Fine Art and Design

Check out this week's artist who specializes in printmaking and letterpress printing.

Rebecca previews the next PK night, bringing you 20x20s from each of the five major Pyg groups: Food, Tech, Made, Lit, and Music.

Meet one of Champaign Urbana's largest paper crane paper crane maker. 

Since 2008 the Urbana Public Arts Program and Commission have sought to engage everyone in the arts whether they be professional, amateur, emerging, or “non” artists. What better way to engage the community than by exhibiting some of the talented artists in our area?

Mandy Danowitz and Maggie Kirby of Gallery 217 took us on a guided tour, complete with Q&A session. 

On Friday August 26, the art exhibition Borderland Collective: Northern Triangle opened at the Krannert Art Museum. The exhibition provides plenty of material for a dialogue about the issues of migration and human rights, but navigating the renovation and exhibit itself may prove daunting for some.

40North has been hosting juried exhibitions in a new gallery space they're calling 40 Point One. Michelle and Stephen capture the opening reception while Rebecca reads into the work. 

At Parkland Community College’s Giertz Gallery, the 2016 Art and Design Faculty Exhibition highlights the department's strengths. The exhibition also drives home to me that a number of the faculty members are incredibly talented working professionals.

Spontaneous. Irreverent. Gritty. Electric. Underground. Unrefined. Different. Raw. These are just some of the words synonymous with Dada and Punk, two cultural movements with a lot in common. When embraced by an artist, something unique emerges from these two movements that makes art fun and engaging.