Exhibits

RBML’s new exhibit celebrates the 75th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’s 'Annie Allen' – the poetry collection that won the first Pulitzer Prize by a Black author – and explores the rich history of Black literature’s emergence into the mainstream. On display through May 2025.

The RBML welcomes Justine Murison on Thursday, April 3, from 3-5pm in 346 Main Library to speak about her new edition of the 1850 novel. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. This event is free and all are welcome to attend, and refreshments will be served.

Calling all teens! Join us for a Teen Takeover of the museum featuring live music, art-making, activities, and food for young people, ages 13–18, as part of the Boneyard Arts Festival. Explore our galleries and flex your creative muscles in this teen-focused night at the museum!

Join Preservation Services for program history and highlights, refreshments, and exhibit viewing.

Join us for a hands-on journey through history! Play historical board games that bring the past to life as you roll the dice, make your moves, and uncover the stories behind them. Perfect for all ages, this interactive in-person event invites families, students, and community members to connect, learn, and have fun. Don’t just study history—experience it through play!

Come experience immersive sound as you view artworks at Krannert Art Museum! Members of Improviser's Exchange Ensemble along with special guest Geoff Gersh, a New York City–based electric guitarist, will create soundscapes in the galleries through site-specific solo performance and collective improvisation in reflection and response to artwork on display. You're invited to

Celebrate the exhibition opening of "Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR): Red Regalia Project" created with Chicago-based Native artist Angel Starr (Omaha, Odawa, Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota) to call attention to violence against Indigenous Peoples. Part of the 2024–25 Native North American Art Residency. Reception in Link Gallery.

This event celebrates world poetry in translation. If you are interested in poetry in different languages, please consider attending the event.

SPEAK stands for Song, Poetry, Art, and Knowledge. It’s an open-mic public performance space at Krannert Art Museum curated by local artist, Shaya Robinson, featuring guest performers and welcoming all to the mic.

The Library has several locations open to welcome admitted students. Stop by to learn more about the libraries at Illinois

This annual exhibition represents the culmination of artistic development for graduate students in the School of Art & Design at Illinois, which is committed to elevating and sustaining the arts as a distinct and necessary approach to human understanding. On view through April 26.

Celebrate as we open the 2025 Master's of Fine Arts Exhibition. Enjoy new work that exemplifies the studio art and design practices of students graduating with the MFA degree from the School of Art & Design at Illinois. On view through April 26. Reception will be held in the Link Gallery.