Grinnell College Museum of Art

06/14/2026

Join us for Storytime Art in the Park on Tuesday, June 16 from 10:30 - noon at Ahrens Park Shelter #1 for a Sparkle Truck load of free art and literacy projects, books, and food provided by Grinnell Farm to Table. Tilly will be packing along the sewing machine, so you can make a pillow or a tote bag too. On Thursday the 18th from 3:30 - 5 we will be at Central Park with the usual arts and literacy activities, plus a special performance by Eulenspiegel Puppets at 4 pm.
No registration necessary. Made possible by Grinnell College Museum of Art and [Drake Community Library](https://www.facebook.com/grnlibrary?__cft__[0]=AZbsKypCaG1p3mrw_sOZGXutEXP4nkXmvhgFXdoV4q8ct07M2i9d521NsmGsj1lwJTHrT2rQ-DNbFII97tfhhFvfwgEatBz2fBoO-X0yQ9iHhA&__tn__=-]K-R).
Many thanks to wonderful partners and funders who make our programs possible: Grinnell Education Partnership, Poweshiek County Alliance, Grinnell Farm to Table, Grinnell Mutual, Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation, Seed Coalition, AmeriCorps, Lincoln Savings Bank, Grinnell College Center for the Humanities,and the Iowa State Historical Society.
You may text GCMoA at 641-780-5215 or call DCL at 641-236-2661 if you have questions.
Grinnell College does not assume responsibility for the care and safety of children who attend these events. The College makes these programs open to the public with the understanding that for children who attend, a parent, legal guardian, or other designated caregiver remains responsible for their care and protection.

06/14/2026

Puppets Galore! Grinnell College Museum of Art and Drake Community Library are hosting free puppet performances and workshops. Here's the scoop:
*Thursday June 18, 4 pm at Central Park Shelter House
Eulenspiegel Puppets presents "The Big Election"
*Monday, June 22, 4 pm at Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, 1108 Park Street. Eulenspiegel Puppets presents "Remembering Buxton" starring students from Grinnell Area Summer Camp
*Thursday, June 25, 3:30- 5 pm, Central Park Shelter House
Puppeteer Buffy Quintero will lead a parade puppet workshop and a parade through Farmers Market.

Many thanks to wonderful partners and funders who make our programs possible: Grinnell Education Partnership, Poweshiek County Alliance, Grinnell Farm to Table, Grinnell Mutual, Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation, Seed Coalition, AmeriCorps, Lincoln Savings Bank, Grinnell College Center for the Humanities,and the Iowa State Historical Society.
You may text GCMoA at 641-780-5215 or call DCL at 641-236-2661 if you have questions.
Grinnell College does not assume responsibility for the care and safety of children who attend these events. The College makes these programs open to the public with the understanding that for children who attend, a parent, legal guardian, or other designated caregiver remains responsible for their care and protection.

06/12/2026

Grinnell College Museum of Art Activity Bags are back and they are free! Pick up yours Fridays after noon through July 31 at GCMoA or Drake Community Library. This week's bag has reproductions of work by Maria Sibylla Merian, an activity guide to get your looking, thinking, making, and writing, recipes, flyers for community events, a little book, pencil, a pack of colored pencils, seeds to germinate and a beautiful butterfly specimen to draw!
Many thanks to wonderful partners and funders who make our programs possible: Grinnell Education Partnership, Poweshiek County Alliance, Grinnell Farm to Table, Grinnell Mutual, Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation, Seed Coalition, AmeriCorps, Lincoln Savings Bank, and Grinnell College Center for the Humanities.

06/11/2026

LOCATION CHANGE FOR STORYTIME ART IN THE PARK!
Due to unfavorable weather, we are moving STAIP inside to Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, 1108 Park Street today, Thursday, June 11 from 3:30 - 5 pm. We will still do tie dye and have all sorts of arts and literacy activities.
No registration is necessary. Offered by Grinnell College Museum of Art and Drake Community Library. Many thanks to wonderful partners and funders who make our programs possible: Grinnell Education Partnership, Poweshiek County Alliance, Grinnell Farm to Table, Grinnell Mutual, Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation, Seed Coalition, AmeriCorps, Lincoln Savings Bank, and Grinnell College Center for the Humanities
You may text GCMoA at 641-780-5215 or call DCL at 641-236-2661 if you have questions.
Grinnell College does not assume responsibility for the care and safety of children who attend these events. The College makes these programs open to the public with the understanding that for children who attend, a parent, legal guardian, or other designated caregiver remains responsible for their care and protection.

06/07/2026

It's Tie Dye week at Storytime Art in the Park! Join us Tuesday, June 9 from 10:30 - noon at Grinnell Mobile Home Park, 1510 1st Avenue and on Thursday, June 11 from 3:30 – 5 at Central Park. Stop in for free tie dye, books, and a truck load of art and literacy projects. On Tuesday there will be free food provided by Grinnell Farm to Table. GCMoA will provide 75 shirts for tie dye-- please feel welcome to bring your own pre-washed 100% t-shirt.

No registration is necessary. Offered by Grinnell College Museum of Art and Drake Community Library. Many thanks to wonderful partners and funders who make our programs possible: Grinnell Education Partnership, Poweshiek County Alliance, Grinnell Farm to Table, Grinnell Mutual, Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation, Seed Coalition, AmeriCorps, Lincoln Savings Bank, and Grinnell College Center for the Humanities

In case of threatening weather, Storytime Art in the Park will be cancelled. You may text GCMoA at 641-780-5215 or call DCL at 641-236-2661 if you have questions.
Grinnell College does not assume responsibility for the care and safety of children who attend these events. The College makes these programs open to the public with the understanding that for children who attend, a parent, legal guardian, or other designated caregiver remains responsible for their care and protection.

