From the Chair

Nov 20, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair

How do we learn? Further, how do we learn to be artists and educators to others that desire art as a way of life? The cultural moment we live in right now should be making us all take a step back. It should be making us all ask more of ourselves and our colleagues,...
The UW-Madison Art Department is hiring!

The UW-Madison Art Department is hiring!

Nov 13, 2017 | Promo

The Art Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking a renowned graphic design practitioner-educator and a distinguished photographer-educator to work in a fertile environment for aesthetic and critical engagement and build the future of the graphic...

From the Chair

Nov 13, 2017 | Essay, From the Chair

I’ve been thinking about the transition from drawing to cinema, how the practice of drawing from the live model informs ways of framing the body and establishes a kind of gaze that is recreated in cinema. Since the late 1970’s Sugimoto has been making...
‘OMG’ in Chinese?! by Adam Ryan Morris

‘OMG’ in Chinese?! by Adam Ryan Morris

Nov 9, 2017 | News

From the moment American Craft asked me to make portraits of Helen Lee, I was enthralled by her use of language. The bilingual daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, Lee’s work with glass often highlights the ambiguity of language. My favorite piece is a neon sign that...