Arts & Culture

Students from the School of Urban & Regional Planning course Community Development in the Upper Midwest will work with Latinx teens in Columbus Junction's Upward Bound program to produce videos and books that help tell the 150 year story of the community through interviews and historical...

As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students prepared a design report and cost estimates for a "Showcase Pavilion & Outdoor Performance Venue" in North Liberty's Centennial Park. The City of North Liberty, Iowa expressed it’s need for a multi-...

School of Art and Art History faculty member Dan Miller and his students will design and construct a sculpture in Webster City that reflects Webster City's history and identity and incorporates dynamic elements powered by solar energy. With funding support from the EPIC-N network and the JPB...

Students in the Department of Communication Studies conducted interviews and analyzed data to better understand how Iowa City area residents perceive and consume local art, and to learn about awareness of the local arts non-profit Public Space One. Undergraduate students in the honors discussion...

Graduate student Ali Hval designed a 12-panel mural for downtown Webster City. The mural celebrates Webster City's past, present, and future with colorful paintings that each represent an important person or aspect of the community. Ali painted the mural with the help of members of the community.

Students in the course Non-Profit Organizational Effectiveness worked with representatives of All Cultures Equal to find external grants that could meet the organization's funding priorities. All Cultures Equal (ACE) is a Webster City based non-profit organization focused on bringing together and...

Students in the course Translation Workshop and Independent Study student Vanessa Guzman in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese translated documents into Spanish for Webster City and the Kendall Young Library in order to serve the community's growing Hispanic population. Webster City has a...

Students in the course Museums in a Digital World developed social media and digital engagements based on the special collections of the Kendall Young Library. The Kendall Young Library in Webster City contains unique art collections and archives that are accessible to library patrons. To increase...

Film students from the Department of Cinematic Arts created short film profiles of Webster City residents, with the goal of telling personal stories of individuals who are working to make a difference in their community. Film students Izzy Schrock and Jade Peterson created film profiles of four...

Graduate students in the School of Library & Information Science provided a framework for digitizing thousands of archived local historical records that currently exist only as print documents in Webster City's Kendall Young Library. UI students digitized approximately 175 documents from...