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This Week's Arts Events

Nov. 22, 2009

First, Second, 11-24, 60 Hike  -  Indi Go Art Gallery - Sunday, Nov. 22 at 12:00 pm

Craft League Art Fair  -  Urbana Civic Center - Sunday, Nov. 22 at 10:00 am

Nov. 23, 2009

First, Second, 11-24, 60 Hike  -  Indi Go Art Gallery - , 12:00 pm

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Ongoing Exhibits, Art & Museum Collections

DOGBOY-FACE2FACE
Amara Yoga & Arts - 300 S. Broadway Avenue, Urbana
Amara Arts Gallery presents the works of Robert Chapman titled "DOGBOY-FACE2FACE." The opening reception for works by Robert Chapman will begin at 7.00 pm and will go to 9.00 pm on 14 November, 2009. The NEWER work will focus on "faces", but there will be lots of different ...Read More

My Perspective of Busey Woods
Anita Purves Nature Center - 1505 N. Broadway Ave., Urbana
A Photography Show by Cheri Manrique. An exhibit of all things Busey Woods including the changing seasons and native plants. Manrique is a photographer from Urbana. For more information:Call (217) 384-4062
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Vivid Lines in Graphic Times
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
This selection of paintings and works on paper from the museums permanent collection explores how a diverse range of American artists engaged Pop Art elements—vibrant color, readymade images, graphic line—yet moved beyond the movement's boundaries in form, material, ...Read More

Gestures in Space and Light
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
This exhibition features the works of seven prominent American photographers selected from the museums extensive collection. All but two of the photographers represented were trained or taught at The New Bauhaus School of Design (descendant of the German Bauhaus design ...Read More

Effacement
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
This exhibition features both photographs and porcelain works produced by the contemporary Chinese artist Huang Yan (b. 1966). Through these works, Huang examines the transnational art market and the perception of "Chineseness" in this environment. Huang's engagement with ...Read More

On-Screen: Global Intimacy
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
This exhibition brings together ten artists from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and the United States whose works investigate the transnational reach of globalization as a universalizing phenomenon. Their cultural outreach extends beyond the limitations of physical boundaries ...Read More

Gestures in Space and Light
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
This exhibition features the works of seven prominent American photographers selected from the museums extensive collection. All but two of the photographers represented were trained or taught at The New Bauhaus School of Design (descendent of the German Bauhaus design ...Read More

Under Control
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
This exhibition presents recent art that highlights the increasingly pervasive concern with the issue of control. Corporate malfeasance, government-sponsored spying, preemptive war, challenges to civil liberties, and misinformation in the media provide an endless stream ...Read More

Springer Cultural Center
Springer Cultural Center - 301 N. Randolph St., Champaign
Built in 1904, originally as a U.S. post office, the Springer Cultural Center, after extensive remodeling and upgrades to the interior, has evolved as one of Champaign Park District’s main facilities. Located in the center of downtown Champaign, the Springer Cultural ...Read More

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

William M. Staerkel Planetarium
William M. Staerkel Planetarium - 2400 West Bradley Ave., Champaign
The William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College has been thrilling Champaign residents with its light shows for more than 20 years. The planetarium primarily presents educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky. The Staerkel Planetarium, ...Read More

Spurlock Museum
Spurlock Museum - 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana
Through an assortment of thousands of artifacts and replicas, the Spurlock Museum offers its visitors an insider’s look at the world’s diverse history and geography. There are five permanent galleries located within the two-floor facility. Upon entering the Central ...Read More

Vivid Lines in Graphic Times
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
This selection of paintings and works on paper from the museum’s permanent collection explores how a diverse range of American artists engaged Pop Art elements—vibrant color, readymade images, graphic line—yet moved beyond the movement’s boundaries in form, material, ...Read More

Effacement: Huang Yan’s China in the 21st Century
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
This exhibition features both photographs and porcelain works produced by the contemporary Chinese artist Huang Yan (b. 1966). Through these works, Huang examines the transnational art market and the perception of “Chineseness” in this environment. Huang’s engagement ...Read More

Under Control
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
This exhibition presents recent art that highlights the increasingly pervasive concern with the issue of control. Corporate malfeasance, government-sponsored spying, preemptive war, challenges to civil liberties, and misinformation in the media provide an endless stream ...Read More

Gestures in Space and Light
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion - 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign
This exhibition features the works of seven prominent American photographers selected from the museum’s extensive collection. All but two of the photographers represented were trained or taught at The New Bauhaus School of Design (descendent of the German Bauhaus design ...Read More

University of Illinois Pollinatarium
Arboretum - Lincoln Avenue & Florida Avenue, Urbana
The University of Illinois Pollinatarium is the first free-standing science center in the nation devoted to flowering plants and their pollinators. Exhibits on beekeeping equipment, demonstration hive with live bees, interactive games, birdwing butterflies. Displays on ...Read More

Picturing Hemingway: A Writer in His Time
Main Library - 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, and was listed in his high school yearbook as heading to the University of Illinois after graduation. Instead, Hemingway obtained a junior position at the Kansas City Star, beginning a writing career that would ...Read More

Orpheum Children’s Science Museum
Orpheum Children's Science Museum - 346 N. Neil St., Champaign
Orpheum Children’s Science Museum gives children a chance to explore their curiosities through informal science education. Serving children 6 months to 12 years old, the museum includes large interactive ...Read More