Chazen Museum of Art
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🎬 Cinematheque: "Soleil Ô" | 1970 | 102 min.
🗓️ TODAY | 🕠 2 p.m. | 📍 Chazen Auditorium
This landmark of anti-colonial cinema flips the colonial gaze to expose the hypocrisies of postcolonial France through the eyes of a West African immigrant looking for work in Paris (Robert Liensol).
🗓️ TODAY | 🕠 2 p.m. | 📍 Chazen Auditorium
This landmark of anti-colonial cinema flips the colonial gaze to expose the hypocrisies of postcolonial France through the eyes of a West African immigrant looking for work in Paris (Robert Liensol).
November 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🎬 Cinematheque: "Soleil Ô" | 1970 | 102 min.
🗓️ TODAY | 🕠 2 p.m. | 📍 Chazen Auditorium
This landmark of anti-colonial cinema flips the colonial gaze to expose the hypocrisies of postcolonial France through the eyes of a West African immigrant looking for work in Paris (Robert Liensol).
🗓️ TODAY | 🕠 2 p.m. | 📍 Chazen Auditorium
This landmark of anti-colonial cinema flips the colonial gaze to expose the hypocrisies of postcolonial France through the eyes of a West African immigrant looking for work in Paris (Robert Liensol).
🎨 Born today in 1897, John Steuart Curry, Regionalist painter and artist-in-residence at UW–Madison’s College of Agriculture, gave vivid voice to Midwestern life. His "Our Good Earth" (1942) embodied American resilience and hope.
#JohnSteuartCurry #WisconsinArt #ChazenMuseumofArt
#JohnSteuartCurry #WisconsinArt #ChazenMuseumofArt
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
🎨 Born today in 1897, John Steuart Curry, Regionalist painter and artist-in-residence at UW–Madison’s College of Agriculture, gave vivid voice to Midwestern life. His "Our Good Earth" (1942) embodied American resilience and hope.
#JohnSteuartCurry #WisconsinArt #ChazenMuseumofArt
#JohnSteuartCurry #WisconsinArt #ChazenMuseumofArt
📢 SUNDAY 11/16 | Drop-in Tour Centering Black Artists
🕔 12–1 p.m. | 📍Mead Witter Lobby
Explore powerful pieces by Black artists that reflect a range of voices, experiences, and artistic styles. Reserve a spot: https://loom.ly/iPgYIn4
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Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988), Circe, 1977
🕔 12–1 p.m. | 📍Mead Witter Lobby
Explore powerful pieces by Black artists that reflect a range of voices, experiences, and artistic styles. Reserve a spot: https://loom.ly/iPgYIn4
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Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988), Circe, 1977
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
📢 SUNDAY 11/16 | Drop-in Tour Centering Black Artists
🕔 12–1 p.m. | 📍Mead Witter Lobby
Explore powerful pieces by Black artists that reflect a range of voices, experiences, and artistic styles. Reserve a spot: https://loom.ly/iPgYIn4
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Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988), Circe, 1977
🕔 12–1 p.m. | 📍Mead Witter Lobby
Explore powerful pieces by Black artists that reflect a range of voices, experiences, and artistic styles. Reserve a spot: https://loom.ly/iPgYIn4
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Romare Bearden (American, 1911–1988), Circe, 1977
🗓️ WEDNESDAY | 🕠 5:30 p.m. | Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Smithsonian’s first choreographer-in-residence, brings conversation, performance & cultural insights to the Chazen. Featuring excerpts from Landscapes: A Tribute to Toshiko Takaezu. RSVPs appreciated: https://loom.ly/JkWFjPo
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🗓️ WEDNESDAY | 🕠 5:30 p.m. | Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Smithsonian’s first choreographer-in-residence, brings conversation, performance & cultural insights to the Chazen. Featuring excerpts from Landscapes: A Tribute to Toshiko Takaezu. RSVPs appreciated: https://loom.ly/JkWFjPo
🎉 Did you miss out on the Toshiko Takaezu exhibition celebration? We saved some pieces for you:
🍰 A livestream of Glenn Adamson's fascinating talk on Takaezu: https://loom.ly/N71bS1o
🍰 A lavishly illustrated exhibition catalog for sale in the Chazen Café.
Enjoy!
🍰 A livestream of Glenn Adamson's fascinating talk on Takaezu: https://loom.ly/N71bS1o
🍰 A lavishly illustrated exhibition catalog for sale in the Chazen Café.
Enjoy!
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🎉 Did you miss out on the Toshiko Takaezu exhibition celebration? We saved some pieces for you:
🍰 A livestream of Glenn Adamson's fascinating talk on Takaezu: https://loom.ly/N71bS1o
🍰 A lavishly illustrated exhibition catalog for sale in the Chazen Café.
