Do you know someone who would be interested in learning how to use Photoshop? Laura Anderson, assistant professor of art, will be teaching Intro to Photoshop as a LateStart course, which begins Monday, Oct. 19. This course is just one of the many classes students can take in eight weeks! For more information, visit www.llcc.edu/latestart.
Category Archives: Arts and Communication
Laurie Lewis-Fritz to present at conference
Laurie Lewis-Fritz, instructor of music, has been invited to present at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Central Region Conference to held virtually Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2020. Her presentation, “Something Wonderful: Enhancing the Performance of Musical Theater Songs Through Analysis,” will be part of the crNATS Talks portion of the conference.
Leslie Stalter in the community
Leslie Stalter, professor of art, has sculpted a butter cow, “Quarantina,” for the Illinois Times Miniature Butter Cow Contest, and voting is now open! You can view all the entries and place your vote on the IT website through Aug. 31 at 2:01 p.m.
“My students will tell you I’m a little bit obsessed with the fair’s butter cow,” says Leslie. “Quarantina is ready for anything this epidemic throws her way.”
View the making of a miniature butter cow:
You are invited to join the LLCC Choir!
The LLCC Choir (MUS 110-01) will be meeting in the flex modality this fall semester, with in-person meetings occurring on Mondays and Wednesdays, 2-2:30 p.m. in Sangamon Hall (Rooms 0014 and 0015), and a remote meeting occurring on Fridays, 2-2:50 p.m. People will be placed 10-16 feet apart and required to wear masks for in-person meetings. LLCC employees interested in participating can also do so fully remotely, if preferred.
The upcoming concert, titled “Together,” includes repertoire that focuses on what the word “together” means, the longing for it and how we get there. It will be distributed as a video and is already shaping up to be an exciting collaboration across multiple areas!
Contact Laurie Lewis-Fritz at laurie.lewis-fritz@llcc.edu for additional information.
Lincoln Land Review
The 2020 Lincoln Land Review is now available. It includes student-produced essays, poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction and artworks from the past year.
Creativity in remote learning
“We’ve all done what we do best, which is coloring outside the lines,” says Laura Anderson, assistant professor of art, in this video, “Creativity in remote learning.”
Teaching graphic arts online
How do you teach graphic arts online? Thom Whalen, professor of art, demonstrates in this video!
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LLCC online music classes
Laurie Lewis-Fritz, instructor of music, shares how LLCC music classes are adjusting well to online instruction! Check out how she is leading the LLCC choir, private applied voice and private applied piano classes.
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Laura Anderson, Leslie Stalter and Thom Whalen featured in Monmouth art exhibit
Laura Anderson, Leslie Stalter and Thom Whalen, professors of art, have artwork featured in the “Fragility of the Sacred and Sin Eaters” exhibit at Buchanan Center for the Arts in Monmouth. The exhibit is open through Feb. 28. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“A Year in the Life of Chris Britt” opens today in Murray Gallery
The James S. Murray Gallery at LLCC is hosting the exhibit “A Year in the Life of Chris Britt” from Jan. 13-Feb. 14. The public is invited to view the exhibit, which features Britt’s editorial cartoons, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gallery is located on the upper level of Menard Hall.
The exhibit features a selection of cartoons, which draw attention to some of the key events and issues in the recent past. They showcase Britt’s powerful and thought-provoking navigation through the landscape of American politics.
Britt has been challenging and entertaining readers with his editorial cartoons since 1991. His award-winning work offers commentary on national and international events. His work runs weekly in the Illinois Times, and he has worked as a cartoonist at The State Journal-Register, The Seattle Times, the Sacramento Union, the Houston Post and The News Tribune of Tacoma, Wash. Britt won first place for editorial cartooning from the Washington Press Association in 1995, the National Press Foundation’s Berryman Award as editorial cartoonist of the year in 1994 and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial cartooning from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2009. His cartoons have been published in Newsweek, Newsweek Japan, Time Magazine, U.S. News and World Report, The New York Times, The Washington Post and USA Today. They have also been aired on CNN’s Inside Politics, MSNBC, Fox News and ABC’s Good Morning America.