Artist Kevin Cole, M.F.A. ‘85, has created more than 47 public art works, including a 15-story Coca-Cola Centennial...
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Aaron Dworkin’s Arts Engines features Paul Kassel discussing collaborating with the arts ecosystem of a city
Paul Kassel, Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at NIU was the guest on Arts Engines with Aaron...
Annual Spring Dance Concert wraps up School of Theatre and Dance production season
The 2023-2024 performance season in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance concludes with the annual Spring Dance Concert...
NIU Printmaking exhibition at ARC Gallery Chicago
Students in the Printmaking Area of the NIU School of Art and Design are exhibiting their work at the ARC Gallery in Chicago, 1463 W. Chicago Ave. Plucked & Gleaned opened on March 6 and runs through March 27. It is a group exhibition of fine art prints. The work...
Visiting artist lecture on Ohio Earthworks and World Heritage, March 17
Join Dr. Christine Ballengee Morris, professor in arts administration, education and policy development and director of American Indian Studies for The Ohio State University for a free, open to the public virtual lecture, Wednesday, March 17 at 5 p.m. Several thousand...
Artist, entrepreneur Cheryl Holz virtual visiting artist talk, March 9
Join mixed-media artist Cheryl Holz as she presents a visiting artist talk to the NIU School of Art and Design, Tuesday, March 9 at 11 a.m. Holz is a Midwestern artist whose mixed media artwork celebrates nature's strength, beauty and diversity. Like sediment...
Learning to take risks at NIU helped Jermaine Stegall’s work on “Coming 2 America”
For Jermaine Stegall, composing the music for the long-awaited sequel to the Eddie Murphy hit movie "Coming To America" came with a set of challenges, seen and unforeseen, but the final product reflects a film where music is as much of a character as any of the...
Theatre and Dance to present “Everybody” via webcast March 5 and 6
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents "Everybody" by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. There is no charge for tickets but you must reserve your space. This modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality...
Cartoonist Leigh Rubin visiting artist presentation, March 4
Cartoonist Leigh Rubin, whose cartoon "Rubes" is syndicated in more than 400 media outlets worldwide and distributed by Creators Syndicate will take part in an online visiting artist presentation with the NIU School of Art and Design, Thursday, March 4 at 11 a.m....
Photographer John Opera to give visiting artist lecture March 1
John Opera, a photographer who "works at the intersection of photographic materiality and light-derived abstraction" will present a visiting lecture for the NIU School of Art and Design, Monday, March 1 at 5 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public via Zoom...
Honors Recital to feature CSA Talent Scholarship Winners
Six talented young musicians perform in the annual CSA Honors Recital at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb on Saturday, February 27 at 1:30 p.m. All are recipients of this year’s CSA Talent Scholarship, awarded annually by the NIU Community School of the Arts. ...
LVL3’s Vincent Uribe to chat with ARTS715 class
Vincent Uribe, director of LVL3, an artist-run exhibition space and online publication launched in 2010 will chat with students in ART715: Professional Studio Practices, in an open to the public Zoom, Thursday, February 25 at 6:30 p.m. Uribe is an artist and creative...