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  Experience KAM Art Exhibitions through U of I Library Guides

  Apr 14, 2016 2:45 pm91 views

  University of Illinois library staff at Ricker Library has created guides to recent art exhibitions at KAM. These tools will provide information on the artwork and artists featured in the museum's temporary exhibitions, including images, links to artist websites, and bibliographical suggestions for further investigation.

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  Student Review | Family Walk & Talk

  Mar 24, 2016 2:00 pm167 views

  Family Walk and Talk is designed to get families talking and engaging with art in the museum with the freedom of moving at their own pace. Family programs interns Aimee Schneider and Makayla May talk about the first event in February and invite families to the upcoming Family Walk & Talk on April 2.

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  Major Gifts from Local Donors Support KAM Initiative

  Jun 29, 2015 2:00 pm94 views

  Long time supporters of the arts at Illinois, Dick and Rosann Noel and Peter and Joan Hood, have made major gifts to support KAM's renovation efforts. As a result of their generosity, visitors will enjoy works of art from KAM's permanent collection in the "Rosann Gelvin Noel Gallery". In addition, hundreds of Champaign and Urbana elementary school students  and their teachers will participate in our groundbreaking education program, "Krannert Art Museum–Week at the Museum" (KAM–WAM) in the "Joan and Peter Hood Classroom". 

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  Volunteer | KAM to Offer New Class for Docents

  May 13, 2015 3:15 pm73 views

  Krannert Art Museum (KAM) volunteer docents lead tours of the museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions to pre K­–12 student and adult groups. They receive training on art history and teaching techniques. A new training class will begin in Fall 2015 to begin giving tours in January 2016. Applications are being accepted until June 15, 2015.

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  Education | Giertz Ed Center Readies for Summer

  May 11, 2015 2:45 pm43 views

  As the academic year winds down, educators are returning items to the Giertz Education Center that they borrowed earlier this semester. We love seeing and hearing the great ways teachers use the art objects and education materials they receive from the Center. 

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  Education | C-U Creativity with KAM-WAM

  May 4, 2015 1:30 pm82 views

  Kamila Glowacki and Heather Harris, members of the Krannert Art Museum Education team, give a fun inside look at the latest session Krannert Art Museum—Week at the Museum (KAM—WAM) with students from Robeson Elementary School in Champaign and Thomas Paine Elementary School in Urbana.