Comic genius by Jay Rath

Comic genius by Jay Rath

Feb 27, 2020 | News

Lynda Barry’s Making Comics is part memoir, part self-help, and a passionate call for introspection. Most of all it’s about creativity. Call it yoga for your head. Also, it’s about comics. “Have you given up on drawing?” asks the note scrawled on the back cover,...
Stonehouse, Smith receive 2020 Awards in the Creative Arts

Stonehouse, Smith receive 2020 Awards in the Creative Arts

Feb 25, 2020 | News

The UW–Madison Division of the Arts announced its 2020 Awards in the Creative Arts and two faculty members from the School of Education garnered recognition. Fred Stonehouse, a professor with the Art Department, received the Creative Arts Award, while Leslie Smith...

From the Chair

Feb 24, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair

Curiosity is a radical act. To be a curious explorer of artistic and creative possibility, to be intellectually curious in the face of any status quo, effectively insures a life of constant questioning; like seeing the world as an early modern Cubist painting, always...

From the Chair

Feb 18, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair

Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless. — Zaha Hadid Artists edit, writers edit, architects edit. Begin with an idea, then find its truth through hundreds of subtle changes, each one creating a new set of possibilities....