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Feb 18, 2025

Feb 18, 2025

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Join curator Rich Dana for a special guided tour of the current Main Library Gallery exhibition, A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive. All are welcome to attend this free event. This tour is offered in partnership with the Iowa City Downtown District's Free Week. About the exhibit:   In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conv...

Feb 23, 2025

Feb 23, 2025

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University of Iowa Center for the Book MFA Candidate Jen Miller's thesis exhibition will be on view from February 23rd  – March 1st.

Feb 27, 2025

Feb 27, 2025

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Book artist Peter Thomas will talk about how he has used book structure and binding techniques to add depth of meaning to his artwork and enhance viewers’ understanding of it. Interweaving discussion about the history and future of book arts, he will also share how his work relates to the way concrete poets have utilized typography and visual elements on a page to further illustrate texts. In partnership with the University of Iowa Center for the Book, this talk is part of programming for t...

Mar 2, 2025

Mar 2, 2025

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University of Iowa Center for the Book MFA Candidate Jessie Kraemer's thesis exhibition will be on view from March 2nd – 8th.

Mar 5, 2025

Mar 5, 2025

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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A Virtual Curator Talk with Rich Dana Join the curator of A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive, for a behind-the-scenes look at his spring 2025 Main Library Gallery exhibition. Learn more about Ruth and Marvin Sackner, the self-taught archivists who created the world’s largest collection of word art, which they donated to the University of Iowa Libraries in 2019. Find out how "A Roll of the Dice will Never Abolish Chance" by Stéphane Mallarmé helped break down the boundaries...

Mar 9, 2025

Mar 9, 2025

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University of Iowa Center for the Book MFA Candidate Chayna Truex's thesis exhibition will be on view from March 9th – 15th.

Mar 23, 2025

Mar 23, 2025

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University of Iowa Center for the Book MFA Candidate Kelsey Voy's thesis exhibition will be on view from March 23rd – 29th.

Mar 30, 2025

Mar 30, 2025

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University of Iowa Center for the Book MFA Candidates Dana King & Margaret Yapp will both have thesis exhibitions on view from March 30th – April 5th.

Apr 6, 2025

Apr 6, 2025

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University of Iowa Center for the Book MFA Candidates Emily Eldred & Jess Overmeyer will both have thesis exhibitions on view from April 6th – 12th.

Apr 15, 2025

Apr 15, 2025

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Join curator Rich Dana for a special guided tour of the current Main Library Gallery exhibition, A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive. All are welcome to attend this free event. About the exhibit:   In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper me...

May 7, 2025

May 7, 2025

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Join curator Rich Dana for a special guided tour of the current Main Library Gallery exhibition, A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive. All are welcome to attend this free event. About the exhibit:   In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper me...