Faculty art on display through Sept. 26

“Small Tragedies (One Hand Clapping), 2009,” by Melissa Pokorny, digital inkjet prints, aluminum, polyurethane resin, polystyrene and silicon.

“The School of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition”
continues through Sept. 26 in the UI’s Krannert Art Museum.
The show, one of the nation╒s oldest continuing annual
faculty shows, serves as a once-a-year opportunity to view
what the school’s world-class artist-teachers have been
creating in their studios and exhibiting in galleries and
exhibitions beyond the campus borders. Included in
the exhibition are new works by painters, sculptors,
designers, photographers and multi-media, digital
and installation artists.

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