December 9, 2020
UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino has released two new volumes, including two chapters he authored, in the book series he founded and edits, “Doing Arts Thinking: Arts Practice, Research and Education.” Baldacchino is a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department.
November 30, 2020
UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino has authored a paper offering a new look at engaging with the 19th/20th century philosopher and educator, John Dewey. The paper is titled, “Education’s Experience in an Age of Anti-Politics: Reading John Dewey in the Third Decade of the 21st Century," and it is published in a special edition of the journal Sisyphus focused on "Old Masters, New Meanings."
November 16, 2020
UW–Madison's Lynda Barry has been honored with Oregon State University’s Stone Award for literary achievement. Barry is an associate professor of interdisciplinary creativity and holds the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in the School of Education’s Art Department.
November 6, 2020
The “Badger Talks Live” program will be taking a look at the UW Arts Collaboratory in its next Facebook Live series at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
October 21, 2020
Several faculty and staff with the School of Education’s Art Department have been among the speakers in the Chazen Museum of Art’s virtual gallery talk series. The Chazen is hosting the lectures live and then archiving them on the museum's Facebook page under the title, “Our Kind of Happy Hour.”
October 17, 2020
The UW–Madison School of Education’s Art Department is hosting a weekly series of free public lectures by some of the nation’s most prominent artists, critics, and gallery and museum directors. Lectures in the Fall 2020 Visiting Artist Colloquium Series take place every Wednesday during the academic year, from 5 to 6:15 p.m., online via Blackboard Collaborate.
September 29, 2020
UW–Madison’s Lynda Barry is the recipient of the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, which is chosen by a secret ballot of the members of the National Cartoonists Society.
September 22, 2020
Patricia Marroquin Norby, an alumna of the School of Education’s Art Department, has been hired as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York’s first, full-time Native American art curator. Norby earned her MFA from the Art Department in 2002.
September 2, 2020
Masks. Hybrid learning. Physical distancing. Testing. The fall 2020 semester is kicking off — and at UW–Madison, it won’t be like any semester that’s come before. However, our School of Education students are just as bright, driven, and inspiring as always. Seventeen students shared their thoughts with us on majors, going to college amid COVID-19, what they are excited about this semester, and future plans.
August 25, 2020
The UW–Madison School of Education is welcoming 16 new faculty members to campus during the upcoming 2020-21 academic year, which is one of the largest cohorts to sign on with the School since its founding in 1930. "We’re excited to welcome another group of exceptional scholars who will be working in fields as varied as the arts, health and education. They will bring a diverse set of viewpoints and experiences to our School as we build upon our excellence,” says School of Education Dean Diana Hess.