UW–Madison alumna Susan Patterson recently published her first novel, titled “Things I Wish I Told My Mother.” Patterson earned a BS in 1979 and an MFA in 1982, both from the School of Education’s Art Department. She has written multiple children’s books with husband James Patterson, a self-described honorary Badger and the world’s bestselling author. …
UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah will be featured in a Badger Inquiry on Sport (BIOS) seminar this Friday, March 31, from 12 – 1 p.m., in the Student Athlete Performance Center at Camp Randall Stadium. A former a high-level soccer player, Abdu’Allah will be discussing how his identities as athlete and artist come together. Abdu’Allah is a professor in …
Faisal Abdu’Allah’s “Blu³eprint” sculpture, which stands outside of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) on State Street in Madison, was highlighted in the UK-based journal Printmaking Today. Abdu’Allah is a professor with the School of Education’s Art Department. He also holds the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art, and is the associate dean of the …
On Thursday, March 23, from 6-7 p.m., former UW–Madison Badger running back, Heisman Trophy winner, and NFL player Ron Dayne will take a seat in Faisal Abdu’Allah’s Belmont barber’s chair in the lobby of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA). In addition to being an artist, Faisal Abdu’Allah is a barber, a profession he …
UW–Madison’s Henrique Nardi, a lecturer in the School of Education’s Art Department, is hosting DiaTipoX, an international typography conference, on Saturday, March 25, from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. The theme for this year’s conference is the ninth Latin American Typography Biennial, and 20 speakers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Columbia, and Mexico will present the working …
UW–Madison graduate students Teresa Audet and Xinchen Li are the winners of the 2023 Arts + Literature Laboratory Prize from the Arts + Literature Laboratory and the School of Education’s Art Department. The annual ALL Prize exhibition is awarded to one or two graduating MFA candidates from UW–Madison each year, selected by curators on the ALL visual arts team. The prize winners’ MFA thesis …
Neon work by UW–Madison’s Tom Zickuhr was featured in a recent article in the Wisconsin State Journal about the restoration of the iconic Badger Liquor Shop sign on State St. in Madison. Zickuhr, a lecturer in the School of Education’s Art Department, teaches the popular “Neon: Light as Sculpture” class at UW–Madison each semester and is a longtime neon artist. …
UW–Madison alumnus Zachary Kaiser has recently released a book with Bloomsbury Visual Arts called, “Interfaces and Us: User Experience Design and the Making of the Computable Subject.” Kaiser earned his BS with the School of Education’s Art Department in 2006 and today is a faculty member of graphic design and experience architecture at Michigan State …
Michael Velliquette’s art has been featured in collections and galleries around the world. Recently, his work was highlighted in a story in On Wisconsin, headlined “Sculpting with Paper.” Velliquette is an assistant professor of foundations in the School of Education’s Art Department, and received his MA (1999) and MFA (2000) from UW–Madison. On Wisconsin writes, “His technique …
Artist and UW–Madison alumna Mary Gill was featured recently in a story in the Wisconsin State Journal. Gill earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in art education from the School of Education’s Art Department, as well as a PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She is now the owner of Mary …