“No trophy, no cake” in Murray Gallery

LLCC’s James S. Murray Gallery is featuring the print exhibit “no trophy, no cake” by Felicia Cannon starting through Dec. 13. The public is invited to view the exhibit weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

print by Cannon“Abstracting place comes from my relationship to home. It comes from the thought of home rather than the exactness of home. I think about the colors and temperatures of the region. Florida, my home for 22 years, hosts many sun-bleached colors that permeate my palette. They represent the place where I grew up and a place that I never escape,” explains Cannon. “The image can function more as poetry, with multiple layers of meaning and intent. It encourages awareness and raises questions rather than prescribing conclusive answers.”

Cannon earned her bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University and her master’s degree in printmaking from Illinois State University. She is proficient in several printmaking applications and has been featured in exhibitions in Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri, Nebraska and Wyoming.

“no trophy, no cake” opens in Murray Gallery today

LLCC’s James S. Murray Gallery features the print exhibit “no trophy, no cake” by Felicia Cannon starting today through Dec. 13. The public is invited to view the exhibit weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

print by Cannon“I make images of architectural spaces and objects in perspective from hand-printed patterns and textures. I use value and color relationships to make shapes that are recognizable as volumetric, but cannot be pinned down to representation. I deconstruct and reconstruct these shapes to orchestrate my own interpretation of place,” explains Cannon.

“Abstracting place comes from my relationship to home. It comes from the thought of home rather than the exactness of home. I think about the colors and temperatures of the region. Florida, my home for 22 years, hosts many sun-bleached colors that permeate my palette. They represent the place where I grew up and a place that I never escape,” she adds. “The image can function more as poetry, with multiple layers of meaning and intent. It encourages awareness and raises questions rather than prescribing conclusive answers.”

Cannon earned her bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University and her master’s degree in printmaking from Illinois State University. She is proficient in several printmaking applications and has been featured in exhibitions in Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri, Nebraska and Wyoming.

JACK’d will perform Friday, Nov. 23

November and December performances by faculty and students in LLCC’s music program continue Friday, Nov. 23. JACK’d, a jazz combo featuring Jason Waddell, LLCC professor of music, and LLCC students Emma Bachman and Emily Miller will perform from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Festival of Trees in the Orr Building, Illinois State Fairgrounds.

View other upcoming LLCC Music performances.

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LLCC Big Band and Choir perform Sunday

November and December performances by faculty and students in LLCC’s music program kick off Sunday, Nov. 18 with the LLCC Big Band performing “There’s Something Goin’ on in Bethlehem.” The performance begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Festival of Trees in the Orr Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. A performance by the LLCC Choir follows at 1 p.m.

Other upcoming performances include:

  • Friday, Nov. 23 – JACK’d, a jazz combo featuring Jason Waddell, LLCC professor of music, and LLCC students Emma Bachman and Emily Miller, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Festival of Trees, Orr Building, Illinois State Fairgrounds
  • Tuesday, Nov. 27 – Christmas concert by the Capital Area Concert Band and LLCC Band students, 7 p.m., Trutter Center
  • Wednesday, Nov. 28 – LLCC Student Honors Recital, 7 p.m., Menard Hall, Room 2250
  • Monday, Dec. 3 – LLCC Big Band, 7 p.m., White Oaks Mall Food Court
  • Sunday, Dec. 9 – Christmas Cantata by LLCC Choir and combined church choirs, accompanied by full orchestra, 9 and 10:30 a.m. services, First United Methodist Church, 2941 S. Koke Mill Road, Springfield
  • Thursday, Dec. 13 – “Pristine Piano,” a performance by Jane Hartman, LLCC professor of music and LLCC students, 7 p.m., Menard Hall, Room 2250

LLCC Music announces performance series, which begins Sunday

November and December performances by faculty and students in LLCC’s music program kick off Sunday, Nov. 18 with the LLCC Big Band performing “There’s Something Goin’ on in Bethlehem.” The performance begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Festival of Trees in the Orr Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. A performance by the LLCC Choir follows at 1 p.m.

Other upcoming performances include:

  • Friday, Nov. 23 – JACK’d, a jazz combo featuring Jason Waddell, LLCC professor of music, and LLCC students Emma Bachman and Emily Miller, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Festival of Trees, Orr Building, Illinois State Fairgrounds
  • Tuesday, Nov. 27 – Christmas concert by the Capital Area Concert Band and LLCC Band students, 7 p.m., Trutter Center
  • Wednesday, Nov. 28 – LLCC Student Honors Recital, 7 p.m., Menard Hall, Room 2250
  • Monday, Dec. 3 – LLCC Big Band, 7 p.m., White Oaks Mall Food Court
  • Sunday, Dec. 9 – Christmas Cantata by LLCC Choir and combined church choirs, accompanied by full orchestra, 9 and 10:30 a.m. services, First United Methodist Church, 2941 S. Koke Mill Road, Springfield
  • Thursday, Dec. 13 – “Pristine Piano,” a performance by Jane Hartman, LLCC professor of music and LLCC students, 7 p.m., Menard Hall, Room 2250

Film showing of “Enemy” today at 6 p.m.

The Arts and Humanities Department at Lincoln Land Community College presents Tuesday Night at the Movies
The LLCC Arts and Humanities Department invites the public to a free film and discussion series entitled, “Tuesday Nights at the Movies.” The next film showing will be of “Enemy” today, Nov. 13, at 6 p.m. in Menard Hall, Room 2209.

Nov. 13: “Enemy” (2013)– “Enemy,” a thriller directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted from author José Saramago’s 2002 postmodern novel “The Double,” stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a Toronto-area college professor. He is a somber man, largely because he is stuck in a routine with work and home life, which includes a relationship with his live-in girlfriend, Mary. While watching a movie, he spots an actor in a part that looks like him. He becomes obsessed with finding out about this double. Villeneuve’s surreal film explores themes of authoritarianism and freedom as well as masculinity and marriage.

Other films in the series will include “Silence” (2016) on Feb. 12 and “Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids” (2004) on March 19. Read more about these films.

The films will be hosted by Dr. Deborah BrothersJohn Paul Jaramillo and Cara Swafford, professors of English; Joseph Hoff, professor of Spanish; and  LLCC students.