February
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Francis P. Rohlen Visiting Artists Fund and School of Art + Design Visitors Series support for a campus visit by Allan deSouza, in conjunction with World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean and Allan deSouza: through the Black Country
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Francis P. Rohlen Visiting Artists Fund and School of Art + Design Visitors Series support for a campus visit by Stacey Jessiman de Nanteuil, in conjunction with Provenance: A Forensic History of Art
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Francis P. Rohlen Visiting Artists Fund and School of Art + Design Visitors Series support for workshops, artists talk, and campus visit by Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme and lecture by Michael Jay McClure
March
University of Illinois Office of the Chancellor, John Needles Chester Estate Fund grant for the acquisition of Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase by Dutch artist Anna Ruysch
April
University of Illinois Center for Advanced Study/MillerComm Public Event Series support for a lecture and workshop by Isabel Hofmeyr, in conjunction with World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean
May
University of Illinois Student Cultural Programming Fee support for the exhibition Propositions on Revolution (Slogans for a Future)
College of Fine and Applied Arts Matching Funds grant for the exhibition World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean
June
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts grant for contemporary art programming
August
International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Richard Hamilton Acquisition Prize to support the purchase of a work on paper during the IFPDA Print Fair in New York City, October 29, 2017. See News: Krannert Art Museum Wins Prestigious Award, Adds 16th-century Print to Collection
December
Student Cultural Programming Fee grant to support Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme: And yet my mask is powerful
Illinois Arts Council Agency grant support for 2017–2018 exhibitions and programs
Sponsorships
Krannert Art Museum–Week at the Museum
Sponsored in part by Champaign Unit 4 Schools, Urbana School District 116, University of Illinois Office of Public Engagement, Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation, Close Friend Foundation, Curtis C. Nash Children's Creativity Fund, Lumpkin Family Foundation, Sandra Casserly, Harold G. and Nancy A. Diamond in memory of Dorothy R. Altman, Kathleen Harleman, Joan and Peter Hood, Krannert Art Museum Council, John and Alice Pfeffer, Icko and Miriam Iben, Brian and Gloria Rainer in memory of Marjorie McFarlane, Katherine Snyder, Robert and Bonnie Switzer, Jean Tello in honor of Suzie Connors, Edward and Nancy Tepper, Scott and Virginia B. Webster Trust, Pamela Wells, Paul Wailand in memory of Diane J. Weiland, and an anonymous memorial gift.
World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean
World on the Horizon has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities : Exploring the human endeavor. *
Additional sponsorship provided by the ADAA Foundation Curatorial Award and the Association of Art Museum Curators, College of Fine + Applied Arts Matching Funding Program, College of Fine + Applied Arts Creative Research Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus Research Board, and Krannert Art Museum.
*Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition or publication do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Propositions on Revolution (Slogans for a Future)
This exhbition made possible in part by a generous grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Sponsored in part by the 1917: Ten Days that Shook the World / 2017: Ten Days that Shake the Campus Initiative; Center for Advanced Study; School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics; Center for Global Studies; and Krannert Art Museum. Paid for by the Student Cultural Programming Fee.
Illinois Arts Council Agency
Krannert Art Museum exhibitions and programs are partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
