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Art exhibit displays student work

By Rachel Scaman | May 6, 2013

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...

MAPPING exhibition to showcase geography art

By Newell Miao | April 10, 2013

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...

Time Arts show opens Sunday

By Kevin Bartelt | April 10, 2013

If NIU students want something different to do this weekend, they should check out the art show delivered by Time arts seniors. Although some students may be unaware of the major, anyone can observe an art show this weekend with projects by the exclusive...

SMLTWN Skate Shop hosts skateboard artshow

By Katie Finlon | March 3, 2013

Broken watches and skateboards—broken or not— took on new lives as pieces of artwork at Small Town (SMLTWN) Skate Shop, 229 E. Lincoln Highway. SMLTWN hosted its sixth annual skateboard-inspired art show on Thursday. The show featured more than 40...

Jack Olsen Gallery to feature “Arranging Nature” exhibit

By Jessi Haish | January 14, 2013

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...

The Civil War exhibit, "Vestiges of a Nation Divided," is being put on by NIU's Regional History Center.

Regional History Center recognizes Civil War anniversary with online exhibit

By Leah Spagnoli | April 20, 2011

The Founders Memorial Library is offering students and faculty the chance to travel 150 years in the past. On April 12, 1861, the United States began a war within itself. NIU's Regional History Center is recognizing the anniversary by creating an online...

The Founder's Memorial Library is hosting "The Long, Drawn Tale" exhibit from now until September. The exhibit aims to distinguish the difference between graphic novels and comic books.

Exhibit denounces myths about graphic novels

By Troy Doetch | August 30, 2010

DeKALB | A graphic novel is just a big comic book, right? This kind of question would cause assistant libraries professor Wayne Finley to launch into scholarly discourse on the differences between the two art platforms. Coincidentally, that's exactly...