‘Butts, boobs and bodies’: Student photo book project explores everyday nudity
Claire Higgins
March 30, 2011
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts
Three Northern Kentucky University art students have stripped photography down to its skivvies to create a book of nude photos, with an interesting twist. Senior photography BFA majors Clarissa Peppers and Jesse Fox, as well as recent grad Danielle Carson, worked together in fall 2010 to celebrate the...
Faculty art piece removed due to controversy
Cassie Stone
March 30, 2011
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, News
A trio of images designed to protest free speech violations has been removed from public view by Northern Kentucky University officials. “First Class, Second Class,” created by Graphic Design Professor Hans Schellhas while he was still a student at NKU, consists of an image of a Klansman flanked by ...
Showtime!: Festival celebrates short films created by college students
Shawn Buckenmeyer
March 30, 2011
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Campus Events
Lights! Camera! Action! The College Movie Festival, in its sixth year running, gives Northern Kentucky University students a chance to learn about the process of making films by becoming filmmakers. This year, a total of seven schools will be competing against NKU, including Cincinnati State, Xav...
‘Rejected Show’ for left-out art students
Shawn Buckenmeyer
March 23, 2011
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Campus Events, News
Northern Kentucky University opened its newest art gallery show, the “Juried Student’s Exhibition,” with work from students from NKU's visual arts department. But what about the pieces that didn’t make it in to the show? Have no fear for the "Rejected Show" is here. Kaylee Bustillos, the...
Singer brings mission to BOKC
Roxanna Blevins
March 2, 2011
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Campus Events
Christian recording artist Chris Tomlin is coming to the Bank of Kentucky Center at Northern Kentucky University, and he is bringing a worship service with him. Tomlin, who will be at BOKC March 19, is touring with Rend Collective to promote his seventh studio album “And If Our God is For Us...
Student group to present “Vagina Monologues”
Shawn Buckenmeyer
March 2, 2011
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Campus Events
A Northern Kentucky University organization is bringing “The Vagina Monologues” to campus to try and remove the stigma attached to the word vagina. Leaders of Students for Choice say people treat a vagina as something to be ashamed of and something to ridicule. “What’s so sad is when people hea...
Do you know Bob Durstock?
Zachary Rogers
February 23, 2011
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Campus Events
You may have seen the apparel—shirts with a bearded, bespectacled silhouette of a man with the letters “IKBD” boldly written across them. You may have wondered what the reasoning behind the shirt was, or why people were even wearing it. The man with all the answers is a Northern Kentucky Uni...
NKU’s “Cinderella” shines
Chuck Heffner
February 23, 2011
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Campus Events
Northern Kentucky University's magical production of "Cinderella" swept the audience off its feet. Ken Jones’ adaptation of the 1957 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical wowed a sold-out audience Friday at NKU’s Corbett Theatre. Jones’ two-act production alternated wildly between beauty, comedy and...
A lesson from a bird’s-eye view
Shawn Buckenmeyer
February 16, 2011
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Campus Events
They soar high above telephone lines, the traffic on the road, and the streams of people walking beneath them. With wings of majestic feathers, they are birds. Northern Kentucky University opens a new exhibit, “For The Birds: an Invitational Exhibition that Explores and Celebrates the Birds.” For man...
Chamber music spreads warmth from Greaves to Louisville
Claire Higgins
February 9, 2011
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Campus Events
Greaves Hall came alive with the sounds of chamber music and a warm feeling among guests because they were supporting a worthy cause. Northern Kentucky University adjunct professor Joanne Wojtowicz and her friends from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra performed “Chamber Music Among Friends” to benefit...
Faculty talent tops spring music lineup
Claire Higgins
February 9, 2011
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Campus Events
Looking for music that’s easy on the ears and easy on your wallet? This semester the faculty and students from Northern Kentucky University’s Department of Music are looking to fill that need on campus with a series of music concerts that are offering the best selections from classical to contemporary. The spr...
The White Whale fuels artistic expression
February 9, 2011
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Campus Events
“Moby-Dick” has been interpreted in many ways over the years. Depending on the reader, the story can be about adventure, obsession, revenge or a commentary on humanity. For Claire Illouz it was a meditation on the symbolism of the color white. Illouz, a French print maker and book artist, was inspired...
