Creative Insights: Q&A with MFA candidate Tamara McLean
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, who are presenting their final thesis exhibitions throughout the spring semester. These exhibitions represent the...
Art and engineering forge partnership for practical learning in Art Department foundry by Kari Dickinson
Mechanical engineering students gained practical experience casting screwdriver handles this fall in the Art Department’s foundry in a collaboration between the two departments. For one week in October, the foundry was the classroom for ME 311 — Manufacturing: Metals...
Lee and former student discuss art of making glass on ‘Arts Educators Save the World’ podcast
UW–Madison’s Erica Halverson started off the new year with a new episode of her podcast, “Arts Educators Save the World,” speaking with Aaron Bossen, a glass artist and PhD student in materials science engineering at Penn State University, along with his mentor, Helen...
Wisconsin artist uses printmaking to tell the stories of migrant workers by Richelle Wilson
Printmaking is an ancient art form with roots in China, where artists would use wood blocks to transfer images onto silk. Today, one of the premier printmaking programs in the country is housed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where artists like Christie Tirado...