Michael Wille looked like the half dozen other scouts who were gathered in the stands behind home plate on a cold and wet Thursday afternoon at Duffy Bass Field for the Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament.
Tag: College of Fine Arts
Postcard Art brings in $13,000 for student grant program
The Friends of the Arts’ Postcard Art auction raised $13,000 for a grant program that supports College of Fine Arts student projects.
New University Galleries space coming to Uptown Normal
An agreement between Illinois State University and the town of Normal will bring a new art gallery to Uptown Normal.
Q-and-A with Lisa Lofgren: Printmaker leaves stamp on Bloomington-Normal art scene
Lisa Lofgren, M.F.A. ’12, has come a long way in the last few years, literally and figuratively.
Q-and-A with Megan Kathol Bersett: Abstract painter creates unsettling experiences
Megan Kathol Bersett had a busy spring semester.
Friends of the Arts grant recipient receives Fulbright scholarship
Nancy O’Neill, a senior music education major in the College of Fine Arts, has been selected for a 2013-2014 Fulbright Student Scholarship to study at the Resonaari School in Helsinki, Finland, and its use of new technologies to teach special needs students.
Alum’s documentary shines light on Rwandan refugees’ plight
In 1994, Hutu extremists within and outside of the Rwandan government and tens of thousands of collaborators slaughtered an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and fellow Hutus during a genocidal campaign that lasted about 100 days.
Alumnus Narong Prangcharoen chosen as Guggenheim Fellow in composition
College of Fine Arts alumnus Narong Prangcharoen, M.M. ’02, has been chosen as a 2013 Guggenheim Fellow in the category of Creative Arts-Music Composition.
Music education major awarded Fulbright Scholarship in Finland
Nancy O’Neill, a senior music education major in the College of Fine Arts, has been selected for a 2013–2014 Fulbright Student Scholarship to study at the Resonaari School in Helsinki, Finland.
Postcard Art auction attracts big-name artists, variety of styles
Lou Cella ’85 is known for working big. He has created larger-than-life statues of former Redbird hoops star Doug Collins ’73 and legendary announcer Harry Caray, and his 7-foot-tall sculpture of Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks towers over baseball’s unluckiest fans they enter Wrigley Field.