Tom Jones Zeroes in on Ho-Chunk Visibility by Sylvia J. Platt

Tom Jones Zeroes in on Ho-Chunk Visibility by Sylvia J. Platt

We are living in a moment when artists of color are asking if their only route to art world legitimacy is to make the work that a predominately White art world expects them to make. Current anti-racist thought maintains that it is not the duty of marginalized or...
Wisconsin State Journal spotlights neon work on historic Madison sign by UW–Madison’s Zickuhr

Neon – it’s not just for making signs

In addition to the Glass Lab, UW–Madison is one of only a handful of schools in the U.S. that has a full service facility for creating neon art. Tom Zickuhr is a lecturer in the Art Department who teaches a popular neon course titled, “Neon: Light as Sculpture,” every...
‘Nothing static’ about glass by Kari Dickinson

‘Nothing static’ about glass by Kari Dickinson

Helen Lee wants to ‘capture the exploratory spirit’ of the UW–Madison Glass Lab’s historic past — and help build an exciting, innovative, and more inclusive future for glass artists. Helen Lee first discovered glass at a summer arts camp in high school. “It was the...