The Jack Olson Gallery of the NIU School of Art and Design is home to the exhibition "Meeting of Makers: Merging of...
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Art and Design’s Peter Van Ael and spouse Jessica Gondek to exhibition work at Bridgeport Art Center
Peter Van Ael, coordinator of the Jack Olson Gallery in the NIU School of Art and Design and museum studies faculty...
NIU Art and Design and NIU baseball alumnus Tim Kuncis brings sports art to famed locales
When former NIU baseball player Tim Kuncis, ’96, was majoring in art in college, it was not clear how or if he would...
Art and Design’s Mike Rea’s work on exhibit in Philadelphia
Mike Rea, associate professor of sculpture in the School of Art and Design is part of an exhibition titled, "Reveries: Monsters & Melodies" at Globe Dye Works in Philadelphia. He is co-exhibiting with Roger Allan Cleaves, an artist based in Memphis, Tenn. View a...
Long-time Art and Design grad student assistant has an interesting retirement plan
For many, retirement is the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. Some people take that concept more literally than others. Joan Smola, office support specialist in the College of Education, will retire from NIU at the end of June after 15 years. Her...
Alumni spotlight: Korkut Akacik, illustrator, animator, and educator
Korkut Akacik earned his Master of Fine Arts in animation from the NIU School of Art and Design in 2018. He is currently the creative director at Econ Illinois, a non-profit organization through NIU that has been developing interesting and interactive...
Thank you for supporting the Day of Giving
Thank you for your support of NIU's first-ever Day of Giving. NIU raised more than $750,000 in 1895 minutes (to honor the founding of the university nearly 125 years ago), and the College of Visual and Performing Arts totaled the second most gifts of any college in...
Join in the fun of NIU’s Day of Giving and support students of the arts!
NIU's first-ever Day of Giving is underway. A university-wide online fundraising event, the Day of Giving provides a great opportunity to support students, scholarships and programs at NIU.In the College of Visual and Performing Arts, you have multiple...
Oona Holtane uses “illustration to tell stories and evoke emotion” and it’s led to a dream summer
Oona Holtane says her love of art and illustration goes back as long as she can remember, when as a three-year old she was watching Disney's The Aristocats while, "holding a pudding spoon in one hand and a crayon in the other." The junior illustration major from...
CVPA students among NIU’s Outstanding Graduate Student Award honorees
Eight graduate students from the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts have been honored as part of the university's 2019 Outstanding Graduate Student awards. Sarah Sabo of the School of Art and Design was named both an Outstanding Graduate Student and one of...
NIU and DeKalb’s annual art celebration ARTigras returns May 4
ARTigras is an annual event developed by the NIU School of Art and Design in partnership with the City of DeKalb to create a fun and creative celebration of the arts – something new for the area to bring our community together. The first inaugural ARTigras took place...
NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts to present Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín and related art exhibition and theater performance
The NIU School of Music presents, Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín in concert Sunday, April 28 at 3 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in NIU’s Music Building. The signature concert of The Defiant Requiem Foundation, Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín,...