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School of Art and Design seeks entries for annual Community College Invitational Exhibition
The Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design is accepting entries for its annual Community College...
NIU School of Art and Design’s Jack Olson Gallery hosts “Meeting of Makers: Merging of Space”
The Jack Olson Gallery of the NIU School of Art and Design is home to the exhibition "Meeting of Makers: Merging of...
Art and Design hosts Community College Art Faculty and Juried Student Exhibition
Northern Illinois University’s School of Art and Design is hosting the Community College Art Faculty and Juried Student Exhibition now through February 15. Student and faculty work form more than a dozen Illinois community colleges is on display. A closing reception...
Art History alumnus to lecture on an architectural history of television
Sam Dodd, a 2007 graduate of NIU's Art History program will deliver the lecture, "All Eyes on Space: An architectural history of television," Monday, February 4, at 5 p.m. in room 100 of Jack Arends Hall, as part of the Elizabeth Allen Visiting Alumni Scholars in Art...
Art and Design alumnae Christine Woywod to lecture at NIU on transformative partnerships with community artists
Christine Woywod Veettill, chair of the Department of Art and Design at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is returning to her alma mater, Tuesday, February 19 for the lecture, "Art That Makes Communities Strong: Transformative Partnerships with Community Artists...
Congratulations to the 2018 Student Holiday Card Contest winners
Three students from the School of Art and Design were the finalists in this year's Student Holiday Card Contest. The winners were selected by NIU President Lisa Freeman to "showcase the incredible talent that NIU students possess." The artists behind the winning...
Art and Design’s Sinclair Bell to lecture at Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
Sinclair Bell, Assistant Professor of Art History will present the lecture, "Spectacles of Death: Gladiatorial Combats and Naval Battles in the Roman Arena," at the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, Tuesday, January 8 at 6 p.m. The lecture is open to the public...
Value of versatile design skills a key message at 2018 Seek Conference
Advice, inspiration and humor were in large supply as a group of about 190, including 45 current NIU School of Art and Design students and a large number of young alumni attended the 2018 Seek Conference, November 12 at Morningstar in Chicago. Attendees were treated...
School of Art and Design hosts High School Art Invitational and workshops
The School of Art and Design hosts their annual High School Invitational November 9-16 in Jack Arends Hall. The High School Invitational exhibition features work by high school students from northern Illinois. The exhibition is partially underwritten by Blick Art...
Art and Design faculty Jessica Labatte solo show open at Western Exhibitions
NIU School of Art and Design instructor of photography Jessica Labatte’s second solo exhibition at Western Exhibitions, Shade Garden is open now through December 22. Western Exhibitions is located at 1709 West Chicago Avenue in Chicago. Her show is in Galleries One...
NIU hosts alumna Alexandra Green for lecture on the Buddah in late Burmese art
Dr. Alexandra Green, who attended the NIU School of Art and Design from 1991 to 1993, returns to campus for this month's entry in the Elizabeth Allen Visiting Alumni Speakers in Art History series. Green is the Henry Ginsburg Curator for Southeast Asia at the British...