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Huskie Spotlight: Alma Perrote, Music Education and Steelpan Performance

Alma Perotte, who is majoring in music education and steelpan performance in the School of Music is the subject of a Huskie Spotlight. Alma says she knew as a child growing up in Belize City, Belize that she wanted music to be an essential part of her life. When I was...

Music Education alumna Hayley Gotzsche wins Golden Apple Award

Hayley Gotzsche decided at a very young age that being a music teacher would be a great job. "I've always loved music," she said. "Music has always been a source of joy and an expression of confidence. It was just natural to go into it. I love to get to bring those...

Kelly Gross named Illinois Higher Education Art Educator of the Year

Kelly Gross, Ph.D., assistant professor of art and design education in the NIU School of Art and Design has been named the 2025-2026 Higher Education Art Educator of the Year by the Illinois Art Education Association (IAEA). Gross was honored at their annual...

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Free drive-thru COVID-19 testing available Jan. 10-12

Jan 7, 2021 | University Communications, xCVPA, xFeatured

NIU, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the DeKalb County Health Department are partnering to offer our community free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, through Tuesday, Jan. 12. Employees and students who are not in the...

Johns Fund provides annual support to NIU Art Museum

Jan 5, 2021 | NIU Art Museum, xCVPA, xFeatured

The DeKalb County Community Foundation and the NIU Art Museum are thrilled to announce the Friends of NIU Art Museum Endowment Fund. This new Designated Fund provides annual financial support to the NIU Art Museum to further their mission of serving campus and...

Narrative art exhibition suite opens at NIU Art Museum Jan. 12

Jan 4, 2021 | NIU Art Museum, xArt and Design News, xArtMuseumNews, xCVPA, xFeatured

The Northern Illinois University Art Museum opens three exhibitions that consider narrative artwork and imagery Tuesday, January 12. The exhibitions examine artworks’ ability to chronicle or present narrative themes that relay a series of events, subjects, or use...

Art History Professor Sinclair Bell wins prestigious NEH Fellowship to study Race in Antiquity

Dec 22, 2020 | Art and Design, Art History, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced $32.8 million in grants to support 213 humanities projects in 44 states, including a research Fellowship for Sinclair Bell, Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois University, to research the...

Dance minor Jill Belluomini chosen as NIU’s Lincoln Laureate

Dec 14, 2020 | Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Dance News, xCVPA, xFeatured

Jill Belluomini can gracefully conquer both a molecular dynamics simulation and a pirouette. Her major and minor at NIU—chemistry and dance—represent her two passions. As different as they may seem, to her, they’re intertwined. For Belluomini, life is all about...

College of Visual and Performing Arts Virtual Commencement video

Dec 14, 2020 | CVPA, Music News, NIU Artists. Never. Quit., Theatre and Dance News, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

In case you missed it, or want to see it again, help us congratulate the Class of 2020 once again with this year's virtual commencement. All of last weekend's virtual commencement ceremonies are available to watch online.

NIU hosts virtual commencement ceremonies this weekend

Dec 10, 2020 | CVPA, xCVPA, xFeatured

While the COVID-19 pandemic has robbed us of many special moments, Northern Illinois University is determined that the graduating classes of 2020 will get the send-off they deserve. This Saturday and Sunday, the university will host virtual commencement ceremonies to...

Watch the premiere of Michael Barnes’ artist talk on lithography, Dec. 10

Dec 7, 2020 | NIU Art Museum, NIU Artists. Never. Quit., xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

Join Michael Barnes, Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design Professor of Art, Head of Printmaking and 2020 Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor as he discusses lithography history and historic prints for the NIU Art Museum. The...

Researching the Reverse Glass Painting Tradition Across Buddhist Southeast Asia with Dr. Catherine Raymond

Dec 7, 2020 | NIU Art Museum, xArt and Design News, xArtMuseumNews, xCVPA, xFeatured

Catherine Raymond, Director of the Center for Burma Studies at NIU and Professor of Art History in the School of Art and Design presented an online lecture for the NIU Art Museum, November 19 titled, Researching the Reverse Glass Painting Tradition Across Buddhist...