Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña to headline symposium on women in arts, November 10

An image of one of artist and poet Cecilia Vicuña's works from www.ceciliavicuna.com.

Chilean poet and visual artist Cecilia Vicuña will be the featured speaker at the symposium “Oscillations of Gender and Genre” at Illinois State University. Vicuña will give a keynote performance/talk at 5 p.m. Thursday, November 10, at the University Galleries in Uptown Normal. The author of more than 20 books of poetry, Vicuña exhibits and

Screening of film Eva Hesse with director Q&A, October 27

Image from the Eva Hesse documentary of the artist.

A screening of the film Eva Hesse will take place on Thursday, October 27 at 7 p.m. in Schroeder Hall, room 138. Director and producer, Marcie Begleiter and Karen Shapiro will take part in a Q&A after the screening. On Friday morning, October 28, from 10 a.m.-noon at the University Galleries, there will be a presentation about the film by Begleiter

Friends of the Arts helps Micah Zavacky embark on mini art adventure

Life as a student can be difficult, especially the cost of going to school. Micah Zavacky, a current Master of Fine Arts student, was able to offset this cost through the support from the Friends of the Arts (FOA). Micah talks about how he used the funds from FOA to make creative works below: “The support from