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Joe Tallman, a graduate of the illustration program in the NIU School of Art and Design is one of five finalists in Pabst Blue Ribbon's contest to redesign their cans. Tallman's entry was one of thousands submitted and he made the cutdown to the top 25 designs and has...

Kryssi Staikidis, Ed.D., Professor and Head of Art and Design Education in the Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the National Arts Education Association's June King McFee Award. The June King McFee Award...

A number of photography students in the NIU School of Art and Design have had work selected for publications and exhibitions recently. Mikayla Shuster's "Cat Nap" was chosen for Analog Forever Magazine's December "Love in all forms" exhibition:Amy Fleming earned...

The Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History Series returns for the spring with an online lecture titled, "When, Where and What is Medieval Art--And Why Does It Matter?" presented by Linda Safran, PhD, Associate Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval...