We are the Ricker Library of Architecture and Art at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Champaign, IL
Joined January 2013
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.@RickerLibraryUI has so much amazing stuff like living moss wall tiles, thoughtfully curated displays, enormous books, and more. And the best part is that our whole community can access it all.
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Have you heard?
@KAMillinois is hosting a traveling exhibition of the prints of artist Marie Watt, whose work draws on pop culture, mythology and her Native American and European ancestry. ▶️ go.illinois.edu/MarieWatt
ALT Watt, Marie K., Native American, Seneca (b. 1967). “Transit,” edition 7/25, 2004; lithograph; Jordan D. Schnitzer Collection. 2020.466 © Marie Watt Courtesy Krannert Art Museum
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An exhibition at the Illini Union Art Gallery this month will feature photographs of artwork from the Mexican Muralism movement.
“Movement Routes, Mexican Muralism” will open September 7 at 10:30am to noon in the Pine Lounge of the Illini Union. ▶️ go.illinois.edu/ArtGallery
ALT “La Creación (The Creation).” Diego Rivera, 1922-23; Amphitheater of the National Preparatory School, former College of San Ildefonso, UNAM. Photograph: Ricardo Alvarado Tapia, 2017. AFMT, IIA, UNAM. Courtesy Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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Professor Thomas Leslie's #Chicago Skyscrapers 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City | University of Illinois Press | featured in The Architect's Newspaper in an article by Zach Mortice! archpaper.com/2023/08/thomas… #architects #architecture
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Congratulations to Assistant Professor Benjamin Bross on his most recent article published by ARCC's Journal, Enquire (ENQ)!
Professor Bross thanks Philip Plowright and the ENQ team for their support! arcc-journal.org/index.php/a…
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Fire!! : a quarterly devoted to the younger Negro artists. 1926
Complete work digitized: bit.ly/3yMhMfQ
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The university’s Dump and Run event is expanding to multiple campus locations to make it easier for students and others at the U of I to donate unwanted items at the end of the semester!
A map, accepted items, and volunteer link ⬇️
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#DontWasteWednesday
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Our #Ricker150 week of giving starts TOMORROW. Help us purchase cutting-edge digital fabrication technologies to ensure that our students remain at the forefront of architectural education & enter the field ready to lead yourgift.illinois.edu/Ricker…
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Picture it: conservation lab, 2023. It’s #PreservationWeek and we’re excited to show off our skills. #PresWeek 2023
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ALT Overhead view of a book with a grey, green, and red cover.
ALT A light brown paper is lifted up to show a large tear on the fold line of the paper.
ALT Computer monitor displaying an image of brown paper with Arabic writing on it and chain lines.
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Fun fact: During the past year, Krannert Art Museum has given away almost 10,000 art books to visitors! Stop by the cart in our lobby to see what's available during your next visit.
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Opening Night for the 2023 BFA Exhibition is this Saturday! Join us to celebrate 4-6pm with art and design by graduating seniors at the U of I in the East Gallery and a reception in the Link Gallery.
Admission is free. KAM is at the corner of Sixth St. and Peabody Dr.
ALT Colorful art installed in an art gallery with white walls. Paintings and sculptures are on every surface.
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Thursday at 5:30 pm | Reflecting on her 2022 Lawndale Contemporary Art Center installation See Me, Ann “Sole Sister” Johnson is matter-a-fact about the intent of her upcoming artist talk: “This is about being seen. Seeing the women in the shadows.”
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ALT A black woman with thick, funky, geometric glasses looks directly at the camera with a serious expression.
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Nicole Marroquin is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist, researcher, & educator. Her 2018 poster "Latinx Newspapers of Chicago" features mastheads of Spanish-language & bilingual Spanish-English newspapers published in the city.
[Case broadside PN4885.S753 C55 2018]
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Semifinal Round 2! Cartiac Arrest from Ricker Library V. Rick Roll from Music and Performing Arts
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It's that time again! We're in round 6, where Cartiac Arrest (@RickerLibraryUI) moves on against challenger Carty B (@litlanglibrary)
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Round 4 of Book Cart Madness is here! Today is Mario Cart (Library IT) vs. Nintendo DS (Digitization Services)
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EXHIBITION | Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club @ New Orleans Museum of Art, La., thru May 7. Show explores connection between Jacob Lawrence & his contemporaries based in West Africa through the Nigerian publication Black Orpheus. | noma.org/exhibitions/black-o…
