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8 events from Wednesday, October 21 to Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Busiest venues: Christian Petersen Art Museum, Brunnier Art Museum, Maintenance Shop (M-Shop).

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Visual arts
until Dec 18

Terra Cotta Conservation in the Art on Campus Collection

Christian Petersen Art Museum · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 18

Christian Petersen: Memory in Metal

Christian Petersen

Christian Petersen Art Museum · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jul 23

Create and Replicate - Single Object Focus

Brunnier Art Museum · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 18

Luis Jiménez: The Mythic Southwest

Luis Jiménez

Christian Petersen Art Museum · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 31

Midwest Maker Series: Mary Merkel-Hess

Mary Merkel-Hess

Brunnier Art Museum · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 31

Wood for Function and Expression

Brunnier Art Museum · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Visual arts
Free

Friday, October 23, 2026

Music
5 PM

Friday Soirée

Maintenance Shop (M-Shop) · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Music
- Theatre
Free

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Visual arts
until Jan 24

Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way: Contemporary Latinx Painting

Des Moines Art Center · Greenwood-Ashworth
- Visual arts
Free

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