Arts & Culture

Stop-motion animation takes forever,” Addie Snider, BA’12, says while laughing. At 200 to 300 frames per minute, eight hours of work equals about one minute of animation. And she loves…

“If the ancient Greeks had invented cinema, they’d have a temple like this,” director Peter Weir mused during his visit to the Indiana University Cinema. When Meryl Streep taught her…

IU Bloomington’s Lilly Library is home to an impressive collection of rare books and manuscripts, as well as other items that spark curiosity and wonder. In this video, you’ll get…

When Anita DeCastro, BA’09, MA’14, is on the pole, she says she feels invincible and powerful. You can see the strength in her arms and legs as she positions herself…

In late January 2016, a group of IU alumni returned to Bloomington, Ind., with cameras and a production crew in tow. For three weeks, Bloomington served as the backdrop for…

Seeing 1977’s Star Wars changed David West Reynolds’s life forever.   “(It) burst upon my imagination like nothing else I had ever experienced,” explains Reynolds, BA’88, of New Albany, Ind. “What bowled me over most of all was how real those exotic…

With a degree in criminal justice and experience in martial arts, it just makes sense that Jake Pierle, BA’14, became a superhero. When his fellow IU Bloomington classmates asked him…

Thanks to IU’s Virtual World Heritage Laboratory, it can. The Laboratory recently partnered with the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, to create high-resolution 3-D digital models of 1,250 Uffizi sculptures. The…

Pop in on artist Makenzie Kus, BA’07, at 2 a.m. just about any weekend, and you’ll find her still hard at work on her art, usually adding extra details, because…