January 18 - May 5, 2006
School of Architecture Lecture : Dr. Kenneth Yeang, Plym Distinguished Professor
“Global Sustainability and Bio-Climactic Architecture”
Monday, January 30, 2006, 6pm
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall
January 21 through March 26, 2006
Krannert Art Museum Exibition Uninterrupted Flux: Hedda Sterne, A Retrospective
Hedda Sterne's impressive art career began in the late 1930s when she exhibited with the Surrealists in Paris. She attained national prominence in the 1940s and 1950s, exhibiting with Abstract Expressionists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, and Mark Rothko, and her career continues into the present. Uninterrupted Flux: Hedda Sterne, A Retrospective brings together almost 100 works from museums across the country and Sterne's own collection. Guest Curator: Sarah Eckhardt
January 21 through April 9, 2006
Krannert Art Museum Exhibition Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator
The many functions of clothing vary culturally, geographically, and through history. This exhibition highlights the ways contemporary artists go beyond the everyday utility of clothing and use garments as a format to critique standard notions about clothing, fashion, and society, and to invent new forms of communication between wearers, their clothes, and the fashion system.
Organized by Tufts University Art Gallery. Curator: Judith Hoos Fox
February 2, 2006
Department of Dance : The Cunningham Project
This concert features Department of Dance students in a performance of a MinEvent by Merce Cunningham. A MinEvent is a short version of a Cunningham 'Event' which is a collage of excerpts from the repertory of this great post modern master. Resident faculty also premier new works on this concert which is dedicated to Kathleen F. Conlin, former Dean of FAA. This performance and an expanded array of visiting artists, including the Martha Graham Dance Company, Susan Marshall, Mark Morris Dance Group, and Liz Lerman among many others will generate greater awareness in our community of the art form and of the unique history of the Department of Dance.
February 2, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Colwell Festival
February 2, 2006
Department of Dance - Discussion : Immediately following the Festival Dance Performance, Cunningham scholar Roger Copeland moderates a discussion with Janet Charleston (Cunningham Studio faculty member,) Page Cunningham (rehearsal director for the MinEvent and former Cunningham Dance Company member) and the Dance Department student performers of the MinEvent
Post-performance discussion
February 2, 2006
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Colwell Playhouse Theater
February 3, 2006
Department of Dance - Lecture : Roger Copeland , author of Merce Cunnighan: The Modernizing of Modern Dance , will present a lecture based on his book.
February 3, 2006, 6:30 pm
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Foyer of the Tryon Festival Theatre
February 3, 2006
Department of Dance - Lecture : Roger Copeland also presents a lecture titled Choreographers, Composers, and Visual Artists: Models of Avant-Garde Collaboration
February 3, 2006, 11 a.m.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Foyer of the Tryon Festival Theater
February 3-29, 2006
School of Architecture : I space Exhibit – ACSA Student Award Winners 2000-2005
I space Gallery
230 West Superior Street, Second Floor,
Chicago, IL 60610
February 17, 2006
School of Music - Performance : UI Wind Symphony Concert at Carnegie Hall
On February 17 , 2006, the Illinois Wind Symphony, under the direction of Professor James F. Keene, will perform in the world's most renowned performance venue – Carnegie Hall in New York City – for the first time in University history. The all-student ensemble has a long and illustrious history, dating back to the 1920s, of being second to none among concert bands. Under Professor Keene's direction, the Illinois Wind Symphony has performed and toured extensively, made numerous live recordings – most recently in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center in Chicago – and commissioned original works from leading composers. The year 2006 marks the 100 th anniversary of the first school song, Illinois Loyalty , which is performed often by the Wind Symphony . And this pinnacle concert at Carnegie Hall seems a fitting celebration of the rich Illinois Bands tradition – “Hail to the Orange, Hail to the Blue”!
February 17, 2006, 8:00 p.m.
Carnegie Hall
New York, NY
March 1, 2006
Department of Urban & Regional Planning - Lecture : Gary Hack, AICP (MARCH '66 and MUP '67), Paley Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania will deliver the Louis B. Wetmore Lecture titled Lessons from Local Planning Experiences. A professor of Urban & Regional Planning, Louis Wetmore was head of the department at Illinois from 1955-65. His teaching philosophy stressed the importance of giving students access to real-world planning situations and practitioners and to continue the tradition of combining theory and professional practice in Urban and Regional Planning.
