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Highlights from Summer Studio 2017 by Dr. Mary Hoefferle, Art Ed faculty

Highlights from Summer Studio 2017 by Dr. Mary Hoefferle, Art Ed faculty

During our one-week Summer Studio: Introduction to College Art course for high school artists at the end of June, eight incredible students experimented with woodcut relief and flameworking, with instruction provided by two of our fabulous MFA students, Teddy Benson and Heather Sutherland. Our high school artists took museum field trips, campus tours, made studio visits with art faculty, interviewed a glass scientist in the Chemistry Department, learned basic exhibition skills, installed their work in Gallery 7, and hosted an Open House for parents, friends, and faculty.

Since we offered the course for credit, all students also established a permanent UW-Madison transcript record. We give heartfelt appreciation to art alum Helen Burish for her generous donation to and enthusiastic support for this program, which funded $200 scholarships for each of the students and covered the cost of all of their supplies.

Thanks to the contributors who made this course possible, and best wishes to the high school artists who shared their creativity with us. We look forward to the art you make in the future!

Learn more about the Summer Studio

Events

Women Workin’ A Contemporary Art Exhibition by Eleven Women

July 5 - August 31 Artists: Adriana Barrios, Ana Lehner, Leigh Garcia, Michele Marti, Kaylyn Gerenz, Emily Rudolph, Rebecca Kautz, Sarah Stankey, Gloriann Langva, Chelsea Thompto, Elizabeth Younce Closing Reception: Wednesday, August 30, 5-7p Location: School of...

Simulations Group Show by UW-Art Grads

August 5 - 26 Artists: Gabe Strader-Brown (MFA '15), Robert Aiosa (MFA '15), Suzanne Torres (MFA '15), Elizabeth Thorp (MFA '18), and Christopher Rowley (MFA '16) Opening Reception: Saturday, August 5, 7-9p Location: Arts + Literature Laboratory, 2021 Winnebago St,...

Artists on Artworks by Glass Faculty Helen Lee at the Met

Friday, July 28, 6:30-7:30pm Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Floor 1, Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio Reflect on the future of communication with artists Caroline Woolard, Alexander Rosenberg, Helen Lee, and Lika Volkova, through a discussion of their...

