NIU School of Art and Design students took home the top two prizes in the annual NIU Holiday Card Contest. Designers...
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Commencement profile: Christian Ulloa, School of Art and Design
Christian Ulloa, who graduated in December with a Bachelor of Fine Art in sculpture from the NIU School of Art and...
Art and Design’s Fall BFA Show opens Dec. 4
The 2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts student exhibition in the NIU School of Art and Design opens Monday, December 4 in the...
Narrative art exhibition suite opens at NIU Art Museum Jan. 12
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum opens three exhibitions that consider narrative artwork and imagery Tuesday, January 12. The exhibitions examine artworks’ ability to chronicle or present narrative themes that relay a series of events, subjects, or use...
Art History Professor Sinclair Bell wins prestigious NEH Fellowship to study Race in Antiquity
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced $32.8 million in grants to support 213 humanities projects in 44 states, including a research Fellowship for Sinclair Bell, Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois University, to research the...
College of Visual and Performing Arts Virtual Commencement video
In case you missed it, or want to see it again, help us congratulate the Class of 2020 once again with this year's virtual commencement. All of last weekend's virtual commencement ceremonies are available to watch online.
Watch the premiere of Michael Barnes’ artist talk on lithography, Dec. 10
Join Michael Barnes, Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design Professor of Art, Head of Printmaking and 2020 Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor as he discusses lithography history and historic prints for the NIU Art Museum. The...
Researching the Reverse Glass Painting Tradition Across Buddhist Southeast Asia with Dr. Catherine Raymond
Catherine Raymond, Director of the Center for Burma Studies at NIU and Professor of Art History in the School of Art and Design presented an online lecture for the NIU Art Museum, November 19 titled, Researching the Reverse Glass Painting Tradition Across Buddhist...
NIU educator-licensure programs rated highly in inaugural Illinois Preparation Profile report
A first-time report released Dec. 7 by the Illinois State Board of Education gives high marks to Northern Illinois University’s educator-licensure programs. The Illinois Preparation Profile (IPP), called a “continuous improvement and accountability system,” aims to...
Watch: Dr. Ellen Winner’s guest lecture, “How Art Works: Five Puzzles”
In her lecture, “How Arts Works: Five Puzzles,” presented to NIU School of Art and Design, November 10, artist and experimental psychologist Dr. Ellen Winner discusses puzzles about the arts that have preoccupied philosophers as well as the general public. Can art be...
Thousands Strong kickoff video features CVPA talent
The NIU Foundation kicked off its annual Day of Giving with a Thousands Strong video event, Wednesday, November 18, and the video featured a number of students and alumni of the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The video is hosted by Kate Drury, a B.F.A....
NIU’s “Thousands Strong” Virtual Events Celebrate Huskie Pride
In celebration of our positive impact throughout the world, Northern Illinois Huskies and friends of the university are invited to participate in the NIU Foundation “Thousands Strong” virtual events, which will take place Nov. 18-20. From 7-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday,...