Share your experiences through written stories, art, videos and more. “This is a case where if you save it, I’m happy to receive it,” said Eileen Ielmini of the University of Chicago Library’s Special Collections Research Center.
Illinois State Museum
May 16, 2020 |
In Chicago and around the world, people are creating photographs, paintings, emails, journals and social media posts that will shape how the world remembers the coronavirus pandemic for years and centuries to come.
Rauner pushes for compromise, which includes continued closure of Thompson Center art gallery
On Monday, the state of Illinois announced the reopening of the Illinois State Museum, a 138-year-old institution closed by Gov. Bruce Rauner last September. But it's not exactly that easy.
Dec 29, 2015 |
After being closed almost three months due to the state’s budget crisis, the Illinois State Museum has recently lost more staff members as it tiptoes ever closer to losing its accreditation in 2016.
New Art Show Sets Sail with a Boatload of Wordplay
A free exhibition explores the artful use of language by contemporary Illinois painters and sculptors.
Artists from Illinois– and one from Minnesota – Make Monstrous Magic
Four solo exhibitions from local artists, plus one beast of an installation.
Mar 13, 2012 |
We spotlight a little-known gallery that focuses on artists from Illinois.
