Masters of Fine Art, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Bachelors of Art, 91Porn, Chicago, Illinois 

Harper Faculty Show, Harper College Fine Art Gallery, Palatine, IL 

GVSU Ceramics Forum Exhibition, NCECA Conference, Cincinnati, OH 

NIU Student and Faculty Exhibition, DeKalb, IL 

Spring Happening, Next Step Gallery, Ferndale, MI 

NEIU Alumni Exhibition, NEIU Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 

CAA Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI 

Tableworks, Bswing Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Advanced Mentorship Program, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO 

Siren Hotel Commission, Detroit, MI

Sept. 25, 2024
6:00-9:00 p.m.
Main Campus, Fine Arts Center Building

The NEIU Art + Design Fall Fest is a celebration of our creative community that supports and advances the talents of artists, designers, art historians, and art educators.

This year’s Art + Design Fall Fest will premiere an exhibition featuring student work from Illinois Community Colleges, a Projection Mapping Showcase on Bernard Brommel Hall, interactive art activities across our studio spaces, and food and refreshments. 

Join us on Sept. 25 to experience what NEIU has to offer. Our state-of-the-art facilities include new student exhibition spaces, a Mac lab, a ceramics studio with multiple kilns and a raku firing area, a photography studio equipped for both analog and digital processes, a fully equipped printmaking studio, a letterpress studio, and a sculpture studio with dedicated areas for clay modeling as well as metal and wood shops. Additionally, our Fab Lab features cutting-edge 3D printers, a large-format CNC router, multiple laser and vinyl cutters, and a large-format laser cutter; and our Design Studio proudly houses two Risograph printers and the largest collection of Riso drums at any university in Chicago.

Highlighted Fall Fest Studio Activities:

• Photography: Portrait sessions using color gels and Polaroid transfers
• Drawing/Painting: Create a collage and transform it into a personalized custom button
• Sculpture: Design a wire sculpture on a wooden base
• Fab Lab: Bring your drawings to life with the 3D Doodler and Laser Etching
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if you are a current NEIU student, faculty or staff, Art + Design alumni, or a community member. 

 if you are a prospective student.

Event Schedule

6:00 p.m.: Art + Design Fall Fest Begins!

6:30 p.m.: Fine Arts Center Tour

7:00 p.m.: Juried Exhibition Award Announcements 

7:10 p.m.: Fine Arts Center Tour

7:30 p.m.: Fine Arts Center Tour

8:00 p.m.: Projection Mapping Showcase

9:00 p.m.: Art + Design Fall Fest Concludes

Master of Design, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois 

LA Art Book Fair 2023, Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA 

Chicago Publishers Fair: Paper Jam, Co-Prosperity, Chicago, IL

MFA Fine Arts, Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
B.A. Liberal Arts, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts

Delirium Reloaded, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Sock Drive, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, USA
When Souls Stick, Comfort Station, Chicago, USA
Amuleto, The Franklin, Chicago, USA
Continuous Span, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, USA
Goo&Ooo, SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW, NYC, USA
Ullrpaaaiiillllgggrrrrrhrhekoko, The Plan, Chicago, USA
PLAY/GROUND, Buffalo RiverWorks, New York, USA
Springboard, Mayfield, Chicago, USA
Life Work, Tiny Table Gallery, Chicago, USA

Hyperallergic

ARTNews

Stereogum

MTV

Residencies
Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, USA
Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Maine, USA
HydePark Art Center Bridge Program, Chicago, USA

Commissions
Time Out, Music Video, Stuck
Ferry, Music Video, Moontype

Grants
DCASE

Room FA 105 B
91Porn
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicao, IL 60625
United States

Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
M.A. Stanford University, Stanford, California
B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 

“The Ho-o-den at the World’s Columbian Exposition: A Trans-Pacific Dialogue” Journal of Japonisme, vol. 8, no. 2., Autumn 2023.
“Daniel Cottier, Designer, Decorator, Dealer”, Nineteenth Century Art Worldwide 22, no. 1, (Spring 2023).
“Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt and Modernist Chicago” in B. J. O. Nordfeldt, American Internationalist, ed. Gabriel P. Weisberg, (Minneapolis: Weisman Art Museum, 2021) Exhibition catalogue.
“Harvesting Machinery Takes Command: The Earliest Internationalist Painting of B. J. O. Nordfeldt” SOURCE, Notes in the History of Art, Winter 2020: 121- 130. [University of Chicago Press]
Julien Dupré catalogue raisonné. In association with Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York. On-going since 2014. See: juliendupre.org

M.F.A., Columbia College Chicago
B.A., Loyola University Chicago

Ceramics (Room FA 114)

The Ceramics facility is equipped with state of the art ceramic equipment. The main studio includes 20 Brent CXC electric wheels, a Brent SR 36 slab roller and North Star extruder.

