Arts
Categories
Not sure where to start? Choose a topic below.
January Dance performances continue celebration of Black dance
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The January Dance performance of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign dance department features works that are inspired by supermodels, reflect the struggle for racial justice and imagine the spell a group of women are conjuring in a forest. January Dance is Jan. 29-31 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. It is […]
Illinois architecture professors‘ project aims to make architecture education accessible to blind students
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Architecture professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are working to create new tools to make the study of architecture accessible to blind and low-vision students. Architecture professors John Clark and Hugh Swiatek teach design studio classes. Their inspiration for transforming the educational experience for blind and low-vision students comes from their […]
Illinois art and design faculty explore stories about place in Krannert Art Museum exhibition
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Eleven artists explore the dynamic relationship between people and place in a new exhibition at Krannert Art Museum. “Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie” opens Jan. 29 with a reception from 5-7 p.m. and runs through July 2. The exhibition showcases new work by faculty members from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign […]
Lyric Theatre’s production of “Anastasia: The Musical” tells story of loss, survival and reinvention
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Lyric Theatre’s production of “Anastasia: The Musical” is a story with romance and mystery, an appealing score and several big dance numbers. It also is a story of loss, survival and reinvention. The musical opened on Nov. 11 and will be performed Nov. 13-15 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. […]
Architecture professors design structures with community organizations for Chicago design festival
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Chicago Sukkah Design Festival is an architectural design festival in the Chicago neighborhood of North Lawndale that brings together architects and community organizations to create gathering spaces to connect residents. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign architecture professors participating in this year’s festival built a bicycle kiosk and a pop-up theater, which will […]
October Dance kicks off season of celebrating Black dance artists
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The dance department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is celebrating the work of its Black faculty members and guest artists this season through the theme “Black on Black: A Celebration of Black Dance.” The celebration is modeled after “Black on Black on Black on Black,” a 2022 Krannert Art Museum exhibition […]
Marching Illini to perform at 100th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2026
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Marching Illini will perform in the 100th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2026. Band members learned this morning that they were selected as one of 10 marching bands for the centennial anniversary of the holiday parade. Marching Illini director Barry Houser was notified about the selection a month ago and has […]
Krannert Art Museum exhibition examines significance of early modern European prints
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Krannert Art Museum will present an exhibition of some of the finest early modern European prints held in U.S. collections. The exhibition “Imagination, Faith, and Desire: Art and Agency in European Prints, 1475-1800” will have more than 100 prints on view. They illustrate how prints were the first form of visual mass […]
Sinfonia da Camera to perform immersive audio-visual concert at Staerkel Planetarium
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sinfonia da Camera is stepping away from the concert hall for a unique opportunity to perform in an intimate setting under the dome of Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College. The resident chamber orchestra at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will give four performances at an immersive audio-visual concert on Sept. 20. The […]
Illinois art professor, printmaker explores human, environmental connections through theme of change
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The artwork of printmaker Emmy Lingscheit, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign art professor, examines human entanglements with the environment, deep time and how social justice and ecological justice are intertwined. Her lithographs, comics and zines include images of the changes in a landscape over millennia; displaced migrants, both human and animal; livestock […]
Krannert Art Museum reopening highlights gallery reinstallations, artist Ronny Quevedo exhibition
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A major reinstallation of Krannert Art Museum’s Andean gallery highlights the connections and dynamic lives of the objects in the collection and allows Peruvian voices to shape the interpretations of their histories. Visitors will get their first look at the renovated Andean gallery at the museum’s grand reopening celebration on Aug. 28. […]
Erlanger After Dark!
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — As the early evening bustle of neighbors gathers in Carle Park for games, artmaking, food trucks and conversation, the sun begins to set. Its descent marks the slow reveal of kaleidoscopic colors cast on an adjacent house, the park and the people — shifting hues of indigo, gold and emerald. Soon, projected […]