With the start of the new academic year, the leadership within UW-Madison’s Division of the Arts will be transitioning. Outgoing Director John Baldacchino will assume a role as professor of arts education in the School of Education’s Art Department. Susan Zaeske, associate dean of arts and humanities in the College of Letters & Science, will serve as the interim …
UW-Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn recently presented her new project, which focuses on isolation and marginalization in higher education, at the 2019 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Games, Entertainment, and Media (GEM) Conference hosted by Yale University’s Center for Collaborative Arts and Media June 19-22. Ahn is an assistant professor of graphic design and interactive …
The UW-Madison Division of the Arts will welcome Ben Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez as the Spring 2020 Interdisciplinary Artists in Residence. The Spring 2020 Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program is presented by the UW-Madison Division of the Arts and hosted by the Asian American Studies Program, with Associate Professor Peggy Choy of the School of Education’s Dance Department as lead faculty. …
UW-Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah is featured in “Get Up, Stand Up Now,” a major exhibition celebrating 50 years of black creativity in Britain and beyond. Abdu’Allah is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Art Department. He works mostly in printmaking and installation, often raising questions of race and identity in relation to issues of cultural …
For Faisal Abdu’Allah, it was an art teacher who played Miles Davis and John Coltrane records as the young student painted. Those early jazz sessions encouraged the London teenager to pursue a career in art. Inspiration — entire life paths — can spring from small moments, chance encounters, mundane objects. That’s the premise explored by …
UW-Madison’s Arts on Campus program recently published a recap of interesting events that took place across campus during the 2018-19 academic year – including several with ties to the School of Education’s Art Department, Dance Department, and the Department of Theatre and Drama. Following is a year in review: H’Doubler Concert — This year’s Dance Department H’Doubler Concert showcased student work through …
Eleven promising young members of the UW–Madison faculty have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships, including the School of Education’s Faisal Abdu’Allah. Romnes awards recognize exceptional faculty members who have earned tenure within the last six years. The awards are supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). The award is named for the late …
A project that UW–Madison’s Mitchell Volk assigns to his graphic design students got a shout out in Isthmus recently. Volk, a lecturer in the School of Education’s Art Department, asks his students to design a cover for the local newspaper, an idea that came to him after he illustrated the April print issue last year. “I …