Students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts were special guests at the NIU home football game Saturday,...
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World premiere of “Rage Play” opens School of Theatre and Dance’s production season
The world premiere performance of Rage Play by Nandita Shenoy opens the NIU School of Theatre and Dance's 2023-2024...
CVPA Day at Sat., Sept. 23 home football game
NIU Vice President/Director of Athletics and Recreation Sean Frazier has invited all of the students in the College of...
School of Music’s Kelly Langenberg featured on WGN-TV with Chicago Horn Consort
Kelly Langenberg, applied artist in the School of Music teaching brass techniques and horn, was recently featured on the WGN-TV News. Chicago Horn Consort, a group Langenberg founded in 2010 is releasing its first album, Catch Fire, and will celebrate with a special...
Marquis Hill to be honored for Alumni Achievement in the Arts
Marquis Hill, a 2009 graduate of the NIU School of Music will be honored by the NIU Alumni Association as this year's recipient of the Alumni Achivement in the Arts Award. The NIU Alumni Association annually recognizes the achievements of outstanding alumni, with...
Joan Allen reflects on her Huskie worth ethic
In case you cannot tell by looking at her pages-long resume of Broadway stage productions, television programs and award-winning films, actress Joan Allen has a thing about work ethic. After four decades of stage and screen acting, she has not forgotten what she...
NIU Art History lecture series presents a talk on “Decolonizing Design History”
"Decolonizing Art History" is the topic for the next talk in NIU's Elizabeth Allen Visiting Lectures in Art History series. Megha Rajguru, senior lecturer, History of Art and Design, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, and Daniel Huppatz, associate professor,...
Theatre and Dance presents “A Bright New Boise” through February 15
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents, "A Bright New Boise" by American playwright Samuel D. Hunter. Get ready…in the parking lot of a mega arts and crafts store in Idaho, the Rapture is coming. Or is it? In this intimate comedic drama, five small-town...
Andrew Glendening Faculty Trombone Recital features world premiere
Andrew Glendening, director of the NIU School of Music will perform a world premiere as part of his Faculty Trombone Recital, Thursday, January 23 at 8 p.m. in the NIU Music Building Recital Hall. "Der Heroszupfer" composed by Joseph Klein was written in 2019 and will...
CVPA presents Fourth Annual Winter Arts Convocation
All students in the schools that make up the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts: the School of Art and Design, School of Music and School of Theatre and Dance, are invited to the Fourth Annual Winter Arts Convocation, Monday, January 27 at 5:30 p.m. at Boutell...
Winning 2019 holiday cards designed by Art and Design students
NIU President Lisa Freeman has selected student artwork to showcase the incredible talent that NIU students possess. Of the entries submitted for consideration, three were selected and the artists received scholarships for their winning designs. Their work will be...
NIU Art Museum opens School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial exhibition Jan. 14
The NIU Art Museum’s School of Art and Design Faculty Biennial exhibition opens Tuesday, January 14 with a public reception on Thursday, January 23 from 5-7 p.m. Shown every two years, this invitational exhibit features recent artwork and scholarship by current...