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NIU students join Friends of the NIU Art Museum on Chicago museum bus trip
Two dozen Northern Illinois University students from the Fine Art House dorm and Art History Department joined over 30...
Ron Carter leaves a legacy as a distinguished educator and musician
Ron Carter, professor emeritus in the NIU School of Music, directed the NIU Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Studies program...
Learning to take risks at NIU helped Jermaine Stegall’s work on “Coming 2 America”
For Jermaine Stegall, composing the music for the long-awaited sequel to the Eddie Murphy hit movie "Coming To America" came with a set of challenges, seen and unforeseen, but the final product reflects a film where music is as much of a character as any of the...
Theatre and Dance to present “Everybody” via webcast March 5 and 6
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents "Everybody" by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. There is no charge for tickets but you must reserve your space. This modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality...
Cartoonist Leigh Rubin visiting artist presentation, March 4
Cartoonist Leigh Rubin, whose cartoon "Rubes" is syndicated in more than 400 media outlets worldwide and distributed by Creators Syndicate will take part in an online visiting artist presentation with the NIU School of Art and Design, Thursday, March 4 at 11 a.m....
Photographer John Opera to give visiting artist lecture March 1
John Opera, a photographer who "works at the intersection of photographic materiality and light-derived abstraction" will present a visiting lecture for the NIU School of Art and Design, Monday, March 1 at 5 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public via Zoom...
Honors Recital to feature CSA Talent Scholarship Winners
Six talented young musicians perform in the annual CSA Honors Recital at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb on Saturday, February 27 at 1:30 p.m. All are recipients of this year’s CSA Talent Scholarship, awarded annually by the NIU Community School of the Arts. ...
LVL3’s Vincent Uribe to chat with ARTS715 class
Vincent Uribe, director of LVL3, an artist-run exhibition space and online publication launched in 2010 will chat with students in ART715: Professional Studio Practices, in an open to the public Zoom, Thursday, February 25 at 6:30 p.m. Uribe is an artist and creative...
In Art Gallery director to discuss resources for artists to exhibit their work
Haley Clancy Inyart, co-director of The In Art Gallery, an online gallery and resource for artists in all ranges of careers to have a platform to exhibit artwork and reach a global audience, will be the subject of a Zoom meeting, Thursday, February 25 at 11 a.m. The...
Alexis Lamb earns scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Alexis C. Lamb, an alumna of the NIU School of Music with bachelor of music degrees in both percussion performance and music education, has been selected as one of six winners of the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Lamb studied...
TV’s influence on the work of Jean-Michael Basquiat is the subject of the next Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History series
The influence of television on the works of acclaimed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1980s paintings, drawings and music is the subject of the next installment in the NIU School of Art and Design's Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History series. "Jean-Michael...