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At the 24th Annual Arts Education Festival 3,000 area elementary school students come to the Museum and other venues for a day long adventure with the arts. Click Here for details.

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Ansel Adams Exhibit will stay open March 7-16 during spring break.
Fees: $5.00 per person
Free: Students with I.D.

Spring Museum Hours 2010
Spring Semester: Jan 13 - May 8, 2010
Tues - Fri: 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sat, Sun: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Closed: Mondays, Mar 7-16 (Spring Break)
For future Schedules Click Here

Cairo HS Student Jalmar Hill & Bob DeHoet

Illinois Alliance for Arts Education Awards Bob DeHoet

The Illinois Alliance for Arts Education (IAAE) has named the University Museum's Director of Museum Education, Bob DeHoet, as the recipient of its Public & Community Service Award "for dedicated service and or promotion of the arts in Illinois schools." Bob will be recognized at the annual Illinois Alliance for Art Education's Awards Ceremony on March 18, 2010 in Springfield where he will have a chance to speak briefly on his activities.

In addition to directing the Museum's education program, Bob coordinates the annual SIUC Arts Education Festival for Southern Illinois schools that brings 3,000 area elementary and middle school children to campus for experiences in the arts with campus and community artists and volunteers each April. Bob also teaches in the Museum Studies program that offers a minor for college students. Bob has been employed by the University Museum since 1991.

University Museum Will Loan Work to St.Louis Art Museum

The University Museum will be loaning its "Windmill and Two Bulls," an ink wash on paper, by artist Joe Jones to the St.Louis Art Museum's exhibition "Joe Jones: Painter of the American Scene," scheduled for October 10, 2010 to January 2, 2011 at SLAM.

"Windmill and Two Bulls," photograph courtesy of SIUC Photo Communications

Vaux Congratulates Lori

Congratulations to Museum Curator of Collections' Lori Huffman who recently completed 30 years of service to the Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Lori has served in a number of capacities, helping shape the University Museum into a modern, professional museum of which we can all be proud.

Vogel Collection Arrives

The long awaited gift of 50 works of art from the Herb and Dorothy Vogel Collection/National Gallery of Art has finally arrived. On hand for the unpacking of the collection were (left to right): Terry Scrogum, Executive Director of the Illinois Arts Council, Art Critic Mel Watkins who will curate the exhibit, Peter Chametzky, Director of the SIUC School of Art & Design, Dona Bachman, University Museum Director, Emil Spees, President of Carbondale Community Arts, and Nancy Stemper, Director of Carbondale Community Arts. The exhibit will be presented to the public in Fall 2010 as Carbondale Community Arts' 12th Biennial Art Show.

What's Ahead? A Year of Outstanding Photography

The 2009-2010 academic year will see six new exhibits featuring masters of photography. From pioneer photographers such as Jacob Riis and Edward Steichen to up and coming photographers like Jennifer Johns, from Steven Poster's meditative, large scale studies of the human scene caught in photographs, to Gary Kolb and Jay Needham's multi sensory exploration of Antarctica, you'll see hundreds of photographs. Masters of Photography from the Museum's Collection is on exhibit now and continues through May 2010.

Edward Steichen's photograph of Gloria Swanson, 1920

Ansel Adams Exhibit

January 24 – March 21, 2010, the University Museum will host the traveling exhibition, "Ansel Adams: The Man Who Captured the Earth's Beauty," from the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina. Because of the expense involved, there will be an admission fee of $5 per person; however, all secondary students and college students with a student I.D. will be admitted for free. The exhibit features twenty-five of his large scale photographs including his famous "Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California," © by the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust.

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