Last month, the organizers of Pandemics as of a Portal to Change announced an open call for artist submissions. As the project continues, teen and adult artists will each have an opportunity to learn more about the project. A virtual workshop geared towards teens will be held on April 6th at 4:30 p.m. Learn more or register here.
At 5:30 p.m. on April 8th, a panel of local artists will help us “explore art as a tool for social change.” Panelists will include Ashanti Files, City of Urbana Poet Laureate, Liza Sylvestre, KAM Curator of Academic Programs/Multimedia Artists, Keenan Daily, Graphic Designer/Multimedia Artist, and elizaBeth Simpson, Cooperative Conflict/Performing Artist. Learn more or register here.
Submissions for the exhibition are due on April 19th. Learn more here.
Pandemics as a Portal to Change is co-sponsored by: Krannert Art Museum, the Museum of the Grand Prairie, The Urbana Free Library, Urbana Arts and Culture Program, the College of Fine and Applied Arts at Illinois, and Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center.
Top image: Digital art by Madison Wilcoxen, 2021.