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Three Illinois professors awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Three University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors have been awarded 2022 Guggenheim Fellowships. This year’s fellows are dance professor Cynthia Oliver and chemistry professors So Hirata and Prashant Jain. They are among 180 artists, writers, scholars and scientists who were chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from almost 2,500 applicants, according to the […]
Theatre department premiering reimagined ‘Peter Pan’ centered on Indigenous identity
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A modern-day adaptation of “Peter Pan” imagines Neverland as a refuge for marginalized people who are told there is no place for them in the world. “The Neverland,” by playwright Madeline Sayet, takes the original escapist journey told from a colonial viewpoint and makes it a work of Indigenous futurism about building […]
New Awakenings concert series reflects on civil rights issues, aims to provide healing and hope
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new concert series featuring two performances this spring will touch on themes of hope, reconciliation and healing. Barrington Coleman, a professor of vocal jazz studies in the School of Music and the director of the Varsity Men’s Glee Club, initiated the New Awakenings concert series. He said it arose out of […]
Krannert Art Museum exhibition showcases Art and Design graduate student work
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — School of Art and Design graduate students will present artwork that represents the culmination of their graduate education in an exhibition at Krannert Art Museum. The School of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition will feature the work of 13 MFA students in design for responsible innovation, industrial design and […]
Book examines history of Mexico City’s public square, evolution of Mexican spatial identities
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — For 700 years, Mexico City’s public square, known as the Zócalo, has been the place where many of the nation’s most significant events unfolded. Benjamin Bross, an architecture professor and urban historian at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, wrote an urbanism-based cultural history of the Zócalo, using the public square and historic […]
Illinois choirs, C-U Symphony to present oratorio rarely performed in US
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two choral ensembles from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music will sing an oratorio that is rarely performed in the U.S. The Oratorio Society and the Chamber Singers will perform “A Child of Our Time” with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra on March 5 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. […]
Illinois musicians, chemists use sound to better understand science
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Musicians are helping scientists analyze data, teach protein folding and make new discoveries through sound. A team of researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is using sonification – the use of sound to convey information – to depict biochemical processes and better understand how they happen. Music professor and composer Stephen […]
Exhibition of art by the formerly incarcerated emphasizes shared humanity, art’s power to connect
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An exhibition at Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores the shared experiences of people in prison or held in detention, focusing on how art helps maintain one’s humanity in difficult conditions. The artists’ stories seek to help gallery visitors understand the effects of incarceration. “Reckless Law, Shameless Order: […]
Adaptation of classic play examines issues of politics, greed, public trust
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Theatre students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign created a new adaptation of the classic Henrik Ibsen play “An Enemy of the People.” Their retelling of the story, “Varslaren (The Whistleblower),” opens Feb. 11 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Even though the original story was written 140 years ago, its […]
February Dance features choreography by four Illinois faculty members
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The February Dance performance by the dance department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will feature works choreographed by four faculty members. Roxane D’Orléans Juste‘s solo reflects on memory and family ties. Tere O’Connor will premiere a new work presenting the beauty of nonunison movement. Cynthia Oliver‘s dance examines the journey from […]
Krannert Art Museum exhibition of Pueblo pots shows connections to ancestral land, community
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An exhibition of Pueblo pots at Krannert Art Museum illustrates the expertise of women potters and how creating ceramics connects them with the past and present. “To Know the Fire: Pueblo Women Potters and the Shaping of History” features earthenware vessels made by Pueblo communities in the Southwest. The exhibition is on […]
Illinois artist’s portrait of student advocate Albert Lee will be formally dedicated Feb. 1
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A large-scale portrait of Albert R. Lee, a pioneer for African American students on campus in the first half of the 20th century, is on display in the Student Dining and Residential Programs Building at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The chancellor’s office commissioned artist Patrick Earl Hammie, a professor in the […]