The final lecture of this year’s Elizabeth Allen Visiting Alumni Speakers in Art History Lecture Series features Freida High Wsikhongo Tesfagiorgis’ [MFA ’71] talk: A Sankofa Moment in 2019: The Impact of The Black Arts Movement On Diversity in Art History and...
More than 300 high school art students are expected to be on the UW–Madison campus Friday, April 12, for the Visual Arts Classic. This state-wide art competition runs from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., and is being sponsored by the Wisconsin Art Education Association and the...
Can home furnishings be great art? Handmade for Home:The Craft of Contemporary Design, the Museum of Wisconsin Art’s current exhibit through May 19, makes a very good case for this notion. Combining rustic and synthetic materials with a mix of traditional techniques,...
Retired UW-Madison art professor Truman Lowe (Wakajah), whose internationally acclaimed sculptures reflected his Ho-Chunk heritage, died in his Madison home March 30. He was 75. Lowe joined the School of Education’s Art Department in 1975 and spent 35 years...
The main atrium of UW Madison’s Art Lofts building, tucked behind the Kohl Center already boasts a well-sized, light-filled gallery. A solid, roll-away partition was replaced with tall glass doors last summer, allowing full view of the art on display as one...
Some say Taylor Wright Rushing is a jack of all trades: artist, graduate student, woodworker, teacher and storyteller. He’s got the kind of skills a fellow could take on the road, ride the rails, and scratch out a living for himself on the free and open road....
