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The Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s spring DATA Exhibition Suite delves into the array of the manner in which data surrounds us, impacts us and is interpreted. Four exhibitions open on Thursday, March 28, with a public opening reception from 5 – 8 p.m. Informal artist gallery talks begin at 6:30 p.m. Museum staff members,...
The NIU Art Museum opens the biennial School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition on Thursday, Nov. 16, with a public reception from 5 – 7 p.m. Presented every two years, this invitational show features recent artwork and scholarship by current faculty and teaching staff from all divisions of the NIU School of Art and...
It is time once again for the NIU Art Museum’s annual Art to Lend exhibition of works from the Museum’s collection that are available for display in secure campus offices. The one-week exhibition is open Monday, July 10, through Friday, July 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day in the Museum’s galleries on...
Join the NIU Art Museum Thursday, May 18, for a screening of Henry Koster’s musical comedy, “The Inspector General,” starring Danny Kaye (1949, 100 minutes). The film is set in the period of the First French Empire and follows a fool who is mistaken as an investigator in disguise by the town’s corrupt officials.  Before the screening...
Special guest Dr. Ernest Freeberg will present “Eugene V. Debs and the Fight for Free Speech in World War I” from 6-7 p.m. in Altgeld Hall 315 on Monday, April 24, and is presented by the NIU Department of History. Freeberg is professor and head of the Department of History at the University of Tennessee...
Be sure to mark your calendars this week and join us to view prints from the Art Museum’s collection and hear a special talk entitled, “Bite of the Print: A Medium Well Suited for Social Commentary,” with Museum Assistant Director Peter Olson. This talk will take place on Monday, April 10, from 2-3 p.m., at the Art Museum...
NIU welcomes visiting Guatemalan-Maya artists Paula Nicho Cúmez and Pedro Rafaél González Chavajay as part of a two-week event for the exhibition “Visiones E Historias: Maya Paintings from Guatemala,” on view at the Art Museum through Thursday, Feb. 24. The show is part of the combined “(Re)Presenting Guatemala” series of exhibitions on campus exploring the...
On Saturday, Jan. 28, the NIU Art Museum and the Pick Museum of Anthropology will present an opening reception titled Guatemalan Museum Day at NIU. From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., sample Guatemalan food at the Pick Museum in Cole Hall. Pick Museum Director Jennifer Kirker-Priest will then lead a guided tour of the museum’s...
On Thursday, Nov. 3, Dr. Catherine Raymond, director of the Center for Burma Studies, will give a lecture on the importance and meaning of traditional Burmese tattoos. Learn about the significance of their placement on the body which purportedly empowers the tattooed with certain spiritual gifts. The lecture will take place in Altgeld Hall 315, from 5-6...
On Thursday, Sept. 29, the Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s Assistant Director and Curator Peter Olson accepted a competitive Illinois Association of Museums (IAM) Award of Excellence that recognizes museums in the state that exemplify professional best practices and standards in the field of museum curation at the professional organization’s annual conference. Olson accepted the...
Josephine Burke. Woods at Oxbow. Oil on paper; (21 x 17 in.)
Artwork enriches NIU’s welcoming nature for students, faculty and staff while it brightens the experience for public visitors and provides daily enjoyment in the workplace. The NIU Art Museum’s annual Art to Lend on-campus artwork rental program returns Monday, July 18, with an exhibition of pieces from the museum’s permanent collection available for rental and...
The NIU Art Museum opens a major exhibition suite this spring that explores the exuberance and glamour of the Art Deco period with two full exhibitions and two smaller studies. “Between the Wars: Contrasts, Parallels, Shifts and Patterns” and “Beyond Gatsby: Common Luxury in American Art Deco chart the stylistic expressions and transitions that occur...
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