By Amellia Fowler UW–Madison alumnus Keith Edwin Fox is the author of a new textbook, recently published by Cognella Academic Publishing. As described by the publisher, “You Be the Art Critic: An Inclusive Approach to Art Appreciation in the Postmodern and Metamodern Eras” introduces students to the analytical tools and frameworks used in art criticism …
By Kari Dickinson When Professor Emerit Laurie Beth Clark retired this past spring after more than four decades on the faculty of UW–Madison’s Art Department, she didn’t want to celebrate her own accomplishments. Instead, she wanted to recognize the hundreds of students she mentored throughout her career. That decision launched her on a months-long effort …
Three members of the UW–Madison School of Education community are among 16 extraordinary Wisconsinites receiving a 2026 Fellows Award from the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. The award, which honors outstanding accomplishment and a lifelong commitment to intellectual discourse and public service, is the Academy’s highest honor. Emily Arthur, a professor in the School …
UW–Madison alumnus and award-winning children’s book author Kevin Henkes recently shared what makes a good children’s book on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Life.” Henkes, who earned a bachelor’s degree from the School of Education’s Art Department in 1983, has written and illustrated nearly 50 picture books and more than a dozen children’s novels. In the …
UW–Madison alumnae Susan Apps-Bodilly and Renée Graef have teamed up to create a new children’s book that takes readers on an entertaining A-to-Z journey through the delicious world of Wisconsin cheese. Published in August by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, “The ABCs of Wisconsin Cheese” explores the stories and makers behind the food that has …
School of Education alumna Emily Balsley has collaborated for a second time with the Milwaukee Brewers on art that celebrates baseball and those who love the game. Madison365 recently reported on a new, 50-foot mural created by Balsley at McKee Farms Park in Fitchburg. The mural, “Seventh Inning Stretch,” celebrates “the energy and camaraderie of …
A faculty member and leader in the School of Education recently collaborated with Madison public school students on a public art installation. Faisal Abdu’Allah, a professor of printmaking in the School of Education’s Art Department, worked with Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) students on “Reach For It,” a public art installation at Madison’s Warner Park …
“Leave Your Baggage at the Door,” a focused retrospective featuring 22 paintings by UW–Madison’s Leslie Smith III, a professor of drawing and painting and chair of the Art Department in the School of Education, will be on view at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend, Wisconsin, through Oct. 11. The exhibition brings …
By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research & Scholarship When UW–Madison Digital Arts Professor Stephen Hilyard’s short animation titled “Morning Glory” screened at the Taos Film Festival this year, the official selection gave the artist something galleries rarely can: the chance to experience his viewers’ reactions in real time. “Having everyone together in a large space, …
Story and photos by Ted Hyngstrom, Division of the Arts Raleigh Savage usually spends her semesters investigating the inner workings of the human brain — studying concepts such as neurons, axons, and dendrites, with little time to learn about much else. But in her final summer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the neurobiology major is branching …