Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 16th for the UW–Madison Experience Wisconsin Open House and our annual Fall Open House! Ready to see what your future at UW–Madison could look like? Join us for a choose-your-own-adventure-style full-day visit built entirely around you! Immerse yourself in the Badger experience by designing your ideal day with a customized schedule built around what matters most to you. Dive into academics, discover residence life, learn about admissions, explore campus, and so much more. Claim your day, chart your path, and see where UW–Madison can take you. Prospective students and families, register now for one of our Art Department tours.
Friday, October 16 @ 11am – 3pm
Plan your future with the Art Department at UW-Madison as we host the annual Fall Open House on Friday, October 16th. This free event invites current students, prospective students interested in studying at UW-Madison, and the general public to observe select art demonstrations, meet faculty, learn about available resources from the School of Education’s Career Center, and see student artwork. View the event’s activity schedule below.
Commemorate forty years of our Art alumni in How We Got It Together, a showcase of their artwork exhibited at Gallery 7, the Art Lofts Gallery, and the Backspace Gallery as part of the ASAP/17: Get It Together! Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present annual conference hosted at UW–Madison from October 15th through the 17th.
11am-3pm
- School of Education’s Career Center: Speak with the Career Art Advisor Lore Bennett (Humanities Building, 6th Floor near Art Office Room 6241)
- Ceramics Lab: Visit the lab and speak to Ceramics Technician Brian Morgenlander (Art Lofts, Room 1040)
- Painting Studio: View student artwork from Art 222 Introduction to Painting (Humanities Building 7th Floor, Room 7121)
- Woodworking Shop: Visit the wood shop and speak to Wood Technician Naomi Miller (Humanities Building 7th Floor, Room 7251)
- Art Metals: Visit the metals shop, see student artwork, and speak to faculty (Humanities Building 7th Floor, Room 7551)
- Photography Lighting Lab: Visit the lab, view lighting demonstrations, and speak to Photography Technician Taylor Hedrick (Art Lofts, Room 170)
- How We Got It Together Exhibition: View the Alumni Exhibition on display (Gallery 7, Humanities Building, 7th Floor, Room 7241; Art Lofts Gallery, Art Lofts, Room 1050; and Backspace Gallery, Art Lofts, Room 153A)
12-1pm
- nodeLab: Visit the digital fabrication resource lab, view laser cutter demonstrations, and speak to nodeLab Technician Erin McAdams (Humanities Building 6th Floor, Room 6411)
12:30-2pm
- How We Got It Together Exhibition: Attend the Alumni Exhibition Conversation with the Artists (Art Lofts Gallery, Room 1050)
12-3pm
- Digital Print Center: See the printmaking lab, view intaglio demonstrations, and speak to Printmaking Technician David Love (Humanities Building 6th Floor, Room 6521)
2-3pm
- Ceramics Lab: View demonstrations by Ceramics Technician Brian Morgenlander (Art Lofts, Room 1040)
5-9pm
- How We Got It Together Exhibition: Attend the Gallery 7 Opening Reception for the Alumni Exhibition (Gallery 7, Humanities Building, 7th Floor, Room 7241)
Locations
- Humanities Building, 6th and 7th Floors, 455 N Park St: Only one Humanities Building elevator goes to the top 6th and 7th floors. Enter the Humanities building through the open breezeway on the ground floor and go in the doors marked “ART” in large white letters (E01-02) that are nearest to the Chazen Museum’s back entrance (the Chazen is next-door, immediately to the east). In the lobby the stairs and elevator are to the left.
- Art Lofts, 111 N Frances St: The Art Lofts building is located to the east next to the Kohl Center.