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Gallery: ‘Making Magic While The Sun Hides’ exhibit at NIU

By Sofia Howell, Photojournalist
February 5, 2025
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Emma Jo Vitallo’s colorful pieces, “Everything in Technicolor 1 and 2,” show toy unicorns on a colorful background. Vitallo is currently a student at NIU pursuing their master of fine arts degree in photography with an emphasis in art history. (Sofia Howell | Northern Star)
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Emma Jo Vitallo’s piece, “Final Embrace,” shows a poster of a dollhouse pinned to a tree. Vitallo’s gallery exhibition “Making Magic While the Sun Hides” has its reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. (Sofia Howell | Northern Star)
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Director Andrew Glendening waves to the NIU Wind Ensemble as he enters stage for the start of their Thursday performance. The next School of Music performance in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall will be the NIU Choral Collage Concert on Sunday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
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Director Linc Smelser bows at the end of the Arthur D. Montzka Memorial Concert as the audience roars with applause. The Arthur D. Montzka Memorial Concert was named after Arthur Dale Montzka, the first director of the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra after his passing in 2002. (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)
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