Wednesday, June 20, 2012

With the Fourth of July falling in the middle of the week, the UIMA@IMU, a visual classroom of the University of Iowa Museum of Art, will be closed on Monday, July 2 and Wednesday, July 4. It will remain open the other days of the holiday week.

The UIMA@IMU is located in the third floor Richey Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) and features an expansive installation of art from the UI Museum of Art’s permanent collection. The display covers a range of locales and periods, including Africa, China, Japan, Tibet, and the Ancient Americas, as well as 20th-century European and American ceramics, conceptual art, and figurative art. In addition, the UIMA@IMU stores 250 prints, drawings, and photographs for a total of more than 500 available objects.

Admission to the UIMA@IMU is free and open to the public. Regular hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; and, Saturday and Sunday, 12 p.m.-5 p.m.