Here is an update on four major construction projects on Illinois State’s campus from David Gill, the University’s director of Facilities, Planning, Design, and Construction.
Campus construction: What’s new and on the way?
Unit: Wonsook Kim School of Art
Estate gift commitment honors twin sisters’ art legacies
A recent estate gift commitment from Art Professor Emerita Susan Amster will further the study of art at Illinois State University. The gift honors her twin sister, Stephanie Amster, who died at age 80 on February 12, 2021. Both sisters created a legacy of teaching and inspiring as art faculty members at Illinois State.
Visiting Artist Lecture: Women as makers, consumers of Early Modern art, September 28
Dr. Jennifer Courts will give a Visiting Artist Lecture for the Wonsook Kim School of art at 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 28 on Zoom.
Wonsook Kim’s thank-you to her alma mater is ‘money to dream big’
Three named professorships were established as part of a $12 million donation made by artist and Illinois State alum Wonsook Kim ’75, M.A. ’76, M.F.A. ’78, honorary doctorate of arts ’19, and her husband, Thomas Clement.
echo on view at CIRA Student Art Gallery
echo, a collection of work created by Master of Fine Arts graduate students Nicci Arnold and Peytin Fitzgerald is on view September 13 through November 28, 2021 at the Illinois State University Student Art Gallery within the Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA).
COVID-19 art exhibit opening reception, September 16
The Schroeder Hall Gallery will host the exhibit The Material Culture and Visual Ethnography of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the 2021-2022 school year.
Breaking Bread: America Meets East Asia, Mayonnaise in the Sushi, October 12
Breaking Bread in McLean County is a 10-part program series exploring stories of migration, immigration, adaptation, assimilation, appropriation, preservation, contribution, and sustentation in McLean County.
Pause for applause
Pause to applaud these accomplished Illinois State University alumni.
The Redbird behind the 2021 Fear the Bird Shirt
The Bird Shirt is celebrating its 15th anniversary, and Olivia Meitz, a recent 2021 Illinois State University graphic design graduate is the talented artist behind this year’s design. Event Management, Dining, and Hospitality worked with ten graphic design students from the Design Streak Studio under the leadership of their creative director and faculty, Archana Shekara,
Exposures open at Wonsook Kim School of Art Student Art Gallery
Exposures features the work of five students and reflects work that not only spans the depth and breadth of its student body, but also highlights a range of the photographic medium.