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Michael Connor's digital printmaking class participates in a Combat Paper workshop, which transforms military uniforms into handmade paper, at the Art Lofts, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Claire Wilson MA Show "Encounters" Reception at Gallery 7, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Katelyn Alain, a graduate student pursuing a master of fine arts degree in painting, works on a self portrait in her studio space in the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Graduate student John Shea works on a sculpture in his studio at the Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student pulls a print off a lithography stone in Lithography class at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
John Hitchcock reviews prints with a student in the serigraphy class in the George Mosse Humanities building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student examines the writing on a painting at the First Year Grad Show, Witnesses, on display at the Art Lofts Gallery.
A student places movable type in a bed for a letterpress project during the Book Arts class taught by Jim Escalante at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student poses next to artwork by Heather Sutherland at a grad critique with Fred Stonehouse.
Students review their screenprinting projects in the Serigraphy class at the George Mosse Humanities Building.
Students work together with an assortment of tools and blown air to shape a piece of molten glass and form Madison'’s largest glass ornament during a UW Glass Lab event in the Art Lofts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The public event featured students performing a number of interesting glass experiments and working together to create a giant Christmas ornament that was auctioned off for charity.
Glass artist Yuki Wakamiya works with an assortment of tools and blown air to shape a piece of molten glass during a demonstration at the Glass Lab open house at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Students use a torch to heat a glass piece at the UW Glass Lab in the Art Lofts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student poses next to artwork by Heather Sutherland at a grad critique with Fred Stonehouse.
From back to front of canoe, Wayne Valliere, a Native American artist-in-residence with the Department of Art and member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and Tim Frandy, an outreach specialist at the UW Collaborative Center for Health Equity, take a traditional Ojibwe birchbark canoe for an inaugural paddle in Lake Mendota near the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The canoe is known in Ojibwe language as wiigwaasi-jiimaan, and was handmade by Valliere as part of his residency.
Visitors dance at Matt Mauk and Heather Sutherland's MFA Show Reception at Art Lofts, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fred Stonehouse offers constructive feedback at a grad critique at the Art Lofts.
A student poses next to artwork by Heather Sutherland at a grad critique with Fred Stonehouse.
An eagle-shaped coffin fills the foreground as Eric Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian woodcarver, master-coffin builder and Windgate Artist in Residence in the Art Department, speaks during an opening exhibit of Adjetey Anang's work at the Arts Loft at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During the event, Adjetey Anang led a gun-breaking ceremony and invited guests to participate in a symbolic breaking of the barrel of his gun-shaped coffin. The gun-breaking action was in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and against gun violence locally, nationally and internationally.
Grad student John Shea celebrates his MA Show with his peer Claire Wilson at the reception at Gallery 7.
Student Michelle Bridwell prepares artwork to be displayed during a student art sale.
A student works on a project in the Metals class at the George Mosse Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Graduate art student Sarah Deppe works on a piece in her studio space in the Art Lofts building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Suzy Peterson explodes a glass Prince Rupert’s Drop in a bell jar over a snowflake template during a UW-Madison Glass Lab event in the Art Lofts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student talks about their artwork at Gallery 7 at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Art faculty Lynda Barry holds up assignment instructions for a student exercise in her Making Comics class at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Grad student Rebecca Kautz celebrates installing her MA Show Protagonyst at the Art Lofts Gallery.
Ceramics faculty Gerit Grimm reviews a project with a student at the Art Lofts Ceramics lab.
Students critique each others' projects in the Digital Media class taught by Stephen Hilyard the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student constructs a sculpture project.
Students watch a wheel throwing demonstration by a visiting artist in a Ceramics class at the Art Lofts.
Art faculty Fred Stonehouse poses with a student in his Drawing class at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
An art education student practices hands-on learning teaching a youth art class. Art education students experience a four semester sequence of classes introducing students to the teaching profession, including child development, learning theories, inclusive schooling strategies, curriculum and instruction, history of American education, and rigorous Art Education methods courses, plus 200 hours of practicum and 18 weeks of student teaching.
An undergraduate student works on a sculpture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
BFA Show Reception, Gallery 7 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
At left, Eric Adjetey Anang (standing at left), Ghanaian woodcarver, master-coffin builder and Windgate Artist in Residence in the Art Department, listens to undergraduate Jamie Dawson, a first-year student in the ninth cohort of the First Wave program, perform a spoken-word piece as part of an opening exhibit of Adjetey Anang's work at the Arts Loft at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During the event, Adjetey Anang led a gun-breaking ceremony and invited guests to participate in a symbolic breaking of the barrel of his gun-shaped coffin. The gun-breaking action was in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and against gun violence locally, nationally and internationally.
First Year Grad Show Reception, Art Lofts Gallery, Department of Art University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduate student Justin Eccles passes out customized trucker hats at the Art Department new graduate orientation event at the Art Lofts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student snaps pictures of Ben Skiba's technique throwing a tall pot in the Ceramics Lab at the Art Lofts.
Students enjoy a tea party using handcrafted tea sets created in ceramics class at the Art Lofts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Faculty Emily Arthur demonstrates the serigraphy process.
Maixia Xiong poses with her artwork at the BFA Show Reception, Gallery 7 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
A student touches up their drawing on a lithography print at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Lynda Barry leads a "drawing jam" with children during a Saturday Science outreach event at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Elise Berry cleans plaster-cast remnants from a glass sculpture she is finishing in the UW Glass Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Katie Hudnall, Windgate Artist-in-Residence, sketches ideas for a woodworking project at her studio in the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student works on an acrylic painting in the Advanced Drawing class.
Lynda Barry reviews the work of one of her students, lecturer Allison Welch, at left, in the Making Comics class at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Students work together to inflate a glass piece at the UW Glass Lab in the Art Lofts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Visitors explore the Biennial Neon and Light Exhibit held inside the Stock Pavillion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Many of the sculptures and artwork were created using glass and varying light sources. In addition to UW-Madison artists, as well as independent artists from around the country, participating artists hail from schools including the Alfred University School of Art and Design, Pratt MWP, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stevens Point, UW-River Falls and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Art faculty Lynda Barry poses with a student in her Making Comics class at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
