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UW Art in the News
Two School of Education faculty honored in 2025 Vilas Associates Competition
Two faculty members from the UW–Madison School of Education are winners of the 2025–26 Vilas Associates Competition, which recognizes “research of the highest quality ...read more →
Announcing the 2025 Arts + Literature Laboratory Prize winner Paulina King
For Immediate Release – March 12, 2025 The Arts + Literature Laboratory and UW–Madison Art Department are pleased to announce the 2025 Arts + ...read more →
Creative Insights: Q&A with MFA candidate Emily Graves
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, ...read more →
Creative Insights: Q&A with MFA candidate Paulina King
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, ...read more →
Alumni Voice: Abby Sunde, Studio Art
Graduates of the UW–Madison School of Education are enjoying successful careers in fields across the arts, health, and education — and we are excited ...read more →
Alumni Voice: Joe Leibforth, Art Education
Graduates of the UW–Madison School of Education are enjoying successful careers in fields across the arts, health, and education — and we are excited ...read more →
Creative Insights: Q&A with MFA candidate Teralyn Brown
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, ...read more →
UW–Madison’s Hudnall shares about ‘slow joy’ of woodworking in the Observer
In a recent Observer article, UW–Madison’s Katie Hudnall shares her journey as a woodworking artist and discusses her ongoing exhibition at the Museum for Art in Wood ...read more →
Rosenberg’s ‘The Sea’ to screen at Wisconsin Film Festival
“The Sea,” a film by UW–Madison’s Douglas Rosenberg, will screen at this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival on Sunday, April 6, at 2 p.m. in UW–Madison’s Music ...read more →
Creative Insights: Q&A with MFA candidate Anamika Singh
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, ...read more →
Creative Insights: Q&A with MFA candidate Mallory Stowe
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, ...read more →
Building momentum: Future of Humanities, key facilities projects are focus of Governor’s campus tour by Jason Gohlke
Last week, University of Wisconsin–Madison officials, faculty, and staff accompanied Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and media on a tour of Chadbourne Hall, Rheta’s Market, ...read more →
Two School of Education faculty honored in 2025 Vilas Associates Competition
Two faculty members from the UW–Madison School of Education are winners of the 2025–26 Vilas Associates Competition, which recognizes “research of the highest quality ...read more →
Announcing the 2025 Arts + Literature Laboratory Prize winner Paulina King
For Immediate Release – March 12, 2025 The Arts + Literature Laboratory and UW–Madison Art Department are pleased to announce the 2025 Arts + ...read more →
Creative Insights: Q&A with MFA candidate Emily Graves
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, ...read more →
Creative Insights: Q&A with MFA candidate Paulina King
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, ...read more →
Alumni Voice: Abby Sunde, Studio Art
Graduates of the UW–Madison School of Education are enjoying successful careers in fields across the arts, health, and education — and we are excited ...read more →
Alumni Voice: Joe Leibforth, Art Education
Graduates of the UW–Madison School of Education are enjoying successful careers in fields across the arts, health, and education — and we are excited ...read more →
Creative Insights: Q&A with MFA candidate Teralyn Brown
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, ...read more →
UW–Madison’s Hudnall shares about ‘slow joy’ of woodworking in the Observer
In a recent Observer article, UW–Madison’s Katie Hudnall shares her journey as a woodworking artist and discusses her ongoing exhibition at the Museum for Art in Wood ...read more →
Rosenberg’s ‘The Sea’ to screen at Wisconsin Film Festival
“The Sea,” a film by UW–Madison’s Douglas Rosenberg, will screen at this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival on Sunday, April 6, at 2 p.m. in UW–Madison’s Music ...read more →
Creative Insights: Q&A with MFA candidate Anamika Singh
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, ...read more →
Creative Insights: Q&A with MFA candidate Mallory Stowe
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, ...read more →
Building momentum: Future of Humanities, key facilities projects are focus of Governor’s campus tour by Jason Gohlke
Last week, University of Wisconsin–Madison officials, faculty, and staff accompanied Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and media on a tour of Chadbourne Hall, Rheta’s Market, ...read more →
Summer 2025 enrollment opens March 31st!
Plan your Summer Now!
Summer 2025 classes at UW Art begin May 19th!
We offer in-demand online courses and onsite courses, many open to beginners, non-art majors, and special students. Earn credits to graduate on time or early, wherever you happen to be!
