Balancing Traditional and Contemporary Art. Closed university holidays and between exhibitions. January 15–February 15&nbsp;• College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Biennial includes recent work and&nbsp;&nbsp;scholarship of over 30 artists from the NIU schools of Art and Design, Music, and&nbsp;&nbsp;Theatre and Dance.&nbsp; March 19–May 10• Phantasmagraphica: The Early Psychedelic Work of Douglas Binder• A Deb Sokolow Sampler: 20 Years of Speculative Drawing• Dream Job, Artwork inspired by dreams and nightmares August 27–November 8• Legacies on Display: The Forbidden and Venerated Arts of Burma• Protest Posters from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles, CA Image: Artists share insights into the work on display in the NIU Art Museum galleries.&nbsp;

Associate Professor of Art History Sarah Evans examines No Wave filmmaker Eric Mitchell’s 1978 film Kidnapped in context with Andy Warhol, late 1970s appropriation art and punk movements.&nbsp;5-6 p.m., Altgeld Hall 125&nbsp;

No Satisfaction: The Exquisite Sociability of the 1970s No Wave

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