October 22, 2021
Works by UW–Madison Professor Faisal Abdu’Allah, the associate dean for the arts in the School of Education, are included in a Tate Britain's new display, “Sixty Years: The Unfinished Conversation.”
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Alumni invited to submit artwork for exhibitions at SGCI 2022 conference
October 20, 2021
The Printmaking Area of the School of Education's Art Department invites UW–Madison alumni to submit printmaking artworks to be considered for spring 2022 alumni exhibitions at the UW–Madison Union art galleries during the Southern Graphics Council International Annual Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, Mar. 16-19, 2022. The deadline to apply is Nov. 1.
‘Hangul Alphabet’ selected for Virtual Design Exhibition Forum 2021
October 11, 2021
UW–Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn and Esther Cho were invited to present their project, “Hangul Alphabet,” at the Virtual Design Education Forum 2021, taking place Nov. 11-12. Ahn is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, and Cho is an MFA student within the Art Department.
Lee is named faculty director of The Studio creative arts community
October 8, 2021
Helen Lee has been named the faculty director of The Studio, UW–Madison’s residential creative arts community for first- and second-year undergraduate students. Lee is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Art Department.
New ‘Artivism’ program provides immediate financial support for UW–Madison student projects intersecting art and activism
September 23, 2021
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts’ Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Committee is pleased to announce the launch of a new funding opportunity called the Artivism Student Action Program (ASAP). The program, which will offer funding awards ranging from $100 to $5,000, was developed in response to students' desires to use politically engaged art to bring about a more equitable world.
On Wisconsin magazine features ‘storybook romance’ of UW–Madison alums Dronzek, Henkes
September 22, 2021
The life and work of UW–Madison alumni Laura Dronzek and Kevin Henkes was featured recently in the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s On Wisconsin magazine. The article, titled “A Storybook Romance,” describes how Dronzek and Henkes — who both earned degrees from the School of Education’s Art Department — met at UW–Madison, married, and now “make magic together in children’s literature.”
Award-winning sculpture inspired by pandemic staple: ‘Tower of Boxes’
September 21, 2021
At the start of the pandemic, Keith Kaziak found an unusual inspiration for a new sculpture. The resulting creation — titled "Tower of Boxes" — was awarded the International Sculpture Center's 2021 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, one of only 11 winners nationwide.
UW–Madison’s Baldacchino publishes symposium on ‘Education’s Autonomy’
September 16, 2021
UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino, a professor of art and education in the School of Education's Art Department, has published a symposium special edition for the journal Educational Theory, focused on “Education’s Autonomy.”
Art Department’s free, public colloquia will feature lectures by visiting artists and faculty
September 14, 2021
This fall, the School of Education’s Art Department is offering two different colloquia options (Art 508 Colloquium in the Arts). On Wednesdays, the colloquium will, as always, host exceptional visiting arts professionals from around the country and the world. On Thursdays, the colloquium will present weekly lectures by members of the Art Department faculty. All of the lectures are free and open to the public!
School faculty and staff reunite at traditional ‘Welcome Back Bash’
September 8, 2021
It was a beautiful late summer day for members of the School of Education community — many used to seeing each other only in boxes on their computer screens — to reunite for the traditional Welcome Back Bash for faculty and staff, in the North Plaza of the Education Building overlooking Lake Mendota, on Thursday, Sept. 2. While enjoying a full tailgate lunch, and picking up T-shirts tagged with the phrase “Lead and Inspire,” attendees took a break from their workdays to catch up with colleagues and kick off the new school year.