Events and 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.
Summer closing of the Grinnell College Museum of Art
The Grinnell College Museum of Art will be closed starting June 2, 2025 for HVAC replacement and plans to re-open on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
The Museum’s 2025 Summer Outreach programs with Tilly Woodward (including Storytime Art in the Park, Activity Bags, and other programs) will continue, as listed below. We hope to see you at these events!
GCMoA thanks our Grinnell community for its patience as this critical work is completed over the summer and looks forward to reopening its doors in fall 2025
Summer 2025 Events
GCMoA Activity Bags
Fridays, June 13 – Aug. 1, and Thursday, July 3, at noon
Grinnell College Museum of Art & Drake Community Library
Activity bags are back! Each bag contains a reproduction of an artwork and coloring pages from GCMoA’s collection and exhibitions, an activity guide that will get you making art, writing, and/or cooking, and the art supplies you need to complete a project.
Storytime Art in the Park
Grinnell College Museum of Art and Drake Community Library are offering free hands-on art and literacy activities for children & families in area parks. Every session will offer drawing, 2 & 3-D collage projects, beading, truck glittering, painting, bookmaking, type-a-thon, and reading activities. Additionally, a special project from the following: ceramics, printmaking, marbling, sewing, wood cutouts, tie-dye or another activity will be offered at each session. No registration is necessary. On Tuesdays Middleway Farms will have free produce and MICA will have food items to take home as well.
- June 6, 10 a.m. - noon, Drake Community Library, 930 Park St. (Summer Kick-Off, hotdogs provided by the Elks)
- June 10, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Grinnell Mobile Home Park, 1510 1st Ave.
- June 12, 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park St.
- June 14, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Central Park Gazebo, 811 Park St. (Prairie Burn Event)
- June 17, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Ahrens Park Shelter House #1, 1436 Penrose St.
- June 19, 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park St.
- June 24, 10:30 a.m. - noon, GCMoA/Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, north side, 1108 Park St.
- June 26, 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park St.
- July 1, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Merrill Park West Shelter, 801 11th Ave.
- July 3, 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park St.
- July 8, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Bailey Park Shelter House, 1220 Prairie St.
- July 10, 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park St.
- July 15, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Summer Street Park, 720 Summer St.
- July 17, 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park St.
- July 18, 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m., Poweshiek County Fair, 425 East St. South
- July 22, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Arbor Lake Shelter House, 123 Pearl St.
- July 24, 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park St.
- July 29, 10:30 a.m. - noon, GCMoA/Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, north side, 1108 Park St.
- July 31, 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Central Park Shelter House, 811 Park St.
In case of threatening weather, Storytime Art in the Park will be cancelled. Cancellations will be announced on Grinnell College Museum of Art’s Facebook page prior to the start of the session. You may also text GCMoA at 641-780-5215 or call DCL at 641-236-2661. Grinnell College and Drake Community Library do not assume responsibility for the care and safety of children who attend these events. The College makes these progra.m.s 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. For more information, please contact Tilly Woodward at 641-269-4663 or woodward@grinnell.edu; or Mallory Snow at 641-236-2661 or msnow@grinnelliowa.gov.
This program is supported by the Greater Poweshiek County Community Foundation/Poweshiek County Alliance, Lincoln Savings Bank, Grinnell Farm to Table, Middleway Farm, Grinnell Mutual, Iowa National Service Corps, Seed Coalition, and the Grinnell Education Partnership.
