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NIU students join Friends of the NIU Art Museum on Chicago museum bus trip
Two dozen Northern Illinois University students from the Fine Art House dorm and Art History Department joined over 30...
Meet the new director for the Center for Burma Studies, Feb. 7
An open house is being held, Wednesday, February 7 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to welcome Aurore Candier, Ph.D. as the...
Art and Design’s Kerry Freedman moderated international panel on post-pandemic visual arts education
Kerry Freedman, professor and division head of Art and Design Education in the Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design initiated and moderated a five-hour international panel that brought together arts educators from around the globe to discuss a...
At the intersection of art and engineering in the Senior Design Program
While the disciplines of art and engineering are not always thought to converge, they quite often do. In fact, art converges with many industries and careers that many might not realize. “Art applies to many fields, such as architecture, landscape architecture,...
Retired Art History professor Avra Liakos passed at 86
Avra Liakos, who taught art history in the NIU School of Art and Design from 1968 to 1999 passed away, April 29 at the age of 86. Avra was born in Athens, Greece and attended the University with the intention of studying law, but her love of art won out and she earned...
Artist, educator and philanthropist Dorothea Bilder passes at 81
Dorothea Bilder, an accomplished artist and educator and longtime philanthropic supporter of the visual arts passed away last week at the age of 81. Bilder was a professor of art in the Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design for more than 35 years, and...
Art and Design Education’s Kryssi Staikidis named 2022 NIU Presidential Engagement and Partnership Professor
For nearly 20 years, Kryssi Staikidis has, through her work as a researcher and an art educator, been asking fundamental questions about how artistic engagement and intercultural exchanges within communities on a global level form bridges of mutual understanding and...
Caroline Kent, Northwestern University art theory and practice professor to give visiting scholar presentation at NIU, April 12
Caroline Kent, assistant professor of art theory and practice at Northwestern University, will deliver a visiting scholar presentation, Tuesday, April 12 at 6 p.m. in Room 100 of Jack Arends Hall, the Visual Arts Building on the NIU Main Campus. The presentation will...
Malika Green, ’05, M.M. ’07, Forges Passion for Jewelry-Making Into Business
Malika Green has always been an artistic soul, and her passion for creating has manifested itself in several ways and stages throughout her life. Growing up in Maryland in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Green was always an introvert, but she never shied away from...
World Music Festival features six free concerts over five nights
The annual World Music Festival in the NIU School of Music features six concerts between April 11 and 16. All concerts are free to attend. Monday, April 11 Japanese Taiko Concert Boutell Memorial Concert Hall 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13 Chinese Music Concert Recital...
NIU photography students best world record holder for largest paper snowflake
NIU School of Art and Design students in ARTD 464 Advanced Photography: Post Production created a paper snowflake that measured 44 feet, six inches, besting the current Guinness of Book of World Record of 20 feet and one half inch. The students, led by Jessica...