A major retrospective of the late Ho-Chunk artist and longtime UW–Madison faculty member Truman Lowe is scheduled to open on Oct. 24 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. However, due to the ongoing U.S. federal government shutdown, the Smithsonian museums — including the National Museum of the American Indian — …
The UW–Madison Art Department will host its annual Fall Open House on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 12 to 5 p.m. in both the Humanities Building and Art Lofts. The event is free and open to current and prospective students and the public. Visitors can tour classrooms and studio labs, view demonstrations in various art areas, …
UW–Madison’s Katie Hudnall, associate professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, is featured in the fall 2025 issue of On Wisconsin magazine. The article, headlined “From Trash Can to Treasure,” spotlights Hudnall’s distinctive practice of creating sculptural furniture pieces from found wood. Her work often resembles utilitarian objects like boxes or furniture but functions …
UW–Madison’s Tandem Press is hosting a special happy hour celebrating the art of Derrick Adams on Thursday, Oct. 9, from 4–7 p.m., at Lola’s Hi/Lo Lounge. The event will feature a program at 6 p.m., when Adams will join Faisal Abdu’Allah, UW–Madison printmaking professor, associate dean of the arts, and the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in …
UW–Madison alumna Emily Balsley, who graduated in 2001 with a degree in graphic design from the School of Education’s Art Department, was one of four Wisconsin artists selected to create a design for the Milwaukee Brewers’ new “T-shirt Tuesdays” promotion this season. Balsley’s illustration, which highlights the fan experience at American Family Field, was featured …
UW–Madison’s Douglas Rosenberg, the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in Art in the School of Education, has received the 2025 Visionary Award from the kNOwBox Dance Film Festival (NBFF) for his film “The Sea.” The Visionary Award honors a dance film that pushes artistic boundaries and redefines what dance on screen can be, celebrating innovation in …
UW–Madison’s Tomiko Jones, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, has been awarded a 2025 Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts. The grant supports environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects are expected to address environmental issues with attention …
UW–Madison’s Fred Stonehouse, associate professor of painting and drawing in the School of Education’s Art Department, was recently featured on The Arts Page, a public television program presented by Milwaukee PBS. On the program, Stonehouse shares the influences and ideas behind his body of work — described by the show as the “stuff of nightmares, …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications A new working paper from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison investigates how professional learning in the form of embodied arts experiences can help schoolteachers understand, design, and deliver better social-emotional learning practices in the classroom, such as increased educator empathy and student-centered instruction. …
UW–Madison’s Tandem Press is hosting a new season of its Friday Jazz Series during the 2025–26 academic year, featuring four concerts with students from the Mead Witter School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program. Ensembles will be led by faculty members Johannes Wallmann, the John and Carolyn Peterson Chair in Jazz Studies, along with Arun Lūthrā, Nick Moran, …