Visual and Performing Arts - NMU Events and Announcements

Visual and Performing Arts

Jessica Campbell is an interdisciplinary artist working in comics, fibers, painting, drawing, and performance. Drawing on a wide range of influences, including science fiction, art world politics, and her evangelical upbringing, Campbell explores ways to reflect heterogeneity through a combination of disparate media, subjects, and tone. Whether through cartoony depictions or the use of unorthodox material, her work often wields humor as a device for managing trauma. 

Her work will be on view at the Graci Gallery in Marquette in November.

Visual and Performing Arts

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.

Visual and Performing Arts

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. 

Visual and Performing Arts

 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.

Visual and Performing Arts

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.

Visual and Performing Arts

Please join us for an opening reception and an introduction to the exhibition "Fred Brian - Lake Gogebic Memories & Myths" by Holle Brian. Free & open to the public.

Exhibition Dates

Visual and Performing Arts

Exhibition Dates: September 21, 2023 - March 1, 2024

Brian translates childhood observations into narrative artwork. Stories swapped at the kitchen table and surreal memories of his father placing a fishing boat into the living room for winter storage are the basis of personal myths in his black and white woodcut prints.

Visual and Performing Arts

As part of its new exhibition on the 1820 Expedition of Lewis Cass, the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center is hosting a day-long Voyageur encampment on Saturday, September 23 from 10a.m. to 4p.m. There will be two parts to the encampment. Next to the Beaumier Center at NMU, there will be demonstrations of trade goods, cooking and daily life of the voyageurs. At the same time, there will be voyageur canoe demonstrations at the Tourist Park in Marquette. Visitors will be able to join the crew of a replica voyageur canoe and paddle on the Dead River reservoir. The exhibition, “Claiming Michigan: the 1820 Expedition of Lewis Cass,” will be open for viewing throughout the day as well. The event is free and open to the public.

The encampment will be led by La Compagnie Historical Society from Minnesota. La Compagnie is a member sponsored non-profit historical society for anyone interested in the fur trade era of the upper Midwest. They offer presentations and demonstrations, and participate in “living history” events on fur trade subjects. They demonstrate life during the fur trade era, including various crafts and skills of the time. They also advocate for the preservation of fur trade heritage and do so by supporting the preservation of original fur trade buildings throughout Minnesota, including the Sibley House in Mendota, the Oliver Faribault Cabin in Shakopee and other fur trade historical sites such as the Grand Portage National Monument and the North West Fur Post in Pine City.

This event is in conjunction with the Beaumier Center’s new exhibition which details Michigan Territorial governor Lewis Cass and his thirty-five companions who travelled over 4,000 miles by canoe from Detroit to the furthest limits of what would become the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. There were 12 French voyageurs and 10 Native Americans who served as paddlers and porters on the expedition. Their role was crucial to the success of the mission. The exhibition will be on display from September 16, 2023 through January 27, 2024.

Visual and Performing Arts

As the first concert of our Siril Concert Series for the 2023-2024 school year, NMU Department of Music welcomes you to Reynolds Recital Hall for An Evening At The Opera! Join us on Friday, September 8 at 7:30 p.m. for a concert that will feature guest artists Tara Jamshidian (soprano) and Adam Lowe (tenor) in brilliant vocal performances you're sure to enjoy.

This concert is brought to you by the Siril Endowment for the Musical Arts. To learn more about the Siril Concert Series, visit the link below.

Tickets are $12 General Admission and free for NMU Students and Youth (under 18) and can be purchased at the NMU Ticketing website below.

Visual and Performing Arts

Come enjoy the NMU Choirs perform on Sunday, October 15 at 3:00 p.m. in Reynolds Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the general public!