Public Space One

02/27/2026

Thanks to everyone who stopped by for the ENTER

02/07/2026

Last night’s reception for Art from the Inside Out was beyond incredible. Thanks to everyone who came out to view the Art, hear from artists and build community for those impacted by the justice system.

The show is on display through February 14th so be sure to check it out. And many more pictures to come!

01/23/2026

01/23/2026

01/19/2026

Artists, now is your time! Our Public Art Matching Grant is back. The program is available for visual, audio, or performance-based art projects that are located in Iowa City and freely accessible to the general public. The grant offers a 50/50 matching grant up to $3,000. Learn more at www.icgov.org/publicart.

01/16/2026

The artist/vendor for our annual comics and zine fest *** CREAM on Sat. April 4 will run from noon on Sat. Jan. 17 through midnight on Sat. Jan. 31!
Free to enter the lottery, fee for selected artists is $10 for a half table. Enter at publicspaceone.com/icecream
Also congrats to this darned awesome community-led event on its 10th anniversary!! ❤️‍🔥

01/14/2026

Great article about this project we're proud to be partnering on! Headed up by the amazing LaTasha DeLoach!

From alternate realities to music and art, the month-long The Parables of the Future: Black Future Fest will celebrate Afrofuturism in Iowa City.

01/13/2026

Farewell to Kalmia, welcome/congratulations to Lydia and Laura!

It is with great enthusiasm and pride that we share that our Program Director, Kalmia Strong, has accepted the role of Executive Director at Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Art Center in Buffalo, NY. Her last day at PS1 will be January 23. Of this change, she wrote “It’s impossible to fully articulate how meaningful being a part of PS1 has been for me, and I am so grateful for the support, trust, collaboration, and opportunities that have been a part of this time.” She also wants to note that she will remain a PS1 superfan forever and ever and you should too.

This change also marks the implementation of a new staffing structure better suited to the everyday work that happens across the PS1 campus. Key to this new structure is the promotion of current PS1 staff member, Lydia Diemer, to Artist Resource Director and the hiring of Laura Moser as PS1’s inaugural Community Stewardship Director. Both have years of experience at PS1 (as staff, independent contractors, and/or volunteers) and both roles will join Executive Director, John Engelbrecht, in a new shared leadership model (which will also include the hiring of a full-time Operations Director in spring of this year).

Read more about Lydia and Laura on our website - we are so excited and grateful to have them stepping into these roles!
https://www.publicspaceone.com/our-community

The photo of Kalmia is by David Dunlap at the 2015 exhibition Maintenance Mode, curated by Bea Drysdale at PS1's Wesley Center space.

01/13/2026

Angus Salina Schrock is a Q***r Neurodivergent artist based in Iowa City. They dabble in a variety of mediums including acrylic painting, metalworking, doodles, burlesque/drag, crocheting, writing, and goofy nonsense. Angus likes dogs, grapefruits, and opening crescent roll containers. Angus dislikes writing bios, eating fish, and fascism.
On a typical day you can catch them striving to find beauty and meaning in the complicated world around them.

Come see their work in person opening night Friday January 23rd at 6pm!

01/12/2026

open call! We’re inviting proposals for exhibitions (broadly defined) to take place at PS1 in the aw one half of this year. Find out more and apply on our website by February 9!
Open to local and non-local artists and curators (and others with exhibiting ideas!).
Our gallery program is a venue for innovative and experimental contemporary art embedded in a multidisciplinary, accessible, and community-driven space. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals that speak to the mission of PS1, the unique character of its spaces, and/or Iowa City/regional communities.

01/09/2026

Iowa City Poetry offers tons of amazing workshops -- here's the latest, starting Sunday!

Start the new year with intention. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore the art (and a little of the business) of shaping a poetry manuscript. Together, we’ll trace narrative and thematic arcs, play with sectioning, experiment with hybrid book forms, and uncover the quiet power of a good tit...