06/05/2026

Tie dye at Storytime Art in the Park as part of the Prairie Burn festivities, Saturday, June 6 from 10:30 am -noon. Grinnell College Museum of Art and Drake Community Library will have a sparkle truck load full of free art and literacy activities, including tie dye! Shirts will be provided, but feel welcome to bring your own pre-washed 100% cotton shirt(s). No registration necessary.

Many thanks to wonderful partners and funders who make our programs possible: Grinnell Education Partnership, Poweshiek County Alliance, Grinnell Farm To Table, Grinnell Mutual, Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation, Seed Coalition, AmeriCorps, Lincoln Savings Bank, and Grinnell College Center for the Humanities.

In case of threatening weather, Storytime Art in the Park will be cancelled. You may text GCMoA at 641-780-5215 or call DCL at 641-236-2661 if you have questions.

Grinnell College does not assume responsibility for the care and safety of children who attend these events. The College makes these programs open to the public with the understanding that for children who attend, a parent, legal guardian, or other designated caregiver remains responsible for their care and protection.

06/05/2026

The Grinnell College Museum of Art will be closed this summer for renovations. Our HVAC system is being updated to provide the precise humidity control needed to protect artworks. For more information on why this is important, visit: https://www.collectioncare.org/relative-humidity-and-temperature

However, GCMoA’s longstanding summer outreach programs will continue! GCMoA and Drake Community Library are offering free hands-on art and literacy activities for children and families at selected sites in Grinnell. For the complete summer schedule, visit: https://www.grinnell.edu/campus-life/arts-culture/museum/events-programs

Grinnell College Museum of Art has a full array of programs year-round to enrich the experience of art-viewing and art-making for both campus and community.

06/04/2026

GCMoA's free summer programs with Drake Community Library kick off Friday, June 5 from 10 am - noon at DCL. Join us for terrific arts and literacy activities, sign up for the summer reading program, get a little sparkle on, and enjoy a hotdog courtesy of the Elks!

And join us for Storytime Art in the Park Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout June and July to enjoy a Sparkle Truck load of art activities, books to read and take home. No registration necessary. On Tuesdays Grinnell Farm to Table will have free produce to take home as well. Here's the schedule:

June 5 10 am – 12 pm Drake Community Library, 930 Park Street (hotdogs provided by the Elks)

June 6 10:30am - 12:00pm Central Park Gazebo, 811 Park Street (Prairie Burn Event)(Tie dye: feel free to bring your own prewashed 100% cotton t-shirt)

June 9 10:30am - 12:00pm Grinnell Mobile Home Park, 1510 1st Ave. (Tie dye: feel free to bring your own prewashed 100% cotton t-shirt)

June 11 3:30pm - 5:00 pm Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park Street (Tie dye: feel free to bring your own prewashed 100% cotton t-shirt)

June 16 10:30am - 12:00pm Ahrens Park Shelter House #1, 1436 Penrose Street

June 18 3:30pm - 5:00 pm Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park Street: Free Puppet Show! Eulenspiegel Puppets presents “The Big Election!”

June 23 10:30am - 12:00pm GCMoA/Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, north side, 1108 Park St.

June 25 3:30pm - 5:00 pm Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park Street

June 30 10:30am - 12:00pm Merrill Park West Shelter, 801 11th Avenue: Puppet Parade Event with Buffy Quintero!

July 2 3:30pm - 5:00 pm Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park Street

July 7 10:30am - 12:00pm Bailey Park Shelter House, 1220 Prairie Street

July 9 3:30pm - 5:00pm Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park Street

July 14 10:30am - 12:00pm Summer Street Park, 720 Summer Street

July 16 3:30pm - 5:00pm Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park Street

July 17 9:30am - 11:00am Poweshiek County Fair, 425 East Street South

July 21 10:30 am -12:00 pm Arbor Lake Shelter House, 123 Pearl Street

July 23 3:30pm - 5:00 pm Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park Street

July 28 10:30am - 12:00pm GCMoA/Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, north side, 1108 Park St.

July 30 3:30pm - 5:00pm Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park Street

Many thanks to wonderful partners and funders who make our programs possible: Grinnell Education Partnership, Poweshiek County Alliance, Grinnell Farm To Table, Grinnell Mutual, Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation, Seed Coalition, AmeriCorps, Lincoln Savings Bank, and Grinnell College Center for the Humanities.

In case of threatening weather, Storytime Art in the Park will be cancelled. You may text GCMoA at 641-780-5215 or call DCL at 641-236-2661 if you have questions.

Grinnell College does not assume responsibility for the care and safety of children who attend these events. The College makes these programs open to the public with the understanding that for children who attend, a parent, legal guardian, or other designated caregiver remains responsible for their care and protection.

05/05/2026

Bachelor of Arts Exhibition (BAX) is up right now. Come see it before it closes on May 18th! BAX features work done by Studio Art Majors at Grinnell.
Thank you to everyone who came to the opening!

04/19/2026

Join us on April 21 and 23 at 4pm to hear about the artwork Sila Duran, Henry Loomis, Regann Fishell, and Ethan Versh currently have on display at BAX.