Finding Affinity Between Native and Western Abstraction by Hilarie M. Sheets
The kapémni form, an abstract Lakota symbol broadly recognizable to Indigenous tribes of the Great Plains, consists of two mirrored triangles balanced in the center at their tips in an hourglass shape. The lower one represents the physical world, the upper one the sky...
2025 Homecoming Week: Celebrating Art Alumni
For the 2025 Homecoming Week here at UW-Madison, the Art Department has been celebrating with special posts each day to our Instagram account of selected alumni. Please enjoy these features on each artist collected here and find the full catalog of artworks posted...
UW–Madison alum designs T-shirt for Milwaukee Brewers
UW–Madison alumna Emily Balsley, who graduated in 2001 with a degree in graphic design from the School of Education’s Art Department, was one of four Wisconsin artists selected to create a design for the Milwaukee Brewers’ new “T-shirt Tuesdays” promotion this season....