Jim Leach, who represented eastern Iowa in Congress for 30 years and later went on to lead the National Endowment for the Humanities, died on Wednesday. He was 82 years old. Even before he first ran for Congress in 1976, Leach demonstrated he was committed to upholding important principles rather than political or personal advancement. […]
University of Iowa Museum of Art
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The Stanley Museum of Art’s homecoming
In 2019, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art was celebrating its 50th anniversary. It also had been nearly 11 years without a home. The floods of 2008, which wreaked havoc across Iowa, hit Cedar Rapids and Iowa City the hardest. The Cedar and Iowa Rivers crested at 31.12 ft and 31.5 ft, respectively, […]
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Jim Leach announced as interim director of UI Museum of Art
Jim Leach, the former 30-year Iowa congressman and chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will take on the role of interim director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) in January. The current director Sean O’Harrow is leaving at the close of the year to take on a new position as […]
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Handmade bike exhibit rolls through downtown Iowa City
As part of Iowa City’s participation in the national Bike to Work Week, May 3 – 8, the University of Iowa Museum of Art has curated a collection of hand-built bikes that are currently on display in downtown businesses as part of the Downtown District’s inaugural Handmade Bicycle Exhibition…
