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artwork from the exhibition poster for "A Lot & a little" depicting a collage of images and words

A Lot & a little open at Wonsook Kim School of Art Student Art GalleryA new exhibition features a two-student collaboration at the Illinois State University student art gallery within the Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA).

Left to right: Spencer Cadman, Kasey Hayes, Hanna Kim, and Julia Schuler

Graphic design students present class project for international competitionLast semester, four Illinois State students and their professor took advantage of virtual collaboration to perfect a project that they presented before an international audience. Their project posed an unusual solution to treating severe burns—bandages made of fish skin.

Practicum problem solvers: How guest speakers enriched theatre education during COVID-19Due to COVID-19, practicum hours along with in-person classes and productions in the School of Theatre and Dance were suspended in March. Theatre practitioners, however, are known for their ability to find creative solutions in difficult situations, and the response to the pandemic called this [...]

Nazafarin Lotfi, Transit, 2020. Digital photograph. Photo shows a person walking among cacti and boulders, carrying a sculptured boulder on their back.

University Galleries of Illinois State University is pleased to present Nazafarin Lotfi: Subtle Time as an online exhibitionNazafarin Lotfi: Subtle Time presents 20 recent sculptures, drawings, and photographs, and premieres two performance videos created since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This exhibition is organized by the Teen Art Group at University Galleries.

Mary Jane Parker and Richard Finch at Normal Editions in 1980

Alum Alert: Mary Jane Parker recalls time at Illinois StateProfessor Sarah Smelser recently contacted Mary Jane Parker, Illinois State University printmaking alum, about her thoughts and memories of working at Normal Editions Workshop.