The kiln room is equipped with three Geil gas kilns (two DLB12 and one DLB40) for cone 10 reduction firings, as well as three Skutt Kilns and a large electric Barlett V6CF kiln for oxidation firings. 

The studio includes a separate glaze room containing raw materials for in-house glaze mixing as well as a glaze spray booth. A separate clay mixing room houses a Bluebird clay mixer and a NVS07 De Airing Shimpo Pug mill and includes raw materials for in-house clay recycling and clay-making. Both the glaze room and mixing room include ventilation.

Our outdoor courtyard includes two Olympic (18Raku) kilns for raku firings and worktables. The main studio is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for students enrolled in ceramics classes. 

Computer Lab (Room FA 226)

The main computer lab consists of 22 Macintosh computers, all equipped with Adobe Creative Suite software. The computer lab is used for 2D design, graphic design, and photography classes. It is also a general use workspace for all art and design students.

The studio also includes a high-resolution scanner with the ability to scan reflective materials and film up to 12.2"x17.2". The instructors' station is tied into a multimedia audio and video projection system with supporting computer, VHS and DVD display.  The station is directly connected to the high-quality laser color printer with output up to 11”x14.” 

Design Studio (Room FA 252)

This multi-purpose classroom is available for 2D Design, Graphic Design classes, and contains our Letterpress studio area, which consists of two Vandercook presses, a polymer platemaker, an inking station and three cabinets of type. The Riosography printing area contains a RISO digital duplicator and 15 color drums. Other tools include an electric paper cutter machine and a 51" Dahle professional rolling trimmer. The room has 25 drawing tables with chairs and includes a light table and flat files for storage.

Drawing (Room FA 206)

The Painting and Drawing studios consist of large open spaces and contain easels, taborets, stools for student use, and a moveable model stand. Storage for student paintings, safety cabinets for flammables and a sink are also part of the studios. Both painting and drawing studios are available for all Art + Design students.

Fabrication Lab (Room FA 112)

The Fab Lab contains a 12"x24" Universal 3D laser cutter with a TBH exhaust filter system, a 36”x55” Boss laser with TBH exhaust filter system, one resin 3D printer, three MakerBot 3D printers, a Zprinter 150 3D printer with a powder recycling station, one Canon 36” inkjet printer, multiple virtual reality-optimized computers, three vinyl cutter stations, a CNC router, 24" vinyl cutter, and a CNC sewing machine.

Painting (Room FA 212)

The Painting and Drawing studios consist of large open spaces and contain easels, taborets, stools for student use, and a moveable model stand. Storage for student paintings, safety cabinets for flammables and a sink are also part of the studios. Both painting and drawing studios are available for all art and design students.

Photography (Room FA 225)

The Photography studio comprises a classroom that is also used as a lighting studio, a darkroom, a computer lab, and a finishing area. The lighting studio can be subdivided and has enough room for two lighting setups. It also houses a variety of equipment, including our dry mount presses, a workbench with two film scanners (355mm up to 8"x10"), and houses the two Epson large format printers (17” and 44”). The studio space is also used as a meeting area for discussions and digital presentations. The darkroom has eight enlarger stations for traditional printing, sink and chemistry storage for film processing, one film dryer, and a UV exposure unit for contact printing historic processes. The computer lab consists of 16 student work stations, a teaching station that connects to a 65" flatscreen monitor and a color laser printer. The finishing area contains two film-loading booths, two film dryers, a fiber based paper dryer, and RC paper dryer.

Printmaking (Room FA 250)

The Printmaking studio is equipped for screen-printing, stone and plate lithography, intaglio and relief processes. Studio equipment includes a Takach etching press, a Sturges etching press, a ferric based etching system, two Takach lithography presses (one with a plate backer), 40 litho stones, a graining sink, a hydraulic lift for moving stones, a NuArc Mercury vacuum frame exposure unit, a plate shear, four inking stations, one hotplate, five work tables, a light table and personal flat file storage space for each student per semester. The screen-printing area is made up of a screen exposure unit, a combined darkroom and washout room, two general printing stations and one vacuum-printing table. A digital area within the studio includes two iMac computers, a scanner and laser printer capable of printing transparencies for photomechanical processes as well as polyester lithography plates.

