One of the more unexpected things available in Milner Library is the Ueckert Circus Wardrobe Collection. An amalgamation of over 1,200 circus costumes, accessories, and props from the 1880s to the early 2000s, the collection is one of the most comprehensive collections of circus wardrobe in the country.
More than a year of planning and all six floors of Illinois State University’s Milner Library were needed to accommodate an undertaking one library staff member called “the biggest exhibit the library has done.”
Milner Library is pleased to showcase its Circus and Allied Arts collection at the start of the fall semester with Sites, Sights, and Sounds of Circus.
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Brunsdale’s recent book, In the Shadow of the Big Top: the Life of Ringling’s Unlikely Circus Savior, brings the American circus to life through the figure of Art Concello.
Put on your dancing shoes and head down to the Redbird Big Top with the Gamma Phi Circus on April 21-22. Tickets are available now.
Beads sparkle, feathers sway, and fabrics glitter on Illinois State University’s Gamma Phi Circus performers as they swing through the air—the bright stage lights illuminating their costumes.
Gianna Velazquez ’20, Chris Melecio ’20, Michael Catalan ’16 and Megan Barnash ’14 share the connections between their student employment experience and their current full-time careers.
Every month the Administrative/Professional (A/P) Council highlights an A/P staff member through a series of questions as another way for the Illinois State University community to connect. This month readers can get to know Executive Director of Gamma Phi Circus Marcus Alouan.
Growth abounds in the College of Applied Science and Technology’s affiliate programs and centers: the University Farm, the Horticulture Center, the Child Care Center, and the Gamma Phi Circus.
Jon Fulton, a graduating student who is double majoring in English and early childhood education has spent his whole four years in college as a member of the Gamma Phi Circus.
