Art in Focus: Q&A with MFA candidate Nika McKagen
Throughout the semester, we’re shining a light on the Art Department’s graduating MFA candidates as they present their final thesis exhibitions. These exhibitions are the culmination of years of dedicated study and artistic exploration, showcasing our students’...
From art student to game changer by Kari Dickinson
UW–Madison alumnus Brian Raffel’s path to the top of the video game industry has been anything but conventional. A former art student turned high school art teacher, Raffel co-founded Raven Software with his brother, Steve, in 1990, when they got a publishing deal for...
Moment in Time
DATE: Sept. 17, 2025 TIME: 10:24 a.m. PLACE: Humanities Building Meri Lau leads a workshop on developing elementary art curricula with UW–Madison art education majors. Lau — a recently retired art teacher from the Madison Metropolitan School District and longtime...
Why Wisconsin? by By Maggie Ginsberg
UW–Madison’s vibrant, interdisciplinary campus arts culture attracts students and professors from around the world. But don’t just take our word for it. They come for the lakes, and those starburst chairs coloring the Terrace at Memorial Union in John Deere green,...