March 1, 2006
Temple Buell Hall
U of I Campus
March 2-3, 2006
2006 Planning Institute : Featuring Gary Hack (MARCH '66 and MUP '67)(Dean of the College of Design, University of Pennsylvania) and architect/designer Michael Pyatok (University of Washington at Seattle and Oakland, CA architect) who will give the Max Abramovitz Distinguished Lecture titled Good Design: Affordable Housing. www.urban.uiuc.edu/CE/
March 10-11, 2006
CHAMP Conference (Collaborative for Cultural Heritage and Museum Practices) –topic: Cultural Heritage and Human Rights (a workshop addressing the deeply political aspect of heritage preservation and management). Keynote at 4:00 on March 10, location TBA; workshop 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on March 11 in IPRH; reception and opening of the exhibition on the Department of Landscape Architecture's ongoing work in Champaner, Temple Buell atrium, 6:00 on March 11.
March 30, 2006
School of Art and Design - Lecture : Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind
Daniel H. Pink is the author of the acclaimed bestsellers A whole new mind and Free Agent Nation . A contributing editor at Wired magazine, he has written on work, business, and politics for The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Slate, Salon, fast company , and other publications. He also has lectured to corporations, universities, and associations around the world on economic transformation and business strategy, and has analyzed commercial and social trends for dozens of television and radio programs. A former White House speechwriter, Pink lives in Washington DC. Drawing on research from around the world, A whole New Mind reveals the six essential aptitudes – Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, and Meaning – on which professional success and personal fulfillment now depend.
March 30, 2006, 4:30 p.m.
Room 100, Gregory Hall
April 5, 2006
School of Art and Design - Lecture : Rick Valicenti
Rick Valicenti is the founder of Thirst, an internationally recognized design group that was established in 1989. Thirst is a collective of designers, typographers, writers, illustrators and programmers that aims to push the envelope without having to resort to clichés like "pushing the envelope." Thirst's strategic and creative versatility continues to lead the discourse and pursue the elusive ideals of intelligence and real human presence within today's culture of commerce.
Rick Valicenti has devoted over 25 years to creating design that marries art with function. His passion for design and embrace of new technologies creates a dynamic marriage of imagery and inspiration. Valicenti¹s strategic and creative versatility continues to lead the discourse and pursue the elusive ideals of intelligence and real human presence within today's world of commerce.
Valicenti is a design icon. His success as a designer has established him as a household name in the industry and in design education. He will share his viewpoints on the state of current communication design as evidenced in the professional practice from both his public and personal realms. He is an exuberant individual and undoubtedly will present a brutally honest heart-to-heart chat that will inspire and perhaps alarm the next generation of designers. Valicenti¹s insights will be shared with humor and candor as he will try to make sense of (making a) living through design.
April 5, 2006, 5:00pm
Krannert Art Museum
Room 62
April 20, 2006
School of Art and Design - Lecture: Joe Scanlan: Critical Practices
The American artist Joe Scanlan operates on the questions that lie between art and design, along the path of the everyday. His practice engages a constant critical investigation of the assumptions of art objects, the function of designed things, and the sustainability of an art practice alongside/within a consumer culture. Joe Scanlan has much to offer the conversation on defining art/design practice and its relationship to our pedagogy. Some general questions that might emerge are: What does it mean to “practice critically?” What tools and technologies might be useful in understanding the effectiveness of a critical practice? What are the ethical implications of cultural production?
April 20, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
Room 62, Krannert Art Museum
April 27, 2006
School of Art and Design - Lecture : Sina Najafi: Critical Practices
Sina Najafi is the director of Immaterial Incorporated , a non-profit organization based in New York City that serves as an umbrella for a wide range of artistic and cultural activities. Immaterial makes use of a diverse array of media. Sina has an innovative role as a curator of exhibitions and projects like Cabinet Magazine , but he also has much to bring to the critical conversation of redefining contemporary art and design practice. Sina Najafi's breadth of knowledge and unique approach to journalism benefits a wide range of interests.
April 27, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
Room 62, Krannert Art Museum
June 1-30, 2006
I space Exhibit : Student Projects – The Chicago Studio (Architecture 571)
I space Gallery
230 West Superior Street, Second Floor
Chicago, IL 60610
June 6-30, 2006
Department of Urban and Regional Planning - Exhibit : Emily Talen's I space exhibit: “The Design of Diversity: Exploring Chicago's Socially Mixed Neighborhoods”
Reception on June 9, 5-7 pm
I space Gallery
230 West Superior Street, Second Floor
Chicago, IL 60610
Fall 2006
FAA Teaching Academy semester-long project : Celebrating Excellence in Teaching in the Arts. Sessions to be announced.
