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UW/Art Events
Experience Wisconsin Open House & UW Art 2026 Fall Open House
Friday, October 16 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...
Visiting Artist Colloquium: University of Wisconsin-Madison MFA Candidates
Wednesday, December 2 @ 5:00 - 6:15pm Chazen Auditorium FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Our graduate students earning their Masters degrees will present their interdisciplinary work to the public. Explore their body of art, three-years in the making through the...
Visiting Artist Colloquium: TBA
Wednesday, November 18 @ 5:00 - 6:15pm Chazen Auditorium FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Melanie Tallmadge Sainz
Wednesday, November 11 @ 5:00 - 6:15pm Location TBA FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Melanie Tallmadge Sainz was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and was raised in the Wisconsin Dells area. Her parents Roger Little Eagle and Bernadine Tallmadge were trailblazers in the field...
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Michelle Grabner
Wednesday, November 4 @ 5:00 - 6:15pm Chazen Auditorium FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Michelle Grabner is a Wisconsin-based artist, writer, and curator. She co-curated the 2014 Whitney Biennial and was the Artistic Director for the inaugural 2018 FRONT International:...
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Dr Jadine Collingwood
Wednesday, October 28 @ 5:00 - 6:15pm Chazen Auditorium FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Dr Jadine Collingwood is Pamela Alper Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. She holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Chicago, where she completed...
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Catalina Schliebener Muñoz
Wednesday, October 21 @ 5:00 - 6:15pm Chazen Auditorium FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Catalina Schliebener Muñoz (b.1980), is a Chilean-born, trans, and intersex visual artist and educator based in Brooklyn. Their research and collage-based practice extends across...
Visiting Artist Colloquium: Peter Shear
Wednesday, October 14 @ 5:00 - 6:15pm Chazen Auditorium FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Peter Shear (b. 1980, Beverly Farms, MA) is best known for small-format canvases that resist classification, fixed formulae, or repetition. As a painter, he has staked out a position...