NIU Campus Activities Board and the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts jointly present An Evening with Marlon...
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Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History series welcomes Megan Brendow-Faller, Feb. 7
Dr. Megan Brandow-Faller, professor of history at City University of New York Kingsborough will conduct a guest...
CVPA students invited to check out NIU Athletics’ Beauty and the Beast meet
College of Visual and Performing Arts students, support our friends in NIU Athletics by attending the unique Beauty...
NIU NAEA Student Chapter presents an alumni lecture on interviewing and teaching during unexpected circumstances
The NIU Student Chapter of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) welcomes Chelsea Cwiklik, a 2020 MFA graduate of the School of Art and Design to their Invited Speaker Alumni Series. Cwiklik's presentation, "Not A Normal Year: Navigating the Interview Process...
Visiting Artist Lecture: The Lettering and Calligraphy of WA Dwiggins, Nov. 4
The School of Art and Design is hosting a visiting artist lecture by calligrapher, type designer and design historian Paul Shaw, on the words American graphic artist W.A. Dwiggins. William Addison (W.A.) Dwiggins was a master calligrapher, book designer, and type...
Scenes from Black Lives Matter street mural painting
Students, faculty, staff and community members joined together on Thursday, Oct. 1 on Castle Drive to enjoy music from the NIU Black Choir, percussion and jazz ensembles of the NIU School of Music and a performance by students in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance,...
NIU to host art for social justice event to paint Black Lives Matter at the university’s entrance
The Northern Illinois University Center for Black Studies and the College of Visual and Performing Arts are hosting an art for social justice event, "Art and Soul." The event will be held Thursday, October 1, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the main entrance of the university on...
Art and Design’s Kryssi Staikidis publishes book on Artistic Mentoring as a Decolonizing Methodology
Kryssi Staikidis, Professor and Head of Art and Design Education in NIU's School of Art and Design has recently published the book, Artistic Mentoring as a Decolonizing Methodology: An Evolving Collaborative Painting Ethnography with Maya Artists Pedro Rafael González...
NIU Sculpture Visiting Artist Talk – Heather Mekkelson
The sculpture area of the NIU School of Art and Design is hosting a virtual Zoom presentation by visiting artist Heather Mekkelson, Thursday, October 8 at 5 p.m. Mekkelson is a sculptor and installation artist based in Chicago. She has had several solo exhibitions at...
River Weaving walking tour rescheduled for Oct. 3 and 11
UPDATE: The River Weaving walking tour has been rescheduled for two dates, Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 11. Both will be held at 2 p.m. and attendees can pre-register for free at go.niu.edu/riverweaving. The walking tour and discussion will begin at the...
As NIU celebrates the 125th Anniversary, River Weaving affirms its commitment to sustainability and the environment
Thirty-four years ago, John Siblik was an NIU art student drawing up a concept for an environmental sculpture to be placed in the Kishwaukee River where it flows past the lagoon and the Music Building. Now, Siblik finds himself standing in that same river, in that...
Northern Illinois University Art Museum plans to reopen to the public September 8
The NIU Art Museum welcomes the campus and community back to the galleries on Tuesday, September 8 with the extended exhibition of the NIU School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial Continuum. We are excited to reopen cautiously providing a space for reprieve,...