September 23, 2022
UW–Madison’s Leslie Smith III, a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, is a recipient of a 2022 Joan Mitchell Fellowship from the Joan Mitchell Foundation.
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New Faculty Focus: Q&A with Michael Velliquette
September 19, 2022
Michael Velliquette brings more than two decades of studio experience as a mixed media sculptor to his new faculty role in the School of Education.
‘The art of unlearning’ is focus of new paper from UW–Madison’s Baldacchino
September 16, 2022
A paper by UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino — focused on "the art of unlearning" — is included in the book “International Current Trends in Applied Linguistics and Pedagogy,” a multidimensional and multicultural collection of research in the fields. Baldacchino is a professor of art and education within the School of Education’s Art Department.
Child’s play is ‘anything but frivolous,’ Barry tells New York Times Magazine
September 8, 2022
UW–Madison Professor and MacArthur "genius grant" winner Lynda Barry discusses the power of play in a recent New York Times Magazine feature that is headlined, “A Genius Cartoonist Believes Child’s Play Is Anything But Frivolous.”
Tandem Press to host David Lynch film screening aligning with new gallery exhibition opening Sept. 6
September 2, 2022
Tandem Press is thrilled to host an outdoor screening of the documentary “David Lynch: The Art Life" this September, in conjunction with a reception for its new gallery exhibition opening Sept. 6, “Enigma: The Prints of David Lynch."
School of Education welcoming new cohort of faculty hires to campus
August 24, 2022
This fall, there are 14 new faculty hires joining us for the start of the fall semester, which includes Dyani White Hawk — an assistant professor with the Art Department who was hired last year but largely spent the 2021-22 academic year away from campus utilizing an Anna Julia Cooper Fellowship.
UW–Madison’s Ahn wins Educator Award from Society of Experimental Graphic Design
August 23, 2022
UW–Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn, an assistant professor of graphic design in the School of Education’s Art Department, is the recipient of the 2022 Educator Award from the Society of Experimental Graphic Design (SEGD).
Abu’Allah’s ‘Blu³eprint’ is honored as ‘Best New Piece of Public Art’ by Madison Magazine
August 19, 2022
Faisal Abdu’Allah’s “Blu³eprint” was honored by Madison Magazine as this year’s “Best New Piece of Public Art” in the publication’s Best of Madison Editors’ Picks for 2022.
New podcast ‘Arts Educators Save the World,’ launching Aug. 29, will feature Lin Manuel-Miranda, other top artists
August 16, 2022
The first episode, on Aug. 29, features a conversation with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert Lopez, and their elementary school arts teacher. Coming soon are Faisal Abdu'Allah, Josh Radnor, Annaleigh Ashford, and other top artists in conversation with the mentors who shaped them.
Mixed-media dance theater work ‘Here Lies the Truth’ begins national tour in Hawaii
August 11, 2022
Li Chiao-Ping Dance is launching a national tour of its mixed-media, collaborative dance theater work, “Here Lies the Truth,” in August. The tour will begin in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Aug. 13, with performances in San Francisco and Minneapolis to follow in the fall and spring.