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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...
NIU students join Friends of the NIU Art Museum on Chicago museum bus trip
Two dozen Northern Illinois University students from the Fine Art House dorm and Art History Department joined over 30...
Northern Illinois University Art Museum Annual “Art to Lend” selection period now open
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s annual “Art to Lend” 2022 selection period will open for faculty and staff on campus. This annual service allows individuals and departments to enhance their private offices and the administrative areas of the university...
NIU Art Museum hosts silent auction to diversify its collection
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum will be hosting a silent benefit auction of small art pieces. The goal is to raise funds to make targeted purchases to diversify the collection. With the intention of reflecting the changing demographics of the university...
Northern Illinois University Art Museum presents Biennial School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum is pleased to announce the NIU School of Art and Design 2022 Faculty Biennial exhibition on display in the museum’s Altgeld Hall galleries Tuesday, Jan. 18 running through Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. The biennial exhibition...
NIU Art Museum opens exhibitions that examine refugees and global humanitarian crises
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s exhibition Refuge and Refugee as well as The Art of Surviving: The Journey of the Karen Refugees in Illinois organized by the Center for Burma Studies at NIU opens in the Art Museum’s Altgeld Hall galleries Tuesday, August...
NIU Art Museum presents “Very Well, Thank You: The Arts as a Means to Well-being” through May 15
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s “Very Well, Thank You”: The Arts as a Means to Well-being exhibition opens Friday, March 26 and runs through May 15. The exhibition investigates the unique role and way the visual and performing arts assist in maintaining...
NIU Art Museum Gallery Talk on the works of Ellen Roth Deutsch
The work of artist Ellen Roth Deutsch was the subject of an online gallery talk given by Jo Burke, director of the NIU Art Museum. In the presentation, "From the Mind of Ellen Roth Deutsch" Burke discussed the current exhibition in the NIU Art Museum and showed some...
NIU Art Museum Artist Lecture – Landis Blair
Artist Landis Blair gave an online artist lecture for the Northern Illinois University Art Museum titled: "Mirth and Mayhem: Landis Blair Selection of Drawings and Books." To view more of Blair's work visit his website at landisblair.com. Bio of Landis Blair: Author...
Narrative art exhibition suite opens at NIU Art Museum Jan. 12
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum opens three exhibitions that consider narrative artwork and imagery Tuesday, January 12. The exhibitions examine artworks’ ability to chronicle or present narrative themes that relay a series of events, subjects, or use...
Researching the Reverse Glass Painting Tradition Across Buddhist Southeast Asia with Dr. Catherine Raymond
Catherine Raymond, Director of the Center for Burma Studies at NIU and Professor of Art History in the School of Art and Design presented an online lecture for the NIU Art Museum, November 19 titled, Researching the Reverse Glass Painting Tradition Across Buddhist...