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UW/Art Events
Don’t Everybody Like the Smell of Gasoline? Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition by Mark Almanza
April 21 – 25 Reception: Friday, April 24, 5-8pm Location: Art Lofts Gallery, 111 N Frances St, Madison, WI Mark Almanza’s research revolves around the lens they view the world with, residing as a Chicano “third culture kid” in this in-between state of cultural...
Signals: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition by Henry Burk
April 14 – 19 Reception: Friday, April 17, 5-8pm Location: Backspace Gallery, Art Lofts, 111 N Frances St, Madison, WI The Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibitions season continues with Henry Burk's exhibit Signals. The MFA Thesis Exhibitions mark the culmination of a...
Mad Gaffers Live Demo & Sale
Saturday, April 18 @ 12 - 5pm Location: Art Lofts Glass Lab, 111 Frances St, Madison, WI Our students will be sculpting with hot glass at 2100° all Saturday afternoon. Take the opportunity to browse student work for sale, learn more about and watch some killer glass...
‘A gift of love’: Community mural project connects Madison to Cambodia by Ella Hanley, Special to the Cap Times
Madison artist Sharon Kilfoy hadn’t anticipated a recent trip to Cambodia would inspire a new mural project back home. But after working with sixth graders there on an art workshop, she returned with a stack of student drawings that would eventually connect two...
UW-Madison Art Department Spring Spectacular 2026
Friday, May 1 Humanities Building, 455 N Park Street 10am-5pm: View student work from all disciplines displayed in the hallways and tour select classrooms and labs on the 6th & 7th floors. 2-4pm: Are you considering studying ART at UW? Register for our in-person...
No Place to Return: A Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition by Tiange Li
April 14 – 19 Location: Gallery 7, Humanities Building 7th Fl, 455 N Park St, Madison, WI Reception: Friday, April 17, 5-7pm No Place to Return explores the vulnerability of life, death, and existence, and the grief embedded in the aspiration toward an ideal home...
Punctured Loops: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition by Alex Mikev
April 22 – 26 Reception: Friday, April 24, 5-8pm Location: Backspace Gallery, Art Lofts, 111 N Frances St, Madison, WI Punctured Loops is an exhibition that includes a series of portraits, originally sourced from photographs in the NASA Image and Video Library,...
Art in Focus: Q&A with MFA candidate Kate Flake
Throughout the semester, we’re shining a light on the Art Department’s graduating MFA candidates as they present their final thesis exhibitions. These exhibitions are the culmination of years of dedicated study and artistic exploration, showcasing our students’...

