Two recent Illinois State alumni are ready to delight audiences and kick off their arts careers during the 42nd season of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF). Victoria DeLaney ’19 and Lucy Yahr ’19 are two of the 17 Illinois States students and alumni involved with this year’s performances. Their skills are very different, but both
Volunteer service was a big part of Matt Rillie’s time at Illinois State. The Illinois State alum became well known as a leader in the LGBTQ+ community while serving on ISU Pride’s executive board and as a coordinator for Leaders of Social Change.
The late Professor Emeritus C. Louis Steinburg created a mural when the Bone Student Center opened in 1973. His daughter and Illinois State employee, Jennifer Peterson, was able to see it again during the Bone revitalization.
The Career Center, in collaboration with the College of Fine Arts, will host CreativeCon on Thursday, October 17, 2019. CreativeCon helps creative students from any major discover how to apply their creativity and other skills to a variety of careers through an evening of fast-paced workshops with alumni.
School of Art alumna Lourdes I. Ramos, M.A. ’84, has been selected as this year’s College of Fine Arts spring commencement speaker. Ramos is the president and CEO of the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) in Long Beach, California.
On Monday, May 6, the School of Theatre and Dance and the Alumni Association will host the 2019 Actor Showcase, an annual event highlighting the creative abilities of the University’s talented acting students from the Class of 2019.
Audiences are invited to use their imaginations, challenge their views of acceptance and non-conformity, and believe in a little magic during the performances of Harvey, opening Friday, April 12
Alumni have access to special discounted tickets for the Sunday performance which will feature a post-show talkback.
Redbird Christal Schanes lives a life that now revolves around custom wigs, toupees, hairpieces, and facial hair and love every minute of it.
Illinois State University alumnus, composer, and sound designer Ross Crean, M.M. ‘00 will premiere three new works at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in the Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall.
