Badger style cartooning is a work of art by Jay Rath

Badger style cartooning is a work of art by Jay Rath

Aug 3, 2020 | News

The Badger State’s rich cartooning history will be celebrated in an exhibit opening Aug. 8 at the Museum of Wisconsin Art. “Wisconsin Funnies: 50 Years of Comics” will be on display through Nov. 22 at the West Bend museum and Saint Kate — The Arts Hotel in Milwaukee....
MOWA announces 50 years of comics by Jennifer Turner

MOWA announces 50 years of comics by Jennifer Turner

Jul 31, 2020 | News

West Bend, WI  – The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) announces the opening of Wisconsin Funnies: Fifty Years of Comics, its first major exhibition following a three-month closure due to COVID-19. This exhibition presents the rich history of comics in Wisconsin as it...

UW–Madison’s Baldacchino releases two new books

May 21, 2020 | News

UW-Madison’s John Baldacchino recently released two new books, “Sejjieħ il-Ħsieb: Limitu u Ħelsien (Rubblewalls of Thought: Limit and Freedom)” and “Educing Ivan Illich: Reform, Contingency, and Disestablishment.” Baldacchino is a professor with the School of...

From the Chair

May 15, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair

The relationship between “academia” and art is seemingly, forever fraught. Until quite recently, what we call art was historically in service to (depending on the epoch) religion, mythology, class/social strata, storytelling, and then the needs of architecture and all...

To the 2020 MFA Cohort

May 15, 2020 | From the Chair

I had the privilege of welcoming you all to the Art Department three years ago. I remember being struck by the first couple exhibitions of your cohort and remarking to colleagues that you were clearly a special group. Your collective work represented a significantly...