NIU Mariachi and Ballet Folklórico have have been selected to perform at the Chicago White Sox Mexican Heritage Night,...
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More Amor, featuring Bobby Broom reaches #1 on Jazz Week’s charts
The album More Amor, a tribute to Wes Montgomery by the Chicago Jazz Orchestra and featuring Bobby Broom, reached...
Theatre and Dance’s Tracy Nunnally serving as flying director for Paramount Theatre’s Cats
Tracy Nunnally, professor and head of design and technology in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is serving as...
SoTD alumni J. Nicole Brooks and Matthew C. Yee to be interviewed by Stephen Colbert as part of Lookingglass Theatre’s Lunch Show, June 16
A pair of NIU School of Theatre and Dance alumni will be interviewed by CBS' The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, as part of Lookingglass Theatre's Lunch Show, Friday, June 16. J. Nicole Brooks, ensemble member and Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at...
New Art and Design graduate Quinn Sedig illustrates the unique opportunities for students at NIU
When Quinn Sedig transferred to the NIU School of Art and Design from Sauk Valley College, she knew she wanted to major in illustration, and her focus was on creative or storybook illustration, until she took her first class at NIU. "I had Todd Buck (professor of Art...
Graduate Profile: Edwin Perez-Hernandez, BFA in Photography
We are proud of all of our new alumni who earned their degrees and are preparing to do even more great things in the world. This profile of Edwin Perez-Hernandez, who received his B.F.A. in Photography from the NIU School of Art and Design last weekend was featured...
Graduate Profile: Kirby Fellis, MFA in Jazz Performance
Congratulations to all of our graduates. We look forward to seeing all of the great things you do. This profile on Kirby Fellis, who earned his MFA in Jazz Performance from the NIU School of Music was featured during commencement ceremonies over the weekend. ...
NIU offers summer graduate class for art teachers
Thinking about an online masters degree or just seeking professional development credits? The NIU School of Art and Design is offering Research Readings in Art Education (ARTE 685), a three credit online course offered over four weeks from June 19 to July 16. There...
Art and Design BFA Show opens May 1
The annual show of graduating Bachelor Fine Arts majors in the School of Art and Design opens May 1 and will run through May 8 in the Jack Olson Gallery and Annette and Jerry Johns Student Art Gallery in Jack Arends Hall. There will be a reception at the galleries,...
The Rite of Spring highlights this year’s Spring Dance Concert
The spring semester programming in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance ends, fittingly, with Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" as part of the annual Spring Dance Concert, which opens, Thursday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Stevens Building's O'Connell Theatre on...
Photography major Brookelyn Sears named to All-MAC team in gymnastics
Brookelyn Sears, a senior design and media arts major from Centerville, Ohio earned a spot in this year's All Mid-American Conference Academic team in gymnastics. Sears has a 3.68 cumulative grade point average and was a key member of a Huskies gymnastics team that...
Art and Design’s Brooke Stonebraker named All-MAC in women’s basketball
Brooke Stonebraker, a junior design and media arts major in the NIU School of Art and Design has been named to the All-Mid American Conference Academic team in women's basketball. Stonebraker came to NIU from Versailles High School in Versailles, Ohio. She's a 6'3...