Written by the rain by Scott Gordon
Helen Hawley [MFA ’14] decided a few years ago to try and make a book she could read in the rain. What the multi-media artist ended up with instead was a piece where the precipitation played a more active role. Hawley created an edition of 40 art books called...
2 UW-Madison Professors Among ‘Genius’ Grant Winners by Mary Kate McCoy and Melissa Ingelis
Where some may see obstacles and controversy when it comes to climate change and art education, two University of Wisconsin-Madison professors and 2019 MacArthur Genius Grant winners see opportunity. Lynda Barry, a cartoonist and author, and Andrea Dutton, a geologist...
Painting intricate scenes of live broadcasts, James Pederson turns to sport as his muse by Ayla Angelos
In world of catch-up television and information at your every beck and call, it’s hard to imagine a future without the digital. For artist James Pederson, [MFA ’19] he directs his brush towards this notion of ‘screen time’ and, in particular, the position that...