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Black and white photograph of George M. Irwin. He wears a collared shirt and is seated at a desk with his glasses in his hand. There is framed art on the wall behind him.
In Memoriam: George M. Irwin (1921-2020)
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2020 Grants, Awards & Sponsorships
painting of an old fashioned truck, bright red with a gold canvas top and viewed from behind, with a large rock in its bed. It is driverless but points toward a fancifully painted landscape with blue and rose plaid sky and a polka dotted landscape.
2020 Gifts of Art
snapshot of a smiling couple in a big city. He wears a hat and they look like they're traveling. They are Gary and Fraeda Porton of Chicago, Illinois.
Making a Bigger Impact: Gary and Fraeda Porton
studio portrait of a man and woman smiling with a blue portrait background behind them. The couple is David and Nancy Morse.
In Memoriam: David Morse
Partners in Life and Giving: Ruta and Bob Rauber
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2019 Grants, Awards & Sponsorships
Joan and Peter Hood, 2019. Photo by Julia Nucci Kelly.
Giving Back Through the Arts: Peter and Joan Hood
Krannert Art Museum donor and art collector Len Lewicki at home in Seattle, 2018.
Law School Alumni Support KAM: Len Lewicki and Iver M. Nelson, Jr.
Rosann Gelvin Noel standing next to John Flaxman (designer for Josiah Wedgwood), <em>Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides</em>, ca 1785.
In Memoriam: Rosann Gelvin Noel
Jenny Peruski leads a gallery conversation in World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean, entitled "Fetishizing the Foot: Mobility and Meaning in Indian Ocean Sandals" at Krannert Art Museum, 2018.
Students at KAM: Jenny Peruski
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2018 Grants, Awards & Sponsorships
Lulu Guo (Industrial Design '18) in World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean at Krannert Art Museum, 2018.
Students at KAM: Lulu Guo on Design and Photography
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2017 Partners & Friends
KAM curator Allyson Purpura speaks during the Fall Luncheon and Lecture at the Champaign Country Club, 2017.
Krannert Art Museum Council Fall 2017 Luncheon & Lecture
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2017 Grants, Awards, and Sponsorships
Volunteer docent Ruta Rauber with a favorite American impressionist painting, Catatonk Pond by James P. Butler, in the Bow Gallery at KAM.
Why I Volunteer: Ruta Rauber
Tom Anderson leads a field trip group from South View Upper Elementary School in Danville through the Land Grant exhibition, 2017.
Why I Volunteer: Tom Anderson
Krannert Art Museum Council Gelvin Gardens volunteers, 2015.
Krannert Art Museum Council: Gelvin Garden Volunteers
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2016 Grants, Awards, and Sponsorships