School of Art and Design Web Site
Art and Design at NMU

Click the image above to go to the School of Art and Design Web site.  The site features descriptions of academic programs and course descriptions, as well as pictures of the facilities and samples of student and faculty artwork.  For prospective students, four-year academic plans for the studio Bachelor of Fine Art degrees and a list of freshman scholarships are also available.  Questions about our programs can be easily forwarded to faculty directly from each studio site, and these inquiries will be answered as soon as possible.

 

Students go to Milan, Italy for furniture fair
students in art building

Part One: Selected for Milan shows how students in human-centered design were chosen to attend.

student in milan

Part Two:
Designing for Milan features a number of students and their creative process for Milan
student with bag Part Three:
Leaving for Milan shows the students as they're preparing to go to Milan.
 group of students in milan Part Four:
Exhibiting in Milan shows the pieces within their exhibit and scenes from Milan.
Art and Design Majors
DeVos Art Museum

DeVos Art MuseumThe DeVos Art Museum is part of the School of Art and Design at Northern Michigan University and serves as a regional art museum for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  The museum has been endowed by a generous grant from the Dan and Pamella and Richard and Helen DeVos Foundations of Grand Rapids.

Award Given for John Lautner Exhibit
The DeVos Art Museum and Marquette Regional History Center at NMU were awarded the 2011 Quest for Excellence Award by the Michigan Museums Association. The award was given for the recent exhibit "John Lautner: A Life in Architecture." The exhibit was also recently featured on National Public Radio. Museum director Melissa Matuscak discussed Lautner's connections to the Marquette area in the full story, which can be read or heard here.

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Monday Feb. 11
Graduate Student Association meeting
5 p.m. - 311 Learning Resources Center
Gender, Communication, and Bike Maintenance Workshop
5 p.m. - University Center, Back Room
Tuesday Feb. 12
WinterFest 2013 Entries Deadline
All Day Event - University Center
Wednesday Feb. 13
Summer Job Fair
1 p.m. - Great Lakes Rooms, University Center
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