A 28-minute documentary short about UW–Madison’s Lynda Barry, associate professor of interdisciplinary creativity in the School of Education’s Art Department, screened recently as part of this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival. Tommasina Capelli, who graduated from UW–Madison last spring, created “A Room Alive!” as a senior class project after taking Barry’s comic drawing classes. She told Isthmus …
UW–Madison’s Tomiko Jones, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, has written an essay about her long-form photography-based project, “These Grand Places,” for the digital magazine Edge Effects. Jones’ photography and multidisciplinary installations explore social, cultural, and geopolitical transitions, considering the twin crises of too much and too little in the age of climate change. Running …
UW–Madison’s Douglas Rosenberg, a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, is the author of a new book that is titled, “Staring at the Sky: Essays on Art and Culture.” Rosenberg wrote this collection of short essays about art and contemporary culture over a five-year period from 2015-2020, during which he …
The second place winner of the 2024 Wisconsin Artists Biennial Exhibit, hosted by the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend, is a UW–Madison alum. Scott Espeseth, who earned an MFA in printmaking from the School of Education’s Art Department in 2000, is the recipient of the second place award. “His work often depicts …
The work of UW–Madison alumna Rita Benissan was spotlighted in the New York Times recently in their article previewing the Gallery 57 exhibition, “Constellations, Part 1: Figures on Earth & Beyond.” “Constellations, Part 1,” which opened March 14 in the Ghana-based Gallery 57’s London outpost, “brings together emerging and established artists from within the gallery’s …
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts has announced the recipients of the 2024 Creative Arts Awards, who will be recognized at special gala event on Tuesday, May 2, at the Hamel Music Center. Among the award winners are nine individuals with ties to the School of Education’s Art Department. The Creative Arts Awards program enables …
UW–Madison’s Tandem Press has awarded graduate students David Love and Emilee Taxman the Gabriele S. Haberland Graduate Student Printmaking Award for Travel to Europe. In 2019, UW–Madison Professor Emeritus Willy Haeberli established two annual travel awards of $4,000 each in honor of his late wife, Gabriele Haberland. Haberland believed in the power of travel to expand a student’s worldview and …
UW–Madison’s Tim Portlock, a professor with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the School of Education’s Art Department, beginning in fall 2023, was a guest on WORT 89.9 FM’s “A Public Affair” program recently. Portlock joined host Douglas Haynes in the studio to talk about his new role, engaging students, and his art making …
Two individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education were among the 11 Badgers named on Madison365’s annual list of “Wisconsin’s Most Influential Native American Leaders” for 2024. Nicole Bowman, an associate scientist and evaluator with the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC), housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), was recognized by …
Artist, author, and anthropologist Marlon F. Hall, a Spring 2024 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence with UW–Madison’s Division of the Arts and the School of Education’s Art Department, is presenting an exhibition, “Can I Tell You a Story?: From a Door at the Center of the Table,” in the Memorial Union’s Main Gallery through May 17. The exhibition …