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The DeVos Art Museum on Northern Michigan University’s campus will hold a Family Night on Thursday, April 20th, from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public, and all are invited to attend, including immediate, extended, and chosen families. Guided tours with the curators are offered on the hour at 5 pm and 6 pm, and visitors are encouraged to participate in an all-ages activity available from 5 pm through 7 pm, with supplies and guidance provided. Curators Emily Lanctot, Sydney Sarasin, and Diane Kordich will be available throughout the event to chat and answer questions.

Family Night events will highlight current exhibitions New to the Collection: Lundmark and the Lake, Kinngait: Artists' Reflections in Print, and Selections in Contemporary Illustration and Snowdrift, both of which feature artworks from the Museum’s permanent collection. These exhibitions are on show through this summer. The Senior Exhibition for this semester’s graduating seniors will also be available for viewing.

Join us on April 20th, 5-7:30 pm, for a fun way to experience art at the DeVos Art Museum located on the corner of Tracy and 7th street. The Museum is open Monday-Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday 12-5 pm, and Thursday 12-8 pm. Contact the museum at (906) 227-2235 or visit us online at nmuartmuseum.com

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Graduating seniors from the School of Art and Design present their work. This semester, the exhibition features students concentrating in ceramics, computer art, digital cinema, drawing/painting, graphic design, human-centered design, illustration, metalsmithing/sculpture, photography, and woodworking.

Dates: April 20 - May 5, 2023 

Please join us for a screening of digital artworks at 6:30 pm and the reception at 7 pm. Awards will be announced at 8 pm. Gold award sponsored by annual donors, the Friends of the DeVos Art Museum. Silver and Bronze awards are sponsored by the NMU School of Art & Design.

Participating artists include: Kendra Anderson, Lauren Bagby, Trent Boylan, Brenden Bruhnke, Lauren Call, Niels Callewaert, Savana S. Eller, Rebecca Fletcher, Miiya Hendrickson, Kelsey Hill, Triton Johnston, Jacob Lenderink, Sonja Madsen, Amanda Murray, Kelly Nordquist, Fjora Olson, Nathan Parker, Anna Pattok, Delaney Pickett, Nevaeh Powell, Isa Shavrnoch, Matt Simon, Lukas Zielke.

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Graduating seniors from the School of Art and Design present their work. This semester, the exhibition features students concentrating in ceramics, computer art, digital cinema, drawing/painting, graphic design, human-centered design, illustration, metalsmithing/sculpture, photography, and woodworking.

Reception: Friday, May 5, 2023 Please join us for a screening of digital artworks at 6:30 pm and the reception at 7 pm.

Awards will be announced at 8 pm. Gold award sponsored by annual donors, the Friends of the DeVos Art Museum. Silver and Bronze awards are sponsored by the NMU School of Art & Design.

Participating artists include: Kendra Anderson, Lauren Bagby, Trent Boylan, Brenden Bruhnke, Lauren Call, Niels Callewaert, Savana S. Eller, Rebecca Fletcher, Miiya Hendrickson, Kelsey Hill, Triton Johnston, Jacob Lenderink, Sonja Madsen, Amanda Murray, Kelly Nordquist, Fjora Olson, Nathan Parker, Anna Pattok, Delaney Pickett, Nevaeh Powell, Isa Shavrnoch, Matt Simon, Lukas Zielke.

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Your phone camera can capture a large amount of data and with a few steps, you can manipulate the data to your liking, not just the standard settings being used by the default software. In this workshop we will look at several tools that can nondestructively adjust that data, providing flexibility. Suggestions for making prints will also be discussed.

This is a free event and open to the public. Located in room 165 of the Art & Design building.

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This talk will explore visuality of background scenery in the animation series Violet Evergarden produced by Kyoto Animation and released in 2018-20, based on the 2015-16 novel of the same title by Kana Akatsuki.  After discussing how sexuality is significantly subdued in its visual elements of characters and narrative expressions, in contrast to popular features of Japanese animation, including KyoAni’s other works, Dr. Mitsutoshi Oba will argue how the highly detailed and thoroughly naturalistic landscapes in the background of Violet Evergarden evoke emotions, spirituality, and even sexuality.  Various styles and movements in landscape paintings in history will be examined. Dr. Oba will correlate four seemingly disparate terms representing three explicit themes of the animation series and one implicit: letter, doll, war, and vista, to approach its central theme, which could be defined as semiology of "aishiteru."

This is a free event and open to the public. Located in room 165 of the Art & Design building.

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Emily Lanctot leads a discussion with Art & Design faculty about artists’ studio practices and academic research.

This is a free event and open to the public.

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Filmmaker Andrew Gingerich discusses research and process related to the making of his short documentary Ghost To Ghost.

This is a free event and open to the public.

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The Faculty Biennial Exhibition celebrates the innovative research by faculty in the NMU School of Art & Design. The exhibition highlights diverse achievements in all media and concentrations and gives regional audiences from NMU and beyond the opportunity to see original artwork created by the current faculty. 

This year’s exhibition features:

Nathan Bett, Daric Christian, Tim Cleary, Alex Fekete, Andrew Gingerich, Steven Hughes, Brian Kakas, Emily Lanctot, Stephan Larson, Christine Lenzen, Michael Letts, Gabrielle McNally, Jane Milkie, Jason Schneider, Alison Taras, Tracy Wascom, and Dale Wedig.

This is a free event and open to the public.

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The Faculty Biennial Exhibition celebrates the innovative research by faculty in the NMU School of Art & Design. The exhibition highlights diverse achievements in all media and concentrations and gives regional audiences from NMU and beyond the opportunity to see original artwork created by the current faculty. 

This year’s exhibition features:

Nathan Bett, Daric Christian, Tim Cleary, Alex Fekete, Andrew Gingerich, Steven Hughes, Brian Kakas, Emily Lanctot, Stephan Larson, Christine Lenzen, Michael Letts, Gabrielle McNally, Jane Milkie, Jason Schneider, Alison Taras, Tracy Wascom, and Dale Wedig.

Join us for the opening reception on Friday, January 20, 6 – 8 pm. Refreshments will be provided. This is a free event open to the public.

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December 1 – December 16, 2022

Graduating seniors from the School of Art and Design present their work. This semester,

the exhibition features students concentrating in ceramics, computer art, digital cinema,

drawing/painting, graphic design, and photography.

Graduating artists include:

Amanda Alaziz

Katelyn Ball

Taylor Culbert

Tony Groves

Brady Hinshaw

Jacob Houseman

Participating Artists Include:

Lily Lindgren

Marissa Mangoni

Delaney Mikula

Chantel Temple

Jonathan Vliet

Morgan Watts

Reception: December 16, 7-9 pm

Join us for a  screening of digital work at 6:30 pm.

The Museum is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 12-5 pm; Thursday from 12-8 pm.