BFA Show Reception, Gallery 7 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Grad student Rebecca Kautz celebrates installing her MA Show Protagonyst at the Art Lofts Gallery.
Graduate student John Shea works on a sculpture in his studio at the Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student poses next to artwork by Heather Sutherland at a grad critique with Fred Stonehouse.
Lynda Barry leads a "drawing jam" with children during a Saturday Science outreach event at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student works on a project in the Metals class at the George Mosse Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Lynda Barry reviews the work of one of her students, lecturer Allison Welch, at left, in the Making Comics class at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Art faculty Fred Stonehouse poses with a student in his Drawing class at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Students enjoy a tea party using handcrafted tea sets created in ceramics class at the Art Lofts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Students review their screenprinting projects in the Serigraphy class at the George Mosse Humanities Building.
An art education student practices hands-on learning teaching a youth art class. Art education students experience a four semester sequence of classes introducing students to the teaching profession, including child development, learning theories, inclusive schooling strategies, curriculum and instruction, history of American education, and rigorous Art Education methods courses, plus 200 hours of practicum and 18 weeks of student teaching.
Grad student John Shea celebrates his MA Show with his peer Claire Wilson at the reception at Gallery 7.
A student poses next to artwork by Heather Sutherland at a grad critique with Fred Stonehouse.
Glass artist Yuki Wakamiya works with an assortment of tools and blown air to shape a piece of molten glass during a demonstration at the Glass Lab open house at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Visitors explore the Biennial Neon and Light Exhibit held inside the Stock Pavillion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Many of the sculptures and artwork were created using glass and varying light sources. In addition to UW-Madison artists, as well as independent artists from around the country, participating artists hail from schools including the Alfred University School of Art and Design, Pratt MWP, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stevens Point, UW-River Falls and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Students work together to inflate a glass piece at the UW Glass Lab in the Art Lofts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Graduate student Justin Eccles passes out customized trucker hats at the Art Department new graduate orientation event at the Art Lofts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student snaps pictures of Ben Skiba's technique throwing a tall pot in the Ceramics Lab at the Art Lofts.
A student works on an acrylic painting in the Advanced Drawing class.
Claire Wilson MA Show "Encounters" Reception at Gallery 7, University of Wisconsin-Madison
At left, Eric Adjetey Anang (standing at left), Ghanaian woodcarver, master-coffin builder and Windgate Artist in Residence in the Art Department, listens to undergraduate Jamie Dawson, a first-year student in the ninth cohort of the First Wave program, perform a spoken-word piece as part of an opening exhibit of Adjetey Anang's work at the Arts Loft at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During the event, Adjetey Anang led a gun-breaking ceremony and invited guests to participate in a symbolic breaking of the barrel of his gun-shaped coffin. The gun-breaking action was in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and against gun violence locally, nationally and internationally.
Ceramics faculty Gerit Grimm reviews a project with a student at the Art Lofts Ceramics lab.
First Year Grad Show Reception, Art Lofts Gallery, Department of Art University of Wisconsin-Madison
John Hitchcock reviews prints with a student in the serigraphy class in the George Mosse Humanities building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student places movable type in a bed for a letterpress project during the Book Arts class taught by Jim Escalante at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student touches up their drawing on a lithography print at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Katie Hudnall, Windgate Artist-in-Residence, sketches ideas for a woodworking project at her studio in the Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Elise Berry cleans plaster-cast remnants from a glass sculpture she is finishing in the UW Glass Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
From back to front of canoe, Wayne Valliere, a Native American artist-in-residence with the Department of Art and member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and Tim Frandy, an outreach specialist at the UW Collaborative Center for Health Equity, take a traditional Ojibwe birchbark canoe for an inaugural paddle in Lake Mendota near the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The canoe is known in Ojibwe language as wiigwaasi-jiimaan, and was handmade by Valliere as part of his residency.
A student examines the writing on a painting at the First Year Grad Show, Witnesses, on display at the Art Lofts Gallery.
Students watch a wheel throwing demonstration by a visiting artist in a Ceramics class at the Art Lofts.
Katelyn Alain, a graduate student pursuing a master of fine arts degree in painting, works on a self portrait in her studio space in the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Art faculty Lynda Barry holds up assignment instructions for a student exercise in her Making Comics class at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Students critique each others' projects in the Digital Media class taught by Stephen Hilyard the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Students work together with an assortment of tools and blown air to shape a piece of molten glass and form Madison'’s largest glass ornament during a UW Glass Lab event in the Art Lofts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The public event featured students performing a number of interesting glass experiments and working together to create a giant Christmas ornament that was auctioned off for charity.
Michael Connor's digital printmaking class participates in a Combat Paper workshop, which transforms military uniforms into handmade paper, at the Art Lofts, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Suzy Peterson explodes a glass Prince Rupert’s Drop in a bell jar over a snowflake template during a UW-Madison Glass Lab event in the Art Lofts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
BFA Show Reception, Gallery 7 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
An eagle-shaped coffin fills the foreground as Eric Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian woodcarver, master-coffin builder and Windgate Artist in Residence in the Art Department, speaks during an opening exhibit of Adjetey Anang's work at the Arts Loft at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During the event, Adjetey Anang led a gun-breaking ceremony and invited guests to participate in a symbolic breaking of the barrel of his gun-shaped coffin. The gun-breaking action was in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and against gun violence locally, nationally and internationally.
Visitors dance at Matt Mauk and Heather Sutherland's MFA Show Reception at Art Lofts, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Student Michelle Bridwell prepares artwork to be displayed during a student art sale.
A student pulls a print off a lithography stone in Lithography class at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Students use a torch to heat a glass piece at the UW Glass Lab in the Art Lofts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Fred Stonehouse offers constructive feedback at a grad critique at the Art Lofts.
Graduate art student Sarah Deppe works on a piece in her studio space in the Art Lofts building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student talks about their artwork at Gallery 7 at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Art faculty Lynda Barry poses with a student in her Making Comics class at the Mosse Humanities Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
An undergraduate student works on a sculpture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A student poses next to artwork by Heather Sutherland at a grad critique with Fred Stonehouse.

Arts at UW

Did you know?

 

The UW-Madison Art Department is nationally ranked:

#1 Printmaking

#15 Overall Fine Arts Program

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, and Certificate in Studio Art.