For generations the theater has benefitted from those with an appreciation for the fine arts. Pat Grogg has continued this tradition of generosity through a gift to the Illinois Shakespeare Festival.
Patron of the arts supports Shakespeare Festival
Tag: Friends of the Arts
Connecting with Fine Arts friends and alumni in New York
Each year, the College of Fine Arts and Friends of the Arts host a very special New York Theatre Trip in June–mostly for retired university and community members who are also supporters of the arts at Illinois State University.
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.
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.
B.F.A. student creates glass games for interactive art show, May 7-11
The opening for Friends of the Arts grant recipient Misty Long’s B.F.A. show, disPLAY, will be held 3-7 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at University Galleries.
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.
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.
