Cartoonist talks creativity, education by Anna Shoultz

Cartoonist talks creativity, education by Anna Shoultz

Graphic Artist and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor are a few titles among many that are used to describe the acclaimed Lynda Barry, who gave a talk on creativity Tuesday evening at the Bama Theatre. Detailing what an image is, the divide that school creates...
UW-Madison’s Ahn delivers presentation at TypeCon in Minneapolis

UW-Madison’s Ahn delivers presentation at TypeCon in Minneapolis

UW-Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn recently delivered a presentation at TypeCon, an annual typography-focused convention that took place from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1 in Minneapolis. Ahn is an assistant professor of graphic design with the School of Education’s Art Department....
Lynda Barry Explores the Language of Art by Heidi MacDonald

Lynda Barry Explores the Language of Art by Heidi MacDonald

Making art is like a Ouija board for the subconscious, only without the supernatural. So says cartoonist and educator [Professor of Interdisciplinary Creativity] Lynda Barry, whose new book Making Comics, due in November from Drawn & Quarterly, offers readers...
School of Education greets 13 new faculty members

School of Education greets 13 new faculty members

UW-Madison’s School of Education celebrated the start of the 2019-20 academic year with its annual Welcome Back Bash event on Thursday, Aug. 29. And once again, the School welcomed a large cohort of new faculty members, with 13 talented scholars joining the School of...