The fall semester production season in the School of Theatre and Dance concludes with the Fall Dance Concert featuring...
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Northern Illinois University Art Museum Presents Faculty Biennial Exhibition
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum is pleased to announce the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts...
High School Invitational closing reception features workshops for students
The annual High School Invitational is underway through November 16 in the Jack Olson Gallery. The closing reception...
Kerry Freedman and Richard Siegesmund publish book on the use of images in social science research
A popular presentation at a conference more than a decade ago led to a pair of NIU colleagues in the School of Art and Design to publish a book on the use of images in social science research. Visual Methods of Inquiry: Images in Research was written by Kerry...
Machinal next up at the NIU School of Theatre and Dance
Sophie Treadwell's 1928 true crime account of a murder and its prosecution is the next production in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance's season lineup. Machinal opens Friday, November 1 in the Black Box Theatre in NIU's Stevens Building. Treadwell, a playwright and...
Annual High School Invitational art exhibition opens November 4
The annual High School Invitational art exhibition at the NIU School of Art and Design will open Monday, November 4 and run through Saturday, November 16 with a closing reception that day. This year's exhibition features a mix of 2D, 3D and digital work created by 74...
Art From Home – David F. Driesbach Engravings
The engravings of David F. Driesbach are the subject of this edition of Art From Home: A Personal Collection, a series of videos where Peter Olson, assistant director of the NIU Art Museum shares information about works and artists in his personal collection. To see...
Help support the M.F.A. acting program’s residency in Canada
The Master's in Fine Arts in acting program in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is crowdfunding donations to help support a week-long residency with renowned writer, actor and solo performer Kevin McCoy in Quebec City, Canada. Northern Illinois University's School...
Art and Design Education students and faculty presenting at IAEA Conference
Faculty and students from the art and design education program in the NIU School of Art and Design will be presenting a number of sessions and workshops at this year's Illinois Art Education Association Conference in Bloomington-Normal. Friday, October 18 9:10 – 10:00...
Guest lecturer Lisa Hochtritt to discuss social justice in art, Oct. 29
Lisa Hochtritt, visiting professor of art and art education at Teachers College, Columbia University, will present a guest lecture, "Social Justice in Art Education," Tuesday, October 29 at 5 p.m. in Jack Arends Building Room 102 at the NIU School of Art and Design....
School of Theatre and Dance presents Macbeth, opening Oct. 18
The Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance presents William Shakespare's Macbeth, opening Friday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the O'Connell Theatre, located in NIU's Stevens Building. The production is directed by Peter G. Anderson, a graduate of...
Winners of the Huskies Vote contest revealed
Three winning designs have been chosen in the NIU School of Art and Design's Huskies Vote poster design contest. The project was an effort for students to create designs that would encourage others on campus to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming election....