Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present. In an unforgettable live workshop, Kaphar takes a brush full of white paint to a replica of a 17th-century Frans Hals painting, obscuring parts of the composition and bringing its hidden story into view. There’s a narrative coded in art like this, Kaphar says. What happens when we shift our focus and confront unspoken truths?
Recent Posts
NIU spring Steelband concert features special guests and recurring favorites
Traveling Exhibition from University of Illinois Springfield on Lincoln’s Legacies Comes to NIU Art Museum
STEM Cafe on theatrical special effects to feature School of Theatre and Dance’s Tracy Nunnally
NIU students join Friends of the NIU Art Museum on Chicago museum bus trip
Ron Carter leaves a legacy as a distinguished educator and musician
Follow the live stream of the NIU Concert Band Festival, Feb. 23
Master storyteller Rob Caskie to share his craft on campus, March 7
Theatre and Dance hosts Ukrainian Play Reading project for third straight year
School of Theatre and Dance presents “Witch”
Anxious People! opens spring productions at NIU School of Theatre and Dance