Publications and Catalogs

The following is a selected list of brochures and catalogs produced by the NIU Art Museum.
To order, please contact us. Postage and handling charges will be added to mail orders.

J. Burke, et al. Exploring Aspects of War In and Through the Visual Arts. Catalog considers views on war and military conflict from the perspective of the homefront, the battlefield and back home again. 2020. 135 pages, Color Catalog with Curator's notes and Artist/Veteran Statements. 5 x 8. $15, $12 for Museum Members

Richard Siegesmund, DATA: BIG/-driven/Visualized. A multidimensional exhibition that delves into the array of manner in which data surrounds us, impacts us and is interpreted, 2019. 30 pages, Color Catalog with curator's essay. 8.5 x 11. $10, $8 for Museum Members

C Cwiklik, J Burke, P Van Ael, Jack Arends Hall Alumni Celebration, 2019. 376 pages, Color Catalog celebrates the golden anniversary of the Jack Arends Hall and alumni artist biographies. 10 x 8.

Preview and order from Blurb.com (this catalog is print-on-demand) PDF $4.99, Softcover $110.99, Hardcover $125.99 (Price may fluctuate)

Nirmal Raja, Reclaimed Baggage: South Asian American Women Artists Address Displacement, Identity and Agency, 2018. 20 pages, Color Catalog with curator's note and artist biographies 9 x 9. $8, $5 for Museum Members

Gan Uyeda. Objects of Vision: An Essay by Gan Uyeda, 2017. 9 pages, Color Catalog with Essay 8.5 x 11. $5, $3 for Museum Members

The New Art Examiner:
Chicago's "Independent
Voice of the Visual Arts"
1973 - 2002
2011, 24 pages, Color Catalog with Essay 8.5 x 11 $5, $3 for Museum Members

In The House: Sculpture
for the Home
2011
20 pages, Color Catalog
6" x 6", $3.00, $1.00 for Museum Members

Coming of Age: The WPA/FAP Graphic Arts Division & The American Print
2010
147 pages, Color Catalog with Essays,
7 3/4" x 9 3/4"

Preview and order from Blurb.com (this catalog is print-on-demand). $55.14 (Price may fluctuate)

inVISIBLE
2010
Small folding brochure - $1

INsideOUT Poster
2010
unfolded - 19 x 25 inches
$3, $1 for NIU Art Museum Members

Midwestern BLAB!2
2010
Folded Brochure 8 1/2" x 11"
$1

Imperfect Models: Jessica Gondek Paintings and Prints
2009
25 page Color Catalog 9" x 9"
$5, $3 for NIU Art Museum Members

Dimensional Figures: Artists Engaging Technology
2009
20 page Color Catalog 8 1/2" x 11 "
$3, $1 for NIU Art Museum Members

Kathe Kollwitz: Images of Death and Life
2009
Folded Brochure 8 1/2" x 11"
$1

Moonlight Cocktails are the Thing
2009
Folded Brochure 8 1/2" x 11"
$1

Crossing Threads Crossing Boundaries
2008
20 page Color Catalog 8 1/2" x 5 1/2 "
$3

Gabriel Bizen Akagawa: Unpacked / Offset
2008
25 pages / color catalog w/ DVD 8 1/2 x 5 1/2"
$3, $1 for NIU Art Museum members

Examining Audubon
2008
Folded brochure 8 1/2 x 11"
$1

Ayomi Yoshida::Yedoensis
2008
17 pages / color catalogue 7" x 7"
$5, $2 for NIU Art Museum members, plus shipping and handling

Revisiting Modern Japanese Prints:
Selected Works from the Richard F. Grott Family Collection
2008
100 pages / 4-color catalogue 10 x 8 1/2"
$15, $12 for NIU Art Museum Members, plus shipping and handling.

Published by the NIU Art Museum in association with the NIU Office of Publications, the catalogue contains scholar and student essays as well as a useful technical glossary, artist biographies and catalogue information on the prints.

Some Enchanted Evening
100 Years of Evening Gowns
2007
6 x 9" folded brochure
$1

Body Politic
Contemporary Artists explore the social and political ramifications of identity.
2007
6 x 9" folded brochure
$1

The Uncertainty Principle:
Drawing in the Golden Age of Worry
2007
poster with essay by curator Karen Brown
$1

Surveillance: Mark Arctander
2007
folded brochure with essay by Polly Ullrich
$1

Blue Sky Black Earth
Meditatrions on the meeting of Sky and Land
Artists depicting the Illinois Landscape
2006
folded brochure with essay by curator Jo Burke
$1

Location Uncertain
2006
18 pages w/ numerous color photos Essay by Bertha Husband.
$7, $5 for members

Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars in Rembrandt's Etchings Selections from the John Villarino Collection
2006
8 pages w/ b+w illus.
Essay by Gary Schwartz.
$3, $1 for members

pop!
2006
8 pages w/ color illus.
Essay by Shannon Stratton and Curator's statement by Christine LoFaso.
$5, $3 for members

Strange Fictions
2006
Folded brochure w/ color illus.
Essay by curator Chris Kahler.
$2

PanSonic
2005
8 pages w/ color illus.
Essay by curator Heather Weber.
$5

The Art of Burma
2005
Folded brochure w/ color illus.
Curator's texts by Catherine Raymond and Alexandra Green.
$2

Confessions of a Dadaist:
The Era of Existence 1979-2005
2005
22-page catalog w/ color illus. on the imagery of Helene Smith-Romer.
Essays by Janina Ciezadlo & James Hugunin.
$5 members, $8 students & seniors, $10 general.

Research
2005
folded brochure w/ color illus.
Essay by curator Edward Maldonado.
$2

In(visible) Body
2005
8 pages w/ color illus.
Essay by curator Heather Weber
$5

Jin Soo Kim: roll-run-hit-run-roll-tick-
2003
folded brochure w/ color illus.
Essay by Dominic Molon
$5

Collectible
2003
14 pages w/ color illus.
Essay by curator Julie Charmelo,
$5

Dan Mills: Detector
2002
folded brochure w/ color illus.
Essay by Jeff Abel
$2

Retro
2002
8pages w/ color illus.
Essay by curator Julie Charmelo,
$5

Doppelganger
2001
8 pages w/ color illus.
Essay by curator Julie Charmelo
$5

Frances Whitehead, Arguably Alive (the virus taxonomy)
2000
Folded poster w/ color illus.
Essay by Clive Dilnot
$5

Blink: Interventions in the Salon
2000
10 pages w/ color and b&w illus.
Essay by curator Julie Charmelo
$5

Lynda Lowe: Form and Measure
1999
Folded brochure w/ color illus.
Essay by Leonard Shalin
$2

The DeKalb Community Mural
1999
Poster w/ color and b&w illus.
Text by Jo Burke and statement by lead mural artist Olivia Gude
$1 (folded) / $5 (flat)

Linda Horn
1999
Folded brochure w/ color illus.
$2

Dysfunctional Home
1999
6 pages w/ b&w illus.
Essay by curator Julie Charmelo
$5

The Interior Journey in Contemporary Landscape
1998
Folded brochure w/ color illus.
Essay by curator Jo Burke
$2

Thomas Skomski: Walking on the Bottom of the Ocean
1998
Folded brochure w/ color illus.
Essay by Judith Russi Kirshner
$2

Joan Livingstone
1997
Folded brochure w/ duotone illus.,
Essay by Joyce Fernandes
$2

Yih-Wen Kuo
1997
Folded brochure w/ color illus.
Statement by the artist
$2

Michiko Itatani: Close Binary
1996
Folded brochure w/ color illus.
Essay by Donald Kuspit
$2

NIU Collected
1996
56 pages w/ color illus.
Essay by Dr. Jerry Meyer
$15

BiblioVertigo
1995
24 pages w/ b&w illus.
Essays by curators Brock Lueck and Michael Piazza
$5

Home: Domestic Narratives
1995
Folded brochure w/ color illus.
Essay by Laurel Bradley
$2

Jack Olson
1995
Folded brochure w/ color illus.
Statement by the artist
$2

Valiente: 6 Puerto-Rican Artists Working in Illinois
1995
Folded brochure w/ color illus.
Essay by curator Edward Maldonado
$2

Distance of Time
1994
24 pages w/ color illus.
Essay by Dr. Rudolph M. Bisanz
$10

Luigi Kasimir: Prints from the Albrecht Collection
1994
20 pages w/ color illus.
Essay by Esther Grisham
$10

Arthur Bell: Abstract Representation
1994
20 pages w/ color illus.
Essay by Michael Weinstein
$5

Point of Contact: Western Artists / Japanese Artisans
1993
72 pages w/ color and b&w illus.
Essay by curator Dr. Helen Merritt
$15

Choice Impressions:
Prints from the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Collection
1993
24 pages w/ color & b&w illus.
Essay by Dr. Jerry Meyer
$5

Margeax Klein: The Only Witness
1992
27 pages w/ color and b&w illus.
essay by Mary Jane Jacob
$10

David Driesbach Retrospective
1991
64 pages w/ color and b&w illus.
Essay by Dr. Jerry Meyer and a statement by the artist
$15

Innovation in Arts Education
1991
204 pages
Edited by Katheryn Bloom
$15

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