Summer 2025
ONLINE CLASSES
Art 100 Introduction to Art 3 Credits
May 27 – Jul 20 | May 19 – Jul 13 | Jun 16 – Aug 10
Art 102 Two-Dimensional Design 3 Credits
May 27 – Jul 20
Art 107 Introduction to Digital Forms 3 Credits
May 19 – Jun 22
Art 108 Foundations of Contemporary Art 3 Credits
May 27 – Jul 20
Art 176 Digital Photography for Non-Art Majors 4 Credits
Jun 23 – Jul 20
Art 208 Current Directions in Art 3 Credits
May 27 – Jul 20
Art 236 Writing in and About the Arts 3 Credits
May 27 – Jul 6
Art 307 Making Comics 1 4 credits
Jun 23 – Aug 3
Art 346 Basic Graphic Design 4 Credits
Jun 16 – Aug 10
Art 428 Digital Imaging Studio 4 Credits
May 19 – Jun 15
Art 429 3D Digital Studio I 4 Credits
Jun 23 – Jul 20
Art 438 History of Graphic Design Typography 3 Credits
May 27 – Jul 20
Art 507 Making Comics 2 4 credits
Jun 23 – Aug 3
Art 575 User Experience for Graphic Design 3 Credits
May 27 – Jul 6
Events
18th Annual Line Breaks Festival: Spectra Exhibition
April 8 – 15 Reception: Tuesday,...
Play Play Serious Play: Master of Fine Arts Qualifier Exhibition by Matthew Bruhn
April 7 – 13 Reception: Friday,...
Creative Insights: Q&A with MFA candidate Teralyn Brown
Over the next few months we are...
Point Trucha! Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition by Mark Almanza
April 29 – May 4 Reception:...
Overgrown: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition by Teralyn Brown
April 14 – May 9 Closing...
The Disabled Wandering Atlas
April 21 – May 2 Curated by: Anne...
Spring 2025 Visiting Artist Colloquium
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Finn Enke
Wednesday, March 5 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Finn Enke grew up on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan attuned to the ever-changing meeting places of land, water and sky. When they were four-years-old, construction of a twin-reactor nuclear power plant less ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Paul Catanese
Wednesday, February 26 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Paul Catanese is a Hybrid Media Artist who blurs the lines between the fine, performing, and media arts through a wide array of artworks including installations, performances, videos, experimental opera, projections, net.art, virtual reality, ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: University of Wisconsin-Madison MFA Candidates Fatemeh Fani, Kate Flake, Mallory Stowe, and Nika McKagen
Wednesday, February 19 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Our graduate students earning their Masters degrees will present their interdisciplinary work to the public. Explore their body of art, three-years in the making through the development of a rigorous studio art practice under ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Amy Lemaire
Wednesday, February 12 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Amy Lemaire is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. Lemaire works with glass, photography and digital fabrication to create an array of tools, images, objects and situations that reconsider relationships between ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Aspen Golann
Wednesday, February 5 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Aspen Golann is a furniture maker, artist, and educator whose work explores gender and power through the manipulation of iconic American furniture forms. Trained as a 17th to 19th century woodworker, she mines the ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Lindsey Cherek Waller
Wednesday, January 29 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Lindsey Cherek Waller (they/she) is a queer, non-binary artist who centers pleasure and joy. Through portraits and still life paintings, Cherek Waller envisions a future beyond binaries—encouraging us to take up space, embrace play ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Katie Bullock
Wednesday, January 22 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Katie Bullock works with observed everyday moments and phenomena; occurrences she regularly encounters on errands, at work, and while traveling. These moments come in an infinite variety of forms and arrangements, but they all ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Janet Biggs
Wednesday, April 23 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Janet Biggs is a research based, interdisciplinary artist known for her immersive work in video, film and performance. Biggs’ work focuses on individuals in extreme landscapes or situations, navigating the territory between art, science ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Margaret Curtis
Wednesday, April 16 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Margaret Curtis (b.1965, Bermuda) is a feminist artist whose exuberantly painted, multi-layered narrative paintings address power dynamics on both the individual and societal level. Using saturated color and compressed space to highlight the fictional ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Tyanna Buie
Wednesday, April 9 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Visual artist and printmaker Tyanna Buie combines video, print media, painting, drawing, collage, screen-printing, and Deep-Fake technology constructed from excerpts derived from social media and Black popular cultural platforms to explore her own personal ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Carmen Winant
Wednesday, April 2 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Carmen Winant is an artist and the Roy Lichtenstein Chair of Studio Art at the Ohio State University. Her work utilizes archival and authored photographs to examine feminist care networks, with particular emphasis on ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Kevin McCoy
Wednesday, March 19 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Kevin McCoy is an interdisciplinary artist who co-founded the design studio WORK/PLAY with his wife Danielle. His practice explores notions of identity, racial inequality, erasure, redaction, and omitted histories. These topics have been explored ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Stephanie Hanes
