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Iowa City Press-Citizen Hans Breder, artist, founder of UI’s Intermedia program, dies at 81

External Media | 2017.06.21 | 12:02 pm

Professor emeritus Hans Breder passed away Sunday at age 81. Breder founded the internationally renowned and highly influential Intermedia program in the UI’s School of Art and Art History in 1968; Breder directed Intermedia from its establishment until his retirement in 2000 and remained a prolific artist throughout his life.

UI graphic design students set to showcase their talents at Adobe Creative Jam

Students from UI and other Iowa schools will compete, collaborate, and share ideas at unique event
By: Chris Peters  |  2017.03.01  |  02:13 pm
The University of Iowa graphic design program is about to take center stage as computer software giant Adobe descends on campus with its unique Creative Jam series. During the high-profile design event, UI students will have an opportunity to compete, collaborate, and showcase their talents for peers and local professionals.

Honors Visual Arts Building cops top architectural honors

By: Tom Snee  |  2017.01.03  |  11:24 am
The University of Iowa’s new Visual Arts Building wrapped up its first semester of use, receiving numerous accolades and honors for its innovative and inspiring architecture from “Interior Design,” “Architectural Record,” “The Architects” newspaper, and “WIRED” magazine.
students in drawing class in visual arts building

Let there be light

The new Visual Arts Building is filled with cutting-edge technology, but rests on a foundation of one basic artistic element
By: Tom Snee  |  2016.10.04  |  01:50 pm
The new Visual Arts Building is filled with cutting-edge technology to help artists create, but it rests on a foundation of one basic element: light.
east side exterior of Visual Arts Building construction

The latest look: Visual Arts Building

Photo gallery shows progress on new home for studio arts
By: Tim Schoon and Sara Epstein Moninger  |  2016.04.11  |  12:27 pm
The future home to studio arts on the University of Iowa campus is in its final stages of construction. Check out the latest progress on the flood-recovery project in this “Iowa Now” photo gallery.
color portrait of Sam Watkins in front of MLK portrait

Get to Know…Sam Watkins

Graphic design student paints image for MLK poster
By: Sara Epstein Moninger  |  2016.01.11  |  04:14 pm
The “Get to Know” series asks University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students a few questions about their work and outside interests. Meet senior graphic design student Sam Watkins, who painted eight portraits of Martin Luther King Jr. that comprise an Iowa Memorial Union exhibition called “Keep Moving Forward.”
prairie photograph

Considering imaginative power of the prairie

UI faculty, staff among presenters at humanities festival in Des Moines
By: Office of Strategic Communication  |  2015.04.08  |  03:11 pm
The Iowa Humanities Festival considers the imaginative power of the prairie as presenters from colleges, universities, and cultural institutions across Iowa highlight the humanities in the Midwest.

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