Spurlock Museum - Master (SM Only)
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Like other branches of African American vernacular dances such as Chicago Steppin’, Hip Hop, and Lindy Hop, the roots of Blues dance originated from African and African American dance traditions. Included in the exhibit are artworks by contemporary artists, archival photographs, and video interviews.
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Explore campaign memorabilia and learn about the Women's Suffrage Movement and Jim Crow voter suppression. Includes three poster exhibits: Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, from the New-York Historical Society, Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote, from the National Archives, and Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence from the Smithsonian.
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In his new work, A World Through Windows, Syrian-Armenian artist Kevork Mourad explores how the "pandemic has reduced our sense of space and our spheres of influence," even while it has "increased our connectivity around the world" (Mourad). Using a technique that uses monotype on fabric, ink drawing, and sculpture, Mourad has created an original and exciting experience.
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Two sculptures from the Great ARTdoors Program 2020 are now on view in the front lobby of the Spurlock Museum. The pieces, Kinsey Fitzgerald’s Mother and Child and Ja Nelle Davenport-Pleasure’s Seeds of Injustice, were commissioned by the Great ARTdoors Program in 2020, as part of a collaboration between the Spurlock Museum, 40North, Urbana Arts and Culture, Urbana Park Di
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A panel discussion on Blues music moderated by Professor Gabriel Solis, musicology and theater (UIUC). Professor Solis is a scholar of African American music and of Indigenous musics of the Southwestern Pacific. Other panelists: Candy Foster and Dawn Clark from Candy Foster and the Shades of Blue; Bob Paleczny, Blues Genre Director for WEFT 90.1FM; and Augustus Wood.
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This award-winning debut by Chicago-based filmmaker Jiayan Shi presents the tragic story of Yingying Zhang, the 26-year-old Chinese student who disappeared from the UIUC campus in 2017. In deftly balancing one of the most tragic events to befall Urbana-Champaign, this film humanizes Yingying through her diary reflections and the perspectives of her family.
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An online discussion with the filmmakers of 'Finging Yingying,' Jiayan "Jenny" Shi, Brent E. Huffman, and Shilin Sun. A link to the award-winning film will be provided after signing up for the talk.
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Take a soothing lunch break and join Kim Sheahan Sanford, our assistant director of education and resident storyteller, for family-friendly stories from around the world every Wednesday afternoon. You can join the live event from our Facebook Page. (Past events are available for viewing here.)
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A panel discussion via Zoom Webinar moderated by Professor Teresa Barnes, Director Center for African Studies. Kalushi struggles with his political identity in 1970s South Africa. When he is linked with a friend who commits murder, Mahlangu must defend against the death penalty. A hero of the struggle against apartheid, he would become an icon of South Africa's liberation.
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Presidents, candidates, and politicians of all stripes have visited the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to solicit student votes, speak on pressing topics, or hold photo-ops. History Professor Nathan Tye (University of Nebraska Kearney), and UIUC alumnus, will highlight campus visits by US presidents, candidates, and other political figures.
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Join local trivia host Julie Laut of C-U Lockdown trivia for a night of fun and challenging online trivia on world history and cultures. Laut will lead four rounds on empires, geography, mythology, and food. To sign up, fill out the online registration form by Friday, April 9.
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Take a soothing lunch break and join Kim Sheahan Sanford, our assistant director of education and resident storyteller, for family-friendly stories from around the world every Wednesday afternoon. You can join the live event from our Facebook Page. (Past events are available for viewing here.)
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Join photographic artist Sheila Pree Bright as she leads Daily Illini student photographers and journalists, Farrah Anderson, Salem Isaf, and Quentin Shaw, in conversation about the role of photography in capturing moments of civil unrest. This event is part of our Contemporary Conversations series.
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Take a soothing lunch break and join Kim Sheahan Sanford, our assistant director of education and resident storyteller, for family-friendly stories from around the world every Wednesday afternoon. You can join the live event from our Facebook Page. (Past events are available for viewing here.)
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In conversation with UIUC graduate student Helen Makhdoumian, Syrian-born Armenian artist Kevork Mourad will discuss how he conceptualizes migration, memory and place-making through his paintings and visual performances. Mourad depicts the Syrian refugee crisis and co-existence in cities like Qameshli, Aleppo, and Damascus.
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Take a soothing lunch break and join Kim Sheahan Sanford, our assistant director of education and resident storyteller, for family-friendly stories from around the world every Wednesday afternoon. You can join the live event from our Facebook Page. (Past events are available for viewing here.)
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Poet Kaveh Akbar's work is exciting, beautiful, often disorienting, and urgent. Reflected in his poems are the many facets of his identity--he is Iranian-American, largely Midwestern, queer, Muslim, and in recovery. He is thereby situated in the new wave of poets drawing not only on technical mastery, but also on the immediacy of their lived experiences.