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 …
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, …
How many times have you passed Lathrop Hall, an early-20th century Renaissance Revival architectural gem overlooking University Avenue, and never given a thought to what goes on inside? Join UW–Madison Dance Professor Chris Walker, who was recently appointed director of the Division of the Arts, as he leads a video tour of this campus asset for UW–Madison News. …
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 …
The newly appointed director of UW–Madison’s Division of the Arts, Chris Walker, who is also a professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department, was featured in the Capital Times in an article that is headlined, “New Division of the Arts director Chris Walker plans to support art and student activism.” The article highlights Walker’s vision, including initiatives that …
The latest edition of Learning Connections, a magazine for alumni and friends of the UW–Madison School of Education, is now posted online. The Summer 2021 issue centers on the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the many lessons learned. The cover story, headlined “Within every challenge, an opportunity,” spotlights how COVID-19 presented an unexpected crisis. But …
By Käri Knutson, University Communications Chris Walker, an artist and an experienced and influential leader in the arts on campus, has been named the new director of the Division of the Arts. Walker is a professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department and founding artistic director of First Wave, a nationally prominent scholarship program known for pushing the …
UW–Madison alumna Anna Halprin, “a dancer and choreographer who sought to move beyond what she saw as the constraints of modern dance,” died on May 24 at age 100. Halprin earned her bachelor’s degree from UW–Madison’s Dance Department in 1942. “Ms. Halprin knew her family wanted her to attend college,” explains an obituary for Halprin …
The Capital Times published a feature story about Litza Bixler, UW–Madison’s spring 2021 interdisciplinary artist-in-residence. Describing Bixler as a choreographer, writer, teacher, costume designer, visual artist, and filmmaker, the article notes she might be best known for “a movie scene in which everybody is doing the same thing.” It goes on to explain that Bixler …
Recent UW–Madison graduate Courtney Kopchinski (BFA Dance, 2021) will present her senior honors concert, “(begin)ning,” at two locations on Saturday, May 22, and Sunday, May 23. “(begin)ning” is a collaborative concert consisting of five works created with varying artists and audiences. The collaborative aspect of the works stemmed from a desire to understand the true nature of the …