When former NIU baseball player Tim Kuncis, ’96, was majoring in art in college, it was not clear how or if he would...
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Art and Design alumna, Nestlé’s Jasmin Nava, brings entrepreneurial mindset to NIUAA Board
As an undergraduate student at NIU, Jasmin Nava changed her major several times, as she began to understand her...
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...
School of Art and Design students honored at Graduate Student Awards
With the academic year coming to a close, the following NIU School of Art and Design students were honored at this year's Graduate Student Awards. Outstanding Graduate Student Awards Shane Bowers – Art and Design (Studio – Sculpture) Dana Katz – Art and Design...
School of Art and Design’s Kerry Freedman wins Lowenfeld Award
Kerry Freedman, Professor of Art Education in the School of Art and Design at NIU was named the winner of the 2018 Lowenfeld Award, granted annually by the National Art Education Association and considered the most significant award in the industry. As well as...
Artigras annual Spring Art Walk is now a two day event
The City of DeKalb will host the annual Artigras celebration, Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5. The two-day event features an 'art tasting,' numerous art exhibitions by students of the NIU School of Art and Design, a variety show at the Egyptian Theatre and a grand...
New exhibition at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art features works from School of Art and Design’s Jessica Labatte
The exhibition "Picture Fiction: Kenneth Josephson and Contemporary Photography" opens this week at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, and it features two works from NIU School of Art and Design Instructor of Photography Jessica Labatte. The exhibition is a survey...
Check out the NIU Graphic Design Show at NIU Chicago Center
Works from four NIU School of Art and Design students are on display at the NIU Graphic Design Show, April 23-May 11 at the NIU Chicago Center. Check out artwork from Leslie Latimer, Ping, Ben Lawson and Simon Saxsma at the Chicago Center Gallery, 105 W. Madison...
Elizabeth Russo designs winning Artigras poster
Elizabeth Russo, a junior illustration major in the NIU School of Art and Design, designed the winning poster promoting the annual Artigras weekend. Artigras is a two-day event celebration of the arts in downtown DeKalb, featuring an art walk, art tasting, variety...
Art and Design presents the visual communication Senior Show 2018 on April 25
The School of Art and Design presents the visual communication Senior Show 2018, Wednesday, April 25 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Space 1858, 1858 West Grand Avenue in Chicago. The Visual Communication program provides an intellectually based, professional design...
Attend the Historia Artis Student Symposium
Check out the Historia Artis Student Symposium, April 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. in room 114 of Jack Arends Hall (Art Building). Schedule 1:00 p.m.: Opening Remarks, Historia Artis President, Markie Striegel 1:10 p.m.: Parting Words for Graduating Students, Art History...
Art and Design alum Luis Sahagun featured at MCA Chicago, April 10
Artist Luis Sahagun, an NIU School of Art and Design MFA graduate in 2015, is featured in the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago series "In Progress" at MCA Chicago, April 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is free of charge. MCA Chicago's description reads: Luis Sahagun...