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Opening Night at the Museum
Krannert Art Museum
500 E. Peabody Dr.
Champaign, Illinois 61820
(217) 244-0745
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Celebrate the opening of Centering Clay: Connection and Innovation in American Studio Ceramics, meet our new Director Stephanie Smith, and experience the first late night of the semester. Enjoy new exhibitions, live music, and a dance party in the galleries.
5:00 pm – Art on view and live music by Ther’Up.Y
6:00 pm – Director and curator remarks in the Link Gallery
6:30–7:30 pm – Dance party with DJ KamauMau
8:00 pm – Museum stays open until 8 pm
Centering Clay features art from the museum’s collection, including work by Katherine Choy, Richard DeVore, Donald Frith, Vivika and Otto Heino, Marvin Lipofsky, Gertrud and Otto Natzler, Don Pilcher, Jerry Rothman, and Peter Voulkos.
The museum is free and open to everyone!