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. 

School of Education’s Welcome Back Bash set for Sept. 2

August 25, 2021

UW-Madison’s School of Education is welcoming faculty and staff back to campus with its typical Welcome Back Bash event on Thursday, Sept. 2. The School will again introduce new faculty members during the event, with three talented scholars joining us for the start of the fall semester.

‘Home Stretch’ festival adds new performances

August 11, 2021

Spatula&Barcode has announced five additional participatory artworks in the "Home Stretch" festival taking place throughout the summer, bringing the total number of projects to 17. Spatula&Barcode, a Madison-based arts collaborative, was founded by Art Department’s Laurie Beth Clark and Michael Peterson.

Ahn’s ‘Type + Code’ project featured on Femme Type

July 23, 2021

UW–Madison’s Yeoyhun Ahn, an assistant professor in the School of Education's Art Department, was featured on the platform Femme Type, in an article headlined “Yeoyhun Ahn Fuses Coding and Calligraphy in a Groundbreaking New Project.”

Summer 2021 Learning Connections alumni magazine available online

July 6, 2021

The latest edition of Learning Connections, a magazine for alumni and friends of the UW–Madison School of Education, is now posted online. The ​Summer 2021 issue centers on the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the many lessons learned. In addition, we spotlight a range of important and innovative work being done across the School.

Spatula&Barcode launch ‘Home Stretch,’ a summer festival of small art events

July 2, 2021

The arts collaborative Spatula&Barcode has launched "Home Stretch," a “distributed festival” of small artistic acts taking place in Madison, Wisconsin, between the summer solstice (June 21) and the autumn equinox (September 22). The collaborative was founded by Laurie Beth Clark and Michael Peterson, both faculty in the School of Education's Art Department.