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Graphic with text that says Pandemics as a Portal to Change, call for artwork.It is decorated with fluid fields of color on a white background and a stylized imprint of a human fingerprint.
Feb 18, 2021
Call for Art | Pandemics as a Portal to Change: A Community Exhibition
Image of art installed in a gallery, with emphasis on the new LED lights at the ceiling. The artwork is by Bea Nettles, and the gallery is KAM's recently renovated East Gallery
Feb 4, 2021
Bea Nettles: Harvest of Memory Reopens for Final Month at KAM
Image of a museum display case filled with intricately painted Japanese ceramics along with a few pieces of Chinese export porcelain. Vases and plates are pictured.
Jan 12, 2021
New Installation of Asian Ceramics in the Moore Gallery of Decorative Arts
Image of art installed in a gallery, with emphasis on the new LED lights at the ceiling. The artwork is by Bea Nettles, and the gallery is KAM's recently renovated East Gallery
Jan 6, 2021
Student Sustainability Committee Funds LED Lighting Upgrade at KAM
View of the front of Krannert Art Museum focusing on the gold 1961 brise soleil across the front facade of the building.
Nov 17, 2020
Tier 3 Mitigations, Temporary Closure Nov 20, 2020
Color photo of a smiling white woman in a grey dress and blue cardigan. She stands in a gallery with WPA prints installed at Krannert Art Museum.
Oct 7, 2020
"Pressing Issues" at KAM Shows WPA Printmakers' Thoughts on Social Justice
Portrait of a young Black woman smiling in an art gallery, Before her is a brightly colored quilt and in the background art is installed on the walls with comfy furnishings for sitting, like a home setting.
Aug 26, 2020
Black girls create a space of their own in 'Homemade, with Love' exhibition at KAM
Photo of the temple entrance to Krannert Art Museum at sunset. Two illuminated inflatable sculptures fill the space inside the glass-enclosed entrance to the museum.
Aug 4, 2020
KAM Prepares to Reopen to the Public
Image of a woman seated in front of a wall covered entirely with drawings. The woman is artist Liza Sylvestre. She has a placid expression and is wearing blue. The drawings are her expressions of auditory experiences of music.
Jun 15, 2020
KAM Welcomes Liza Sylvestre as Curator of Academic Programs
Color print of the american flag with a brown face in the center and white faces and skulls in the upper left.
May 31, 2020
Message from the Director: May 31, 2020
Image of art supplies on a brightly colored background. Text says Art in a Time of Quarantine: Student Showcase in Champaign County
May 13, 2020
Art in a Time of Quarantine Virtual Youth Arts Exhibit
A musician holding a microphone performs in the galleries of Krannert Art Museum in front of a crowd.
Apr 23, 2020
KAM Spotlights Local Music Scene with Art Remastered from Home