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;

Exhibition on view through May 20, 2017

&nbsp;Theoretical Mockery: Satirical Prints by Sidney Chafetz examines Chafetz&rsquo;s prints that often incorporated puns, jokes, and humor to satirize subjects from current political events and his life on a Midwestern college campus.&nbsp;

Part of the exhibition suite&nbsp;Hand in Hand: The Visual Arts as a Means of Social and Political Propaganda, Protest and Commentary

Theoretical Mockery: Satirical Prints by Sidney Chafetz

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