Project Description

The University of Iowa Mobile Museum, which takes some the University of Iowa’s most exciting research, one-of-a-kind artifacts, art works, and interactive digital media to Iowans across the state. Last year the 38-foot customized Winnebago RV visited 48 communities in 36 counties, welcoming more than 33,000 visitors.

As the art instructor I offered during each of the Museum stops a workshop in printmaking during the Spring 2015 semester. I used a sign press to print linocut and woodcuts produced by the workshops participants. The idea was to give the audiences the opportunity of hands-on experiences in print making and learn about the historical significance of the printmaking program at the University of Iowa.

I am convinced that museums need to be actively participants of the present moment, sharing not only important ideas and information but also constantly motivating inspiration about our near social and cultural environment, our communal life and about the world we live in.

My role: Art instructor and designer of the digital didactic content of the art related topics displayed at the Museum

Date: 2014-2015

Institution: University of Iowa

Target audience: central Iowa State area general audience

Collaborative: University of Iowa Museums, UI School of Art and Art History, UI Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Iowa Print Group