Best in Show and four Jurors’ Choice Awards were announced during the Dec. 1 opening reception of “Stories From My...
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Graduate profile: Austin Cruz, School of Music
Congratulations to all of the new alumni of the College of Visual and Performing Arts who graduated last weekend. One...
Graduate profile: Steffi Delgado, School of Music
Congratulations to all of the new alumni of the College of Visual and Performing Arts who graduated last weekend. One...
School of Theatre and Dance collaborates with DeKalb Area Women’s Center for “Sisterhood Stories”
As part of Women's History Month, the NIU School of Theatre and Dance will be performing scenes titled "Sisterhood Stories: Strong Female Voices in Theatre" at the DeKalb Area's Women's Center, March 10 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. This is the second year that the School of...
NIU racks up recognition at Elmhurst College Jazz Festival
The NIU Jazztet and NIU Jazz Orchestra performed at the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival, February 24 and both groups received praise from adjudicators and several individual NIU students received outstanding recognition awards at the festival. For the NIU Jazztet...
School of Theatre and Dance presents Will Eno’s Middletown
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance will present Will Eno’s Middletown this February 28 through March 4. The play is directed by Kay Martinovich. Performances are at the Huntley Middle School Auditorium, 1515 S. Fourth St. in DeKalb. Performances will start at 7:30...
Happy Valentine’s Day
To all of you who support the arts at NIU in so many different, important ways, we wish you all a very Happy Valentine's Day. -- Everyone at the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts Original artwork designed by current School of Art and Design student Luke...
For Dana Arnett, failure turned out to be the best teacher
For the last 30-plus years, Dana Arnett, a 1983 BFA graduate of NIU's School of Art and Design, has been a driving force behind one of the most successful creative agencies in the nation, VSA Partners. He returned to campus to be honored at the Second Annual College...
Watch: The 2018 NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts Convocation video
On Monday, January 22 more than 450 people attended the second annual NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts Convocation in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. They saw performances students from NIU's School of Music, and School of Theatre and Dance and...
“Fading Expressions” a Electroacoustical and Video Faculty Recital, Feb. 6
The School of Music at NIU presents "Fading Expressions" an electroacoustic and video recital, Monday, February 6. The concert features pieces composed by NIU Composition Faculty Phillip Sink, D.M., and Brian Penkrot, PhD, and the concluding piece is an...
NIU hosts community college art exhibition Feb 9 – 23
Northern Illinois University’s School of Art and Design is presenting an exhibition of artwork by Illinois community college students. This show will run from February 9-23 and features the professional artwork of community college art faculty and a juried...
NIU’s Avalon String Quartet in concert Jan. 30
NIU’s world-class Avalon String Quartet will perform works of Shih-Hui Chen, Shostakovich and Beethoven, Tuesday, January 30 at 8 p.m. Admission is free of charge. The concert is the first of four this year for NIU’s quartet-in-residence, and will be held at the...