Two recent videos from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., spotlight the work of UW–Madison’s John Hitchcock, a contemporary artist and musician and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the School of Education’s Art Department. An installation by Hitchcock is part of the National Gallery’s current exhibition, “The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native …
At a special ceremony held Tuesday, Nov. 7, the UW–Madison campus community and invited guests celebrated the installation of Ho-Chunk banners on Bascom Hall, commissioned as part of the University of Wisconsin’s 175th anniversary. The university occupies land that was the ancestral home of the Ho-Chunk. The banners were designed in collaboration by UW–Madison doctoral student Molli Pauliot …
Artwork by UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah is featured on the cover of Robert Beckford’s newest book, “Decolonizing Contemporary Gospel Music Through Praxis.” Abdu’Allah, an internationally acclaimed artist and professor with the School of Education’s Art Department, is the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art and the associate dean of the arts in the School of Education. Beckford’s …
UW–Madison’s Helen Lee and the UW–Madison Glass Lab were featured in a recent story in the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Badger Insider, headlined “In Case of Curiosity, Break Glass.” In the feature, Lee, who is the director of the Glass Lab and holds the Helen Burish Faculty Fellowship with the School of Education’s Art Department, speaks about the …
By Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin Energy Institute A team led by UW–Madison scholars has a plan to turn paper mill waste into plant-based plastics, slashing greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution and creating economic opportunities in ways that benefit marginalized communities. The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $4 million to fund a collaboration between Wisconsin Energy Institute researchers, …
UW–Madison’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) is excited to partner with the Division of the Arts to launch a postdoctoral fellowship program that recruits and retains diverse, talented, and highly qualified postdoctoral fellows across arts disciplines. Tehan Ketema is the inaugural First Wave Hip Hop & Urban Arts and Education Postdoctoral Research Fellow (FW Fellow) in the …
By Kari Dickinson This past summer, the UW–Madison School of Education launched four short-term, faculty-led study abroad programs tied to School of Education majors. These programs offered students a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand their worldview and build cultural awareness, all while learning valuable course content and earning credit towards their degrees. Nearly one hundred students …
The Friday Jazz Series hosted by UW–Madison’s Tandem Press begins this week. The series features students from the Jazz Studies program in UW–Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music, and includes three concerts each during fall and spring seasons. Attendees will listen to jazz music, learn about the exciting field of fine art printmaking, and see the current exhibition hanging …
UW–Madison’s Julie Chen, a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, is a recipient of one of the first-ever BRAVA Awards from the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA). BRAVA, which stands for “BIMA Recognizes Achievement in the Visual Arts,” was created to recognize four contemporary artists, craftspeople, or makers whose work demonstrates artistic merit and …
UW–Madison alumna Dyani White Hawk, an award-winning, multidisciplinary visual artist and independent curator, is the recipient of a prestigious 2023 MacArthur Fellowship. The MacArthur Fellowships, often referred to as “genius grants,” include a stipend of $800,000 to the recipient. Fellows are selected by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and are awarded to …