A stroll around campus can serve as a preview of a new exhibition coming soon to the galleries of the NIU Art Museum....
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Burma collection and NIU Printmaking retrospective open in Art Museum galleries August 27
A pair of exhibitions will run concurrently in the galleries of the NIU Art Museum for the coming academic year....
NIU Art Museum Announces upcoming exhibitions opening March 19
While so much has seemed unknown for so many of late, the NIU Art Museum took a stab at a mysterious suite of...
NIU Art Museum upcoming bus excursions
The Get-On-The-Bus Trips of the NIU Art Museum are great ways to meet other art lovers, keep up with what’s happening in the art world, see innovative historical exhibits and travel without the hassle of traffic, tolls and parking. Bus trips are planned to take...
National parks as a unique expression of national identity and iconic Indian artist Bharti Kher are subjects of presentations at the NIU Art Museum
Lectures by faculty from the Art History division of the NIU School of Art and Design highlight the programming surrounding the current exhibition in the NIU Art Museum, the College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Biennial. From World's Fair to National Park:...
Upcoming lectures and presentations as part of ongoing CVPA Faculty Biennial Exhibition at NIU Art Museum
The current exhibition in the NIU Art Museum is the College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Biennial which runs through February 15. The exhibition features work and scholarship from faculty members in NIU's School of Art and Design, School of Music and School...
Northern Illinois University Art Museum Presents Faculty Biennial Exhibition
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum is pleased to announce the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts 2024-2025 Faculty Biennial exhibition on display in the museum’s Altgeld Hall galleries Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, through Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Shown...
Art From Home – David F. Driesbach Engravings
The engravings of David F. Driesbach are the subject of this edition of Art From Home: A Personal Collection, a series of videos where Peter Olson, assistant director of the NIU Art Museum shares information about works and artists in his personal collection. To see...
Art From Home – Sidney Chafetz
It's back! In 2020, Peter Olson, assistant director of the NIU Art Museum did a series of videos where he discussed pieces in his personal art collection. The popular series has returned with this look at the work of Sidney Chafetz. https://youtu.be/48l2-Vg0p0Y To see...
Portrait suite to open this fall at Northern Illinois University Art Museum
Three exhibitions featuring the theme of portraiture are set to open Wednesday, Aug. 28, with a public opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12. A talk with photographer Sandro Miller begins at 6:30 p.m. “Seeing Each Other: Portraits in Time and Place”...
NIU Art Museum annual “Art to Lend” selection period now open
The NIU Art Museum’s annual “Art to Lend” 2024 selection period is now open for faculty and staff on campus. This annual service allows individuals and departments to enhance their private offices and the administrative areas of our university by renting original...
Traveling Exhibition from University of Illinois Springfield on Lincoln’s Legacies Comes to NIU Art Museum
The NIU Art Museum will host “Making Our History – Artists Render Lincoln’s Legacies,” a traveling exhibition from the University of Illinois Springfield set to open Tuesday, March 26. There will be a public opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4 with an...