From the Chair

Earlier today I spoke to my class about context, and how important it is to critique or engage a work of art in-situ, within the context of its own time and space and within the political framework of its era, as well as the expressed desires of its makers. I saw an...
Looking Backwards With a Smile by Catherine Jozwik

Looking Backwards With a Smile by Catherine Jozwik

Artist Tyanna Buie [MFA ’10] had an upbringing that sounds tough: she was placed in foster care at an early age, growing up on Chicago’s South Side. She recalls living in a household with her aunt and eight other children. Yet there is a cheeriness to her work...
All of Us in the Lights

All of Us in the Lights

August 31 – September 21 Artists: Taylor Kurrle and Andrea Oleniczak Closing Reception: Friday, September 14, 6-7p Location: 1308 Gallery, Union South Moving towards equality our very language can be tested and questioned as a tool in an ever changing cultural...
Cognizant Viewing by Heath Matysek-Snyder

Cognizant Viewing by Heath Matysek-Snyder

Brown Bag Lunch Artist Talk Thursday, September 13 @ 12p Location: 6261 Seminar Room, Humanities Building 6th Floor, 455 N Park St, Madison, WI Bring your lunch and hear a great artists’s talk. Matysek-Snyder graduated from the UW-Madison MFA program and is...