Theatre Arts major Reece Deidrick was the subject of a recent Huskie Spotlight on NIU's website. Deidrick is from...
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In Passing: Ron Modell and more
by Antonio Garcia Jazz education lost a giant in the field with the passing on June 10 of my friend and colleague Ron...
Fall Dance Concert explores styles and experiences
The annual Fall Dance Concert in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance always puts an entertaining capper on the...
NIU Art Museum to host two upcoming bus trips
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum is facilitating two upcoming bus trips this fall through their Get-on-the-Bus program: Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, the NIU Art Museum will travel to Crab Tree Farm in Lake Bluff, Illinois and the Driehaus Museum in Chicago, and...
NIU presents 23-24 International Guitar Series
Once again, NIU will present a series of recitals featuring some of the most talented guitarists in the world. The 2023-2024 Northern Illinois University International Guitar Series begins, Sunday, September 24 with Waller and Maxwell Guitar Duo, at 3 p.m. in the...
“Dialogue” and “The Remaining, Mourn…” to open at NIU Art Museum
Two new exhibitions will open soon at the NIU Art Museum. Having emerged from a global pandemic and re-exploring race and social issues, the NIU Art Museum felt the need for exhibitions that ground these topics visually. Two exhibitions featuring themes of what seems...
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...
Three from School of Music receive Illinois Arts Council Fellowships
Three members of the NIU School of Music were honored with 2023 Artist Fellowship Awards from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. Liam Teague, NIU Board of Trustees Professor, Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor and Head of Steelpan Studies and...
NIU Art Museum’s “Art to Lend” selection period open now through July 14
The NIU Art Museum’s annual “Art to Lend” 2023 selection period is now open for faculty and staff on campus. This annual service allows individuals and departments to enhance their private offices and the administrative areas of the university by renting original...
Music alumna Marybeth Kurnat’s new NIU inspired work to debut at PREMIERE|Project Festival
A chance encounter with another choral composer in southern Ohio set off a chain of events that will result in School of Music alumna Marybeth Kurnat's new piece debuting at the PREMIER|Project Festival in Irvine, California, June 27-June 30. Kurnat earned her degree...
SoTD alumni J. Nicole Brooks and Matthew C. Yee to be interviewed by Stephen Colbert as part of Lookingglass Theatre’s Lunch Show, June 16
A pair of NIU School of Theatre and Dance alumni will be interviewed by CBS' The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, as part of Lookingglass Theatre's Lunch Show, Friday, June 16. J. Nicole Brooks, ensemble member and Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at...
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...