April 22, 2020
Earlier this year, UW-Madison alumnae Helen Klebesadel and Mary Kay Neumann announced that their collaboration, “The Flowers are Burning … Oceans a Rising: An Art and Climate Justice Exhibition,” would be shown in Middleton beginning April 16 as part of the Nelson Institute’s Earth Day @ 50 – Arts Initiative. Now, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition is available digitally.
April 16, 2020
Following is a series of porch portraits — or “Porchtraits” — from our photographer, Sarah Maughan. Although we are far apart physically while practicing social distancing, we remain connected as a School of Education community. Together, we will not only get through this one-of-a-kind Spring Semester — but we will make it a success.
April 13, 2020
Maryam Ladoni, a photo-based artist who grew up in Iran and came to UW–Madison to pursue a master of fine arts, recently posted her MFA exhibition online and then shared a powerful video she produced that showcases her journey and the staged photography work that led “Cheltikeh.” A preview of Ladoni’s online MFA show explains: “My camera, which ironically this time is not in my hands, explores a multitude of answers in ‘Cheltikeh.’ The word means 40 pieces in Persian. It conceptually means infinity and the word for quilt as I see my life as a quilt of experiences.”
March 31, 2020
Due to growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this month, Guzzo Pinc's in-person MFA show and reception — scheduled for March 25 in Gallery 7 of the Humanities Building — was canceled. After the initial shock and a feeling of “despair” wore off, the graduate student with the school of Education's Art Department became determined to find a way to bring his exhibition — “EGGS: A Grand Scale Painting Comedy” — into public view. On March 25, he launched the exhibition online.
March 20, 2020
Go London features UW-Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah and his work in the group exhibition "Hogarth: London Voices, London Lives," which aims to depict the social conditions of London in 2020.
March 18, 2020
Isthmus published an article featuring UW-Madison’s Lynda Barry and her latest book, “Making Comics,” which is “part memoir, part self-help, and a passionate call for introspection.”
March 17, 2020
In addition, nine graduate specialty programs within the School are rated among the Top 10 nationally — including No. 1-ranked programs in curriculum and instruction (Department of Curriculum and Instruction), and printmaking (Art Department).
March 4, 2020
According to a recent report from Isthmus, UW–Madison's Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) left a lasting impression on the 2020 Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner Kevin Henkes, who was once a student at UW-Madison.
March 3, 2020
UW-Madison’s Lisa Gralnick was recently recognized by the American Craft Council (ACC) as a 2020 College of Fellows Honoree. According to an ACC news release, Gralnick “is a contemporary American metalsmith, studio jeweler, and academic whose work challenges the monetary, cultural, and personal value of objects by transforming metals into objects of thought provoking visual beauty.” She has been a faculty member with the School of Education's Art Department since 2001.
March 3, 2020
UW-Madison alumnus Emanuele Corso recently published a book titled, “Schools and Society: In Defense of Public Education.” Using his home state as a case study, Corso passionately defends public education.