Meet a three-time winner in Champaign County Camera Club’s Best In Show Print Competition — 14-year-old Nathaniel Menanteau.
We always need to be careful about projecting today’s values onto a painting from the 1700s. Nonetheless, Ricci’s resistance to more conventional approaches to the subject stands out.
Karen Wood and Carol Lake needed 80 hours over 10 days to finish an eye-catching gingerbread display at Einstein Bros. Bagels on the corner of Lincoln and University in Urbana.
We always need to be careful about projecting today’s values onto a painting from the 1700s. Nonetheless, Ricci’s resistance to more conventional approaches to the subject stands out.
'I grew up around art — it was just something I thought everyone did'
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When curator Maureen Warren first began working on Krannert Art Museum’s newest exhibit, ‘Fake News & Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic,’ five years ago, she faced pushback over the topical nature of the title. As the exhibit shows, though, the topic has been relevant for centuries.
“To be truly honest, to me, a $10,000 increase isn’t enough,” Michael Foellmer said following a presentation from 40 North Executive Director Kelly White. The city's annual contribution to what Matt Gladney called "a gem of the county" has remained $30,000 every year since 2011.
"I continue to worry about our health as a community, and not just from COVID. I am lucky I get to work around college students every day because they are amazing and give me hope for the future."
We always need to be careful about projecting today’s values onto a painting from the 1700s. Nonetheless, Ricci’s resistance to more conventional approaches to the subject stands out.
Because of continuing effects of the pandemic, tickets will be sold for two months of events at a time, online only. Tickets for September and October events will begin on Aug. 10.
'It’s so energizing and exciting. I took this job because I love working with students.'
'It gives the community not just beautification, but it often reflects community stories.'
A group of about 30 students in the Urbana school’s summer program unveiled the mural Thursday morning after three weeks of work.
If you pass by Visit Champaign County’s welcome center (17 E. Taylor St.), make sure to take a long look at the wall on the south side of the building.
The pop-up exhibit “A Tribute to Ukraine: Folk Arts and Crafts,” is on display through July 10 at the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures.
'It’s been good to bring the paper boy back home where it belongs'
The United Nations General Council designated 2022 the International Year of Glass to recognize the essential role glass plays in society, including pioneering advances in telecommunication, clean energy, medicine and optics.
Of the many murals in C-U completed by Langston Allston, this one is unique. His designs — people sharing a book on one side and a guitar on the other — were a result of community input solicited by The Urbana Free Library.
Set to be honored tonight with the Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation's Local Business Community Impact Award: Smile Politely and its founder, 1997 Urbana High grad Seth Fein, who answered a few questions from staff writer Anthony Zilis.
A 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Creative Expressions Competition winner, Nash presented a workshop, “Spittin’ the Unspeakable: Using Slam Poetry to Cope with Trauma,” at the National Guild for Community Arts educators.
Event has grown to 74 locations across the county, including downtown businesses, public spaces, breweries, campus buildings, vacant spaces and more.
The sky is blanketed with gray, and the heavy clouds have sprinkled snow over the bare fields. The stubs of last year’s cornstalks make stripes all the way back to the fence row. The sky has muted the color from the fields and woods, and the world looks like a black-and-white photo.
Katy Geurts has a full plate these days.
French artist Claude Mellan's 373-year-old print, which features just one spiraling line, inspired Krannert Art Museum curator Maureen Warren, to pursue a degree in art history. Now, the museum owns the famous piece, which is featured in its new exhibit, 'Sacred/Supernatural: Religion, Myth, and Magic in European Prints, 1450-1900.'
Krannert Art Museum recently had the fortune to acquire a fantastic 1648 Rembrandt print, “St. Jerome Beside a Pollard Willow,” debuting in “Sacred/Supernatural: Religion, Myth and Magic in European Prints,” a new exhibition by Maureen Warren, curator of European and American art.
This year’s Champaign County Camera Club Best in Show Competition will take place beginning on Monday at Lincoln Square Mall, a few days later than originally expected after this week’s snowstorm delayed setup.
The fourth-graders in Kristine Scheu’s classroom at Barkstall Elementary in Champaign have both the talent and incentive to fare well in our annual Design An Ad contest.
After a life on the road and on the West Coast, musician and painter Jerry Winters has found a community that has helped him process grief in small-town Arthur.
For Heather Sandy and Sarah Marjanovic, the pandemic offered a new perspective on their artwork and a new way to find comfort in it.
Upon entering the exhibition “Crip*” at Krannert Art Museum, you see three small brown mattresses resting on the floor connected by a tangle of wires. Each is braced around its middle, propping the inflatable bedding up like a body.
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