Tagged: art

NIU artists travel different paths to greatness

Students have works featured in prestigious show devoted to African-American art

  • February 8, 2017
A pair of art majors from Northern Illinois University are featured in the 2017 Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. The show is…

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Art and soul

NIU, DeKalb celebrate the arts at second annual ARTIgras

  • May 12, 2016
Grab your beads and forget your troubles: Saturday afternoon unleashed a feast of crazy hats, colorful masks, festive dancers, enormous floating soap bubbles, face painting, rock ’n’ roll music and…

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Screenshot of a video game designed by a teen artist

The (Video) Game of Life

NIU art education prof guides Chicago teens in video game design

  • August 26, 2015
Many parents shake their heads when they hear stories about what some of the most popular video games glorify. Guns. Violence. Crime. Sex. Misogyny. But what if video games could…

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Sara Fitzpatrick

‘You experience so many things’

Museum Studies graduate certificate students live out NIU ‘triangle’

  • June 10, 2015
Michelle Stewart changed her major eight times before discovering her passion. She began her adventure at Harper College, eventually traveling south to study marine biology at Broward College in Florida….

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Michael Barnes

Long Live the (Printma)King

NIU studio arts professor: ‘Print is nowhere near dead’

  • May 19, 2015
A recent piece in the Huffington Post – “10 Artists, Illustrators And Designers Committed To Keeping Print Alive Around The World” – begins with the words “Print isn’t dead.” The…

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ARTigras

The Art of the Matter

NIU, DeKalb come together for first ARTIgras party

  • May 7, 2015
Picture this: a mobile and colorful feast for the eyes, ears and imagination winding its way from downtown DeKalb to the Visual Arts Building under warm, summery skies May 2….

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