Helen Lee has been named the faculty director of The Studio, UW–Madison’s residential creative arts community for first- and second-year undergraduate students. Lee is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Art Department. She is an artist, designer, and educator, who holds an MFA in glass from the Rhode Island School of Design and a bachelor’s …
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts’ Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Committee is pleased to announce the launch of a new funding opportunity called the Artivism Student Action Program (ASAP). Available to UW–Madison students in any year or major of study, ASAP was developed in response to students’ desires to use politically engaged art to bring about …
The life and work of UW–Madison alumni Laura Dronzek and Kevin Henkes was featured recently in the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s On Wisconsin magazine. The article, titled “A Storybook Romance,” describes how Dronzek and Henkes — who both earned degrees from the School of Education’s Art Department — met at UW–Madison, married, and now “make magic together in children’s …
By Ila Schrecker At the start of the pandemic, Keith Kaziak found an unusual inspiration for a new sculpture. The UW–Madison art graduate student and sculptor had to clear out of his studio in March 2020 and work from his spare bedroom. “We were ordering a lot of orders through Amazon, and I began collecting …
UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino has published a symposium special edition for the journal Educational Theory, focused on “Education’s Autonomy.” Baldacchino is a professor of art and education in the School of Education’s Art Department. Baldacchino organized and edited this special edition with Doron Yosef Hassidim (Lakehead University), with whom he wrote an introduction that is titled, “Education’s …
It was a beautiful late summer day for members of the School of Education community — many used to seeing each other only in boxes on their computer screens — to reunite for the traditional Welcome Back Bash for faculty and staff, in the North Plaza of the Education Building overlooking Lake Mendota, on Thursday, …
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, the School of Education’s day-to-day operations were altered abruptly and significantly. Nearly all employees pivoted to working remotely, while students’ classes were moved online. Throughout the pandemic, members of our School community went above and beyond to meet the many challenges. After a year-and-a-half of remote work and …
UW-Madison’s School of Education is welcoming faculty and staff back to campus with its typical Welcome Back Bash event on Thursday, Sept. 2. The event will be held outside on the North Plaza of the Education Building from 12:30 to 2 p.m. It’s an opportunity to celebrate the start of the upcoming 2021-22 academic year, connect …
This fall, the School of Education’s Art Department is offering two different colloquia options (Art 508 Colloquium in the Arts), including lectures that are free and open to the public. On Wednesday evenings, the colloquium will, as always, host exceptional visiting arts professionals from around the country and the world. The artists will present their works and …
Spatula&Barcode has announced five additional participatory artworks in the “Home Stretch” festival, bringing the total number of projects to 17. “Home Stretch” is a “distributed festival” of small artistic acts taking place in Madison throughout the summer, continuing until the autumn equinox on Sept. 22. Participating artists offer intimate performances and other arts experiences by appointment. Spatula&Barcode, …