April 12, 2024
UW–Madison’s Tim Portlock, a professor with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the School of Education’s Art Department, beginning in fall 2023, was a guest on WORT 89.9 FM’s “A Public Affair” program recently.
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Artist-in-residence brings people together over dinner, fostering connectedness and healing
April 11, 2024
UW–Madison's Spring 2024 Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence Marlon H. Hall makes tables to make meals as an art practice, inviting a cross-pollination of people — 16 at a time – to engage in the beauty intrinsic to being human. His exhibition in the Memorial Union's Main Gallery runs through May 17.
Two with School of Education ties named among Wisconsin’s most influential Native American leaders
April 11, 2024
Nicole Bowman, an associate scientist and evaluator with the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative, and Ashley Hesse, an Art Department alumnus, are among the individuals recognized on this year's list.
In podcast, UW–Madison’s Velliquette speaks on ‘presence and permanence’ in paper sculpting
April 9, 2024
UW–Madison faculty member Michael Velliquette appeared recently on the Level Up Artists podcast for an episode that is titled, “Presence and Permanence with Michael Velliquette.”
Art Department’s West among 2024-25 winners of Vilas Associates Competition
April 4, 2024
Christina West is one of 24 UW–Madison faculty winners of the 2024-25 Vilas Associates Competition, which recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.”
On Wisconsin spotlights alumna’s ‘eye for Indigenous art’
March 26, 2024
On Wisconsin spotlighted the work of UW–Madison alumna Patricia Marroquin Norby in the Winter 2024 issue of the award-winning alumni magazine.
Memoir by UW–Madison alum reflects on friend’s death from Covid
March 19, 2024
UW–Madison alumna Barbara Seyda, who earned her bachelor’s degree from the School of Education’s Art Department in 1980, has a forthcoming memoir that is titled, “Gaudy Sorrow.”
UW–Madison’s Abdu’Allah is named Wisconsin Academy Fellow
March 13, 2024
UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah is one of 16 extraordinary Wisconsinites being honored with a 2024 Fellows Award from the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.
Regents reception at Chazen focused on glass
March 4, 2024
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin hosted a reception at the Chazen Museum of Art recently for the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents that celebrated the history of glass on campus as a fusion of art, science, creativity, and innovation.
Jimmy Kimmel spotlights album cover designed by alumnus
March 1, 2024
A cover illustrated by UW–Madison alumnus Taylor Rushing for Sierra Ferrell's forthcoming album, “Trail of Flowers,” made an appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show on Jan. 19.