Before coming to the University of Iowa, Sydney Mayes attended the Denver School of the Arts, where she honed her creative-writing skills and found a love for poetry before college. During her first semester...
Adrianna Elgatian entered the coffee shop with her arms full of drawings, many of which were elegantly sketched figures of nude women.
“I’ve always found women easier to draw for myself,” Elgatian...
At the start of her freshman year at the University of Iowa, Paris Sissel attended a job fair not knowing what to expect. She then spent her first two years at the UI as an usher at Hancher Auditorium.
Now...
What began as a dream of a four-piece psychedelic rock garage band has since evolved into the folky grunge power duo Dog Dave, consisting of University of Iowa sophomore Adelina Reels and Iowa City local...
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...
