Event Series Arts Week

Boom! Poetry Open Mic

East Peoria Campus, Academic Building, 3rd Floor, Student Lounge

Listen to students share their original poetry and writings at this open mic event and bring your own work to share.

Event Series Arts Week

Gallery Crawl

East Peoria Campus, Student Gallery 131D, Performing Arts Center Gallery, Gallery 336B

Visit the three galleries hosting both our 56th annual Faculty Art Exhibition and Juried Student Art Exhibition.

Event Series Arts Week

Student Short Film Festival

East Peoria Campus, Academic Building, 123A

Watch a variety of 10-minute or less short films created by former, current, and prospective ICC students at our Annual Student Short Film Festival. An awards Ceremony precedes the films.

Event Series Arts Week

Double Dutch Aerobics

East Peoria Campus, Academic Building, Lecture Recital Hall, 127F

Watch a demonstration of Double Dutch Aerobics, a fitness class that blends jumping rope with aerobic activity. Learn how to jump rope and enhance your jump rope skills while getting an aerobic workout.

Event Series Arts Week

The Clothesline Project

East Peoria Campus, Academic Building, Outside Library

Installation: The Clothesline Project, sponsored by The Center for Prevention of Abuse. Each t-shirt displayed was created by a Central Illinois survivor of violence or by a loved one who has lost someone to violence. Different colors represent different types of violence.

Event Series Arts Week

Famous Artwork Portraits: Selfie Station

East Peoria Campus, Academic Building, Skywalk by Library

Ever thought about what you would look like if Leonardo da Vinci had painted you as the Mona Lisa? What about American Gothic by Grant Wood or The Scream by Edvard Munch? Stop by and take some pictures of yourself as the subject in a famous piece of artwork.

Event Series Arts Week

Joe Chianakas: Why I Write – Exploring Queer Identity and Themes

East Peoria Campus, Academic Building, Lecture Recital Hall, 127F

Join Professor Joe Chianakas as he talks about his background and how his recent release, Singlets and Secrets, became a #1 bestseller in LGBTQ fiction. Professor Chianakas will share personal stories, tips and inspiration for creators, and the joys and challenges of writing and publishing queer fiction today.

Event Series Arts Week

Ceramics Class Open Studio Visit

East Peoria Campus, Academic Building, Ceramics Studio, 137F

Visit Adjunct Instructor Oliver Reed as he and his ceramics students demonstrate wheel throwing techniques. The large gas kiln in the kiln room will be unloaded, showing the contents of the reduction firing from Tuesday, April 16.

Event Series Arts Week

Student Short Film Festival

East Peoria Campus, Academic Building, Lecture Recital Hall, 127F

Watch films created by former, current, and prospective ICC students at our Annual Student Film Festival. The award for Fan Favorite from Wednesday’s Student Short Film Festival will be announced.

The Rocky Horror Show

East Peoria Campus, Performing Arts Center

Do the Time Warp with the ICC Theatre Department and Concord Theatricals' production of Richard O'Brien's cult classic The Rocky Horror Show. A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through the early 1960s, this musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple who get caught in a... Read more »