Two dozen Northern Illinois University students from the Fine Art House dorm and Art History Department joined over 30 members of the Friends of the NIU Art Museum on a recent bus trip to Chicago. “Celebrating Women Artists” took participants to see the monumental ceramic work of Ruth Duckworth at the Smart Museum of Art, the revolutionary work of Faith Ringgold at the Museum of Contemporary Art and the romantic sculptures of Camille Claudel at the Art Institute of Chicago.
It was an inspiring day made possible by a bus price offset generously donated by John Calimee and Rich Rice, Friends of the NIU Art Museum. Student travel was further funded in part through course fees, programming fees and through discretionary funds of the Dean donated to the CVPA by supporters of the arts.
Students who participated on trip included:
Art History
Tristan Arlos
Isabella Carmona
Tyler Cody
Samantha Conley
Basia Chruscinski
Uriel Fernandez
Hans Herrera
Jamie Ho
Max Honermeier
Ivon Ortiz
Devon Smith
Stephanie Zavala
Fine Arts House:
Lee Bishop
Abby Carter
Melody Elbel
Mat Ellis
Corinne Francis
Olivia Harold
Sadey Havel
Julia Janowski
Natalie Mealing
Libby Grace Pryst
Jai’Quan Simmons
Emily Wong
