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Indiana University African American Dance Company to hold workshop and performance at NIU

As part of Northern Illinois University's Black Heritage Month events, the NIU Center for Black Studies and the NIU School of Theatre and Dance are hosting a workshop and performance by Indiana University's African American Dance Company. The workshop includes a...

Art and Design Education’s Kerry Freedman earns Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award

Kerry Freedman, Ph.D., professor and head of art education, has earned the Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award from Northern Illinois University. In more than 20 years on the faculty of the NIU School of Art and Design, Professor Freedman has continued her work as a...

Music’s Christopher Scanlon appearing in Chicago Shakespeare’s new musical “Illinoise”

Christopher Scanlon, assistant professor of trumpet and brass area coordinator in the NIU School of Music is performing in Illinoise, a musical opening at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre January 28 and running through February 18. Music and lyrics for the show were...

Just Dream It: Randiss “Wonder” Hopkins, ’17, inspires Nike’s global design community

Randiss "Wonder" Hopkins, '17, experienced a dream in his youth that propelled him to do backflips—literally. The dream and the events immediately following have led Hopkins to live and work with the mindset, "If you can dream it, you can do it." Hopkins recounts the...
Cartoonist Leigh Rubin visiting artist presentation, March 4

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....

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Honors Recital to feature CSA Talent Scholarship Winners 

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. ...

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LVL3’s Vincent Uribe to chat with ARTS715 class

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...

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MFA grad Geoffrey Todd Smith featured at Western Exhibitions

MFA grad Geoffrey Todd Smith featured at Western Exhibitions

Chicago based artist Geoffrey Todd Smith, a 1997 MFA graduate of the NIU School of Art has a solo exhibition currently running at Western Exhibitions, 1709 W. Chicago Ave. in Chicago. Sordid Orchestra is Smith's sixth solo show at Western Exhibitions. The gallery...

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