From the Chair

May 1, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair

There is a 16th century Kabbalistic story that describes how all of the light in the world was originally contained in ten vessels. However, it seems that the vessels were too fragile to contain so much energy, and they quickly broke apart, sending sparks and light...
Art in the here and now by Catherine Capellaro

Art in the here and now by Catherine Capellaro

Apr 29, 2020 | News

As Madison and the world adapts to the restrictions of safer at home orders to stem the spread of COVID-19, an art exhibit at the Garver Feed Mill is designed for our new reality. Outside Looking In: A Drive-Thru Exhibition is an evocative and artistically diverse...
Questions with an Educator: Tomiko Jones by Lily Barber

Questions with an Educator: Tomiko Jones by Lily Barber

Apr 27, 2020 | News

This week’s Questions with an Educator features Tomiko Jones. Tomiko is a photographer, as well as Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Photography with a Certificate in Museum Studies from the...

From the Chair

Apr 24, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair

I’m feeling grateful for the health of our community and I am also feeling a lot of anger for things I cannot control. I feel, quite literally, stopped in my tracks, forward motion seems all but halted and, while working hard to adapt to this new reality, I am...

From the Chair

Apr 17, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair

We are deeply inside of a historical moment now, made vividly aware of the minutiae of the moment via 24/7 news and streaming media. So much so that it is, for me, overwhelming. I am also very aware of the aggregation of mediated images of the Covid-19 crisis into a...