Wednesday, March 12 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Stephanie E. Hanes is interested the radical place of in-betweens and its relation to queer identity, the morphing/merging bodies, their hybridization, their unfixed nature, is a figure that is in open relation to the ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Finn Enke
Wednesday, March 5 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Finn Enke grew up on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan attuned to the ever-changing meeting places of land, water and sky. When they were four-years-old, construction of a twin-reactor nuclear power plant less ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Paul Catanese
Wednesday, February 26 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Paul Catanese is a Hybrid Media Artist who blurs the lines between the fine, performing, and media arts through a wide array of artworks including installations, performances, videos, experimental opera, projections, net.art, virtual reality, ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: University of Wisconsin-Madison MFA Candidates Fatemeh Fani, Kate Flake, Mallory Stowe, and Nika McKagen
Wednesday, February 19 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Our graduate students earning their Masters degrees will present their interdisciplinary work to the public. Explore their body of art, three-years in the making through the development of a rigorous studio art practice under ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Amy Lemaire
Wednesday, February 12 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Amy Lemaire is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. Lemaire works with glass, photography and digital fabrication to create an array of tools, images, objects and situations that reconsider relationships between ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Aspen Golann
Wednesday, February 5 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Aspen Golann is a furniture maker, artist, and educator whose work explores gender and power through the manipulation of iconic American furniture forms. Trained as a 17th to 19th century woodworker, she mines the ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Lindsey Cherek Waller
Wednesday, January 29 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Lindsey Cherek Waller (they/she) is a queer, non-binary artist who centers pleasure and joy. Through portraits and still life paintings, Cherek Waller envisions a future beyond binaries—encouraging us to take up space, embrace play ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Katie Bullock
Wednesday, January 22 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Katie Bullock works with observed everyday moments and phenomena; occurrences she regularly encounters on errands, at work, and while traveling. These moments come in an infinite variety of forms and arrangements, but they all ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Janet Biggs
Wednesday, April 23 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Janet Biggs is a research based, interdisciplinary artist known for her immersive work in video, film and performance. Biggs’ work focuses on individuals in extreme landscapes or situations, navigating the territory between art, science ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Margaret Curtis
Wednesday, April 16 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Margaret Curtis (b.1965, Bermuda) is a feminist artist whose exuberantly painted, multi-layered narrative paintings address power dynamics on both the individual and societal level. Using saturated color and compressed space to highlight the fictional ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Tyanna Buie
Wednesday, April 9 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Visual artist and printmaker Tyanna Buie combines video, print media, painting, drawing, collage, screen-printing, and Deep-Fake technology constructed from excerpts derived from social media and Black popular cultural platforms to explore her own personal ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Carmen Winant
Wednesday, April 2 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Carmen Winant is an artist and the Roy Lichtenstein Chair of Studio Art at the Ohio State University. Her work utilizes archival and authored photographs to examine feminist care networks, with particular emphasis on ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Kevin McCoy
Wednesday, March 19 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Kevin McCoy is an interdisciplinary artist who co-founded the design studio WORK/PLAY with his wife Danielle. His practice explores notions of identity, racial inequality, erasure, redaction, and omitted histories. These topics have been explored ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Stephanie Hanes
Wednesday, March 12 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Stephanie E. Hanes is interested the radical place of in-betweens and its relation to queer identity, the morphing/merging bodies, their hybridization, their unfixed nature, is a figure that is in open relation to the ...read more →
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Finn Enke
Wednesday, March 5 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm Elvehjem L160 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Finn Enke grew up on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan attuned to the ever-changing meeting places of land, water and sky. When they were four-years-old, construction of a twin-reactor nuclear power plant less ...read more →
Come visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison Art Department!
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Arts at UW
Did you know?
The UW-Madison Art Department is:
- #1 in Printmaking
- Ranked among the top 15 Fine Arts MFA programs
- Founded the 1st collegiate Glass program in the U.S.
- 1 of only 5 universities in the nation with a Neon program
Ranking Source: U.S. News & World Report
The University of Wisconsin-Madison ART DEPARTMENT is committed to teaching art in the context of a major research university and a vibrant intellectual community. Offering the following degrees: B.S., B.F.A., M.A., & M.F.A. in Studio Art, B.S. in Art Education, Certificate in Art Studio, and Certificate in Graphic Design.
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