2001 was the inaugural
year for the Spurlock Museum Guild Lecture and Performance Series.
Through the Series, three sets of events were held:
In March, the Series
sponsored a lecture by Natalia Krollau, Senior Scholar at the
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. The lecture was titled The
Hermitage Museum Collection & Mission: 200 Years of Endurance & Change.
In April, a series of
events were sponsored that celebrated African and African-American
culture. Chris Mhlanga and Irene Chigamba from Zimbabwe shared
the music and dance of their country with both local and regional
schoolchildren. They were joined by Chicago-based storyteller Linda
Gorham for an evening of stories and music entitled Ancestral Voices
on April 21st. |
Irene Chigamba and Chris Mhlanga |
Corrine Stavish
|
In August,
the Series sponsored a storytelling concert by Detroit-based storyteller
Corinne Stavish at Champaign Public Library. This program was part
of a weekend of events celebrating Jewish culture. In addition
to the library program, the weekend included school programs, a
storytelling workshop, and a festival at Sinai Temple combining
a performance by Stavish and music by the Maxwell Street Klezmer
Band.
 Performance
programs were
partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council,
a state agency.
|
