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Head’s up! Upcoming Art Museum exhibition extends to campus

A stroll around campus can serve as a preview of a new exhibition coming soon to the galleries of the NIU Art Museum. The Olmec Heads Experience is a traveling exhibition of twenty-five monumental, artist-designed sculptures inspired by the colossal stone "heads"...

Music’s Bobby Broom’s new album “Notes of Thanks” featured in Downbeat Magazine

The latest album from Bobby Broom, associate professor of jazz guitar and jazz studies in the NIU School of Music, Notes of Thanks, a tribute to saxophonist Sonny Rollins, was featured in the July edition of Downbeat Magazine. Broom first performed with Rollins at...

“The Risk Worth Taking” exhibition open now in Jack Olson Gallery

DeKalb, Illinois -- “The Risk Worth Taking” a visual art exhibition by NIU School of Art and Design alumnus Kevin Cole will run in the Jack Olson Gallery in NIU’s Jack Arends Hall from August 24 through October 16. “The Risk Worth Taking” draws a personal narrative...

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NIU dance students present “Your Excellency” in the NIU Art Museum galleries

Nov 1, 2019 | NIU Art Museum, xCVPA, xFeatured

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...

MFA first year graduate exhibition runs through November 7

Oct 31, 2019 | Art and Design, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

"Prologue" an exhibition of first-year Master in Fine Arts students from the NIU School of Art and Design runs through Thursday, November 7 in Gallery 215 located at 215 North Fourth Street in DeKalb. There is an opening reception, Thursday, October 31 form 5 p.m. to...

For one night, the NIU Jazz Orchestra turns the Altgeld Hall auditorium into a swing jazz dance club

Oct 31, 2019 | Music, Music News, xCVPA, xFeatured

For one night only, the iconic Altgeld Hall Auditorium on the NIU Campus will be transformed into a jazz dance club as the NIU Jazz Orchestra presents a Swing Dance, Sunday, November 10 at 6 p.m. Everyone's invited to join the Jazz Orchestra for a one-of-a-kind...

Art and Design Education hosts lecturer Ami Kantawala on Reframing the Past: The Writing of History

Oct 29, 2019 | Art and Design, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

The School of Art and Design's Art and Design Education program presents a lecture on historical inquiry in art education by author and scholar Ami Kantawala, Monday, November 4 at 5 p.m. in Jack Arends Hall room 110. The lecture is open to the public and free of...

Cor Cantiamo’s 10th anniversary season opens with a world premiere

Oct 28, 2019 | Music, Music News, xCVPA, xFeatured

Concert features world premiere of a piece composed by Libby Larsen, and accompanying art exhibition by Heriberto Ponce Cor Cantiamo, the choral Ensemble-in-Residence at Northern Illinois University opens its 10th anniversary concert season with a world premiere of...

NIU hosts eighth NIU New Music Festival Nov. 5-8

Oct 25, 2019 | Music, Music News, xFeatured

The NIU School of Music presents the eighth NIU New Music Festival, November 5-8, featuring five concerts over four nights. The event brings together NIU students and faculty performers along with renowned performers like: Libby Larsen, one of America's most prolific...

Huskie Pledge: For eligible freshmen, new aid program would help fully cover 2020-21 tuition, fees

Oct 25, 2019 | CVPA, Music News, Theatre and Dance News, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

Illinois high school students who graduate this coming spring with a 3.0 cumulative GPA or above might now be able to reap the benefits of a generous financial aid program at Northern Illinois University. The new Huskie Pledge aims to make NIU more affordable for...

Fall NIU Steelband concert is a tribute to Al O’Connor

Oct 23, 2019 | Music, Music News, xCVPA, xFeatured

The NIU Steelband presents its fall 2019 concert Sunday, November 17, at 3 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST) at the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building on Northern Illinois University's main campus in DeKalb. The program will also feature the NIU...

Buy your music and theater tickets through the NIU app

Oct 23, 2019 | CVPA, Music News, Theatre and Dance, xCVPA, xFeatured

Purchasing tickets to events in the College of Visual and Performing Arts has never been hard, but now it's even easier. In addition to buying them online or at the box office, you can now purchase tickets to School of Music concerts and performances in the School of...