As an undergraduate student at NIU, Jasmin Nava changed her major several times, as she began to understand her...
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Michael Barnes work featured in major exhibition at the St. Louis Art Museum
Michael Barnes, NIU Presidential Professor, Head of Printmaking and Coordinator of Graduate Programs in the NIU School...
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...
NIU Art and Design alum Steven Tritt diplays “Gestural Abstractions” at The Art Box in DeKalb
“Gestural Abstractions”, an exhibition of paintings by Steven Tritt, Northern Illinois University alum and local artist, will be on display at THE ART BOX, 308 East Lincoln Highway in downtown DeKalb, from October 1 – 27, 2018. Tritt is a non-traditional painter who...
Jack Arends Hall 50th Anniversary celebrated with exhibition receptions, Sept. 20
The School of Art and Design at Northern Illinois University is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the opening of Jack Arends Hall (the visual arts building on the NIU main campus) with exhibitions featuring former NIU School of Art students and faculty. Venues for...
NIU School of Art and Design hosts “Bridges” an exhibition of digital graphics and augmented reality
The NIU School of Art and Design is hosting "Bridges" an exhibition of digital graphics and augmented reality by three art faculty members from Poland's University of Silesia, at Gallery 215, located at 215 Fourth Street in DeKalb. The exhibition opens with a...
NIU Art History ranked Top 10 by College Magazine
College Magazine has ranked the Art History program at NIU as one of the top ten in the Midwest, according to a report published on September 11, 2018. NIU's Art History program was ranked number eight on the College Magazine list ahead of the Art Academy of...
Backspace Gallery presents: All Sheets to the Wind – Works on Paper featuring alumni, faculty, retirees and visiting artists
As part of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of NIU's Jack Arends Hall, home to the School of Art and Design, the Backspace Gallery presents "All Sheets to the Wind - Works on Paper" an exhibition featuring work from NIU alumni, faculty, retirees and visiting...
Visiting Scholars in Art History series begins with Elaine King on how art market legitimatizes cultural products
Elaine King, professor emerita of the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University, and an alumnus of the NIU School of Art and Design, kicks off the 2018-2019 Elizabeth Allen Visiting Speakers in Art History Alumni Series, Monday, September 17, with "A Cultural...
Unpacked Mobile Gallery presents Maktub: An exhibition of SWANA identity in disaspora through bookmaking
Unpacked Mobile Gallery presents Maktub, a three-person exhibition by Lamia Abukhadra, Essma Imady, and Zeinab Saab, Friday, September 14. Maktub is an Arabic word that translates to "it is written" and the the exhibition deals with the history of three Arab women...
Fall edition of Artifacts features award-winning faculty and more
Artifacts, the alumni newsletter of the NIU School of Art and Design has just posted a fall issue online. In this edition you'll learn about: The 50th anniversary of Jack Arends Hall celebration Features on award winning Art and Design faculty Student profiles The...
Art History Professor Mary Quinlan receives National Science Foundation grant
Mary Quinlan, Professor of Art History in NIU’s School of Art and Design, has received a major grant from the National Science Foundation to support her research into the roles of vision and visual psychology in 16th century iconoclasms. Quinlan is working on a book...