The weather has taken a decidedly cooler turn. Friday started out at 63°F at midnight and then cooled off from there. This morning at 5:30 when I went for my run, it was 33°F with a feels-like temp of 29°F! The lows will continue to fall over the next few days with a projected 20°F on Wednesday. Highs will be in the high 30s until Wednesday as well when they’re predicted to get back into the 50s. We are well into fall now, so I guess we need to adjust to the cooler temps.
About 11 this morning, we headed towards downtown and campus to check out the Farmers Market and then the Stanley Museum of Art, the university’s art museum.
We felt sorry for the vendors,
as it seemed like the parking garage acted as a funnel for the cold wind.
Due to the prior art museum building being destroyed by flooding in 2008 (though the art collection was evacuated), the current building is new, having just opened in August of 2022 at a cost of $50 million.
Before we went in, Bob noticed his first two big heads in Iowa City.
and Bob, 2023.
The museum has some modern art, ceramics, drawings, prints, etc, but they also have a significant collection of African art and artifacts, which we were surprised by. However, having just perused their website, the art museum received significant donations from C. Maxwell and Elizabeth Stanley in 1984 and 1990 which allowed the museum to become a Mecca for African art studies. (I was sure this must be the Stanleys for whom the art museum is now named, but Dick and Mary Jo Stanley provided $10 million towards the fundraising for this building, so I guess it’s more likely named for them.)
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