NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
After an absence of more than a decade and a half, Artifacts, the School of Art and Design alumni newsletter has returned in electronic form. The newsletter, which features alumni profiles, upcoming events and opportunities for alums to share their news was e-mailed to alumni, and can be found online as part of the NIU Arts Blog at niuarts.com/artifacts. (more…)
The 2018 fall semester kicks off the 50th Anniversary of Jack Arends Hall, home of the NIU School of Art and Design. First up are a pair of exhibitions:
Want to answer the Call for Entries? Here’s how:
Golden: School of Art and Design Jack Arends Hall 50th Anniversary Juried Alumni Show
September 4 – October 19, 2018
Eligibility
Open to all alumni of the NIU School of Art and Design (SoAD), also previously known as NIU School of Art and NIU Art Department.
Awards
Entry Specifications
| July 15 | Entry forms due |
| August 1-3 | Email notification of acceptance/rejection |
| August 7-17 | Acceptance of shipped works |
| August 17, 10 a.m. -4p.m. | Hand delivery of work |
| August 18, 10 a.m.-noon | Hand delivery of work |
| September 4 | Exhibition opens |
| September 20, 5-8 p.m. | Reception |
| October 19 | Exhibition closes |
Jack Arends Hall 50th Anniversary All Alumni Open Exhibit and Mail Art Show
August 24 – October 19, 2018
Eligibility
Open to all alumni of the NIU School of Art and Design (SoAD), also previously known as NIU School of Art and NIU Art Department.
Entry Specifications
One piece of artwork of media in 2D and 3D forms will be accepted. All work for the Mail Art Show must fit and be delivered inside a USPS Flat Rate Priority Box.
If you are hand delivering the art work for the open call show and picking up the work after the show closes, you are welcome to show work the fits the following size restriction.
All work must have been completed post 2015.
You may submit one entry for consideration. Entries must be submitted no later than July 21, 2018.
Important Dates and Deadlines
| July 21 | Entry forms due |
| August 1 | Final postmark date for mailed work |
| August 17, 10 a.m. -4p.m. | Hand delivery of work to Jack Olson Gallery |
| August 18, 10 a.m.-noon | Hand delivery of work to Jack Olson Gallery |
| August 24 | Exhibition opens |
| September 20, 5-8 p.m. | Reception |
| October 19 | Exhibition closes |
Monday, September 17, 2018
Elaine King, Professor Emerita, College of Fine Arts, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University
“A Cultural Capital Quagmire: How the Art Market and not Curators or Art Critics legitimatize cultural products today”
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Thomas Russo, Associate Dean, International Programs; Professor, Art History, Drury University
“Defining Sacred Spaces: Sculpture in the Romanesque Church”
Tuesday, November 19, 2018
Alexandra Green, Henry Ginsburg Curator for Southeast Asia, the British Museum, in conjunction with the symposium, “Looking Through The Glass: The Reverse Glass paintings Traditions in Southeast Asia and Beyond” (tentative title), organized by the Center for Burma Studies
Monday, February 4, 2019
Samuel Dodd, Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio University
“All Eyes on Space: An Architectural History of Television”
Wednesday, February 27
Freida High W. Tesfagiorgis, Evjue-Bascom Professor Emerita of African and African American Art History and Visual Culture, University of Wisconsin Madison
“Serious Change: Toward A More Meaningful Diversified Artworld”
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Rhonda Taube, Professor and Chair, Department of Art and Art History, Riverside City College
“Xena Warrior Princess Meets Efraín Rios Montt: Contemporary Maya Dance and Pop Culture Imagery in Highland Guatemala”
Gerry James
Matt Etherington
Deyana Matt
Rick Stachon
Don Dvorak
Teresa McGee
NIU Art Museum
August 28 – October 19
“Sweet, Golden and Delicious”
NIU School of Art and Design Alumni Invitational Exhibition
At Jack Arends Hall
| Aaron Coleman | Sept. 17-21, 2018 | Drawing and Printmaking Demonstrations, Critiques, Production of Etching Edition |
| Lisa Kay | TBD | Meet with Art & Design Education Graduate and Undergraduate students |
| Christian Ortiz | Sept. 26, 2018 | Public lecture in School of Art and presentation for Fiber classes |
| Valerie Wallace | Nov. 12-16, 2018 | Drawing and Printmaking Demonstrations, Critiques, Production of Print Edition |
| Paul Erschen | Sept. 13, 2018 | Graduate student studio visits, 1:30-4 |
| Christine Woywod | TBD | Meet with Art & Design Education Graduate and Undergraduate students |
| John Russick | TBD |
