University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Art Department

UW–Madison School of Education No. 1 among public institutions in U.S. News rankings

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 …

CCBC leaves lasting impression on 2020 Children’s Literature Legacy Award Winner Henkes

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 Gralnick honored by American Craft Council

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 …

Alum Corso authors, ‘Schools and Society: In Defense of Public Education’

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 …

UW-Madison’s Loeser, Pascoe create artistic seating area for new library location

UW-Madison’s Tom Loeser, a professor with the School of Education’s Art Department, recently created an artistic seating area for the new Pinney Library in Madison. According to a news release from the Madison Public Library Foundation (MPLF), the seating area “was constructed from ash trees decimated by the emerald ash borer infestation.” Funded by a $12,000 …

Stonehouse, Smith receive 2020 Awards in the Creative Arts

The UW–Madison Division of the Arts announced its 2020 Awards in the Creative Arts and two faculty members from the School of Education garnered recognition. Fred Stonehouse, a professor with the Art Department, received the Creative Arts Award, while Leslie Smith III, an associate professor with the Art Department, earned the Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative …

Novelist James Patterson to keynote commencement; John Felder will be alumni speaker

James Patterson, the world’s top-selling author of the past 20 years, will give the charge to graduates as keynote speaker for spring commencement at UW-Madison. Joining him on stage will be this year’s alumni speaker, John Felder, a retired labor union administrator and one of the primary organizers of the Black Student Strike of 1969 at UW–Madison. …

Big move: Buisch’s painting makes its way to the Chazen

As a part of the campus-wide faculty show at UW-Madison’s Chazen Museum, Derrick Buisch, a professor with the School of Education’s Art Department, and a team of helpers moved his 38.75-foot-long painting from the Art Lofts to the Museum across major streets on campus. Scott Gordon, a writer for Tone Madison, was a part of that …

‘Urban Bubble’ exhibition showing through Jan. 31

The Bubbler, in collaboration with UW-Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah and the Madison Metropolitan School District’s Foundations Central graduation recovery program, presents an art exhibition by Madison youth titled, “Urban Bubble.” Over a nine-week course held in the Madison Central Public Library’s Bubbler Room, “Urban Bubble” is the culmination of conversations and productions that celebrated identity, excellence, …

Milton’s lens captures impact of socio-economic issues

Lianne Milton is a documentary photographer and photojournalist who is pursuing a master of fine arts degree through the School of Education’s Art Department. Milton explains that her work “examines the impact of socio-economic issues on race, class, and citizenship — from global migration to the lasting effects of poverty and violence — as well as …