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Jazz combo to perform at Olson Gallery’s “The Risk Worth Taking” exhibition reception, Oct. 15

A jazz combo from the NIU School of Music will perform at the exhibition reception for Kevin Cole's (NIU '84) exhibition in the Jack Olson Gallery, "The Risk Worth Taking." The reception will be held at 6 p.m. in the Olson Gallery, and follows Cole's artist talk,...

Huskie Spotlight: Kijuana Duplessis, ’28, Music Education

Kijuana Duplessis is a music education major and member of the NIU Steelband from Antigua and Barbuda, who says, "I chose this course of study because music has always been a major part of my life, and I knew early on that I wanted to build my future around it. My...

Homecoming includes a mural painting that you can help bring to life

One of the many activities to enjoy during Homecoming Week is an NIU Homecoming inspired mural that you can not only watch be painted, you’re invited to join in on the painting! The mural's theme draws on NIU's Recycled Boat Race, a long-standing and revitalized...

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Unleash a Huskie – Tyrique McNeal, music performance major

May 9, 2019 | Music, Music News, xCVPA, xFeatured

Music performance major Tyrique McNeal describes the happiness he feels being able to study music at NIU.

Thank you for supporting the Day of Giving

May 9, 2019 | CVPA, Music News, Theatre and Dance News, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

Thank you for your support of NIU's first-ever Day of Giving. NIU raised more than $750,000 in 1895 minutes (to honor the founding of the university nearly 125 years ago), and the College of Visual and Performing Arts totaled the second most gifts of any college in...

Oona Holtane uses “illustration to tell stories and evoke emotion” and it’s led to a dream summer

May 3, 2019 | Art and Design, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

Oona Holtane says her love of art and illustration goes back as long as she can remember, when as a three-year old she was watching Disney's The Aristocats while, "holding a pudding spoon in one hand and a crayon in the other." The junior illustration major from...

Andrew Glendening selected as new director of the School of Music

Apr 30, 2019 | Music, Music News, xCVPA, xFeatured

Andrew Glendening, currently the dean of the School of Music and professor of music at University of Redlands in Redlands, Calif., has been selected as the next director of the School of Music at Northern Illinois University. Glendening will begin his new post on...

NIU and DeKalb’s annual art celebration ARTigras returns May 4

Apr 26, 2019 | Art and Design, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

ARTigras is an annual event developed by the NIU School of Art and Design in partnership with the City of DeKalb to create a fun and creative celebration of the arts – something new for the area to bring our community together. The first inaugural ARTigras took place...

NIU Day of Giving: 1895 Minutes to ‘Unleash a Huskie’ begins May 7

Apr 23, 2019 | CVPA, xFeatured

Huskies. Never. Quit. You just have to unleash them. For 1,895 minutes on Tuesday, May 7- Wednesday, May 8, NIU will host its first-ever Day of Giving. Day of Giving events have grown in popularity over the past several years, and among colleges and universities in...

NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts to present Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín and related art exhibition and theater performance

Apr 22, 2019 | CVPA, Music News, Theatre and Dance News, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

The NIU School of Music presents, Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín in concert Sunday, April 28 at 3 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in NIU’s Music Building. The signature concert of The Defiant Requiem Foundation, Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín,...

Alumni Speakers in Art History series presents talk on the impact of The Black Arts Movement on diversity in Art History

Apr 19, 2019 | Art and Design, xArt and Design News, xCVPA, xFeatured

The final lecture of this year's Elizabeth Allen Visiting Alumni Speakers in Art History Lecture Series features Freida High Wasikhongo Tesfagiorgis' talk: A Sankofa Moment in 2019: The Impact of The Black Arts Movement On Diversity in Art History and Museums in the...

Expressions of Defiance art exhibition at NIU in conjunction with Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin

Apr 19, 2019 | CVPA, xCVPA, xFeatured

In conjunction with Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín, the Jewish Artists Collective-Chicago (JACC) will exhibit thematically related painting, printmaking, fiber art, sculpture and installation in the Reynolds Whitney Gallery, adjacent to Boutell Memorial...