The annual show of graduating Bachelor Fine Arts majors in the School of Art and Design opens May 1 and will run...
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The Rite of Spring highlights this year’s Spring Dance Concert
The spring semester programming in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance ends, fittingly, with Igor Stravinsky's "The...
Photography major Brookelyn Sears named to All-MAC team in gymnastics
Brookelyn Sears, a senior design and media arts major from Centerville, Ohio earned a spot in this year's All...
NIU Philharmonic features Concerto Competition winners in concert
The NIU Philharmonic will feature winners of the most recent Concerto Competition in concert, Wednesday, February 20 at 8 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building on NIU's main campus. The following concerto winners will be playing with the...
Video: NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts – Where Creativity Thrives
NIU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) is comprised of three schools, each with award-winning educational programs, exciting performances and exhibits, and outstanding art studios, theatres, practice spaces and concert halls. Students have the opportunity...
Spring 2019 College of Visual and Performing Arts Schedule of Performances and Exhibitions
Check out the 2019 spring schedule of performances and exhibitions at the Northern Illinois University College of Visual and Performing Arts. Every year, the Schools of Art and Design, Music, and Theatre and Dance put on nearly 300 open to the...
Third annual CVPA Convocation set for February 18
Once again this winter, the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Northern Illinois University is hosting an NIU Arts Convocation to celebrate the great work of students in the schools, Monday, February 18. The evening showcases performances by students in the...
Art and Design hosts Community College Art Faculty and Juried Student Exhibition
Northern Illinois University’s School of Art and Design is hosting the Community College Art Faculty and Juried Student Exhibition now through February 15. Student and faculty work form more than a dozen Illinois community colleges is on display. A closing reception...
Cliff Alexis, co-founder of NIU’s Steelband program passes at 82
Cliff Alexis, co-founder of NIU's world-renowned steelpan studies program has passed away at 82. He was an invaluable part of the School of Music for more than 30 years even after his retirement from NIU in 2017. A Memorial Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to...
Art History alumnus to lecture on an architectural history of television
Sam Dodd, a 2007 graduate of NIU's Art History program will deliver the lecture, "All Eyes on Space: An architectural history of television," Monday, February 4, at 5 p.m. in room 100 of Jack Arends Hall, as part of the Elizabeth Allen Visiting Alumni Scholars in Art...
Art and Design alumnae Christine Woywod to lecture at NIU on transformative partnerships with community artists
Christine Woywod Veettill, chair of the Department of Art and Design at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is returning to her alma mater, Tuesday, February 19 for the lecture, "Art That Makes Communities Strong: Transformative Partnerships with Community Artists...
School of Theatre and Dance presents The Revolutionists, Feb. 6-10
The School of Theatre and Dance at NIU presents, The Revolutionists, with performances nightly from Wednesday, February 6 through Saturday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m. and with matinees at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 9 and Sunday, February 10 in the O'Connell...