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Champaign - Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion at the University of Illinois was recently reaccredited by the American Association of Museums, the highest form of national recognition for museums.
The AAM, based in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit organization that represents museum professionals and institutions of various sizes and types, from art museums to zoos, […]

6th Annual ACE Awards
Wednesday, October 13
The Canopy Club, 708 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana
“We can’t rest on our laurels…we can’t quit. We need to make sure that there’s continued support for the arts.” - Robin Hall, Lifetime Achievement winner, at the 2009 ACE Awards
Nominate TODAY at www.40north.org
Tell us your choice for best arts educator, arts supporter, […]

Champaign - The School of Music at the University of Illinois will commemorate the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. with its annual memorial concert.
The observance, free and open to the public, will begin at 7:46 a.m. Sept. 11 in Smith Hall, 805 S. Mathews St., Urbana. The start coincides with […]

Urbana -
Painting with Natural Homemade Paints at the Market at the Square on Saturday, August 28th 
The City of Urbana Public Arts Program will host a painting workshop on Saturday, August 28th from 8:00 am to noon at Urbana’s Market at the Square.  The public is invited to paint with natural homemade paints made from such […]

Champaign - The Campus Consciousness Tour is coming to the University of Illinois Assembly Hall. Passion Pit is the band and they are ready to share their vision of pop music with Champaign-Urbana. The tour will be stopping at the Assembly Hall Star Theatre on Wednesday, October 20th. Doors will open at 6:30pm with the […]

Champaign - 40 North | 88 West - Champaign County’s Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council - will again bring live street performance to the pavement of Downtown Champaign as part of its “Art & Sol” program on Thursday, August 19th, from 5:00-8:45 P.M.  Expect the unexpected as dancers, singers, and musicians offer short performances in unusual […]

Urbana - With a concept created by Camille Thoman, Ellie Brown photographed people and their bags in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York and Urbana. The concept behind the project is to compare our notions of public vs. private with what we show to outwardly and what we hide in our bags. The purpose of the […]

Champaign - 40 North | 88 West - Champaign County’s Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council – is pleased to present two new rotating storefront exhibitions in downtown Champaign:
57 East Main (old Trader’s World, next to Memphis on Main) through September 17th features sculpture by Derek Winstanley. Derek works with domestic and exotic hardwoods to create […]

The Champaign Urbana Theatre Company is very proud to announce that they will be performing the Tony and Grammy Award winning Musical “Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA ‘In Concert’,” October 7-10 at 88 Broadway, located in Lincoln Square in Urbana.
Audition Times are as follows: Tuesday Aug 10, 6-9pm & Wednesday Aug 11, 6-9pm
Auditions will […]

what: open public critique for artists working in any discipline or media
next event: 7pm, Tuesday, September 7
where: McGown Photography Studio (address below)
moderated by:  Jenny Southlynn, with guest moderator Lawrence McGown
co-sponsored by: Krannert Art Museum and 40 North | 88 West - Champaign County Arts, Culture and Entertainment Council

The popular series of free art critiques - […]