This Week's Arts Events

May. 13, 2008

Watercolor Card Design: Session 1  -  Savoy Recreational Center - Tuesday, May. 13 at 10:00 am

May. 16, 2008

Wood carvers' exhibit and demonstrations  -  Sleepy Creek Vineyards - Friday, May. 16 at 10:00 am

Ongoing Exhibits, Art & Museum Collections

Parkland College Digital Media Student Juried Exhibition 2008
Parkland Art Gallery - 2400 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign
Parkland College Digital Media Student Juried Exhibition 2008 May 19 through June 21 Reception: Thursday, May 22, 6-8 p.m., Gallery Lounge, music by DJ Lincoln Jones Award ceremony at 7 p.m. Gallery Talk by John Havlik, Wednesday, June 18th at 2 p.m. in the Gallery Summer ...Read More

Landscapes of Experience and Imagination: The Explorations of Six Midwest Latina/o Artists
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
This exhibition examines the responses of Latina/Latino artists to the natural and built environment. These artists have explored the theme of landscapes through mixed and new narrative media installations, as well as through more traditional means of drawing, painting, ...Read More

Censored
Illini Union - 1401 W. Green St., Urbana
Exhibition of artist Brian J. Sullivan larger works with more than 60 canvases filling the gallery. Most of the paintings in this exhibition are being shown for the first time since being banned/removed/censored from other public venues. Sullivan explores the visceral aspect ...Read More

Unnatural Shift
Springer Cultural Center - 301 N. Randolph St., Champaign
The Springer Cultural Center is presenting an exhibition entitled "Unnatural Shift" featuring sculpture by Kyle Bauer, drawings/paintings by Judy K. Dethmers and paintings by Amy Richardson. The exhibit opens on May 7 and runs through June 1. Hours: Monday through Friday ...Read More

Born of the Earth: New work and collaborations by Mark and Mindy Gardner and Thomas Skaggs
Cinema Gallery - 120 W. Main St., Urbana
A show and sale of one-of-a-kind studio furniture plus metal chasing and repousse. Gallery is open 10am-5pm Wednesday-Saturday or by appointment. Call 217-367-3711 or visit our Web site for more information: www.cinemagallery.cc.

The Archaeological Heritage of Illinois
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
Prepared by professional archaeologists at the Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program (ITARP), this exhibition presents objects of material culture related to native peoples who lived in Illinois from approximately 9500 BCE to CE 1800. While these objects ...Read More

Qak'aslem, Qakem: Kaqchikel Maya Weavings
Spurlock Museum - 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana
Three Maya woven textiles, each piece representing a different village in the Kaqchikel-speaking region of Guatemala, are featured in this exhibit of recent acquisitions. One of these pieces, a po’t (shirt) of brilliant flowers, is a commissioned work, woven for the Museum ...Read More

Calypso Music in Postwar America: Photographs and Illustrations, 1945-1960
Spurlock Museum - 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana
Calypso Music in Postwar America explores the major impact of Trinidadian calypso on the popular culture of the United States between 1945 and 1960. Rare photographs and promotional graphics are used to trace calypso in phonograph recordings, song publishing, nightclub ...Read More