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Frances Whitehead
NIU will bestow an honorary doctoral degree this winter to Frances Whitehead, a civic practice artist and professor of sculpture and architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Whitehead will earn her honorary doctorate during the Graduate School commencement ceremony, scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at the NIU Convocation Center....
Cover of "The Essential New | Art Examiner"
“Re-Examining the New Art Examiner” is a symposium exploring the controversial history and unsettled significance of the most widely read art magazine ever published in Chicago. Born out of seismic cultural shifts in the early 1970s, coming of age in the hyper-inflated art world of the 1980s, and embracing its role as part of the...
Cover of "The Essential New | Art Examiner"
The NIU Art Museum will present “The New Art Examiner, ‘Chicago’s Independent Voice of the Visual Arts,’ 1973-2002,” from Tuesday, Nov. 29, through Saturday, March 10, in the Hall Case Gallery. This didactic exhibition, exploring the history and significance of The New Art Examiner, was curated by NIU professor and art historian Barbara Jaffee. The...