Parkland College > Fine & Applied Arts > Parkland Art Gallery > Special Events

SpecialEvents

Every year Parkland Art Gallery organizes a handful of special events that strive to connect the community to the art world. Every fall the Gallery coordinates the High School Art Seminar, an all-day event that invites area high school art teachers to bring their students to Parkland College to try out new materials and techniques. Parkland Art Gallery and Community Education collaborate each spring and fall on Art Expeditions to museums and galleries in the Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis areas. The Gallery frequently provides events for elementary and junior high school students, giving tours of the gallery and themed art projects. As an educational gallery, Parkland provides several outlets for students and community alike to learn from and be immersed in contemporary art.

NUNO FELTING workshop by Meredith Setser

Learn the fundamentals of Nuno felting to produce a lovely, lightweight scarf using colorful merino wool and silk gauze with visiting artist Meredith Setser. Nuno felting is a process of laminating wool fiber onto an open-woven fabric base such as china silk or muslin utilizing agitation and moisture, commonly used to produce garments and accessories. Supplies included.

Thursday, July 11, 1-4pm, Fee $50
Registration Deadline: July 3
Please register through Parkland College Community Education at 217-351-2055 or online here.

Summer Global Lens Film Series:

MODEST RECEPTION (Paziraie Sadeh)
Thu Jun 27, 6:30pm room C118
Director: Mani Haghighi
Iran | 2012 | 100 minutes
Farsi/Persian, with subtitles in English

SOUTHWEST (Sudoeste)
Thu Jul 18, 6:30pm room C118
Director: Eduardo Nunes
Brazil | 2011 | 128 minutes
Portuguese, with subtitles in English

STUDENT
Thu Aug 1, 6:30pm room C118
Director: Darezhan Omirbayev
Kazakhstan | 2012 | 90 minutes
Kazakh and Russian, with subtitles in English