Venues

Asian American Cultural Center

Asian American Cultural Center 1210 West Nevada Street, MC-149, Urbana, IL, United States

Featuring Tracey Jen & Kelsie Choy! Friday: The AACC will host an open gallery and pre-exhibition viewing of Tracey Jen's showcase featuring her Asian Food Landscape Paintings. Saturday: The AACC's primary exhibit will spotlight and feature Tracey Jen, a second-generation Taiwanese-American artist from Purdue University, hosting an artist talk and showcase of her Asian Food Landscape Paintings. These highly intricate

Urbana Free Library

The Urbana Free Library 210 West Green Street, Urbana, IL, United States

Featuring Red Herring Writers, CU BIPOC Artist Collective, & USD #116 Elementary School Art Exhibit! Writers from the Red Herring Fiction Workshop (Champaign-Urbana’s longest-running writing workshop) will share their work, with a rich variety of creative writing styles and topics included. The Red Herring Fiction Workshop has been meeting since 1980. They currently meet at the Champaign Public Library at

Champaign Public Library

Champaign Public Library 200 W Green St, Champaign, IL, United States

The Champaign-Urbana Spinners and Weavers Guild will be showing all the steps in the Spinning and Weaving process as a part of the Boneyard Arts Festival. In addition, other fiber arts including knitting, crochet, felting, and more will be shown. "Space! The Milky Way, Two Ways": Lobby installation by Adriane Binky Donley. Friday, April 12th: 9am–6pm Saturday, April 13th: 9am-6pm

Cloud Mountain Kombucha

Cloud Mountain Kombucha 300 S Broadway Ave, Suite 142, Urbana, IL, United States

Featuring Claire Daly (Photography), Katye Newhouse (Acrylic), Ellerie Ambrose (Found Object | Themed Display Artistry), Carlie Upchurch (DJ), Jason Mack | Mack Glass (Glassblowing), Macy McCall | TwinFringe (Macramé and Weaving), and  Tom Duggan (Acoustic Indie-Pop) CLICK HERE for full details! Katye Newhouse, aka KtKannibal, will be showing a mix of acrylic paintings focusing on portraiture and storytelling. Additionally Prism

Market Place Shopping Center

Market Place Shopping Center 2000 N. Neil St., Champaign, IL, United States

Artwork showcasing the thriving visual arts program in Champaign Unit 4 schools will be on display at Market Place Shopping Center. April 10-29 during mall hours (Monday-Thursday 11am-7pm, Friday & Saturday 11am-8pm, Sunday 12pm-6pm). Friday, April 12th: 11am-8pm Saturday, April 13th: 11am-8pm Sunday, April 14th: 12-6pm

Champaign County History Museum

Champaign County History Museum 102 E. University Avenue, Champaign, IL, United States

Featuring CU Sketchers and Curtis Morris from the Museum's permanent collection! Sketching CU by CU Sketchers: An exhibit of watercolor and mixed media works by various artists. Curtis Morris: A History Through Lines. Downtown Champaign pen & ink landscapes and other drawings by Curtis Morris, a long-time employee of the G.R. Grubb Engraving Company. Friday, 4/12: 1-7pm Saturday, 4/13: 10am-7pm

Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center

Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, United States

Visit the Independent Media Center to take in “Coming Home.” The show will feature collages, prints and poetry created by participants in the Self-Care Writing Workshop Series led by Dr. Meadow Jones. The show will also include art submitted by community members on the theme, which encompasses issues of being unhoused, housed, being home, coming home, and being welcome or

Boneyard Creek Crossing

Boneyard Creek Crossing 395 Race St., Urbana, IL, United States

"Flowing Connections” Let's embrace the character of our local waterways with an art walk along the Boneyard Creek at the Crossing in Downtown Urbana. Selected artists have been asked to create works of art surrounding the theme of "Flowing Connections" using a provided piece of plywood and their imaginations! Artists were encouraged to use the material to create installations that

The Urbana Dance Company

The Urbana Dance Company 122 W Main St, Urbana, IL, United States

Friday, April 12 Latin Dance Night! 8:00 - 9:00 Bachata Lesson with Maria Teresa Star Dancer from Chicago! 9:00 - Midnight Social with IDEAL DJ WESJILES $10 entrance Cash, Card, Venmo All Ages Welcome Saturday, April 13 Sensual Bachata Workshop with Maria Teresa! level 1 & 2 1:00 - 2:30p level 2 & 3 2:45 - 4:15p $25 per workshop

Interdisciplinary Institute LLC

Cohen Building 136 Main, Urbana, IL, United States

Saturday April 13th 11am-3pm, 7pm-12:30am Sunday April 14th 10am-3pm, 7-10pm   SCHEDULE  Saturday April 13th 11am-3pm  Will Krauland “Meshes” Art Exhibit Opening Reception (Visiting Artist-In-Residence)* 12:30-2pm Will Krauland Live Performance followed by Meet & Greet (1:30-2PM) 7pm-12am Fashion Runway Show X Electronic Music - CFE, TFN, EMC, Spin Society & 0x01000111 Late Night Performance   Sunday April 14th 10am-3pm Will Krauland “Meshes”

Meadowbrook Interpretive Center

Meadowbrook Interpretive Center 2808 S. Race Street, Urbana, IL, United States

Tim Summerville at the Meadowbrook Interpretive Center (MIC) Tim Summerville's welded steel sculpture titled "Life on the Prairie" is the inspiration for over 60 2D works of art by young artists from the district's SPLASH program. Tim will be on hand for an open house showing his works and process for welding large-scale steel sculptures. Live Demo: Sculptor Tim Summerville

PostMark Urbana: Boneyard Edition

PostMark Urbana 201 W. Main St., Urbana, IL, United States

40 North and Urbana Arts & Culture Program are delivering good times at PostMark Urbana: Boneyard Edition! This event will feature children’s activities from Joyful Bubbles, Aaron’s Party Balloons, and Urbana Park District’s Urvana Mobile Recreation Unit as well as live painting and music from DJ Stacey Robinson of BLACKMAU and Chris Chism & The Copper Creek Band! Boneyard quick guides will

Raff Co. Clothing

Raff Co. Clothing 14 E Washington Street, Champaign, IL, United States

Formerly online-only, Raff Co. Clothing is excited to introduce its first physical shop in downtown Champaign! During the Boneyard Arts Festival, Allegra is offering a drop-in COMMUNITY MENDING WORKSHOP. Bring clothing you want to mend or alter. Celebrate this creative, sustainability-minded community while availing yourself of my mending supplies and expertise. Guidance and snacks provided in a relaxed, judgment-free environment.

Champaign Urbana Community Fab Lab

Fab Lab 1301 S. Goodwin Ave. Art Annex 2, Urbana, IL, United States

The CU Community Fab Lab is excited to host “The Art of Games” for the 2024 Boneyard Festival. Local artists and game designers from CUDO Plays will have the opportunity to showcase their art which makes games come to life. Additionally, there will be family friendly activities and an opportunity to learn what the CUC Fab Lab is all about!

Illini Hillel Cohen Center for Jewish Life at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Hillel 503 E John St, Champaign, IL, United States

Illini Hillel is thrilled to once again exhibit art from several different Jewish student artists. Visitors can enjoy art in a variety of mediums from multimedia to digital art to stained and blown glass and jewelry. Featured artists: Orev Bartov Ian Copple Rebecca Goldberg Jess Gruettner Avi Hessel Sarah Kahn Maxine Katz Tali Zacks Sunday, April 14th, 11am-2pm