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Emma Gaughan

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter

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Emma Gaughan is a second-year student at the University of Iowa, studying psychology and criminology, as well as completing a writing certificate. She is from West Des Moines, where she developed her love of both writing and the arts.

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Design concepts are seen at the University of Iowa Dance and Opera Costume Shop at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

UI Dance and Opera Costume Shop works behind the scenes to create the image of productions

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
November 7, 2023
Gina Hausknecht speaks during a discussion panel about contemporary approaches to Shakespeare at the Senate Chambers in the Old Capitol Building in Iowa City on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.

400 years after his first folio, William Shakespeare is still relevant to Iowa City community

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
October 17, 2023
Review | The ‘Frasier’ revival is a fun throw-back, but lacks substance

Review | The ‘Frasier’ revival is a fun throw-back, but lacks substance

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
October 16, 2023
Photo contributed by Hancher Auditorium

Hancher presents ‘Love in Exile’ and ‘In These Times,’ an artistic collaboration for the Infinite Dream Festival

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
October 12, 2023
Students in the University of Iowa's Department of Dance perform in a dress rehearsal for the Faculty/Graduate Concert in Space Place Theater on Tuesday, Feb 5., 2019.

Renovations to Space Place Theater improve experiences for audience and performers

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
October 3, 2023
Anthony Courant poses for a portrait in Iowa City on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.

Student Spotlight | UI third-year student defies boundaries by examining his life, lives of famous playwrights

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
October 1, 2023
Chuck Palahniuk signs a copy of his new book "Not Forever, But For Now" at Prairie Lights in Iowa City on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Palahniuk is a novelist publishing fiction, nonfiction, and adult coloring books.

Prairie Lights hosts Chuck Palahniuk for a live signing

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
September 24, 2023
Allie Tokarski, assistant curator of student engagement at the Stanley Museum of Art, showcases how to use a button press during The Art of Voting installment at the Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa City on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Representatives from Hawk the Vote were present at the event to promote voter registration. Nights at the Museum is a monthly program to promote the Stanley Museum of Art's late gallery hours on Thursdays.

The Stanley hosts ‘Nights at the Museum’ series to draw in UI students

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
September 14, 2023
Drupon Thinley Ningpo and Lama Kalsang work during a viewing of the sacred art of Tibetan Buddhist Lamas creating a sand mandala at the Levitt Gallery in Art Building West on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. The viewing of the making of the sand mandala occurred Sept. 5-8 with a procession on Friday. Dating back to about 2,500 years ago, the mandala is translated as “World of Harmony.” In the mandala, the five Buddha families are represented by the colors white: faith, yellow: effort, red: memory, green: meditation, and blue: wisdom.

Garchen Mila Buddhist Center brings sand mandalas to the UI

Lily Czechowicz and Emma Gaughan
September 12, 2023
Olivia Rodrigo presents the award for best new artist.

Review | Olivia Rodrigo’s second album, ‘Guts,’ conquers youth and growing pains

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
September 12, 2023
A FilmScene at the Chauncey sign is seen in Iowa City on July 13, 2023.

‘FilmScene in the Park’ brings community together to experience cinema

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
September 12, 2023
Photo illustration by Matt Sindt.

Neuroscientist and pianist Fredrik Ullén performs at Voxman

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
September 10, 2023
People line up to enter the Stanley Museum of Art at its opening celebration at the University of Iowa on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022.

Stanley Museum of Art continues to reintroduce its mission for one-year anniversary

Zhenya Loughney and Emma Gaughan
August 22, 2023
Review | Part two of ‘The Witcher’s’ third season is an intense and emotional dive into right and wrong 

Review | Part two of ‘The Witcher’s’ third season is an intense and emotional dive into right and wrong 

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
August 7, 2023
The Stanley Museum of Art is seen in Iowa City, on Sunday, July 23, 2023.

The Stanley with LGBTQ Iowa Archives & Library: ‘Storytime at the Stanley’

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
July 25, 2023
Photo Illustration by Cody Blissett

Review | Part one of season three of ‘The Witcher’ begins a thrilling final season for Henry Cavill

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
July 6, 2023
Contributed photo by Rebecca McKanna

Review | Rebecca McKanna’s debut novel ‘Don’t Forget the Girl’ puts thrilling twist on true crime 

Emma Gaughan , Arts Reporter
June 27, 2023
Iowa City residents walk the parade route during the 2023 Pride Parade & Festival in downtown Iowa City on Saturday, June 17, 2023.

Behind the scenes of Iowa City Pride 2023 

Emma Gaughan , Arts Reporter
June 20, 2023
The construction of the Stanley Museum is shown on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.

Activities to liven up the summer in Iowa City

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
June 11, 2023
The Stanley Museum of Art sign is seen outside of the Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa City on Friday, December 9, 2022.

UI Tuba Euphonium Studio to play alongside performers’ art at the Stanley

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
May 2, 2023
Contributed by Nick Rudzianski

Iowa City Community Theatre presents story of love in the face of destruction in ‘Follies’

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
May 2, 2023
Mezzo soprano Jordan McCready sings during a dress rehearsal of the immersive opera “The Great Flood” at the Voxman Music Building on Monday, April 24, 2023. Nathan Felix is the composer of the opera and it premiered at the Stanley Museum of Art on Thursday, April 27.

