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...
Blowpipe Prose by Megan Provost

Blowpipe Prose by Megan Provost

In Helen Lee’s office sits a gleaming table of flawless glass vessels. Closer inspection reveals that the cut mark at the base of each vessel produces a character of the alphabet. The collection is an example of how Lee’s training as a graphic designer informs her...
UW–Madison art alumni featured on Wisconsin Life

UW–Madison art alumni featured on Wisconsin Life

Two alumni of the UW–Madison School of Education’s Art Department have been featured recently on Wisconsin Life, an award-winning co-production of Wisconsin Public Radio and PBS Wisconsin that celebrates what makes Wisconsin unique through the diverse stories of its...
UW–Madison News shares, ‘A peek into how art is created’

UW–Madison News shares, ‘A peek into how art is created’

UW–Madison News documented the Art Department’s 2023 Annual Open Studio Day in a photo gallery earlier this month. Over 50 artist studios were open to the public at this annual autumn arts celebration event, held this year on Saturday, Nov. 4. The event included...
Aluminum bird sculpture returns after 26 years by Rafael Guerrero

Aluminum bird sculpture returns after 26 years by Rafael Guerrero

Just north of Van Hise Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, “Effigy: Bird Form” hovers over the ground (or at least appears to). The aluminum sculpture, which weighs more than 900 lbs., is one of the newest attractions on campus—but it isn’t new. In...