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 …
UW–Madison alumnus Ka Lee, who earned his BFA in graphic design from the School of Education’s Art Department in 2015, is featured in a Noun Project blog post sharing “Words of Wisdom from Today’s Top Illustrators and Designers.” The Noun Project interviewed Lee, a Hmong artist, designer, illustrator, and art director based in Madison, about his background, …
“Here Lies the Truth,” a mixed-media, collaborative dance theater work from Li Chiao-Ping Dance, is receiving significant media attention in the lead up to its San Francisco run from Sept. 29 – Oct. 1. The work, which premiered at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison in March 2022, is a collaboration among visual artist …
In a new episode of her podcast, “Arts Educators Save the World,” that will be released on Monday, Sept. 26, UW–Madison’s Erica Halverson speaks with actor Fraser James and UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah about how these two Black British artists have influenced each other across the years in their art and activism. Halverson, a professor in …
UW–Madison’s Leslie Smith III, a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, is a recipient of a 2022 Joan Mitchell Fellowship from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. The fellowship annually awards 15 artists working in the evolving fields of painting and sculpture with $60,000 each in unrestricted funds, distributed over a five-year period. In addition to the …
During the course of the academic year, we’ll be sharing out Q&As completed by our newest faculty members in an effort to introduce them to our campus and School of Education communities. This story originally appeared at news.wisc.edu. Michael Velliquette: Assistant professor of foundations, Art Department, School of Education Website: www.velliquette.com Instagram: @michaelvelliquette Hometown: Bradenton, Florida Educational/professional background: MFA UW–Madison, 2000; …
A paper by UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino — focused on “the art of unlearning” — is included in the book “International Current Trends in Applied Linguistics and Pedagogy,” a multidimensional and multicultural collection of research in the fields. Baldacchino is a professor of art and education within the School of Education’s Art Department. The book includes a …
UW–Madison’s Lynda Barry discusses the power of play in a recent New York Times Magazine feature that is headlined, “A Genius Cartoonist Believes Child’s Play Is Anything But Frivolous.” Barry, who is a professor of interdisciplinary creativity with the School of Education’s Art Department, in 2019 was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as a “genius …
Tandem Press is thrilled to host an outdoor screening of the documentary “David Lynch: The Art Life” this September, in conjunction with a reception for its new gallery exhibition opening Sept. 6, “Enigma: The Prints of David Lynch.” The reception and screening will take place on Friday, Sept. 23, from 5 – 8:30 p.m. The …