Enjoy!
🍰 A livestream of Glenn Adamson's fascinating talk on Takaezu: https://loom.ly/N71bS1o
🍰 A lavishly illustrated exhibition catalog for sale in the Chazen Café.
Enjoy!
📢 Thurs. 11/13: Student Night at the Chazen: 'cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters' | 🕔 5–7 p.m. | 📍Mead Witter Lobby
Bring your friends! Explore the artworks on view, find what inspires you, and then make an assemblage you can take home!
Walk-ins are welcome. RSVP https://loom.ly/JnHxysk
Bring your friends! Explore the artworks on view, find what inspires you, and then make an assemblage you can take home!
Walk-ins are welcome. RSVP https://loom.ly/JnHxysk
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
📢 Thurs. 11/13: Student Night at the Chazen: 'cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters' | 🕔 5–7 p.m. | 📍Mead Witter Lobby
Bring your friends! Explore the artworks on view, find what inspires you, and then make an assemblage you can take home!
Walk-ins are welcome. RSVP https://loom.ly/JnHxysk
Bring your friends! Explore the artworks on view, find what inspires you, and then make an assemblage you can take home!
Walk-ins are welcome. RSVP https://loom.ly/JnHxysk
Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within is in Artnet's "8 Must-See Museum Shows Celebrating Overlooked Women Artists—it's on view at the Chazen through Dec. 23! Read about all the exhibitions here: https://loom.ly/HHwEGXg
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within is in Artnet's "8 Must-See Museum Shows Celebrating Overlooked Women Artists—it's on view at the Chazen through Dec. 23! Read about all the exhibitions here: https://loom.ly/HHwEGXg
SAVE THE DATE: Nov. 20, 5–7 p.m. 🎶
Sound artist + Worlds Within co-curator Leilehua Lanzilotti shares her video 'the sky in our hands, our hands in the sky' and gives a talk on the hidden soundscapes of Toshiko Takaezu’s ceramics. RSVP appreciated; walk-ins welcome: https://loom.ly/Bi1ALQE
Sound artist + Worlds Within co-curator Leilehua Lanzilotti shares her video 'the sky in our hands, our hands in the sky' and gives a talk on the hidden soundscapes of Toshiko Takaezu’s ceramics. RSVP appreciated; walk-ins welcome: https://loom.ly/Bi1ALQE
October 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
SAVE THE DATE: Nov. 20, 5–7 p.m. 🎶
Sound artist + Worlds Within co-curator Leilehua Lanzilotti shares her video 'the sky in our hands, our hands in the sky' and gives a talk on the hidden soundscapes of Toshiko Takaezu’s ceramics. RSVP appreciated; walk-ins welcome: https://loom.ly/Bi1ALQE
Sound artist + Worlds Within co-curator Leilehua Lanzilotti shares her video 'the sky in our hands, our hands in the sky' and gives a talk on the hidden soundscapes of Toshiko Takaezu’s ceramics. RSVP appreciated; walk-ins welcome: https://loom.ly/Bi1ALQE
UPCOMING: Tours for cuestiones caribeñas!
🗓️ Wednesday, Nov. 5 | 🕔 5 p.m. | in English, with Jorell Meléndez-Badillo | Tickets: https://loom.ly/XFmdIk4
🗓️ Thursday, Nov. 6 | 🕔 5 p.m. | en Español, con Meléndez-Badillo and y co-curador Aurora Santiago Ortiz | Boletas: https://loom.ly/Q_xtW5E
🗓️ Wednesday, Nov. 5 | 🕔 5 p.m. | in English, with Jorell Meléndez-Badillo | Tickets: https://loom.ly/XFmdIk4
🗓️ Thursday, Nov. 6 | 🕔 5 p.m. | en Español, con Meléndez-Badillo and y co-curador Aurora Santiago Ortiz | Boletas: https://loom.ly/Q_xtW5E
October 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
UPCOMING: Tours for cuestiones caribeñas!
