From the Chair

Mar 2, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair

Works which demand to be ‘seen and read’ absorb the dialogues and refusals between visual and written communication, and explicitly ask for us to reappraise how we consume literature and art. —Elizabeth Benjamin and Sophie Corser, Literature and Art: Conversations and...
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...