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Tracy Nunnally named one of ESTA’s volunteers of the year
Tracy Nunnally, Technical Director/Head of Design and Technology in NIU's School of Theatre and Dance was recently...
NIU Art Museum to host two upcoming bus trips
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum is facilitating two upcoming bus trips this fall through their...
Art History presents lecture on emotion in late Imperial Chinese painting
Anne Burkus-Chasson, professor of art history and East Asian culture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign presents her talk, "Sentimental Histories: Chen Hongshu (1598-1652) and the representation of emotion in late Imperial Chinese Painting" as part of the...
Sculpture, found percussion, and composition meet in The Himmelfarb Project
Earlier this fall, a group of School of Music faculty and students traveled to Spring Green, Wisc. to experience an exciting collaboration between percussion performers, composers, and the celebrated American visual artist John Himmelfarb. The students and faculty...
Join us for School of Music holiday concerts
Celebrate the holidays with the NIU School of Music at a pair of annual holiday musical celebrations this December. First up is the NIU Jazz Orchestra's Swingin' in the Holidays, Sunday, December 1 at 3 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building...
Art and Design welcomes visiting artist Janet Ballweg, Nov. 12
The School of Art and Design welcomes visiting artist Janet Ballweg to campus for a public lecture, Tuesday, November 12 at 5 p.m. in Jack Arends Hall, room 110. Ballweg is professor of art at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Her artwork explores the complexity...
Students invited to participate in annual contest to design the official NIU holiday card
NIU President Lisa C. Freeman invites all students to participate in the 2019 #HuskiePride Holiday Card Contest. Take advantage of the opportunity to be one of three artists who have their work featured on the official NIU president’s electronic holiday card....
Art history lecture on Kiva Murals at Pottery Mound, Nov. 13
Cassandra Smith, candidate in the Department of Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will present, "Kiva Murals at Pottery Mound: World as Metaphor, Art History as Storytelling" as part of the Elizabeth Allen Visiting Lectures in Art History Series at...
NIU dance students present “Your Excellency” in the NIU Art Museum galleries
In conjunction with the NIU Art Museum exhibition, Exploring Aspects of War In and Through the Visual Arts, NIU School of Theatre and Dance students perform Your Excellency, at the NIU Art Museum, Sunday, November 10 at 1 p.m., Tuesday, November 12 at 12:30 p.m. and...
Music and life of Jim Morrison and The Doors the focus of the fall Dance Concert
This Fall, the NIU dancers are reprising “Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine,” the original dance created by professor Judy Chitwood based on the music and life of rock legend Jim Morrison and the Doors. The School of Theatre and Dance welcomes dance teacher Joel Hall,...
Renovated Holmes Student Center is open for business, leisure, meetings, studying, etc…
As part of Homecoming festivities Saturday, Oct. 26, Northern Illinois University welcomed alumni and current students back to the remodeled first floor of the Holmes Student Center. The renovated space will ultimately include two new restaurants, a coffee shop, a...