From student performances in New York City and Washington, DC, to an alumni concert in Chicago, Dance at Illinois students, faculty, and alumni have performed on some of the nation’s most prominent stages, cementing the department’s growing national visibility.
When Professor Stephen Sears talks about the Lost Coast, his words carry both awe and urgency. “We talk about nature and wilderness and the benefits of ecological systems all the time,” he says. “But the scale of wildlands has to be experienced firsthand to comprehend how small humans seem in comparison, and to understand the enormous footprint humans have made in those places.”
Voice professor Alonza Lawrence is working towards bridging Afrocentric and Eurocentric musical traditions in hopes of establishing a gospel emphasis for all performance students at the School of Music.
Krannert Art Museum featured an exhibition highlighting the history of arts experimentation and performance through the lens of emergent architecture and university culture during the 1940s–1990s in the cities of Urbana and Champaign.
The College of Fine and Applied Arts is offering a selection of accelerated graduate programs to students excelling in the Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Design (BSSD) program, and it is already making an impact.
Reimagining historic structures requires a different design mindset than working with a blank sheet of paper or a greenfield site—it asks students to study the layout and aesthetic of what’s there and develop the agility and thoughtfulness to realize new ideas within frameworks laid down years ago.
From safety labels to search bars, prescriptions to prosthetics, the blueprint for design has long mirrored a single figure: white, adult, male, and fully mobile. But when we design for everybody—all shapes, needs, and abilities—our world improves.
The College Excellence Awards recognize faculty and staff who have demonstrated excellence and have made a positive impact on our college, students, units, and community. The recipients are selected by the FAA Executive Committee.
The faculty at FAA are dedicated to the advancement, practice, and understanding of the arts. Their central focus is the synergy among research, public engagement, and the preparation of students for lives in the environmental, visual, and performing arts. We’ve compiled some of their recent awards and accomplishments in research.
