Department of Art

McDonough District Hospital and Western Illinois University have entered into an exhibition agreement that is designed to allow the art of students, faculty and selected works from the University Art collection to be displayed in the newly renovated lobby of the Hospital. The Hospital is nearing completion of a major [...]

Keith Holz, Associate Professor, Department of Art gave the keynote lecture for ‘The Great German Art Exhibitions 1937– 1944/45. International Conference on the Release of the Research Platform “Great German Art Research.” Die Großen Deutschen Kunstausstellungen 1937–1944/45. International Tagung zur Freischaltung der Forschungsplattform “GDK Research”
The conference was sponsored by the [...]

Bruce Walters has had a busy fall. Both Halloween Flight and Vultus: Projected Animation of Masks were on display in Dixon, IL from October 6 through October 30.
There were eight different projections of the Vultus in downtown Dixon including a rear-projection through front store windows projected on the whole sides of several prominent buildings [...]