Articles Posted in the Arts Category

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    Cyclone Spotlight: Sean Roper

    Sean Roper, senior in art and design with a minor in psychology, teaches a basic drawing class in the Workspace, a studio space located in the basement of the MU. Roper hopes to later utilize his talents in a career in art therapy.

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    Exhibits set to open at the Octagon

    The Octagon Center for the Arts is introducing two new exhibits that will be taking place between January 27 and April 7.

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    The Kick-Off of Spring Art Events at ISU

    This spring semester has many new and ongoing art activities to offer from the University Museums.

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    Student Spotlight: Royce White

    Royce White isn’t just a basketball player for Iowa State University’s men’s basketball team. He’s also an entrepreneur. Music, art, entertainment, and the Internet are all under White’s business umbrella. His most recent project is starting a clothing line called “Black Rose.”

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    “Clearly” installation aims to interact

    Blurring the lines between performance and an art exhibit, “Clearly,” a multi-sensory interactive installation, combines dance, music, video and design to engage audience members.

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    Student Spotlight: Ashlin Travers

    Ashlin Travers, senior in Integrated Studio Arts, won Best of Show in the College of Design’s 32nd Annual Art and Design exhibition. Travers won for “Mobot,” a digital animation he created for Motion Machine Studio in Kansas City.

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    Student, faculty art on display at International Wolf Center

    60 works of art from Iowa State University students and faculty are currently on display at the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minn from now until May 6.

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    Dracula: The Ballet that Bites

    In the Halloween spirit, Toman Studio Theatre will welcome Iowa Dance Theatre’s diverse cast of 35 in an interpretation of Dracula, the traditional story of a young lawyer who takes a business trip and finds himself imprisoned in the castle of a vampire.

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    Design Students Create Art With Steamrollers

    By Sean Flack Ames 247 Staff Writer While most students at Iowa State create projects with paper or laptops, a group of students from the College of Design had the opportunity to use a steamroller for one of their projects. April Katz is a professor with the College of Design.  Every fall semester, Katz organizes steamroller [...]

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    New art welcomed onto campus with a musical introduction

    A new painting in Music Hall will be dedicated by a free performance from the Ames Piano Quartet in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall.