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Arts Photo of Charles Lloyd on stage playing a saxophone, wearing a blue jacket and beret and sunglasses.

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts announces 2024-25 season performances

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Krannert Center for the Performing Arts will feature a wide variety of performers for its 2024-25 season, including jazz and classical artists, a group of boundary-breaking female dancers, Broadway and opera legends, an indie rock band, and a performance that combines genetics with a cocktail party. “We really focused this year on […]

Arts Image of BFA exhibition catalog cover with hand-drawn caricatures of faces.

Art and design seniors show their work in Krannert Art Museum exhibition

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Graduating students in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will show their work in an exhibition at Krannert Art Museum.  The School of Art and Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition will present the work of students in art history, art education, graphic design, industrial design […]

Honors Diptych image with headshots of Alison Bell and Paul Hardin Kapp.

Two Illinois professors awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors have been awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships. This year’s Illinois fellows are evolution, ecology and behavior professor Alison Bell and architecture professor Paul Hardin Kapp. They are among 188 writers, scholars, artists and scientists chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from nearly 3,000 applicants, according to the […]

Arts Photo of a gallery wall with black and white manga artwork -- large vinyl prints and smaller framed prints.

Krannert Art Museum exhibition of graduate student artwork includes manga artist’s project

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The School of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition presents the artistic work of graduate students in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that is the culmination of their graduate education. The annual exhibition opened April 6 and runs through April 20 at Krannert […]

Arts Photo of Omar Pérez Figueroa in his office with a Puerto Rican flag hanging in the background.

Research examines tweets during Hurricane María to analyze social media use during disasters

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Social media can be a useful tool for communicating during extreme weather events. Omar Pérez Figueroa, an urban and regional planning professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, examined how Twitter (now X) was used when Hurricane María hit Puerto Rico in 2017. His findings are published in the Journal of Environmental […]

Honors Headshot of Hermann von Hesse with museum exhibit in background.

Illinois art history scholar awarded 2024 ACLS Fellowship

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign art history professor Hermann von Hesse has been awarded a 2024 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship. Von Hesse is one of 60 scholars selected through a rigorous, multi-stage peer review process from 1,100 applicants, according to an ACLS news release. The fellowships were awarded to early-career, untenured […]

Arts Image of a print of a furry creature on all fours.

Art professor explores contradiction between material culture, our animal bodies in ‘Junk Drawer’ exhibition

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Artist Guen Montgomery is interested in how we acquire and dispose of possessions. “Junk Drawer,” an exhibition of work by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign art professor, features prints that Montgomery made from fur pelts and family clothing as a meditation on the conflict between our material culture and our animal biology. […]

Arts Photo of three students singing, all of them holding tablet computers.

Lyric Theatre at three venues to perform ‘Fugitive Songs’ about people on the run

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Lyric Theatre program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will take audiences on a road trip throughout the country with a variety of characters on the run when it presents “Fugitive Songs” at the Rose Bowl on April 6, at the Canopy Club on April 13 and at Krannert Center for […]

Arts Portrait of Rebecca Walker standing in front of a window with the exterior of Temple Buell Hall behind her.

Study: Historic racial covenants in property deeds linked to disparities in exposure to dangerous heat

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Historic racial discrimination in property ownership is linked to reduced exposure to dangerous heat today, according to the first study to analyze the environmental impact of racial covenants in property deeds. The study looked at the city of Minneapolis and its suburbs and found that places where historic racial covenants existed had […]

Arts Photo of hands above a piano keyboard with a reflected image of a laptop showing a man seated at a piano.

Illinois piano professors teach remote lessons using reproducing piano technology

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign piano professor Rochelle Sennet recently commented on a student’s playing, Sennet was seated at a piano in Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts while the student was 135 miles away at Roosevelt University in downtown Chicago. Yet they could experience one another’s playing […]

Arts Collage image of six posters of air guitarists.

Illinois theatre production of ‘Airness’ follows journey of air guitarists

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A group of nerds playing air guitar competes in bars across the country, seeking the pinnacle of self-expression that the competitors call “airness.” A play of the same name follows their journey and will be performed by theatre students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “Airness” will be performed at Fat City […]

Arts Photo of a group of dancers moving in a spotlight on a stage, wearing multicolored leotards.

Illinois student’s ode to house music, street dance to be featured at February Dance concert

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The February Dance 2024 concert of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign dance department will feature an ode to house music and street dance. February Dance will be performed Feb. 1-3 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. A livestreamed performance will be available Jan. 31. U. of I. student Jaymes Crowder-Acres, a […]

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