NIU Art Museum to host artist talks
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum will host several fall events in conjunction with the NIU School of Art Faculty Exhibition.
Recent work by the School of Art faculty, visiting faculty, and members of the supportive professional staff in a variety of media will be shown including: ceramics, design, drawing, fiber, illustration, jewelry, metal work, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, time arts, video, and visual communication, as well as research in art education and art history.
Spanning all four galleries of the museum, this exhibition provides an opportunity for the NIU and greater DeKalb and Sycamore community to discover or become reacquainted with the research ideas, and artwork of these faculty members.
The opening reception for faculty exhibition will be held from 4:30-7 p.m. today. The exhibition runs through Dec. 5.
The NIU School of Art also will host the Faculty Biennial 2009 Artist Lecture Series. The schedule follows. Unless noted, all tallks will be held in Altgeld Room 315.
• “A Look into My Head”: 5-6 p.m. Monday; Michael Barnes, Fine Arts Studio, printmaking
• “... of or pertaining to dirt”: Noon-1 p.m. Wednesday; Karen Brown, Fine Arts Studio, drawing
• “At a Crossroads on the Prairie”: 5-6 p.m. Nov. 9; Andrew Liccardo, Design, photography
• “Climate Control: Every Cloud has a Silver Iodide Lining”: 5-6 p.m. Nov. 16; Bart Woodstrup, Design, time arts
• “The Art of a Designer, Architect and Motorcyclist”: Noon-1 p.m. Nov. 18; Harry Wirth, design
• “Atmospheric Perspective”: 5-6 p.m. Nov. 18; Debra Grall, Fine Arts Studio, drawing
• “Varieties of Denial”: 5-6 p.m. Dec. 2, in the Altgeld Art Museum gallery, Room 116; Katie Kahn, Fine Arts Studio, painting
The exhibitions and programs of the NIU Art Museum are sponsored in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency with additional support from the Friends of the NIU Art Museum and the Arts Fund 21.
For up-to-date information and additions to the NIU art museum calendar, visit www.niu.edu/artmuseum.
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