🗓️ Wednesday, Nov. 5 | 🕔 5 p.m. | in English, with Jorell Meléndez-Badillo | Tickets: https://loom.ly/XFmdIk4
🗓️ Thursday, Nov. 6 | 🕔 5 p.m. | en Español, con Meléndez-Badillo and y co-curador Aurora Santiago Ortiz | Boletas: https://loom.ly/Q_xtW5E
🗓️ Wednesday, Nov. 5 | 🕔 5 p.m. | in English, with Jorell Meléndez-Badillo | Tickets: https://loom.ly/XFmdIk4
🗓️ Thursday, Nov. 6 | 🕔 5 p.m. | en Español, con Meléndez-Badillo and y co-curador Aurora Santiago Ortiz | Boletas: https://loom.ly/Q_xtW5E
The Chazen has been awash in creative scholars this week as we help host the 2025 conference for a2ru, a partnership of colleges and universities working to support interdisciplinary collaboration between the arts, sciences, and other disciplines. See: https://a2ru.org/about/
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Chazen has been awash in creative scholars this week as we help host the 2025 conference for a2ru, a partnership of colleges and universities working to support interdisciplinary collaboration between the arts, sciences, and other disciplines. See: https://a2ru.org/about/
Wishing Janine Yorimoto Boldt all the best as she steps into her new role as curator of American art at @palmermuseumofart in January 2026! Her scholarship, creativity, and care have left a lasting mark on the Chazen—we’re so proud and excited for her next chapter. ❤️
October 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Wishing Janine Yorimoto Boldt all the best as she steps into her new role as curator of American art at @palmermuseumofart in January 2026! Her scholarship, creativity, and care have left a lasting mark on the Chazen—we’re so proud and excited for her next chapter. ❤️
SAVE THE DATE: 🗓️ Nov. 12 | 🕠 5:30 p.m. | Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Smithsonian’s first choreographer-in-residence, brings conversation, performance & cultural insights to the Chazen. Featuring excerpts from Landscapes: A Tribute to Toshiko Takaezu. RSVPs appreciated: https://loom.ly/JkWFjPo
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
SAVE THE DATE: 🗓️ Nov. 12 | 🕠 5:30 p.m. | Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Smithsonian’s first choreographer-in-residence, brings conversation, performance & cultural insights to the Chazen. Featuring excerpts from Landscapes: A Tribute to Toshiko Takaezu. RSVPs appreciated: https://loom.ly/JkWFjPo
📢 SAVE THE DATE: Sip 'n' Shop Holiday Art Market
🗓️ Thursday, Dec. 4 | 🕒 3–7 p.m.
Ten local artists and artisans will offer their unique creations just in time for your holiday shopping! Wine, beer, and other festive beverages will be on sale in the Chazen Café as well. Mark your calendars!
🗓️ Thursday, Dec. 4 | 🕒 3–7 p.m.
Ten local artists and artisans will offer their unique creations just in time for your holiday shopping! Wine, beer, and other festive beverages will be on sale in the Chazen Café as well. Mark your calendars!
October 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📢 SAVE THE DATE: Sip 'n' Shop Holiday Art Market
🗓️ Thursday, Dec. 4 | 🕒 3–7 p.m.
Ten local artists and artisans will offer their unique creations just in time for your holiday shopping! Wine, beer, and other festive beverages will be on sale in the Chazen Café as well. Mark your calendars!
🗓️ Thursday, Dec. 4 | 🕒 3–7 p.m.
Ten local artists and artisans will offer their unique creations just in time for your holiday shopping! Wine, beer, and other festive beverages will be on sale in the Chazen Café as well. Mark your calendars!
🗓️ TODAY | 🕑 2 p.m. | Chazen Auditorium | Free
Cinematheque presents The Bigamist ( 1953, 80 min.). Groundbreaking filmmaker Ida Lupino explores loneliness, moral failure, and hidden desperation in 1950s domestic life with depth and sensitivity. Details: https://loom.ly/vNMDm4c
Cinematheque presents The Bigamist ( 1953, 80 min.). Groundbreaking filmmaker Ida Lupino explores loneliness, moral failure, and hidden desperation in 1950s domestic life with depth and sensitivity. Details: https://loom.ly/vNMDm4c
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🗓️ TODAY | 🕑 2 p.m. | Chazen Auditorium | Free
Cinematheque presents The Bigamist ( 1953, 80 min.). Groundbreaking filmmaker Ida Lupino explores loneliness, moral failure, and hidden desperation in 1950s domestic life with depth and sensitivity. Details: https://loom.ly/vNMDm4c
Cinematheque presents The Bigamist ( 1953, 80 min.). Groundbreaking filmmaker Ida Lupino explores loneliness, moral failure, and hidden desperation in 1950s domestic life with depth and sensitivity. Details: https://loom.ly/vNMDm4c
Today, 5 PM at the Chazen: David F. Walker & Marcus Kwame Anderson on their graphic novel 'Big Jim and the White Boy,' in conversation with Drs. Brittney Edmonds & Melanie Herzog about Jim’s legacy in 'Huckleberry Finn.' With Go Big Read & Wisconsin Book Festival. Info: https://loom.ly/WgvpNxk
October 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today, 5 PM at the Chazen: David F. Walker & Marcus Kwame Anderson on their graphic novel 'Big Jim and the White Boy,' in conversation with Drs. Brittney Edmonds & Melanie Herzog about Jim’s legacy in 'Huckleberry Finn.' With Go Big Read & Wisconsin Book Festival. Info: https://loom.ly/WgvpNxk
🍊Orange you glad the Chazen's new wall calendars are here? They run from now until December 2026 and they're free! Ask for one at the front desk and see if you can detect a theme.
