DEKALB, IL.-The Northern Illinois University Art Museum will host the NIU School of Art Faculty Biennial from October 30 – December 8, 2007. The public is invited to an opening reception Thursday, August 30, from 4:30 – 7 p.m. For details on lectures offered in conjunction with the exhibition, please visit the museum website: www.vpa.niu.edu/museum. The museum will be closed from November 21 through November 26 for Thanksgiving recess.
NIU School of Art Faculty Biennial features recent work by the School of Art faculty, visiting faculty, and members of the supportive professional staff in a variety of studio media including: ceramics, design, drawing, fiber, illustration, jewelry, metalsmithing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, 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/Sycamore community to discover or become reacquainted with the research, ideas, and artwork of these faculty members.
The NIU School of Art Faculty Biennial includes the research and artwork of: Jeffrey Morgan Adams, Leif Allmendinger, Jon Ashmann, Michael Barnes, Douglas Boughton, Karen Brown, Todd Buck, Jennifer Casey, Peggy Dee, Sarah Evans, Yale Factor, Kerry Freedman, Billie Giese, Aleksandra Giza, Suzanne Gorgas, Jeremy Gosser, Debra Grall, Christina Gregor, Larry Gregory, Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz, Manny Hernandez, Rebecca Houze, Barbara Jaffee, Katie Kahn, Brian Kapernekas, Jeff Kowalski, Frank Kulesa, Yih-Wen Kuo, Andrew Liccardo, Christine LoFaso, Li-Fen Lu, B.C. MacEachran, Kim Martens, Ron Mazanowski, William McGuire, Suesi Metcalf, Helen Nagata, Ashley Nason, James Obermeier, Mary Quinlan, Steve Quinn, Catherine Raymond, John Regan, Mira Reisberg, Nina Rizzo, Charlotte Rollman, Isabelle Sabau, Michael Salmond, Kurt Schultz, Lee Sido, Geoffrey Todd Smith, Deborah Smith-Shank, Kryssi Staikidis, Ben Stone, Loretta Swanson, Frank Trankina, Ann Van Dijk, Peter Van Ael, Marlena Wagner, Shei-Chau Wang and Harry Wirth.
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The NIU Art Museum is located on the first floor, west end of Altgeld Hall, the “castle,” at the northwest corner of College and Castle Drives on the NIU campus in DeKalb. The galleries are open to the public Tuesday – Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 12 noon – 4 p.m., and by appointment for group tours. Pay parking is available in the Visitor’s Lot on Carroll Avenue and at metered spots in front of Altgeld Hall. Free parking is available on Saturdays, and during receptions and visiting artist lectures in the lot northeast of Gilbert and College Drives. Exhibitions are free; donations are appreciated. The exhibitions of the NIU Art Museum are funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, the Friends of the NIU Art Museum, and the Arts Fund 21. For more information, please visit our website: www.vpa.niu.edu/museum or call 815.753.1936.
