In case you missed it, or want to see it again, help us congratulate the Class of 2020 once again with this year’s virtual commencement.
All of last weekend’s virtual commencement ceremonies are available to watch online.
Join Michael Barnes, Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design Professor of Art, Head of Printmaking and 2020 Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor as he discusses lithography history and historic prints for the NIU Art Museum. The video can be viewed here, or on YouTube beginning at 7 p.m., Central Standard Time, Thursday, December 10.
You can also watch Barnes’ previous artist talk for the NIU Art Museum:
Professor Michael Barnes lectures from his home studio as he discusses lithography history and prints from his recently completed series. The Steindruck Müchen series was completed during a residency in Germany. Two of these prints were included in the Faculty Biennial Continuum exhibition and the full set is on view at a solo show at Brumfield Gallery in Astoria, Ore. View a video of Barnes printing work from the series.
Mary Holland, a 2007 BFA graduate of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is the co-writer and co-star of Hulu’s acclaimed new holiday movie, Happiest Season. Holland co-wrote the romantic comedy with Clea DuVall, whom she starred with on HBO’s Veep, and the film also stars Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Dan Levy, Mary Steenburgen, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, and Victor Garber. The film follows a woman (Davis) who brings her partner (Stewart) home to meet her family for the holidays while she struggles to come out to her conservative parents.
Singers in the NIU University Chorus, conducted by Mary Lynn Doherty, Assistant Director of the School of Music, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music Education, received a little extra assignment as they were learning the four part arrangement to the NIU Alma Mater.
They were asked to reflect on the beauty around them and what they love about NIU and the NIU experience. The goal of the exercise was to add meaning and expression to their singing.
Here is the result:
The cancellation of the season’s final performances in the College of Visual and Performing Arts had an impact on all students, but for senior dance performance majors Chloe McCoy and Katie Meyer it not only wiped out their final dance performance, but left them in need of finding a show to “tech” as part of their requirements.
NIU School of Art and Design photography majors JB Rivera, Maeve Wallace and Manny Espejel had work featured in Float Magazine’s online exhibition “Best of Quarantine.”
