Calling all art and wellness enthusiasts! Join us for a special watch party of "Art and Wellness: Creating Intentional...
xArt and Design News Archives
Sinclair Bell earns Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from Archaeological Institute of America
Sinclair Bell, professor of art history in the NIU School of Art and Design is the 2024 recipient of the Excellence in...
Art and Design students take top prizes in annual Holiday Card contest
NIU School of Art and Design students took home the top two prizes in the annual NIU Holiday Card Contest. Designers...
NIU photography students to attempt to set a Guinness World Record
Just because the Olympics are over doesn't mean world records are safe. On Tuesday, March 29, photography students from the NIU School of Art and Design are going to attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the world's largest cut-paper snowflake. The snowflake...
Art and Design’s Kryssi Staikidis solo exhibition “Emergence” opens at ARC Gallery on March 3
Kryssi Staikidis, Ed.D., Professor and Head of Art and Design Education at the NIU School of Art and Design has a solo exhibition at the ARC Gallery in Chicago from March 3-26. The show is titled "Emergence" and there is an opening reception, Friday, March 11 from 5...
Art and Design Professor Emeritus Richard Siegesmund to present on qualitative research and the arts
Richard Siegesmund, professor emeritus of Art and Design Education in the NIU School of Art and Design is the featured speaker of the Qualitative Inquiry Collaborative at NIU. He is the next speaker in their online speaker series that highlights varied research...
Amelia Kraehe to present visiting lecture on Creative Abolitionist Teaching
Dr. Amelia Kraehe, associate professor in art and visual culture education at the University of Arizona will present a visiting artist/scholar lecture, Tuesday, February 2 titled, "Creative Abolitionist Teaching: Anti-Racism Theory and Practice in the Art Classroom"...
Northern Illinois University Art Museum presents Biennial School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum is pleased to announce the NIU School of Art and Design 2022 Faculty Biennial exhibition on display in the museum’s Altgeld Hall galleries Tuesday, Jan. 18 running through Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. The biennial exhibition...
Free NIU student tickets for Jazz at the Egyptian, Feb. 5
DeKalb's iconic Egyptian Theatre hosts the Fifth Annual Jazz at the Egyptian, Saturday night, February 5 at 7 p.m. The concert features the NIU Jazz Orchestra, Jazz in Progress, the DeKalb High School Jazz Ensemble and the Sycamore High School Jazz Ensemble. Tickets...
Illustration major Caitlyn Alejandre wins 2021 NIU Holiday Card Contest
Caitlin Alejandre, a senior illustration major from Marengo won the annual NIU Holiday Card contest this year with her entry, "NIU Community." "I love creating playful imagery and incorporating strange, delightful details," Alejandre said. "I wanted to include imagery...
Art and Design presents Fall BFA Show, Nov. 30 – Dec. 3
The NIU School of Art and Design presents the Fall 2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Show, an undergraduate exhibition, Tuesday, November 30 through Friday, December 3 in the Annette and Jerry Johns Gallery (Room 214) in Jack Arends Hall, the Visual Arts Building on...
Art and Design’s Kelly Gross to present on artistic process and scientific principles at STEM Cafe
We often think of art and science as very different processes. But for Kelly Gross and Jolien Genus, art and science share the same processes of investigation, research and relationship building. At the next STEM Café, hear from these two artists and educators about...