Aug 22, 2019 | News
An ear of corn. Male genitalia. A pile of rodent droppings. Maggots. These are not images the artist intended to evoke when creating the much-criticized “Nails’ Tales” sculpture outside Camp Randall Stadium. Crew removed the obelisk of footballs Wednesday after more...
Aug 22, 2019 | News
Ed Erdmann’s art tells stories of Wisconsin’s northwestern landscape and shifting seasons, recreated in sand and dirt. “He is actually putting dirt from the land from Wisconsin on the canvas and making these dirt paintings,” said Mel Becker Solomon, Madison Museum of...
Jul 26, 2019 | News
No piece of art is born fully realized and optimally lit on a gallery wall or in a museum exhibit. Art takes shape in myriad, messy ways in studios — be they dedicated workspaces, living rooms, out in nature or in the minds of artists. “An artist’s studio...
Jul 18, 2019 | News
For Faisal Abdu’Allah, it was an art teacher who played Miles Davis and John Coltrane records as the young student painted. Those early jazz sessions encouraged the London teenager to pursue a career in art. Inspiration — entire life paths — can spring from small...
Jun 20, 2019 | News
Angelica Contreras, a mixed-media artist with a full-time job as a bilingual resource specialist, recently worked afternoons, evenings and weekends creating 61 small paintings — mixed-media, wash and acrylic paintings on paper, depicting Day of the Dead dolls with...
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