Earlier this year, UW-Madison alumnae Helen Klebesadel and Mary Kay Neumann announced that their collaboration, “The Flowers are Burning … Oceans a Rising: An Art and Climate Justice Exhibition,” would be shown in Middleton beginning April 16 as part of the Nelson Institute’s Earth Day @ 50 – Arts Initiative. Now, due to COVID-19 pandemic, …
The world looks very different than it did just over one month ago. These are unprecedented and uncertain times, with people experiencing a mix of emotions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, living through a situation like this is new to all of us. While the challenges are many, it’s important to remember you are …
Maryam Ladoni, a photo-based artist who grew up in Iran and came to UW–Madison to pursue a master of fine arts, was looking forward to opening her MFA exhibition to the public March 23-26. But on March 11, due to growing public health concerns over COVID-19, the university announced that when spring break was over, …
In an early March email promoting his upcoming master of fine arts (MFA) show, the magnitude of the exhibition to UW–Madison graduate student Guzzo Pinc was clear. “Of all the events I’ve put on over the past years this one means the most to me,” Pinc wrote to fellow students, faculty, and staff within the …
Go London recently featured the work of UW-Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah and his work in the group exhibition, “Hogarth: London Voices, London Lives,” which aims to depict the social conditions of London in 2020. Abdu’Allah’s work in the exhibition, which Go London calls the main event, features an actual haircut in a barber’s chair. An associate …
Isthmus published an article featuring UW-Madison’s Lynda Barry and her latest book, “Making Comics,” which is “part memoir, part self-help, and a passionate call for introspection,” reports the Madison newspaper. Barry, a professor of interdisciplinary creativity with the School of Education’s Art Department, holds the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art. She is widely known for …
UW–Madison’s School of Education and several of its programs are once again ranked among the very best in the nation in the 2021 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday, March 17. UW-Madison is home to the No. 1-ranked public school of education in the nation, a distinction it is sharing …
According to a recent report from Isthmus, the School of Education’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) left a lasting impression on the 2020 Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner Kevin Henkes, who was once a student at UW-Madison. Henkes, who studied with the School of Education’s Art Department, took on a work-study job at the CCBC while he …
UW-Madison’s Lisa Gralnick was recently recognized by the American Craft Council (ACC) as a 2020 College of Fellows Honoree. According to an ACC news release, Gralnick “is a contemporary American metalsmith, studio jeweler, and academic whose work challenges the monetary, cultural, and personal value of objects by transforming metals into objects of thought provoking visual …
UW-Madison alumnus Emanuele Corso recently published a book titled, “Schools and Society: In Defense of Public Education.” Corso earned a master’s degree from the School of Education’s Art Department in 1967, and a Ph.D. from the School’s Department of Educational Policy Studies in 1972. His book addresses the increasing attack faced by public schools and public school teachers in the …