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NIU Punk Rock Club welcomes Tim Rogner for performance, discussion, April 1
The NIU Punk Rock Club and the College of Visual and Performing Arts welcome musician and artist Tim Rogner for a...
Finding Beauty in a Fractured World, the 2026 B.A./B.S. Art Exhibition opens March 30
The annual spring group exhibition of work by students in the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs...
Theatre and Dance spring season begins with Caridad Svich’s Holler River
“A story about the stories we tell ourselves to survive, the songs we sing to get by and the maps we make of our warring lives.” Caridad Svich’s 2018 play Holler River is the first production of the spring in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance. Directed by Kendra...
Chinese Music Ensemble featured in NPR story about Lunar New Year
Jui-Ching Wang, professor of music and NIU coordinator of Asian studies was interviewed as part of a story by the University of Illinois' NPR affiliate, WILL-AM about the role music plays in the celebration of Lunar New Year in Chinese society. She discussed the...
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...
Meryl McMaster next up in Elizabeth Allen Scholars in Art History Lecture Series, Feb. 5
Meryl McMaster is a Canadian artist with nêhiyaw (Plains Cree), Métis, British and Dutch ancestry. Her lens-based practice incorporates the production of hand crafted materials and performance forming a synergy that transports the viewer out of the ordinary and into a...
Joe Miñoso, MFA ’04, featured in Hello! magazine
Actor Joe Miñoso, star of NBC's Chicago Fire for the last 13 seasons was featured in a recent edition of Hello! magazine. Miñoso earned his MFA in Acting from the NIU School of Theatre and Dance in 2004. Chicago Fire star Joe Miñoso's life away from the cameras Top...
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:...
NIU Wind Ensemble presents Music of Black Composers Showcase, Jan. 28
The NIU Wind Ensemble will present a special Music of Black Composers showcase concert, Tuesday, January 28 at 7 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. Tickets are available at go.niu.edu/arts-tickets. NIU students are admitted free of charge with a reserved ticket....
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...
Art and Design students place in President’s Holiday Card Contest
Senior visual communications major Amanda Cruz and junior painting manager Keira Howard submitted designs that finished second and third in the 2024 President's Holiday Card Contest. Students were invited to submit an original artistic design to be used as the 2024...