Those who disdain modern art, or art that doesn’t solely rely on technical skills, can occasionally be overheard asking, “This shouldn’t be considered art. A child can do this.” The fact of the matter is, they very well might be able to, but that’s...
DeKalb | “Objectifying the Photographer,” an exhibit featuring the modern forms of digital photography, is open now through Oct. 20 at the NIU Art Museum located in Altgeld Hall.“Photography has gone through a radical reinvention in recent history...
On an average day, I will spend the better half of 30 minutes perfecting my winged eyeliner and making sure my blush looks like baked apricot instead of Bozo the Clown, but by no means am I doing this for some boy.Back in December, I came across a Tumblr...
No. 5: ArtArt majors are constantly being told there’s no money in their field.They are to live only as “starving artists,” forced to sacrifice a financially stable life in pursuit of their art. If that’s the case, why do students continually...
Alumnus Jim Dester, Kishwaukee Valley Art League treasurer, is showing flowers in a different light.Dester has his abstract photography on display until Nov. 8 at The Art Box, 308 E. Lincoln Highway.Dester uses photography to portray life in an abstract...
The Looking Box art exhibition featured semester-long artwork projects presented by ARTD 469 (Problems in Photography) students. The exhibition was open Saturday at the Art Annex. Groups of photos taken by the 10 student artists were displayed during...
Artist Michael Dinges will speak about the works he has on display in the Measuring Across Place and Period: Information, Navigation and Geography (MAPPING) exhibition at noon today in the Altgeld Hall Art Museum. Graduate students worked in tandem with...
There is nothing I love more in life than when one of my favorite singers announces they are doing a project that is so unrelated to music. When Max Bemis, the lead singer of the band Say Anything, announced he was coming out with not one comic book but...
The Vice and Virtue curator gave insight into the reasoning for his designed exhibition, which includes artwork from more than 45 local and famous artists, on Saturday at the NIU art Museum in Atgeld Hall. The curator, Peter Olson, who is also the assistant...
Congressman Randy Hultgren, R-Winfield, has announced the start of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition for high school student from Illinois’ 14th Congressional District, according to a news release from Hultgren’s office. Entries in the competition...
Installations of insects pinned to a wall in repeating patterns will be featured in “Arranging Nature,” an exhibition created by Jennifer Angus, Design Studies professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The exhibition, in the Visual Art Building’s...
Faculty and students are encouraged to partake in the NIU Art Museum’s annual Get On the Bus trips to various local art exhibits. Jo Burke, director of the NIU Art Museum, began the Get On the Bus trips in 1994 for students and faculty to indulge in...
