Come explore exhibitions on view at Krannert Art Museum (KAM) including Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie (featuring 11 artists on faculty in the School of Art & Design), Memorias de la Mujer Lotina: Arpilleras, Women, and Coal in Chile, the MFA Exhibition; Encounters: The Arts of Africa, Art Since 1948, Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600, Historical American and
Join us Thursday, April 9 at 5:30pm with Krannert Center Uncorked to kick off the Boneyard Arts Festival! Focusing on music from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, guitarist and kora player Jean-René Balekita brings his blend of uplifting and energetic music to Krannert Center! Balekita has toured extensively in Europe and the US with the band Bomoyi, performing his
Resonance is a creative initiative centered on elevating adoptee-led storytelling. This project intentionally prioritizes authentic self-expression and provides adoptees the space to share their experiences from their own perspectives. Participants are invited to express their stories through art, written word, photography, and other mediums of their choosing, celebrating the diversity and depth of adoptee perspectives. Featuring: Sophie Bush - Poetry,
Kim Curtis REGENERATION: Painting the Prairie's Renewal Through this series of new paintings, Kim Curtis celebrates the ongoing processes of destruction and restoration in our grasslands, forests, and wetlands. Friday 4/10, 9am-8pm Saturday 4/11, 9am-5pm
Friday, April 10th - 10am-4pm Saturday, April 11th 10am-4pm Sunday, April 12th 12-4pm "Street Pavers" by Timothy J. Hickey is a series of short videos. The work features the historic brick streets of Champaign, Illinois and contains subtle, slow-paced imagery with quiet accompanying ambient audio. The point of view looks downward with a framework of bricks acting as a stage
Visit the University of Illinois South Studios complex and meet the Studio Art MFA candidates in their graduate studios. Current students are working in painting, printmaking, sculpture, textiles, drawing, collage, animation, photography, and social practice. Events include textile workshops, drop-in artmaking activities, artworks for sale, panel conversation, publication release, plant sale, and light refreshments. SUNDAY, APRIL 12: 11:00am-12:30pm Photoembroidery Workshop
Illini Hillel is thrilled to once again exhibit art from several different Jewish student artists. Visitors can enjoy art in a variety of mediums from multimedia to photography to jewelry. Featured artists: Raquel Altman - Digital art, oil paintings Amanda Sekili - Photography Cydnee Weber - Acrylics Maxine Katz - Photography, prints Sunday, April 12, 11:30am-1:30pm
The CU Community Fab Lab will be displaying the work of artist Samantha J. Jones as well as maker activities throughout the Fab Lab. Using trays, cookware, and other everyday items, Samantha J. Jones creates sculptural works that feel part kitchen, part workshop, part stage set. Built from fabricated materials and hand assembly, the pieces explore care, labor, and growing
