Art Faculty Colloquium: Professor Elaine Scheer

Elaine Scheer is a storyteller. Her often-humorous watercolors introduce us to her family, and events that have happened from before she was born to the present. Scheer first came in Wisconsin in the freezing winter of 1987 to participate in Arts/Industry at the Kohler Toilet factory in Sheboygan. She has been at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since she was hired in 1988 as a lecturer in ceramics. She has served in multiple roles and taught a variety of subjects along with an appointment as Department Chair. She grew up in Los Angeles and went to school at Sonoma State University and the San Francisco Art Institute. You can find her watercolors on Instagram @elainescheer