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UW/Art Events
UW-Madison Art Club Spring 2026
Thursday, February 12 @ 6 - 8pm: Valentine's Craft Night Thursday, February 26 @ 6 - 8pm: Cross Stitch Thursday, March 12 @ 6-8pm: Bag Charms Thursday, April 9 @ 6-8pm: Georgia O'Keefe Painting Location: Humanities Building, Room 6111, 6th Floor, 455 N Park St,...
Carly “Car” Riegger Final Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
April 13 – 24 Reception: Friday, April 17, 5pm Location: Commonwealth Gallery, 90 S Baldwin St, Madison, WI The objects by Carly “Car” Riegger ask what disabled interpretations of material can look like. They pose a perspective of the body pertaining to disabled life...
Inside and Out: Comfort in the Uncomfortable
February 12 – 13 Artists: Logan Underwood and Triona Lawrence Location: Gelsy Verna Gallery, Art Lofts, 111 N Frances St, WI This Pop Up undergraduate exhibition explores the relationship between comfort and discomfort, private and public, and the familiar and...
Shadow Nor Sun: An MFA Qualifier Exhibition by Tanya Habjouqa
February 11 – 14 Location: Art Lofts Gallery, 111 N Frances St, Madison, WI Closing Reception: Thursday, February 12, 6-8pm Tanya Habjouqa is a socially engaged artist and visual researcher who examines how communities experience political violence and how those...
Father! You Left Me Dreaming in a Colonizer’s Tongue. A Qualifier Film by Blue Naga
Friday & Saturday, March 6 & 7 Location: Backspace Gallery, Art Lofts, 111 N Frances St, Madison, WI An hour and half film screening with limited viewing, three seats available per screening. No food or drinks served. BLUE NAGA is a Thai interdisciplinary...
eeee eee eeeeee: Emma Harris Paintings
February 9 – 15 Location: Gallery 7, Humanities Building 7th Fl, 455 N Park St, Madison, WI Reception: Thursday, February 12, 5-7pm Emma Harris is drawn to moments that showcase the fragility, mutability, and resilience of the human form, imagining a space where edges...
Mad Gaffers’ Valentine’s 2026 Blow Your Own Glass Heart Event
Saturday, February 14 @ 9am – 2pm Location: Art Lofts Glass Lab, 111 N Frances St, Madison, WI, $55 per person It's a date—hand sculpt a glass heart with the Mad Gaffers! Choose your colors, jump into the heat, and create your very own glass heart paperweight to take...
Pathways: Master of Fine Arts Qualifier Exhibition by Alexandra Riesco
February 27 – March 27 Reception: Friday, March 6, 5–8pm Location: Apex Gallery, Tandem Press, 1743 Commercial Ave, Madison, WI, Open Wednesday-Friday, 10am-4pm Inspired by her experiences living in several disparate environments, Alexandra Riesco creates records of...