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🍊Orange you glad the Chazen's new wall calendars are here? They run from now until December 2026 and they're free! Ask for one at the front desk and see if you can detect a theme.
SAVE THE DATE: Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration and Discussion with Nyosen Nakamura Sensei | In conj. w/Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within
🗓️Oct. 31 | 🕠 5:30–6:30 p.m. | Mead Witter Lobby
Registration recommended, walk-ins welcome as space allows: https://loom.ly/10G3kUM
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🗓️Oct. 31 | 🕠 5:30–6:30 p.m. | Mead Witter Lobby
Registration recommended, walk-ins welcome as space allows: https://loom.ly/10G3kUM
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October 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
SAVE THE DATE: Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration and Discussion with Nyosen Nakamura Sensei | In conj. w/Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within
🗓️Oct. 31 | 🕠 5:30–6:30 p.m. | Mead Witter Lobby
Registration recommended, walk-ins welcome as space allows: https://loom.ly/10G3kUM
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🗓️Oct. 31 | 🕠 5:30–6:30 p.m. | Mead Witter Lobby
Registration recommended, walk-ins welcome as space allows: https://loom.ly/10G3kUM
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📢 Help Fill the Hill! 🦩🦩🦩
It's only Friday morning and you've already added 18 more flamingos to Bascom Hill! Many thanks to you for supporting the Chazen's mission.
Give until 5 p.m. today at https://loom.ly/gOp8tCg
It's only Friday morning and you've already added 18 more flamingos to Bascom Hill! Many thanks to you for supporting the Chazen's mission.
Give until 5 p.m. today at https://loom.ly/gOp8tCg
October 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
📢 Help Fill the Hill! 🦩🦩🦩
It's only Friday morning and you've already added 18 more flamingos to Bascom Hill! Many thanks to you for supporting the Chazen's mission.
Give until 5 p.m. today at https://loom.ly/gOp8tCg
It's only Friday morning and you've already added 18 more flamingos to Bascom Hill! Many thanks to you for supporting the Chazen's mission.
Give until 5 p.m. today at https://loom.ly/gOp8tCg
📢 IT'S HERE 🗓️ Oct. 9–10 | Fill the Hill 🦩🦩🦩
Fill the Hill kicks off at 5 p.m. today, when every gift to the Chazen adds another pink flamingo to Bascom Hill—and more importantly, supports our mission.
Give until 5 p.m. tomorrow at https://uwflamingos.com/campaign/chazen-museum/
Fill the Hill kicks off at 5 p.m. today, when every gift to the Chazen adds another pink flamingo to Bascom Hill—and more importantly, supports our mission.
Give until 5 p.m. tomorrow at https://uwflamingos.com/campaign/chazen-museum/
October 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📢 IT'S HERE 🗓️ Oct. 9–10 | Fill the Hill 🦩🦩🦩
Fill the Hill kicks off at 5 p.m. today, when every gift to the Chazen adds another pink flamingo to Bascom Hill—and more importantly, supports our mission.
Give until 5 p.m. tomorrow at https://uwflamingos.com/campaign/chazen-museum/
Fill the Hill kicks off at 5 p.m. today, when every gift to the Chazen adds another pink flamingo to Bascom Hill—and more importantly, supports our mission.
Give until 5 p.m. tomorrow at https://uwflamingos.com/campaign/chazen-museum/
Don't miss the exhibition celebration today for Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within!
🕔5 p.m.: Talk by exhibition co-curator Glenn Adamson
🕕6 p.m.: Reception with free appetizers, a cash bar, and a chance to explore the exhibition
👀See you here!
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📷 Macario Timbal
🕔5 p.m.: Talk by exhibition co-curator Glenn Adamson
🕕6 p.m.: Reception with free appetizers, a cash bar, and a chance to explore the exhibition
👀See you here!
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📷 Macario Timbal
October 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Don't miss the exhibition celebration today for Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within!
🕔5 p.m.: Talk by exhibition co-curator Glenn Adamson
🕕6 p.m.: Reception with free appetizers, a cash bar, and a chance to explore the exhibition
👀See you here!
