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Endia Beal’s Artistic Introspective Workshop offers an innovative, engaging, and relatable approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) training. Her two-hour sessions are designed around the fundamental idea that diversity enhances creativity and leads to unfettered discoveries. Sign-up is required. Space is limited.
Prerequisite - To attend the workshop, participants must also attend Beal’s Keynote Talk on Monday, October 16, 2023, at 6:30 pm.
Please sign up via the link below.
This program was made possible by a Michigan Art and Culture Council grant.
Once the workshop reaches 35 people, you will be added to a waitlist.
Bill Thelen will lead BINGO!, a collaborative drawing workshop utilizing bingo markers as the drawing media. Thelen will guide participants with a series of prompts. The workshop will culminate in a collaborative art installation. No experience is required to participate. Supplies will be provided.
Please sign up via the link below.
This program was made possible by a Michigan Art and Culture Council grant.
Once the workshop reaches 35 people, you will be added to a waitlist.
Join us for an artist talk with Bill Thelen. Thelen will shed light on his installation, assemblage, and drawing-centered practice.
Bill Thelen, born in Milwaukee, WI, holds a BFA from the University of Wisconsin and an MFA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Since 1998, he has shown work in solo exhibitions across the US at venues including the Allcott Gallery at UNC, Allston Skirt Gallery in Boston, The Rubenstein at Duke University, Green Gallery West in Milwaukee, Vox Populi in Philadelphia, and the Branch Gallery and Spectre Arts in Durham, among others. His work has been included in Frieze, the New York Times, Art in America, Time Out London, Sculpture, and other publications. Thelen has held residencies at UNC-Chapel Hill (2005), Obracodobra in Oaxaca, Mexico (2016), and The Rubenstein at Duke University (2018). He has also worked as a curator for institutions including CAM Raleigh and the Flanders Gallery, and served as director of Lump in Raleigh. Thelen lives in Raleigh, NC.
Learn more about Bill here.
This program was made possible by a Michigan Art and Culture Council grant.
Endia Beal’s keynote talk provides a brief retrospective of her work, including, but not limited to her series, Office Scene, Can I Touch It?, 9 to 5, and Am I What You’re Looking For?. These works examine the personal and contemporary stories of women of color working in the corporate space while addressing the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
This program was made possible by a Michigan Art and Culture Council grant.
NMU's faculty-led Vienna Program is Northern's longest running and most popular study abroad opportunity. 2024 moves us into our third decade of going to Central Europe for month-long cultural immersion. There is a reason it is so popular - come to one of the informational meetings to find out more.
Come visit the NMU Wildpups in the Lydia Olson Library for some much-needed animal therapy!
Come visit the NMU Wildpups in the Lydia Olson Library for some much-needed animal therapy!
Come visit the NMU Wildpups in the Lydia Olson Library for some much-needed animal therapy!
Come visit the NMU Wildpups in the Lydia Olson Library for some much-needed animal therapy!