Greetings! Madison Public Market art projects take shape by Lindsay Christians
When hungry locals approach the new Madison Public Market next summer, public art will welcome them from every direction. Imagine turning onto First Street to view a massive rendering of a young woman in a Ho-Chunk tribal costume, surrounded by beadwork. “Elizah...
Finding Affinity Between Native and Western Abstraction by Hilarie M. Sheets
The kapémni form, an abstract Lakota symbol broadly recognizable to Indigenous tribes of the Great Plains, consists of two mirrored triangles balanced in the center at their tips in an hourglass shape. The lower one represents the physical world, the upper one the sky...
UW–Madison Art Department to host Fall Open House on Oct. 25
The UW–Madison Art Department will host its annual Fall Open House on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 12 to 5 p.m. in both the Humanities Building and Art Lofts. The event is free and open to current and prospective students and the public. Visitors can tour classrooms and...