets the scene of a comic strip drawn by Sabrina Claman, a B.F.A. drawing student at the University of Iowa. The...

David Petersen poses for a portrait at the Visual Arts Building on Sunday, March 6, 2020. Peterson is working toward his Master of Fine Arts in painting.

Student Spotlight: UI painter embeds queerness into Catholic spaces through artwork

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Editor March 11, 2020

Paint supplies, cardboard, and scraps of paper lay strewn across B.F.A painter David Michael Petersen’s workspace, as though an artistic twister had come through his corner of the Visual Arts Building....

Student Spotlight: Kelsey Turnis uses art to explore environmental crises

Student Spotlight: Kelsey Turnis uses art to explore environmental crises

Addie Bushnell, Arts Reporter March 5, 2020

Kelsey Turnis is only in her first year at the University of Iowa, but she’s already making waves in the Iowa City art scene. Turnis, who hails from Cedar Rapids, is comfortable in several mediums, including...

Graduate Student Drew Etienne poses in his studio in the Visual Arts Building on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020.

Geometrical landscapes and foreboding futures: Drew Etienne’s inspirational artwork comes to life in his small studio

Ashley Dawson, Arts Reporter February 26, 2020

Unspecified, peculiar beauties that pop into the mind are what inspire Drew Etienne, a second-year graduate student at the University of Iowa, before he begins a new drawing. “There are these...

Annika Wahlberg poses for a portrait at her house on Tuesday, Feb.18, 2020.

Painting in pink: UI student artist paints drunken mannerisms with a pink pop

Ashley Dawson, Arts Reporter February 19, 2020

Annika Wahlberg didn’t like creating art at first. In fact, the University of Iowa senior was annoyed when she learned art classes were a requirement to complete her art history major. But after...

University of Iowa student Olivia Harter takes photos in the Visual Arts Building on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020.

Student Spotlight: UI art student captures unconventional themes through storytelling

Sarah Stortz, Senior Reporter February 12, 2020

Liv Harter knows how to capture an outlandish story, whether it’s through her camera, illustrations, or her own words. Regularly contributing her artwork to Fools Magazine, the University of...

Americana performer Rosanne Cash coming to Hancher

Americana performer Rosanne Cash coming to Hancher

Samantha Murray, Arts Reporter February 5, 2020

On Saturday, four-time Grammy award winner Rosanne Cash will come to fill Hancher Auditorium with her Americana-style music. Rosanne Cash, the eldest daughter of country music star Johnny Cash, has...

University of Iowa BFA student Casey Mathews poses for a portrait on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, inside of his studio space located in the Visual Arts building. Mathews is a printmaker and began studying art after taking a general education art class.

Student Spotlight: Printmaker dives into themes of power, idolization

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Editor January 29, 2020

In the right-hand corner of the University of Iowa Visual Arts Building printing studio lies a desk covered with spray paint bottles, charcoal drawings of people pinned to the wall. Standing among it...

University of Iowa sophomore, Will Adams poses for a portrait in the Voxman Music Building on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020. Will Adams is an aspiring professional actor currently making the rounds in local theater productions and concert performances.

In the spotlight: UI theatre and vocal performing arts student ‘destined’ for the stage

Addie Bushnell, Arts Reporter January 22, 2020

Despite growing up in a nonmusical family and dedicating more than half his high-school career to baseball, University of Iowa sophomore Will Adams has always known he was destined for the stage. “I’ve...

University of Iowa student Salman Yakub poses for a portrait in the Visual Arts Building on Dec. 8, 2019. Yakub is an artist, musician, and writer.

A musician and painter, UI student is inspired by ‘things that become hazy with time’

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Reporter December 11, 2019

Salman Yakub entered the coffee shop donned in a blue and white collared shirt etched with skulls and flowers across the fabric; perhaps mimicking his artistic ability for drawing. Yakub, a UI musician...

Senior Reanna Lewis paints in City Park on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. Lewis is a painter, rapper, poet, and dancer. Lewis said that painting outside helps her to connect to her spirituality. (Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan).

Student Spotlight: An artist of many mediums; from painting to dancing, songwriting, and poetry, UI student has it all

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Reporter December 4, 2019

Although many artists primarily focus on one art form, University of Iowa senior Reanna Lewis dabbles in a variety of mediums as a songwriter, poet, dancer/choreographer, painter and multi artist. Lewis...