Faisal Abdu’Allah On His Upbringing In The UK, Research, Art Practice, And Recent MMoCA Exhibition
This week, Framing Culture’s host José Teixeira invited Faisal Abdu’Allah, professor at the UW-Madison Art Department to talk about his life and work. Elaborating on the challenges of the cultural and educational British landscape, Faisal sheds light on his ongoing...
Imagining National Belonging in American Landscapes by Professor Tomiko Jones
Growing up I spent summers with my maternal grandmother, Grandma Takatani, either at her home in rural Hawai’i, or on a road trip on the mainland. As she was legally blind, I did not consider the irony of her “seeing” America. My parents would pile us into the car and...
UW–Madison’s Abdu’Allah is named Wisconsin Academy Fellow
UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah is one of 16 extraordinary Wisconsinites being honored with a 2024 Fellows Award from the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. This award, which honors high levels of accomplishment and a demonstrated lifelong commitment to...