March 4, 2022
The 8th biennial Conney Conference on Jewish Arts at UW–Madison, from March 27-30, will address themes of interdisciplinarity, diversity, and intersectionality in the changing landscape of the Jewish Arts. All events are free and open to the public.
March 1, 2022
The highly anticipated “Blu³eprint” by UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu'Allah was unveiled last week on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and now stands in front of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA) on State Street in Madison.
February 23, 2022
UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah and Chris Walker were featured in a recent article in the Wisconsin State Journal shining a light on work by Black artists in Madison. The article, headlined “Black Madison artists working to create a permanent ‘renaissance,’” notes the landscape for Black artists in Madison is changing, with long-established, white-dominated institutions diversifying their offerings.
February 21, 2022
A new exhibition from Tandem Press, "Behind the Scenes," presents an inside look at a selection of Tandem Press prints and the printmaking materials used in their creation. The exhibition, which is on view through March 19, will coincide with the 2022 Southern Graphic Council International’s (SGCI) printmaking conference that will be hosted by the UW–Madison Art Department in March.
February 17, 2022
An important new exhibition at the Memorial Union features a collection of art created by Indigenous UW–Madison alumni, students, and faculty from the School of Education’s Art Department. Titled "Madison Alumni: A Legacy of Indigenous Perspectives" and curated by John Hitchcock, a professor in the Art Department, the exhibition opened to the public on Feb. 11 and runs through March 21.
February 11, 2022
UW–Madison alumna and incoming painting professor Dyani White Hawk has been selected for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 80th biennial exhibition, “Quiet as It’s Kept.” White Hawk, one of four Native artists to be included in this year's biennial, has created a large-scale, mixed-media piece rooted in Lakota aesthetics to show at the exhibition.
February 9, 2022
In loss, what is left? This is the paradox that UW–Madison alumna Helen Hawley explores in her exhibition, “Drained Lake,” at the Abel Contemporary Gallery in Stoughton, Wisconsin, through Feb. 20.
February 8, 2022
Within the School of Education, the Chazens endowed the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art. In addition, daughter Kathy Chazen is a member of the School's Board of Visitors
January 28, 2022
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA) has been selected for a significant grant award from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts that will support a fall 2022 exhibition of work by UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah, the associate dean of the arts in the School of Education. Abdu'Allah's DARK MATTER, opening Sept. 17, 2022, explores cultural representation and the systems of power that structure our experiences of the world.
January 19, 2022
Each spring, the UW–Madison Division of the Arts celebrates artistic achievement, recognizes service to the arts, and supports arts research by bestowing the Creative Arts Awards. This year's awards include several individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education.