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This Week's Arts Events

Sep. 4, 2010

The Mandala Project: A Community Collaboration  -  Amara Yoga & Arts - Saturday, Sep. 4 at 10:00 am

Zahn Learning Center Open Hours  -  Spurlock Museum - Saturday, Sep. 4 at 1:00 pm

Sep. 7, 2010

Adult Pottery Class  -  Boneyard Pottery - Tuesday, Sep. 7 at 9:00 am, 6:30 pm

A Call to Arts: Open Critiques for Community Artists  -  Tuesday, Sep. 7 at 7:00 pm

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Ongoing Exhibits, Art & Museum Collections

BAG: A Photographic Installation by Ellie Brown
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center - 202 S. Broadway Ave., Urbana
With a concept created by Camille Thoman, Ellie Brown photographed people and their bags in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York and Urbana. The concept behind the project is to compare our notions of public vs. private with what we show to outwardly and what we hide in ...Read More

The Bikeriders: Danny Lyon
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
"A picture is worth a thousand words" may be an old adage, but the challenge is one that photographer Danny Lyon has embraced throughout his career. Working in opposition to sterile and stereotyped images in the media, Lyon is committed to chronicling soberly the external ...Read More

Figures in Chicago Imagism
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
Many of these younger artists, such as Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, and Karl Wirsum, were students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the late 1960s. Group names emerged from organized exhibitions—The Hairy Who, Non-Plussed Some, and False Image—but collectively ...Read More

School of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
One of the most visible aspects of the rich collaborative relationship between KAM and the School of Art + Design, this ongoing annual exhibition provides the community with an opportunity to view new work by the school’s world-class artists and designers.

Turn of the Century Posters: Toulouse-Lautrec and Others
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
In the late nineteenth century, the rise of color lithography along with an increasing demand for advertisements presented artists with an alternative space to exhibit their artworks. Mass-produced posters ranged from large-scale ads for consumer products such as lamp oil ...Read More

Lida Abdul
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, artist Lida Abdul creates artworks in a variety of media that explore issues of migration, memory, and restoration. Specifically, her work addresses the destruction and political conflict that has wreaked havoc in Afghanistan in recent decades. ...Read More

Allan deSouza: The Farthest Point
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
The Farthest Point brings together new and recent works by the internationally recognized photo-conceptual artist Allan deSouza. Born in Nairobi in 1958 and of Goan descent, deSouza moved to England with his family while still a child. He studied at the Bath Academy of ...Read More

2010 Parkland Art and Design Faculty Art Exhibition
Parkland Art Gallery - 2400 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign
The annual art exhibit, which runs through September 18, features works by Parkland’s own Fine and Applied Arts department faculty in Art and Design, in sculpture, photography, metals, wood, oil, watercolor, digital media, ceramics, and other media.

Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center - 202 S. Broadway Ave., Urbana
Located in historic downtown Urbana, the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center is a grassroots organization which uses media as a tool for promoting social justice. The IMC is a community and arts center which houses a radio station, stage, library, production studios, ...Read More

Virginia Theatre
Virginia Theatre - 203 W. Park St., Champaign
Upon first stepping in through the front doors under the eye-catching marquee, guests will find that Virginia Theatre radiates with its 1920’s charm and grand demeanor. Located in downtown Champaign and within walking distance of many cafés and restaurants, the theatre ...Read More

Siyazama: Traditional Arts, Education, and AIDS in South Africa
Spurlock Museum - 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana
The exhibit showcases the work of South African artists who use traditional crafts, including beadwork, dollmaking, basketry, and wirework, to cope with the effects of HIV/AIDS and educate others about this devastating virus.