Immersive opera ‘The Great Flood’ tells emotional stories at the Stanley

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
April 30, 2023
Members the 501st Legion with the Mandalorian who made a appearance. Sarasota's Selby Public Library's annual pop-culture, SRQCon convention returned after a COVID-related hiatus for the past couple of years. The event featured panels on things like Dungeons and Dragons and Vikings; trivia and gaming; crafts and scavenger hunts; and, of course, a big cosplay contest. The event was free for all-ages. Vendors were selling their wares. For more information about the Selby Public Library located at, 1331 1st St., Sarasota, visit scgovlibrary.librarymarket.com/event/srqcon-2022. Sar Srqcon 13

Review | ‘The Mandalorian’ returns for season 3 with fantastic characters, great battles, and heartfelt stories

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
April 20, 2023
Contributed photo of Ivy Jewell.

Student Spotlight: Ceramics student explores family history and memory through variety of mediums

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
April 11, 2023
Musician Lana Del Rey performed at Veterans Auditorium in Des Moines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019.

Review | Lana Del Rey’s new album is a beautiful and melancholic exploration of experience, love, and life

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
April 4, 2023
Contributed photo

Student Spotlight: MFA student converses with former self to reflects on growth as an artist

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
March 28, 2023
Photo contributed by Christopher Harris

Afro-Brazilian film to take center stage in ‘Frequências,’ 2023 Obermann Humanities Symposium

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
March 28, 2023
The outside of the Riverside Theatre is seen at the Pedestrian Mall in Iowa City on Friday, April 8, 2022.

Riverside Theatre’s production of ‘Fefu and Her Friends’ pays tribute to legendary playwright and empowers women

Stella Shipman and Emma Gaughan
March 21, 2023
The cast for South Bend Civic Theatre's production of Something Rotten rehearses July 12, 2022. The production runs from July 15 to 31, 2022. Civic Theater Puts On Something Rotten

UI Theatre department presents humorous retelling of Shakespeare and history of musical theatre with “Something Rotten!”

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
March 8, 2023
Women from the UI use their art to tell stories about experiences and womanhood

Women from the UI use their art to tell stories about experiences and womanhood

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
March 7, 2023
Photo contributed by Professor Richard Heidel.

UI concert band to travel to Ireland over spring break for musical St. Patrick’s Day experience

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
March 7, 2023
Stevie Haley Delgado sits by her sculpture in the Visual Arts Building on Feb. 27, 2023.

Sculpture and Intermedia Open House promises unique artistic and visual experience

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
March 2, 2023
Review | Netflix’s ‘Drive to Survive’ season five gives thrilling recap on 2022 F1 season, but not much else

Review | Netflix’s ‘Drive to Survive’ season five gives thrilling recap on 2022 F1 season, but not much else

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
February 28, 2023
Bahri Karacay (left) and Volkan Orhon (right) perform at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Iowa City for an Earthquake Benefit Concert for Turkey and Syria on Saturday Feb 25, 2023. The Benefit was put on by Orhon, a University of Iowa Professor.

IC community and UI School of Music come together for earthquake benefit concert for Turkey and Syria

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
February 26, 2023
David Harrington, a member of the Kronos Quartet, performs during the Michigan premiere of "A Thousand Thoughts" at Detroit Film Theatre on April 12, 2019.

The Kronos Quartet performs ‘At War With Ourselves — 400 Years of You’ at Hancher

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
February 14, 2023
The Voxman Music Building is seen on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020.

Guest Artist Asya Fateyeva gives passionate saxophone concert at Voxman

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
February 8, 2023
Masha (Valerie Davine) and Sonia (Susan Fuhrmeister) cry themselves silly.

ICCT presents ‘Vanya and Sonia and Marsha and Spike,’ gives humorous look into hope and family

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
February 1, 2023
Attendees listen to guest speaker Johanna Winters during the Grant Wood Fellow Talk at the Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa City on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Winters’ work has been exhibited and performed nationally, Winters discussed her work and research in performance, video, printmaking, and puppetry.

Performance, printmaking, and puppetry — Grant Wood Fellow Johanna Winters gives talk at Stanley

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
February 1, 2023
Concert goers gather outside Englert Theatre in Iowa City on Saturday, April 9, 2022.

Iowa City Area Chinese Association celebrates Lunar New Year at the Englert

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
January 24, 2023
“Mural” (1943), by Jackson Pollock, Gift of Peggy Guggenheim, 1959.6. Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2022, by Jerod Ringwald.

Behind Stanley’s ‘Homecoming’

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
January 17, 2023
The sign for Mindfulness in the museum is seen at the Stanley Museum of Art, in Iowa City on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. The event happens every Friday

Stanley Museum of Art partners with Student Wellness and Koru Mindfulness to bring students ‘Mindfulness in the Museum’

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
December 11, 2022
A University of Iowa student dances at North Hall on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022.

UI Department of Dance’s ‘Graduate/Undergraduate Concert’ returns in-person

Emma Gaughan, Arts Reporter
December 11, 2022
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