Sculpture (Room FA 214)

The Sculpture studio consists of a plaster room, wax and resin room, modeling room, 3D design/lecture room, wood shop, tool room, and metal shop. This studio is used to teach all 3D design and sculpture courses. The modeling room and 3D design rooms are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for students who are enrolled in the classes. The wood shop and metal shop are open only when the class is in session and during open studio hours.

The wood shop is equipped with a dust collector connected to all machines; three Delta band saws, a Delta 12” sander; a Grizzly spindle sander; a Delta 10”radial arm saw; a DeWalt 10” compound miter saw; a Hitachi 8 ½” slide compound saw; a Delta 12 ½’ portable planer; a Porter-Cable router; a Delta wood lathes; a Delta planer; a Delta 10’ table saw; a SawStop 10” table saw, and a multi-speed Delta Drill Press, the latter two added to the wood shop in 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The metal shop has ventilation tied directly to each welding and fabrication area; a Lincoln Electric 230V arc welder, a Miller 230V wire welder; a Miller 115V/230V portable tig/arc welder, a Miller spot welder, a Hypertherm plasma cutter, a Dayton 20” drill press, a Delta 14” metal band saw, a Baldor 8” grinders-buffers, a Central Machinery 20” sander/Grinder, a Craftool buffers, a DeWalt metal cut off saw, a sheet-metal shear, and a pipe bender.

University of Illinois Chicago, MDES in Graphic Design, Chicago, IL

University of Kansas, BA in Architecture, Lawrence, KS

The Graphic Design minor will introduce students to the elements and principles of design, develop their visual communication skills, and gain technical skills for the development of print and digital media. The curriculum focuses on equipping students to be able to use design skills to supplement other areas of study. Students are given the tools to create compelling and effective visuals that communicate messages clearly. The minor consists of seven total courses—four core courses, and three electives that students can tailor to gain more experience in either print or digital medias.

Admission requirements: A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5.

For more information about the Graphic Design minor, please contact Professor Lauren Meranda at l-meranda@neiu.edu.

A minor in Graphic Design is intended to reach three main student groups (although it is open to all majors): Studio Art majors, Business/Marketing majors, and Computer Science majors. Graphic Design and these three areas of study are closely related in a professional setting and introduce students to skills that will enhance their marketability post-graduation.

Studio Art Majors

Studio Art majors with a minor in Graphic Design would gain supplementary skills in digital media development, visual communication and typography. Students would be able to select a Graphic Design elective that best suits their area of interest. For instance, a printmaking student may want to take the Letterpress elective or a photography student may want to take Contemporary Design to see how photography is and can be used in today’s design industry.

Business and Marketing Majors

Business/Marketing professionals often work very closely with graphic designers to develop consumer-side content. Many marketing professionals are expected to be able to produce high-quality graphics for both print and digital media. A minor in graphic design would give students the opportunity to become more well-rounded professionals, as well as gain first-hand insight into the design process, which will make them more successful in working with designers in the future.

Computer Science Majors

Computer science and graphic design are closely intertwined in user interface and user experience (UI/UX) design for digital products. A minor in graphic design for computer science students will equip them with both the technical skills to design and develop high quality, intuitive digital products, such as desktop and mobile applications. Taking classes in typography and visual design will provide students with the skills to develop more soundly designed projects.

The Graphic Design minor provides students with applicable skills to pursue positions in fields such as:

• Front End Development and Web Design
• User Experience Design
• User Interface Design
• General Graphic Design
• Videography and Video Editing
• Digital Fabrication
• 3D Design CAD/CAM
• Industrial Design
• Motion Design
• Advertising
• Marketing
• Branding

For more detailed career information, visit the U.S. Department of Labor .

Take a closer look at the minor in Graphic Design and the courses offered toward the program.

If you are interested in the program or have questions, please contact Art + Design at (773) 442-4910.

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Master of Fine Arts, Museum Studies, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts, 91Porn, Chicago, IL

Misfit Muses, Belong Gallery, Chicago, IL

Provisions: Labor and Luxury, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

Life Inside – Still, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL

COTTON: RAW MATERIAL & PRECIOUS METAPHOR, R482, Brooklyn,
NY

Connect: Collect, Resonator Institute, Norman, OK

Relic, Remedy and Ritual, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

Lillstreet Artist in Residence | Textiles Department | Chicago, IL

Terrain Exhibitions Artist Residency | Springfield, IL

Anette Storefront Residency | Roman Susan Gallery | Chicago, IL