UW–Madison’s Emily Arthur, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, has been awarded an Eleanor M. Garvey Visiting Fellowship in Printing and Graphic Arts at Harvard University to carry out her research proposal that is titled, “Secrets of Havell: Making Prints for ‘The Birds of America.’ ” The central objective of Arthur’s …
Tandem Press is excited to host an exhibition of prints and paintings by Madison-based artist and UW–Madison Professor Emeritus T.L. Solien this fall. The exhibition, titled “Along the Way,” will open on Friday, Nov. 4, in the Apex Gallery (1743 Commercial Avenue, Madison). Solien, who was a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department for 23 …
Two students from the UW–Madison School of Education are recipients of Marie Christine Kohler Fellowships from the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery (WID) for the 2022-23 academic year. Kohler Fellows are graduate or professional students at UW–Madison who are selected on the strength of their commitment and abilities to contribute to interdisciplinary thought. Kohler Fellows work and collaborate …
By Kari Dickinson Tony Award-winning actor and UW–Madison alumnus André De Shields paid a visit to his alma mater on his “day off” last Monday, to see the new exhibit that honors him at Alumni Park. De Shields, who graduated from UW–Madison in 1970 with a BA in English, has achieved an international reputation as one of …
Mark your calendars for Saturday, Nov. 5, from noon to 6 p.m. as the School of Education’s Art Department once again hosts its annual Open Studio Day. Over 50 artist studios will be open at this autumn arts celebration. Meet the student artists, see their work, and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their working process. All studios and …
By University of Wisconsin–La Crosse UW–La Crosse (UWL) has dedicated its Center for the Arts to the late Truman Lowe, a UWL (and UW–Madison) alumnus who drew international acclaim during his five-decade career and inspired thousands of aspiring artists as a professor at UW–Madison. The Truman T. Lowe Center for the Arts was dedicated Oct. 3, …
UW–Madison’s Tim O’Neill, a 3-D technician in the School of Education’s Art Department, has an exhibit of new work at the Abel Contemporary Gallery in Stoughton, Wisconsin, through Nov. 6. O’Neill is an accomplished studio artist working in both wood and metal. His most recent body of work, “Halls Creek Lodge,” looks to Castor canadensis, the North American Beaver, …
Tandem Press announces its annual Friday Jazz Series featuring students from the UW–Madison Mead Witter School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program, led by Johannes Wallmann, the John and Carolyn Peterson Chair in Jazz Studies, along with Emma Dayhuff, Chad McCullough, Nick Moran, and Les Thimmig. The 2022-2023 series, beginning on Oct. 21, includes three concerts during …
This past summer, UW–Madison’s Douglas Rosenberg, a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, was honored with an international artist residency at the Ingmar Berman Center in Sweden. The residency included a screening of Rosenberg’s film, “Song of Songs,” his deeply personal evocation of the erotic prose poem of the same name that appears in the …
By Kari Dickinson It is a big year for glass. In fact, the United Nations has declared 2022 as the “International Year of Glass” to celebrate the essential role that glass has in society. This year also marks the 60th anniversary of UW–Madison’s Glass Lab, the first collegiate glass program in the nation, and considered by many …