Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward The flood of 2008 devastated the UI Museum of Art’s building, saturating the structure for weeks. Volunteers evacuated 99 percent of the UIMA collection’s value as the floodwaters rose.

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward After the flood, the University deemed the building unsuitable for an art museum.

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward The UIMA partnered with Davenport’s Figge Art Museum to temporarily store and exhibit the UI collection. Photo by Dave Drogos, IMU Marketing+Design

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward The first UI exhibit at the Figge showcases 22 masterworks, including Jackson Pollock’s Mural and paintings by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marsden Hartley, Joan Miró, and others. Photo by Dave Drogos, IMU Marketing+Design

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward Figge director Sean O’Harrow welcomes UI students to the exhibition, which also includes Robert Motherwell’s Elegy to the Spanish Republic, No. 126.

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward Former UIMA assistant director for special programs Melissa Hueting leads UI students on an April 2009 tour of the exhibit.

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward Students contemplate Pollock’s Mural, the star work from the UIMA collection on display at the Figge.

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward An Arts of Africa class observes objects up close in the UIMA@IMU visual classroom, located in the former Richey Ballroom at the Iowa Memorial Union.

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward Student Louisa Nyman carefully examines an Ere Ibeji twin figure.

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward Graduate students mingle near the African art display in the UIMA@IMU during a January 2010, reception.

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward Over 300 graduate and professional students visited the UIMA@IMU during the January event.

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward The September 2009 opening of the UIMA@IMU marked the return of pieces that had been evacuated from campus more than a year before.

Forty Years of Art and Beyond - Post-flood, UI Museum of Art moves forward Designed for educational usage, the UIMA@IMU displays more than 250 objects and stores an additional 250 prints, drawings, and photographs available for study.


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