Celebration marks new beginning UI art programs, facilities
While University of Iowa officials say music and art-focused programming enrollment initially decreased after the loss of several related facilities in the flood of 2008, popularity for those programs are on the upswing.
And they hope the start of a new wave of arts campus construction will attract more students than ever.
In celebrating the beginning of new facility construction for the UI’s School of Art and Art History, School of Music, and Hancher Auditorium, the UI Foundation will hold the “Arts & Minds: A Celebration of Partnership” today at 3:30 p.m. on the Pentacrest.
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