The campus and community are invited to participate in a pair of free, upcoming events focused on the history and...
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Video: Oscar winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis’ 1996 return to NIU to talk with students
Oscar winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis is best known for directing blockbuster movies like the Back to the Future...
NIU’s 115th Homecoming is coming up October 3-9
NIU President Lisa Freeman is inviting everyone to attend the university's 115th Homecoming, with a host of events...
Video: NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts – Where Creativity Thrives
NIU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) is comprised of three schools, each with award-winning educational programs, exciting performances and exhibits, and outstanding art studios, theatres, practice spaces and concert halls. Students have the opportunity...
Spring 2019 College of Visual and Performing Arts Schedule of Performances and Exhibitions
Check out the 2019 spring schedule of performances and exhibitions at the Northern Illinois University College of Visual and Performing Arts. Every year, the Schools of Art and Design, Music, and Theatre and Dance put on nearly 300 open to the...
Third annual CVPA Convocation set for February 18
Once again this winter, the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Northern Illinois University is hosting an NIU Arts Convocation to celebrate the great work of students in the schools, Monday, February 18. The evening showcases performances by students in the...
Season’s Greetings from the College of Visual and Performing Arts
Season's greetings from everyone in the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts, including the School of Art and Design, School of Music, School of Theatre and Dance, Community School of the Arts and the NIU Art Museum. https://youtu.be/a3-POyLS1PM You can make a...
Road trips from NIU to Chicago museums opened a world of art to Elaine King
For Elaine King, her path to becoming an art historian and educator took form during Saturday road trips from NIU to Chicago when she was a pre-law undergraduate student. King was back on campus recently as part of the Elizabeth Allen Alumni Scholars in Art History...
Kassel: In my city — A trip to After School Matters
Paul Kassel, Dean, NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts What do glass blowing, drum lines, poetry slams and jazz band have in common? They are all programs in After School Matters, a Chicago Public School initiative that has been around since 2000. Originally...
Richard Jenkins tells Theatre and Dance students to believe you are enough
"Be yourself. There's nobody else like you. If you try to act like somebody else you can't be yourself." If there was an over-arching theme in a 90 minute question and answer session between Oscar nominated actor Richard Jenkins and a crowd of more than 120 students...
School of Theatre and Dance to host Q and A with award-winning actor Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins, a DeKalb native and Emmy Award winning, and Oscar nominated actor, will be at NIU on Tuesday, October 30 at 2 p.m. for a Q and A with students in the Stevens Building's O'Connell Theatre. Jenkins won the 2015 Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Limited...
Egyptian Theatre’s Richard Jenkins Film Series continues through Oct. 30
Downtown DeKalb's Egyptian Theatre's film series in honor of DeKalb native, and Emmy Award winning actor Richard Jenkins continues through October 30. Jenkins hand picked nine of his favorite films that he has appeared in, and the Egyptian is presenting them on...