Sep 30, 2019 | News
She stands stately and elegantly atop the Wisconsin State Capitol. Sun glints off her golden robes as she presides over her city, taller than any downtown buildings that surround her. Madison schoolchildren learn about the statue named Wisconsin, and how she points...
Sep 30, 2019 | News
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...
Sep 27, 2019 | News
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...
Sep 26, 2019 | News
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...
Sep 26, 2019 | News
The School of Education’s Dance Department and Art Department will co-host Carrie Hanson as the Fall 2019 Division of the Arts Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence, with Kate Corby as lead faculty. Hanson is a choreographer, director, performer, and dance educator....
Sep 25, 2019 | News
Graphic novelist, cartoonist and creativity educator Lynda Barry of Madison is one of this year’s winners of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship, commonly known as a “genius” grant. In naming her one of its 2019 fellows, the MacArthur...
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