School of Art and Design Professor Sinclair Bell is lecturing this spring as part of Illinois State University's...
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Reclaimed Baggage at the NIU Art Museum Navigates Cultural Identity and Migration — On View March 27
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum opens Reclaimed Baggage, a group exhibition of seven South Asian American...
Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History concludes with John Osborne on monuments of ancient Rome
The NIU School of Art and Design's annual Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History series concludes,...
Steelpan in Education book review
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday published a review of the NIU Press book "Steelpan in Education - A History of the NIU Steelband" in their February 8 edition. The reviewer, BC Pires, while not a fan of the book's title, clearly enjoyed the book and the stories within. ...
In the news: Forward, Together NIU concert event for the community
From the DeKalb Daily-Chronicle Forward, Together NIU concert event for the community Published - Feb. 8, 2018
“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...
School of Music’s Clarinet Cornucopia festival Feb. 17
Every year since 2002, the Northern Illinois University School of Music has presented a day-long festival for clarinet players with a different theme. The 2018 Clarinet Cornucopia festival features “The French Belle Époque’” with guest artists Stefan Harg, clarinet...
School of Music hosts Winter Horn Fest, Feb. 2
The Northern Illinois School of Music presents the 2018 Winter Horn Fest Friday, February 2, in the Music Building on the main campus. This day-long event offers programming focused on high school horn players and will address challenges, issues, and concerns that...
Life drawing models needed for spring art classes
Life drawing is the study of the human figure through exercises in contour, modeling and gesture drawing in a variety of media. Northern Illinois University is seeking male and female models to pose nude for Spring 2018 life drawing classes. Classes are held Mondays...
NIU presents “Double Duty: An Improv Experience”
The NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts presents the inaugural project of the Interdisciplinary Student Project Artistry and Research (ISPAR) Grant with a single week of performances of a new improv comedy show, Double Duty: An Improv Experience, December 6, 9...
NIU Community School of the Arts Announces Fall Recital and Concert Schedule
The NIU Community School of the Arts is pleased to announce the schedule for fall recitals and concerts. Solo and ensemble performances are featured throughout December on the Recital Hall and Concert Hall stages in the Music Building at Northern Illinois...
Margaret O’Malley wins CSA Sinfonia Concerto Competition
Violinist and violist Margaret O'Malley of Glen Ellyn, Ill., is this year's winner of the Northern Illinois University Community School of the Arts Sinfonia Concerto Competition. Margaret won the competition at NIU for her audition of the first movement of the Violin...
NIU Art Museum’s biennial NIU School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition opens Nov. 16
DeKalb, Ill. -- The Northern Illinois University Art Museum opens the biennial School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition on Thursday, November 16, 2017 with a public reception from 5 – 7 p.m. Presented every two years, this invitational show features recent artwork...
NIU Museum Studies Program announces exhibition opening event
Members of the Curatorial Practice class at the Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design invote the public to the opening of their visual and thought-provoking exhibition: Rise: Symbols of Protest. The exhibition opens Monday, November 27, in The Annette...
Nov 19 Steelband performance highlighted by book signing
For more than 40 years, Northern Illinois University has been home to the world-famous NIU Steelband, and they will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 19 in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building. Northern Illinois University Press has released a...
NIU adopts domestic tuition rate
Recent action taken by the NIU Board of Trustees will help NIU recruit more U.S. students from outside the borders of the Land of Lincoln. The NIU Board of Trustees approved a new domestic rate structure for tuition that will set out-of-state tuition for domestic...
School of Art and Design announces scholarship awards
The Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design awards scholarships to a select number of talented majors. The following students were awarded scholarships this year: Jack and Margaret Arends Scholarship Available to graduate and undergraduate students in...
Cor Cantiamo presents: Vocal Tapestries, Oct. 22
Cor Cantiamo, an NIU Ensemble in Residence, will present their fall concert, Sunday, October 22 at 3 p.m. in the NIU Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. Cor Cantiamo is a professional 24-voice chamber choir that works to bring world class artistry to the DeKalb community...
Cor Cantiamo receives support from Wurlitzer Foundation and DeKalb County Community Foundation
DeKALB, ILL. – Cor Cantiamo, ensemble in residence at the NIU School of Music, has recently received significant grants from three local organizations. Cor Cantiamo received $7,500 from the Wurlitzer Foundation, and $2,000 from the DeKalb County Community Foundation....
NIU’s Avalon String Quartet launches season October 3
Northern Illinois University’s world-class Avalon String Quartet will perform works of Joseph Haydn, Dmitri Shostakovich and Franz Schubert, Thursday, October 3 at 8 p.m. Admission is free of charge. The concert is the first of four this year for NIU’s...
NIU School of Art and Design hosts art crawl and student art gallery naming
DeKALB, ILL. – The Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design offers a unique opportunity to see art exhibitions in four university gallery spaces in one evening, and attend the naming of the Student Art Gallery. The progressive art crawl begins at 4:30...
NIU alumna Amber Sallis named “Hot new face of theater” by Chicago Tribune
DeKALB, ILL. – Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance alumna Amber Sallis, has been named a “Hot New Face of Theatre Class of 2017” by the Chicago Tribune. Sallis most recently appeared in a Steep Theatre production of “Earthquakes in London.” She...
Chicago Sinfonietta opens 30th season with bang of Caribbean sounds, contemporary dance and two world premieres in Trademark
Featuring Northern Illinois University Steelband and Chicago’s Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, September 16 Symphony Center, Chicago, September 18 Chicago, IL – Chicago Sinfonietta, the nation’s most diverse orchestra, kicks off its...
Reflections: Intimate Portraits of Iconic African Americans by Terrence A. Reese
DeKalb, IL – This fall the Northern Illinois University Art Museum presents Reflections: Intimate Portraits of Iconic African Americans excerpts from a 20 year project of “documentary-style” black and white photographs capturing the creative collaboration of dialog...
Objectifying the Photograph: A Group Exhibition of Contemporary Photography
DeKalb, IL – This fall the Northern Illinois University Art Museum presents Objectifying the Photograph, a group exhibition of contemporary artists broadening our definition of photography opening Tuesday, August 29 with a public reception September 21 from 5 to 7:30...