Artist Talk & Tour | Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie
Schedule
Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 10:30 am
UTC-05:00Location
Krannert Art Museum | Champaign, IL
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Join us for a special tour led by exhibiting artists from "Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie" (on view through July 2). Gain insights into their creative practice and research. Today's tour features Ryan Griffis (video), Melissa Pokorny (sculpture) and Stacey A. Robinson (graphic design).About the exhibition:
kam.illinois.edu/another-place
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Ryan Griffis works on large-scale collaborative projects that are focused on the ecology of the US Midwest. Combining art, pedagogy, design, creative writing, and documentary field work, his work follows the interdisciplinary field of political ecology, aiming to examine how and why economic structures and power relations drive environmental change. As an image maker and writer, he aims to produce works that produce knowledge and advocacy towards environmental justice and better relations amongst human and other-than-human communities. yangriffis.com
Melissa Pokorny’s sculptural installations merge lens-based images and textiles with traditional 3D materials and processes. Her conceptual sources lie in the natural world, landscape practices, and the vitality of nonhuman material life. Her process foregrounds collecting—found objects, unusual materials, nontraditional landscape images, and personal or utilitarian possessions. She combines these elements into assemblages that question how we know the world and how meaning forms through constructed relationships. The resulting formal and material interactions complicate and reveal the entangled complexities between multiple realities and worlds. melissapokorny.com
Stacey A. Robinson’s multimedia work addresses decolonized Black futures through collage, motion graphics, illustration, and DJing. The influence of science fiction, Black liberation politics, and comic books shape his practice and aesthetic philosophy, which emphasizes imagination, resilience, and cultural narrative. His collaborative projects include Black Kirby (with John Jennings), BLACKMAU (with Kamau Grantham), BSAM (the Black Speculative Arts Movement), and Darker Than Blue, a DJ quintet based in Champaign-Urbana, dedicated to sonic storytelling and collective joy. www.StaceyARobinson.com
"Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie" is made possible with support from the Campus Research Board and Frances P. Rohlen Visiting Artists Fund, College of Fine and Applied Arts. Krannert Art Museum acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
**Parking nearby is free after 5 pm and on weekends.**
Presented in conjunction with "Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie" exhibition (on view through July 2).
Made possible with support from the Campus Research Board and Frances P. Rohlen Visiting Artists Fund, College of Fine and Applied Arts. Krannert Art Museum acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
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KRANNERT ART MUSEUM
SPRING 2026 EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS
MARCH
• Mar 28, Knit & Sit! 1–3 pm
• Mar 30–Apr 3, Weeklong Residency with the Women’s Collective from Lota, Chile
APRIL
• Apr 2, SPEAK Café, 6–7:30 pm
• Apr 2, Performance | FOREST: Stories in Progress, 5:30 pm · Auditorium (KAM 62) · Part of Deke Weaver's "The Unreliable Bestiary" series.
• Apr 3, Artist Talk & Tour | Memories de la Mujer Lotina: Arpilleras, Women, and Coal in Chile, 10:30 am · Spanish & English.
• Apr 3, Noontime Panel | Memorias de la Mujer Lotina: Arpilleras, Women, and Coal in Chile, 12–1 pm · Auditorium (KAM 62) · Reception to follow. Spanish & English.
• Apr 9, Teen Night at the Art Museum & ArtSpeak Teen Art Showcase, 5–7:30 pm
• Apr 10–11, Boneyard Arts Festival & Moms Weekend visitors during open hours
• Apr 11, Improvisers Exchange: Sonic Location, 1–3 pm
• Apr 11, MFA Exhibition Opening Reception, 4–6 pm
• Apr 16, Curator Talk | Luis Muro Ynoñán, 5:30 pm · Auditorium (KAM 62) · Curator, The Field Museum · In conjunction with the Living Legacies of "Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600" exhibition.
• Apr 23, Visiting Art Historian | Sarah Gould, 5:30 pm · Auditorium (KAM 62)
MAY
• May 2, Artist Talk & Tour | Another Place: Storymaking the Entangled Prairie, 10:30 am
• May 7, FAA Finals Fest, 12–3:30 pm · For U of I students
• May 9, BFA Exhibition Opening Reception, 4–6 pm
• May 30, Acquired Taste Celebration! Benefit Party, 5:30–8:30 pm · Ticket sales ($150) benefit the museum.
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For event updates:
kam.illinois.edu/events
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We offer a variety of accessibility supports to help ensure visitors can fully participate. Contact us at [email protected] with any questions or to request accommodations.
Image: Detail of Brooke C. White, Oceans of Grasses series, 2025.
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