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Art and Design hosts visiting artists week of March 20-24
Two prominent educators and printmakers will be visiting guest artists in the NIU School of Art and Design during the...
Jessica Labatte to become director of the School of Art and Design
Jessica Labatte, associate professor and head of the photography department at the NIU School of Art and Design has...
NIU students to perform Kennedy Center number at this fall’s dance concert, Nov. 15-18
Dance students at NIU will be performing the number that took them all the way to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. This year's Fall Dance Concert features “ENUF,” the award-winning original dance created by professor Paula Frasz that the School of Theatre and...
NIU School of Music Faculty present a ‘musical evening with commentary’
The School of Music is presenting a unique night of music and history with the faculty recital "Doves, Love, Sorrow and Destiny: A musical evening with commentary." This is a program of works originally for voice or clarinet with orchestra that will be performed on...
NIU Opera Theatre presents An Evening of Opera Scenes
Opera Theatre at Northern Illinois University will be presenting an evening of scenes from famous operas on both Tuesday, November 13 and Thursday, November 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall in the Music Building. Performances include: Wolfgang Mozart The Marriage...
NIU Philharmonic presents works of Bernstein, Haydn, Berlioz and more, Nov. 14
Join the NIU Philharmonic in concert, Wednesday, November 14 at 8 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students and are available online or at the door. The Philharmonic will present: Joseph Haydn, Armida Overture Hector Berlioz,...
Winter Horn Fest 2019 coming up on February 8
High school horn players are invited to Winter Horn Fest 2019, Friday, February 8 at the NIU School of Music. This day-long event offers programming focused on high school horn players and will address challenges, issues, and concerns that are specific to intermediate...
Art and Design faculty Jessica Labatte solo show open at Western Exhibitions
NIU School of Art and Design instructor of photography Jessica Labatte’s second solo exhibition at Western Exhibitions, Shade Garden is open now through December 22. Western Exhibitions is located at 1709 West Chicago Avenue in Chicago. Her show is in Galleries One...
NIU Visual Communication hosts SEEK Design Conference in Chicago, Nov. 12
The Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design's Visual Communication program is hosting SEEK Conference 2018, November 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Morningstar Auditorium in Chicago.The day-long conference features TED Talk style presentations by a...
NIU Center for Burma studies hosts symposium and exhibition on Asian reverse glass painting traditions
Northern Illinois University's Center for Burma Studies is hosting an international symposium, November 16 titled, "Looking Through the Glass: Asian Reverse Glass Painting Traditions." Experts from around the world will present on the history behind and importance of...
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...