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Paint Your Own Pottery poster just outside the Workspace door, March 25, 2025, Memorial Union, Ames, Iowa.

Workspace crafts perfect for destressing

Stacia Drey, Arts & Culture Editor
March 25, 2025
Two of three murals in the hallway of the Gerdin Business Building, Ames, Iowa. Nov. 20, 2024.

Inside the Gerdin Business Building lies undervalued artwork

Dylan Fobian, Arts and Culture
November 21, 2024
"Clown with Pomegranates" by Jo Stripling, which will be one of the paintings on display at "Jo Stripling: a Retrospective Exhibition."

Abstract acrylics in Ames: Jo Stripling’s last works on display

Liam Brennan, Arts & Culture Reporter
January 17, 2024
Rock painting was available on Main Street during Art Walk.

Local artists showcased at Main Street Art Walk

Nicole Hasek, Editor-in-Chief
June 2, 2023
The walk-in craft this week at the Workspace is a mini zen garden and stone mandala.

Upcoming Memorial Union Workspace events for March

Mackenzie Bodell
March 7, 2022
Doing your own manicure at home can be easy and affordable with the right products!

Getting the perfect manicure at home

Avery Thompson
February 16, 2022
Photo of the paint station in the Workspace.

Latinx crafts, themed pottery and more at the Workspace this month

Katelyn Squiers
October 7, 2021
The Octagon Art Festival has been in Ames for 50 years. 

Octagon Art Festival returns to downtown Ames

Ella Hawkins
September 22, 2021
The art piece titled Elberon by artist Daniel Marks, who will be participating in the 2019 Ames Artists' Studio Tour.

2019 Ames Artists’ Studio Tour to provide a unique art experience

Cari Ann Rasmussen
October 5, 2019
Ames Community Arts Council Director Jennifer Brockpahler talks to the artist at the Ames Community Arts Council's Monthly Gathering of Artist on May 21 at the Creative Artists' Studios of Ames. The monthly gathering is held on the third Tuesday of every month at various locations. 

ASPHATE to create downtown Ames mural

Jacob Smith
September 5, 2019
Des Moines artist Amenda Tate explains the concept of her artistic robot, Manibus, to young onlookers at her open gallery in the Memorial Union on Aug. 30.

PHOTOS: Manibus Collaborative Dance-Painting

Sarah Henry
August 30, 2018
ArtRAGEous

ArtRAGEous blends art and music

Emily.Urban.Com
September 19, 2017
Lori Jacobson, museum project management and planning consultant, poses for a portrait painting by Rose Frantzen, local Iowa artist, during the Faces of Iowa State live portrait sessions on April 4. All 16 portraits Frantzen paints will make up a touring exhibition that will launch in late August and continue to sites throughout Iowa.

PHOTOS: Faces of Iowa State Live Portrait Painting session

April 4, 2017
'Carom,' a sculpture by Bruce White, is located just east of Black Engineering Building. 

Sinclair: Continue to support Iowa State’s commitment to public art

Isaac Sinclair
April 4, 2017

45th Annual Octagon Arts Festival fills Main Street with onlookers

Audra Kincart
September 30, 2015
Festival attendees walk among the artists' tents observing the artwork.

Artwork from kindergartners to professionals fills Des Moines

Leah Landrum
June 29, 2015
Vistors to "Primed," the senior BFA exhibit in Gallery 181 of the College of Design, check out "Artgasm," an arcylic mural painted directly on the western wall of the gallery, on Wednesday, April 11. The mural was completed by Arty Vongphakdy, Robbie Sedain, Robert Songkham, Thomas Gissel and Michelle Canada, all seniors in integrated studio art. 

Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibit: Primed

April 11, 2012
A young Amer al-Obaidi paints in Baghdad. Amer earned his bachelor degree in painting at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad.

The colors of peace

Taysha Murtaugh
October 10, 2010
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