Writers' Workshop

Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop is back for the Spring Semester!Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece.Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen...

Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Abby Geni will read from her newest short story collection, The Body Farm. Elizabeth Niarchos Neukirch of The Chicago Review of Books calls The Body Farm "a gripping collection of stories that take an empathetic and unflinching look at the horrors and joys of inhabiting our bodies" and goes on to praise it as "stories [that] help us relate with her characters, our own bodies, and the natural world that surrounds us outside her lyrical pages" (chireviewofbooks.com)...

NOTE: The April 4th occurrence in this series will move to the Old Capitol Museum for a very special Art & Write Night!Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.Tell a friend...