Artist Vicki Bennett’s most recent work, The Library of Babel, uses film to explores themes of infinity, knowledge, and metaphors. The film is being screened at the Spurlock Museum in Urbana on Monday, November 11th.
News headlines around Central Illinois on March 27, 2024.
URBANA —The Spurlock Museum in Urbana will host a one-woman show on December 2, following its successful run in Chicago. This performance delves into the Japanese-American experience in Illinois, spanning four generations. Connie Shirakawa, the creator and performer of ‘Woman Warrior,’ initially believed she had no stories to share. However, as she delved into the
November 30, 2023 Today’s headlines: Meta’s newest data center officially came online yesterday. Construction of the 24-mile Kickapoo Rail Trail in east central Illinois began seven years ago. Now, the project could be finished in the next two years, thanks to a state grant. A one-woman show exploring four generations of the Japanese American experience in
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Six figures dance across a set of old documents at the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois. This is called ledger art, and it’s part of a new exhibit about modern Native American culture called “Welcome to the Pow-wow.”
The show is part of a growing movement to heal past harms committed against Native Americans. Other efforts include a bill requiring Native American history in public schools and new commitment by the University of Illinois to repatriate ancestral remains.