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Bronze drum (Burma/Mayanmar), NIU Burma Art Collection
As a part of the NIU Art Museum’s upcoming Southeast Asian Exhibition Suite, “Music for the Divine” showcases Burmese traditions and musical instruments ranging from those used in Buddhist rituals, traditional royal court ceremonies and contemporary multi-ethnic expressions. This exhibition will run in the South Galleries, and will feature the Burma Art Collection at NIU...
President Peters and Rebecca Houze
Rebecca Houze, associate professor and head of the Art History Division in NIU’s School of Art, is the recipient of the 2012 University Honors Great Professor Award. This university-wide award, which was established in 2001, recognizes a faculty or staff member who has, over time, contributed significantly to honors education at NIU through teaching as...
Bernini angel sculpture in Rome
The NIU Art Museum will present “The Medieval Art of Narrative,” an illustrated lecture by Ann van Dijk at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in Altgeld Hall 315. In the Middle Ages, narrative art was ubiquitous, appearing in a variety of media and contexts. Painted narratives adorned the pages of books; mosaic narratives graced the...
Overwhelmed: Salon-Style Picture Hangs and the Limits of our Historical Imagination
Esteemed art historian Kristina Wilson will visit NIU to speak at 5 p.m. Monday, April 2, in Room 100 of the Visual Arts Building. In a presentation titled, “Overwhelmed: Salon-Style Picture Hangs and the Limits of our Historical Imagination,” Wilson will discuss modern exhibition practices in American art museums. All are welcome. Wilson, an associate professor...
Free At Last! book cover
Sinclair Bell, assistant professor of art history, has co-edited a volume on freed slaves in ancient Rome that was published this week. “Free at Last! The Impact of Freed Slaves on the Roman Empire,” which he co-edited with Teresa Ramsby, was published by Bloomsbury Press in London, and will become available in the United States...
NIU’s Art Museum has announced three Get on the Bus trips for the spring. North Shore Excursion Saturday, March 3 Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe (Mary and Leigh Block Museum at Northwestern University) Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie Bus leaves from the School of Art parking lot at 8:30 a.m....
God Save the Queen!
Stephen Eskilson, a professor of art history at Eastern Illinois University, will visit the NIU campus at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, to lecture on “Détournement—Subversive Visual Communication.” Professor Eskilson’s lecture in Gabel Hall 126 springs from an exhibition he curated this autumn at EIU. The exhibition takes as its starting point the visual and conceptual...
Ann C. Gunter, professor of art history, classics and humanities at Northwestern University, will deliver a lecture at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, on “Gifts, Exchange, and Acquisition: Greece and Its Near Eastern Neighbors.” The lecture in Room 100 of the Visual Arts Building will be illustrated. Professor Gunter received her Ph.D. in Near Eastern...
Sinclair Bell. Photo courtesy Beowulf Sheehan.com
Sinclair Bell, an assistant professor of art history at NIU, recently was chosen to serve as a “Research Ambassador” to the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), or German Academic Exchange Service, for 2010-2011. The DAAD is a publicly-funded independent organization of higher education institutions in Germany. Its 14 international offices provide information as well as financial support...
Ingrid Rowland event poster
Ingrid Rowland, a professor at the University of Notre Dame-Rome School of Architecture, will visit the NIU campus to speak at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25,  about “Egyptomania in Baroque Rome.” Rowland’s lecture will be held in Room 100 of the Visual Arts Building. The lecture is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by...
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