The artistic achievements of current and former faculty, alumni and visiting artists will be highlighted in this...
Art and Design Archives
Art and Design’s Geoffrey Todd Smith’s show “Assembly” featured in Colossal
NIU School of Art and Design Instructor of Drawing Geoffrey Todd Smith's show, Assembly at Western Exhibitions was...
Art and Design’s B.A. and B.S. Art Exhibition, “Great Ideas of Humanity” runs through April 17
The capstone exhibition of students earning their bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degrees in the NIU School of...
Art and Design alumnus Dana Arnett appointed to two prominent boards
VSA Partners, a leading creative and strategy agency, is pleased to announce the appointment of its Chairman and Founder, Dana Arnett, to two prestigious boards: the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Board and the Chicago Public Media Business Leadership Council. Arnett...
New Art and Design graduate Quinn Sedig illustrates the unique opportunities for students at NIU
When Quinn Sedig transferred to the NIU School of Art and Design from Sauk Valley College, she knew she wanted to major in illustration, and her focus was on creative or storybook illustration, until she took her first class at NIU. "I had Todd Buck (professor of Art...
Graduate Profile: Edwin Perez-Hernandez, BFA in Photography
We are proud of all of our new alumni who earned their degrees and are preparing to do even more great things in the world. This profile of Edwin Perez-Hernandez, who received his B.F.A. in Photography from the NIU School of Art and Design last weekend was featured...
NIU offers summer graduate class for art teachers
Thinking about an online masters degree or just seeking professional development credits? The NIU School of Art and Design is offering Research Readings in Art Education (ARTE 685), a three credit online course offered over four weeks from June 19 to July 16. There...
Art and Design BFA Show opens May 1
The annual show of graduating Bachelor Fine Arts majors in the School of Art and Design opens May 1 and will run through May 8 in the Jack Olson Gallery and Annette and Jerry Johns Student Art Gallery in Jack Arends Hall. There will be a reception at the galleries,...
Photography major Brookelyn Sears named to All-MAC team in gymnastics
Brookelyn Sears, a senior design and media arts major from Centerville, Ohio earned a spot in this year's All Mid-American Conference Academic team in gymnastics. Sears has a 3.68 cumulative grade point average and was a key member of a Huskies gymnastics team that...
Art and Design’s Brooke Stonebraker named All-MAC in women’s basketball
Brooke Stonebraker, a junior design and media arts major in the NIU School of Art and Design has been named to the All-Mid American Conference Academic team in women's basketball. Stonebraker came to NIU from Versailles High School in Versailles, Ohio. She's a 6'3...
NIU Printmaking welcomes Lynne Allen for visiting artist lecture
Lynne Allen, whose printmaking work has been exhibited around the globe will be at NIU the week of April 17-21 working in the NIU Printmaking Studio in Jack Arends Hall (AB 409) and will give a lecture, Tuesday, April 18 at 5 p.m. in AB 102. Allen is a Boston-based...
NIU hosts collecting and collectors symposium for Americans In Burma exhibition
The NIU Center for Burma Studies is hosting a collecting and collectors symposium, Friday, April 14 to coincide with the exhibition "Americans in Burma: The Art of Collecting" which is open now through May 13 in the NIU Art Museum. The symposium is free and open to...