The theme of this year's NIU School of Music World Music Series is "Encountering a Global Sounding World." The...
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Something for everyone this April in the College of Visual and Performing Arts
April is the busiest month in the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts, which means you have more opportunities...
Spring Percussion Ensemble concert features premiere of Russell Hartenberger’s “REQUIEM”
The NIU Percussion Ensemble's spring 2024 concert features the world premiere of Russell Hartenberger’s REQUIEM, a...
Visiting artist Kayla Schlipf on when illustration is “more than just a job”
Kayla Schlipf, a BFA graduate from the NIU School of Art and Design will give a virtual visiting artist talk for the Illustration Area titled, "Redefining success: When illustration is more than just a job." The lecture will be presented Thursday, November 12 at 5...
Illustration area presents visiting artist talk from Brian Povich, industrial designer
Brian Povich, an industrial designer and 2007 BFA graduate in Illustration from the NIU School of Art and Design is presenting a visiting artist talk, Wednesday, November 11 at 5 p.m. The virtual presentation can be viewed on Zoom, (Meeting ID 833 4676 7133, with the...
Black Playwrights Reading Series presents: “Sender” by Ike Holter
The final show in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance Black Playwrights Reading Series is "Sender" by Ike Holter, Sunday, November 16. The reading will be live streamed on Zoom (passcode: 697381), at 7:30 p.m. "Doors" will open at 7 p.m. Following the reading, we...
School of Theatre and Dance presents: Black Playwrights Reading Series, beginning Nov. 1
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance is presenting a Black Playwrights Reading Series, beginning Sunday, November 1 at 7 p.m., with Tanya Barfield's "Bright Half Life."The first reading will be streamed free and open to the public on Zoom at 7:30 p.m. November 1....
NIU Illustration visiting artist talk, Gawki, Oct. 28
The Illustration area of the School of Art and Design presents a visiting artist talk with independent artist Ki, Wednesday, October 28 on Zoom. The visiting artist talk will be held at zoom.us/join at 5 p.m. The Meeting ID is 880 3625 2467 and the password is 155171....
“Follow Us Home” Huskie Marching Band 2020 Homecoming performance
Homecoming at NIU was a little different this year, with COVID-19 restrictions in place and a MAC football season that doesn't start until November, but the Pride of the Midwest, the Huskie Marching Band put together a halftime show for everyone to enjoy in the...
Artist/experimental psychologist Ellen Winner to lecture at NIU, Nov. 10
The School of Art and Design at Northern Illinois University will host a guest lecture by artist and experimental psychologist Dr. Ellen Winner, titled "How Art Works: Five Puzzles." Winner is professor of psychology at Boston College and senior research associate at...
Music to Her Ears: Scholarship helps Vieyra share the joy of music
Elizabeth Vieyra was little when she first noticed some of her peers did not have the same opportunities she did. Vieyra was always musically inclined, playing flute and violin. But she realized not everyone in her hometown of Aurora who wanted to take up an...
Larissa Barnat wins Best Artist Video at Woodstock art exhibition
Larissa Barnat, a third year Master of Fine Arts student in the School of Art and Design earned the "Best Artist Video" prize at the Dangerous Lullabies VI art exhibition in Woodstock, Ill. The exhibition is being held at the Old Courthouse Arts Center in Woodstock,...