– featured outstanding artist/teacher for guest presentation [TBA]
– feature teaching award winners from FAA for panels and demonstrations
Fall 2006 (date TBA)
FAA Multi-unit Collaborative Production : BONES OF THE BUILDING: THE BIOGRAPHY OF A DREAM HOUSE Sponsored by KCPA with the Department of Theatre and the School of Architecture. 'BONES OF THE BUILDING: the Social History of a Dream House' – A collaborative project with the Department of Theatre and the School of Architecture. 'Bones' is a theater piece conceived and performed by Department of Theatre alumna Beth Amsbary, who was raised in Champaign and who is the founding Artistic Director of the Seattle Public Theatre. An intimate solo performance direct in its emotional impact, 'Bones' takes as its subject an actual house built in Champaign, and designed by her grandfather Driver Lindsey – was an Assistant Professor of Architecture at UIUC – in the 1950s to which Amsbary had close ties as a youth. The passing of ownership through the decades serves as a surprising vehicle for social observation and messaging. It will premiere at Krannert Center in the fall of 2006.
Fall 2006 (dates TBA)
FAA Career Office – Special Events : Programming for Students–Preparing for the Future. For updated information, visit http://www.faa.uiuc.edu/Careers/Default.htm
September 23, 2006
Sinfonia da Camera: Gala Concert (Program TBA)
Follenger Great Hall, Krannert Center.
For updated information, visit http://www.music.uiuc.edu/Sinfonia/
October 2006
Japan House: Fall ‘06 Open House (Guest Artist and Date TBA)
For updated information visit, http://www.art.uiuc.edu/galleries/japanhouse/index.cfm
October 2006
School of Architecture - Exhibit : I space Exhibit – Work by Dr.Kenneth Yeang: “Global Sustainability and Bio-Climactic Architecture”
I space Gallery
230 West Superior Street, Second Floor
Chicago, IL 60610
October 20, 2006
VISION 2020 : Day-long conversations with KAM and KCPA about collaborative projects; format and program TBD
A series of structured dialogues with faculty and visiting artists, staff, students, and cross-campus colleagues. Pointing toward the Center's 50th anniversary season in 2019-2020, these dialogues will address a variety of issues in the arts and aesthetic experience within the research/education/public engagement framework of the university mission as well as the broader matrix of relationships between the arts and society at large. Reflecting upon and re-examining the past, observing and assessing the current environment, and imagining the future of performance will play a critical role in planning for the further development of Krannert Center as a leading university-based performing arts complex.
THE KAM/KCPA COLLABORATION – Krannert Center and the Krannert Art Museum are working together to develop a distinctive model for deep collaboration, compounding the potential impact of their respective strengths and further enriching those strengths by partnering with high-connectivity campus units such as IPRH and the Center for Advanced Study. Following initial planning conversations now underway, 2006 will provide an expanded framework for exploring new modes of collaboration in the area of public engagement as well as research and education with campus colleagues, community representatives, and visiting artists, scholars, and administrators.
October 21 – December 31
Krannert Art Museum Exhibition A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal
This exhibition explores the arts and expressive culture of Islamic West Africa through a dynamic and influential movement in Senegal known as the Mouride Way, based on the teachings of the Muslim Saint Sheikh Amadou Bamba. A Saint in the City introduces audiences to the striking range of Mouride arts–from large popular murals, intricate glass paintings, and calligraphic healing devices to posters for social activism, colorful textiles, and paintings by internationally known contemporary artists. A devotional sanctum filled with sacred imagery and an urban market scene capturing the bustle of contemporary Dakar are recreated while artist profiles and videos feature the voices and works of the artists and foster a greater understanding of Islam in African life. Curated by Allen F. Roberts, professor of world arts and cultures and director of the James S. Coleman African Studies Center at UCLA and Mary Nooter Roberts, deputy director and chief curator of the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, the show was organized by the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
October 21 and 22, 2006 (Saturday and Sunday afternoon)
Leonard Bernstein's MASS (co-production of School of Music, Department of Dance, and Department of Theatre) at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
CONTACT: Karl Kramer, Head, School of Music
October 21 through December 31, 2006
Exhibition: When We Were Young: New Perspectives on the Art of the Child
Much has been written about children's drawings from the point of view of
cognitive psychology and pedagogy, but there is no serious literature by
art historians on child art as art. This exhibition offers a look at children's
drawings from an aesthetic point of view. It juxtaposes the childhood works
of a few great historical artists with modern and contemporary children's
drawings. The objective is to gain a fresh perspective on the visual richness
and inventiveness of child art and to explore the criteria used for assessing
prodigious artistic talent in children. Organized by Krannert Art
Museum and The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
Guest Curator: Jonathan
Fineberg
November 19th (Sunday evening)
School of Music – Concert : UI Symphony Orchestra Concert at Orchestra Hall in Chicago under conductor Donald J. Schleicher, and featuring Ian Hobson's performance of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto
November 19, 2006, 8:00 p.m.
Orchestra Hall
Chicago, IL
