The North Wind

Students work with Artist George Rodriguez in workshops, artist talk

Elizabeth Loy • October 10, 2024

George Rodriguez, a ceramic artist from El Paso, Texas, visited NMU on Oct. 3 and 4, leading various workshops and an artist talk in the Art and Design building. During the workshops, he taught students...

4Reels club to host 24-Hour Film Challenge

Amelia Kashian • April 18, 2024

Students looking for a chance to utilize filmmaking equipment and test their skills could have the chance to this week. On Friday, April 19, all NMU students are invited to partake in 4Reels Digital Cinema...

The Wildcat at Disney World

Katarina Rothhorn • February 21, 2024

Luke Tschumperlin had only been on the job for two days when Jay Ward, the Chief Creative Officer of Franchise for Pixar Animation, sat down and looked into the lens of Tschumperlin’s camera. As Tschumperlin...

DeVos Art Museum to host new exhibits this semester

Rachel Pott • August 31, 2023

As this new semester begins, there have been some changes happening around campus. Some of those changes have happened and will continue to happen, at the DeVos Art Museum. Three new exhibits will be present...

SAG* art show promotes hands-on experience

Andie Balenger • February 27, 2023

The Students’ Art Gallery (SAG*) will be debuting “The Interactive Show,” an art display that can be physically interacted with by viewers, tonight at their gallery in the Lydia M. Olson Library. When...

Faculty Biennial exhibition opens at DeVos Art Museum

Jackie Phillips • January 27, 2023

The DeVos Art Museum is hosting the Faculty Biennial from now until March 31, featuring the works of 17 different NMU art and design faculty members. Every two years Emily Lanctot, DeVos Museum director...

Innovation Institute to hold micro-credential course and workshop

Akasha Khalsa, Opinion Editor • March 16, 2022

Design thinking is a concept relating to user experiences, and can be applied by artists, programmers, scientists and entrepreneurs alike.

Opinion—One year later: NFTs are (still) a scam

Nicholas Conroy, Copy Editor • February 12, 2022

Well, here we are again. Around this same time last year, I published an opinion piece titled “NFTs are killing the planet.” At the time of publishing, I understood NFTs as a fringe concept, something that existed on the peripherals of the tech industry, and I was concerned about its spread into art-related fields.

DeVos Art Museums opens Still Life exhibit

Ryley Wilcox, Contributing Writer • January 25, 2022

NMU's DeVos Art Museum will hold the Still Life exhibition until March 22. The exhibition reflects on time spent during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Artist and author of “Above the Timberline” visits NMU

Olivia Apa, Features Writer • October 15, 2021

The NMU Department of Theatre and Dance is putting on the stage play adaptation of the novel “Above the Timberline” by Greg Manchess and they invited him to work with the department in producing it. Manchess...

Native Art Workshop accepting participants

Akasha Khalsa • March 4, 2021

A collaboration between the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College, the NMU Center for Native American Studies and the NMU School of Art and Design will result in the Great Lakes Indigenous Art, Education, and Healing Project, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Contrast Coffee displays student’s social justice focused artwork

Peter Smedley • February 25, 2021

The summer of last year saw a rise in social justice advocacy. Headed by protests from the Black Lives Matter movement, it was a time centralized around accountability and truth. Many students were inspired...