The annual Spring Dance Concert brings a close to the 2024-2025 NIU School of Theatre and Dance production season....
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Lighting design student Kev Kollmann featured in video about accessibility improvements for theater technicians
Kev Kollmann, an M.F.A. in lighting design in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is featured in the Winter 2025...
Art and Design’s Geoffrey Todd Smith’s show “Assembly” featured in Colossal
NIU School of Art and Design Instructor of Drawing Geoffrey Todd Smith's show, Assembly at Western Exhibitions was...
Best in Show and Jurors’ Choice award recipients announced for NIU Art Museum’s “Stories From My Childhood”
Best in Show and four Jurors’ Choice Awards were announced during the Dec. 1 opening reception of “Stories From My Childhood,” at the Northern Illinois University Art Museum. "Stories From My Childhood" is a group show based on a national call for entry exploring both...
Graduate profile: Austin Cruz, School of Music
Congratulations to all of the new alumni of the College of Visual and Performing Arts who graduated last weekend. One of the featured students at the commencement ceremony for students from the Graduate School was the School of Music's Austin Cruz who received his...
Graduate profile: Steffi Delgado, School of Music
Congratulations to all of the new alumni of the College of Visual and Performing Arts who graduated last weekend. One of the featured students at the commencement ceremony for students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts, College of Liberal Arts and...
Liam Teague honored with Key to the City of San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Liam Teague, NIU Board of Trustees professor, presidential research, scholarship and artistry professor and head of steelpan studies in the NIU School of Music was honored with the Key to the City of San Fernando in his native country of Trinidad and Tobago at a...
School of Art and Design seeks entries for annual Community College Invitational Exhibition
The Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design is accepting entries for its annual Community College Student and Faculty Invitational Exhibition. The exhibition will run from January 15, 2023 through February 4, 2023. The student exhibition will be held...
NIU Philharmonic Orchestra to perform “Oratorio Without Words: Edward Elgar and Alice Mary Smith” Nov. 21
The Northern Illinois University Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Wilbur Lin, assistant professor of music at NIU, will perform "Oratorio Without Words: Edward Elgar and Alice Mary Smith," Monday, November 21 at 7 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in NIU's...
NIU Jazz Orchestra to preview their Lincoln Center set at concert Nov. 17
The Northern Illinois University Jazz Orchestra will be heading to New York City in January to compete in the third annual Rudin Jazz Championship at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and you can get a preview of that performance at...
NIU Fall Dance Concert “Carmina Burana” runs Nov. 17-20
Northern Illinois University’s School of Theatre and Dance will present "Carmina Burana" at the School of Theater and Dance’s Stevens Building beginning Thursday November 17, at 7:30 p.m. Performances continue Friday, November 18, and Saturday, November 19 at 7:30...
Scholarship established, and reception scheduled to honor Melanie Parks before Sunday’s Dance Concert performance
The College of Visual and Performing Arts and the School of Theatre and Dance are hosting a reception, Sunday, Nov. 20, in the lobby of the Stevens Building to honor Melanie Parks who worked for nearly 30 years in the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts as an...