Find your program at the UW-Madison Art Department
Expand your perspective and connect with your classmates, your community, and the world around you! UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMGRADUATE PROGRAMFind your program at the UW-Madison Art Department
Expand your perspective and connect with your classmates, your community, and the world around you! UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMGRADUATE PROGRAMThe University of Wisconsin-Madison occupies ancestral Ho-Chunk land, called Teejop (day-JOPE) since time immemorial. In an 1832 treaty, the Ho-Chunk were forced to cede this territory. Decades of ethnic cleansing followed when both the federal and state government repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, sought to forcibly remove the Ho-Chunk from Wisconsin.
This history of colonization informs our shared future of collaboration and innovation. We respect the inherent sovereignty of the Ho-Chunk Nation, along with the eleven other First Nations of Wisconsin.
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Summer Arts Clinic 2024
June 30 – July 6, 2024
- Grade level are students finishing grades 9–12
- In person. Daily Commuter-only program, no residential component
- Visual Art Classes:
- Putting the Pieces Together: A Glass Mosaics Workshop with Kagen Dunn
- Screen Printing with Christie Tirado
Students choose an experience based on their goals! Each path incorporates instruction in both small and large groups, explores a variety of artistic techniques and centers student creativity. Each course also offers students the opportunity to perform or exhibit their work on Saturday morning, the final day of the program.
Registration open January 9 to May 1, 2024.
Summer Arts Clinic 2024
Events
Some Kind of Heaven: UW-Madison Second-Year Review Art Exhibition
December 3 - 17 Reception:...
From the Ground Up: Print Area Show
December 5 - 8 Reception: Friday,...
Summer Arts Clinic 2024
June 30 - July 6, 2024 Grade...
Steady Endeavors: 2023 Foundations Exhibition
December 5 - 8 Reception:...
(uncertain) terraform: A 4D Graduate Exhibition
November 6 - 11 Artists: X...
Transmogrify: A Ceramics Graduate Exhibition
October 30 - November 4 Artists:...
Fall 2023 Visiting Artist Colloquium
Come visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison Art Department!
Tours are now available by appointment, view our upcoming Art Department events for prospective students at Visit Bucky: apps.admissions.wisc.edu/visitbucky/
Carefully read the event information and COVID-19 Safety Protocols and Campus Visitor Agreement before your visit.
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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