____________
📷 Macario Timbal
🕔5 p.m.: Talk by exhibition co-curator Glenn Adamson
🕕6 p.m.: Reception with free appetizers, a cash bar, and a chance to explore the exhibition
👀See you here!
____________
📷 Macario Timbal
👀Heading up north? Fall weekends are ideal for leaf-looking🍁and art-looking too🖼️! Check out wisconsinartdestinations.com for art museum travel itineraries throughout the state, and learn how to get your very own artist-designed tee shirt! (Hint: visit the Chazen as your first step 🙂)
October 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
👀Heading up north? Fall weekends are ideal for leaf-looking🍁and art-looking too🖼️! Check out wisconsinartdestinations.com for art museum travel itineraries throughout the state, and learn how to get your very own artist-designed tee shirt! (Hint: visit the Chazen as your first step 🙂)
Elisa Frühauf Garcia, professor of history at the Fluminense Federal University–Brazil, will speak on 'The Return of the Tupinambá Cloak: Indigenous Art, Memory, and Politics' at 5 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Chazen's auditorium.
Details https://loom.ly/3W97FgQ
Details https://loom.ly/3W97FgQ
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Elisa Frühauf Garcia, professor of history at the Fluminense Federal University–Brazil, will speak on 'The Return of the Tupinambá Cloak: Indigenous Art, Memory, and Politics' at 5 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Chazen's auditorium.
Details https://loom.ly/3W97FgQ
Details https://loom.ly/3W97FgQ
We're pleased to welcome three talented graduate students—Richard Ellis, Tarah Connolly, and Xiaoyan Jiang—to the Chazen this year as a public engagement fellow and project assistants. 🔗Follow the link to learn about their work, interests, and goals: https://loom.ly/eqSBDYI
September 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We're pleased to welcome three talented graduate students—Richard Ellis, Tarah Connolly, and Xiaoyan Jiang—to the Chazen this year as a public engagement fellow and project assistants. 🔗Follow the link to learn about their work, interests, and goals: https://loom.ly/eqSBDYI
📢COMING UP: Celebration for Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within
🗓️Wednesday 10/8 | 🕔 5–7 p.m. |Hear a talk by co-curator Glenn Adamson, enjoy a public reception, and tour the exhibition!
Free and open to all. RSVPs appreciated, walk-ins welcome: details at https://chazen.wisc.edu/events
🗓️Wednesday 10/8 | 🕔 5–7 p.m. |Hear a talk by co-curator Glenn Adamson, enjoy a public reception, and tour the exhibition!
Free and open to all. RSVPs appreciated, walk-ins welcome: details at https://chazen.wisc.edu/events
September 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📢COMING UP: Celebration for Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within
🗓️Wednesday 10/8 | 🕔 5–7 p.m. |Hear a talk by co-curator Glenn Adamson, enjoy a public reception, and tour the exhibition!
Free and open to all. RSVPs appreciated, walk-ins welcome: details at https://chazen.wisc.edu/events
🗓️Wednesday 10/8 | 🕔 5–7 p.m. |Hear a talk by co-curator Glenn Adamson, enjoy a public reception, and tour the exhibition!
Free and open to all. RSVPs appreciated, walk-ins welcome: details at https://chazen.wisc.edu/events
📢 Student Night at the Chazen: Worlds Within
🕔 5–7 p.m. | 🗓️ Thursday, 10/16 | Mead Witter Lobby
Bring a group of friends, or meet some new faces, at our FREE student-only event celebrating the Toshiko Takaezu show, with hands-on artmaking that you can take home! RSVP: https://loom.ly/7Jfxi1c
🕔 5–7 p.m. | 🗓️ Thursday, 10/16 | Mead Witter Lobby
Bring a group of friends, or meet some new faces, at our FREE student-only event celebrating the Toshiko Takaezu show, with hands-on artmaking that you can take home! RSVP: https://loom.ly/7Jfxi1c
September 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
📢 Student Night at the Chazen: Worlds Within
🕔 5–7 p.m. | 🗓️ Thursday, 10/16 | Mead Witter Lobby
Bring a group of friends, or meet some new faces, at our FREE student-only event celebrating the Toshiko Takaezu show, with hands-on artmaking that you can take home! RSVP: https://loom.ly/7Jfxi1c
🕔 5–7 p.m. | 🗓️ Thursday, 10/16 | Mead Witter Lobby
Bring a group of friends, or meet some new faces, at our FREE student-only event celebrating the Toshiko Takaezu show, with hands-on artmaking that you can take home! RSVP: https://loom.ly/7Jfxi1c