University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Art Department

School of Education welcoming new cohort of faculty hires to campus

The UW–Madison School of Education is bringing in another large, talented, and diverse cohort of new faculty members to campus for the start of the upcoming fall semester. To welcome these newest members of our community — and to reconnect with colleagues and celebrate the start of the upcoming 2022-23 academic year — the School …

UW–Madison’s Ahn wins Educator Award from Society of Experimental Graphic Design

UW–Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn, an assistant professor of graphic design in the School of Education’s Art Department, is the recipient of the 2022 Educator Award from the Society of Experimental Graphic Design (SEGD). The SEGD Educator Award recognizes academic members who have demonstrated the cultivation and practice of design across the organization’s practice areas, including interaction …

Abu’Allah’s ‘Blu³eprint’ is honored as ‘Best New Piece of Public Art’ by Madison Magazine

Faisal Abdu’Allah’s “Blu³eprint” was honored by Madison Magazine as this year’s “Best New Piece of Public Art” in the publication’s Best of Madison Editors’ Picks for 2022. The Editors’ Picks include 16 awardees hand selected by Madison Magazine editors in categories that were not up for voting in the publication’s annual Best of Madison Readers’ …

New podcast ‘Arts Educators Save the World,’ launching Aug. 29, will feature Lin Manuel-Miranda, other top artists

When artists write unforgettable songs or give iconic performances, they can change our lives. But first, someone changes theirs. In the new podcast “Arts Educators Save the World,” artists talk with UW–Madison’s Erica Halverson alongside their teachers and mentors about how those collaborations made them who they are today. In the first episode on Aug. …

Mixed-media dance theater work ‘Here Lies the Truth’ begins national tour in Hawaii

Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) is launching a national tour of its mixed-media, collaborative dance theater work, “Here Lies the Truth,” in August. On Aug. 13, LCPD will present an excerpt from “Here Lies the Truth” at the Asia Pacific Dance Festival in Honolulu, Hawaii. A discussion about the work’s theme will take place following the …

Paper by Baldacchino is published in special journal issue celebrating 50 years of works by Paulo Freire and Ivan Illich

UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino is the author of a new paper that was published in a special issue of the journal Espacio, Tiempo y Educacion celebrating 50 years of the publication of Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” and Ivan Illich’s “Deschooling Society.” Baldacchino is a professor of art and education within the School of Education’s Art …

‘Thresholds,’ featuring photography by UW–Madison’s Jones, makes private emotions public

By Kari Dickinson An exhibition co-created by UW–Madison’s Tomiko Jones opens on Monday, Aug. 8, at the Brooks Stevens Gallery at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD). Titled “Thresholds,” the exhibition addresses memory, identity, labor, and death through the photography-based work of Jones, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, …

Latest Learning Connections alumni magazine now available online

The Summer 2022 edition of Learning Connections, a magazine for alumni and friends of the UW–Madison School of Education, is now posted online. This latest issue centers on “Rising to the Challenge.” The nation is divided on a range of topics and ongoing divisions are making it difficult to solve problems. In this environment, School of …

First major retrospective of work by UW–Madison’s Tom Jones will open July 23 at Museum of Wisconsin Art

By Kari Dickinson The first major retrospective of work by UW–Madison’s Tom Jones, an award-winning contemporary photographer and professor of photography in the School of Education’s Art Department, will be on view at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend, Wisconsin, from July 23 – Oct. 9. Titled “Here We Stand,” the exhibition features 120 photographs from …

PBS spotlights ‘Chihuly in the Desert’ glass exhibition at Taliesin West

By Kari Dickinson A recent exhibition by UW–Madison alumnus Dale Chihuly was featured on PBS News Weekend in a segment that is headlined, “Glass artist Dale Chihuly’s exhibit takes inspiration from Arizona’s desert landscape.” Chihuly earned his MFA from the School of Education’s Art Department in 1967. The episode spotlights installations by Chihuly at Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic winter home, Taliesin …