Geof Bradfield, professor of jazz studies and jazz performance in the NIU School of Music was awarded a Chamber Music...
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Yuko Asada’s Fulbright Fellowship has her back on familiar ground
Yuko Asada is having a bit of a full-circle moment. Nearly a quarter century after her interest in steelpan...
Ann Arbor Film Festival Traveling Tour to visit NIU, Oct. 29
The traveling tour of the 63rd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival makes its next stop at NIU, Wednesday, October 29. The...
NIU welcomes musician, dancer and storyteller Jen Shyu for interdisciplinary residence program
Collaborating with Graduate Colloquium Program, Honors College, Asian American Resource Center and Asian American Studies, the School of Music is excited to welcome performing artist, award-winning musician, dancer, and storyteller Jen Shyu to NIU for an...
Theatre and Dance presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
The School of Theatre and Dance at NIU presents William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Black Box Theatre of the NIU Stevens Building with performances Friday, November 10, Saturday, November 11, Thursday, November 16 and Friday, November 17 at 7:30...
Food for Thought: Customs, Issues and Concerns exhibition suite to open at NIU Art Museum
Three exhibitions featuring food-related artwork are set to open Tuesday, Nov. 14, with a public opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 at the NIU Art Museum. “What is for Supper? What is a Meal?” explores aspects of nurturing, socialization, health and...
“Space + Light” pop-up art installation in Founders Memorial Library, Oct. 26
A new projection mapped installation, "Space + Light" presented by students in ARTD 467 Advanced Topics: Video Art will be on display with an open public reception, Thursday, October 26 in room 337 of Founders Memorial Library from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Visiting Artist Lecture on Working With/In Community as a Holistic Practice
The NIU School of Art and Design welcomes Dr. Pamela Lawton, the Florence Gaskins Harper Endowed Chair in Art Education at the Maryland Institute College of Art, for a visiting artist lecture titled, "Artstories" with Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity for Art...
NIU featured with cover story in Protocol
Last summer, Northern Illinois University was selected as the site of the second annual Midwest Rigging Intensive, a weekend-long event, held August 17-19, with a focus on practical learning for entertainment riggers. Sessions were held in the Stevens Building and the...
NIU presenters at Illinois Art Education Association conference
A large number of NIU School of Art and Design faculty and students will be presenting at the 2023 Illinois Art Education Association annual conference in St. Charles, Illinois, October 19-21. The conference is being held at the Q Center, 1405 North Fifth Avenue in...
Composer Shawn Okpebholo to premiere new composition with NIU Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony
Critically acclaimed, award-winning composer Shawn E. Okpebholo is working with the NIU School of Music for the world premiere of his new composition, "Gale and Zephyr" at a joint concert featuring the Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony, Tuesday, November 28 at 7 p.m. in...
Enjoy upcoming performances by the School of Music in Chicago
NIU's Golden Hour Showcase series opens Oct. 12 at the Epiphany Center for the Arts Join the Northern Illinois University School of Music for the first of their performances at Chicago’s Epiphany Center for the Arts Golden Hour Concert Series, Thursday, October 12...