Winning 2019 holiday cards designed by Art and Design students
NIU President Lisa Freeman has selected student artwork to showcase the incredible talent that NIU students possess. Of the entries submitted for consideration, three were selected and the artists received scholarships for their winning designs. Their work will be...
NIU Art Museum opens School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial exhibition Jan. 14
The NIU Art Museum’s School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial exhibition opens Tuesday, January 14 with a public reception on Thursday, January 23 from 5-7 p.m. Shown every two years, this invitational exhibit features recent artwork and scholarship by current...
Ina Murphy’s long, interesting route from Moldova to the School of Art and Design
For Ina Murphy, a summer job in the Wisconsin Dells changed the course of her life in many unexpected and exciting ways. Ina grew up in Moldova, in eastern Europe, where her love of animation got an unlikely start. Part of the legacy of the years her native country...
Yuko Asada featured in Trinidad and Tobago news for Steelpan trip to Thailand
The School of Music's Yuko Asada was featured in the November 28 edition of the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, for her upcoming trip to Thailand. Asada is musical instrument technician at NIU where she directs the NIU Community School of the Arts Steelband and...
Theatre and Dance alumna Mary Holland to voice a droid on Disney’s new Star Wars series
Mary Holland, a 2007 graduate of the BFA Acting program in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance will star in a new Star Wars television show on Disney+ beginning in 2020. Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge is a game show set in a galaxy far, far away, will test young...
NIU School of Music faculty, staff, alumni and students nominated for Grammy Awards
The nominations are out for the the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, and the list includes current NIU School of Music faculty, staff, alumni and students! The ceremony will be held Sunday, January 26 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Dan Nichols, Head of Recording Services...
NIU Music Education hosts “Summit on Educating Through Music in Urban Areas” Nov. 22 and 23
The NIU School of Music's Music Education program will host the two-day event, "Summit on Educating Through Music in Urban Areas," Friday, November 22 and Saturday, November 23. All sessions will be held in Music Building room 171. There is no registration required....
Avalon String Quartet to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th with six concerts
The Avalon String Quartet will present the complete Beethoven Quartet cycle over six concerts, beginning December 6, 2019 and running through December 2020, in celebration of Beethoven’s 250th year. In many ways, the Beethoven cycle is the ultimate goal for any...
School of Music’s Gregory Beyer to receive Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award
Gregory Beyer and Sean Farrell have been selected as the recipients of the 2019 Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award. Established in 2015, the award recognizes outstanding graduate faculty members for their scholarly achievements and exceptional contributions to...
Art History presents lecture on emotion in late Imperial Chinese painting
Anne Burkus-Chasson, professor of art history and East Asian culture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign presents her talk, "Sentimental Histories: Chen Hongshu (1598-1652) and the representation of emotion in late Imperial Chinese Painting" as part of the...
Sculpture, found percussion, and composition meet in The Himmelfarb Project
Earlier this fall, a group of School of Music faculty and students traveled to Spring Green, Wisc. to experience an exciting collaboration between percussion performers, composers, and the celebrated American visual artist John Himmelfarb. The students and faculty...
Join us for School of Music holiday concerts
Celebrate the holidays with the NIU School of Music at a pair of annual holiday musical celebrations this December. First up is the NIU Jazz Orchestra's Swingin' in the Holidays, Sunday, December 1 at 3 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building...
Art and Design welcomes visiting artist Janet Ballweg, Nov. 12
The School of Art and Design welcomes visiting artist Janet Ballweg to campus for a public lecture, Tuesday, November 12 at 5 p.m. in Jack Arends Hall, room 110. Ballweg is professor of art at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Her artwork explores the complexity...
Students invited to participate in annual contest to design the official NIU holiday card
NIU President Lisa C. Freeman invites all students to participate in the 2019 #HuskiePride Holiday Card Contest. Take advantage of the opportunity to be one of three artists who have their work featured on the official NIU president’s electronic holiday card....
Art history lecture on Kiva Murals at Pottery Mound, Nov. 13
Cassandra Smith, candidate in the Department of Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will present, "Kiva Murals at Pottery Mound: World as Metaphor, Art History as Storytelling" as part of the Elizabeth Allen Visiting Lectures in Art History Series at...
NIU dance students present “Your Excellency” in the NIU Art Museum galleries
In conjunction with the NIU Art Museum exhibition, Exploring Aspects of War In and Through the Visual Arts, NIU School of Theatre and Dance students perform Your Excellency, at the NIU Art Museum, Sunday, November 10 at 1 p.m., Tuesday, November 12 at 12:30 p.m. and...
Music and life of Jim Morrison and The Doors the focus of the fall Dance Concert
This Fall, the NIU dancers are reprising “Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine,” the original dance created by professor Judy Chitwood based on the music and life of rock legend Jim Morrison and the Doors. The School of Theatre and Dance welcomes dance teacher Joel Hall,...
Renovated Holmes Student Center is open for business, leisure, meetings, studying, etc…
As part of Homecoming festivities Saturday, Oct. 26, Northern Illinois University welcomed alumni and current students back to the remodeled first floor of the Holmes Student Center. The renovated space will ultimately include two new restaurants, a coffee shop, a...
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