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Painting intricate scenes of live broadcasts, James Pederson turns to sport as his muse by Ayla Angelos

Painting intricate scenes of live broadcasts, James Pederson turns to sport as his muse by Ayla Angelos

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...
Hanson is Fall 2019 Division of the Arts Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence

Hanson is Fall 2019 Division of the Arts Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence

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....
Madison cartoonist Lynda Barry wins MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ award by Jim Higgins

Madison cartoonist Lynda Barry wins MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ award by Jim Higgins

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...
Here are 2019′s MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners, including cartoonist Lynda Barry and Chicago urban designer Emmanuel Pratt by Steve Johnson

Here are 2019′s MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners, including cartoonist Lynda Barry and Chicago urban designer Emmanuel Pratt by Steve Johnson

Sep 25, 2019 | News

Urban designer Emmanuel Pratt and cartoonist Lynda Barry are two of the 26 winners of the 2019 MacArthur Foundation “genius grants,” the no-strings-attached $625,000 prizes given annually to artists, scholars and other creative thinkers, the Chicago-based...
2 UW-Madison professors win prestigious $625,000 MacArthur ‘genius’ award by Kelly Meyerhofer

2 UW-Madison professors win prestigious $625,000 MacArthur ‘genius’ award by Kelly Meyerhofer

Sep 25, 2019 | News

Two UW-Madison professors were named 2019 MacArthur fellows, an award that comes with a five-year, $625,000 no-strings-attached stipend to pursue projects of their choosing. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Wednesday that UW-Madison art...
Two UW–Madison professors named MacArthur Fellows by Eric Hamilton

Two UW–Madison professors named MacArthur Fellows by Eric Hamilton

Sep 25, 2019 | News

Cartoonist and author Lynda Barry and geologist Andrea Dutton, both professors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have been awarded 2019 MacArthur Fellowships. The fellowships, also known as genius grants, provide $625,000 stipends to be used as the fellows see...
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