UW–Madison alumna Dyani White Hawk has been selected for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 80th biennial exhibition, “Quiet as It’s Kept.” White Hawk earned her MFA and is currently a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Education’s Art Department. This fall, she will begin as an assistant professor in the 2D painting and drawing area with …
Jerome A. Chazen, a philanthropist, fashion industry leader, arts enthusiast and advocate for education, died Sunday, February 6. He was 94. Chancellor Rebecca Blank remembers Chazen as someone who found great joy in introducing new audiences to the art world. “Jerry was deeply devoted to the arts and to education,” she says. “His commitment to …
The School of Education’s Mitchell Nathan is among the 26 UW–Madison faculty winners of the 2022-23 Vilas Associates Competition. The competition, from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty within 20 years of their tenure date …
Learn about modern dance in this interview with Dance Department guest artist-in-residence Natalie Desch by UW–Madison’s Chris Walker. Walker is the director of the Division of the Arts and a professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department. Desch, an assistant professor at the University of Utah School of Dance and a former dancer with the Jose Limón Dance Company, will restage “Dances …
Work by UW–Madison’s Li Chiao-Ping will be featured at the 2022 SoloDuo Dance Festival, taking place Feb. 6-7 in New York City. Li is the Sally Banes Professor of Dance and a Vilas Research Professor with the School of Education’s Dance Department. Li’s work “here n o w here” will be presented as part of the festival’s …
Offering “a renewed vision for higher education policy making,” a new book that is co-edited by UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman with Gary Orfield of UCLA will be published in February by Harvard Education Press. Titled “Civil Rights and Federal Higher Education,” a publisher’s preview notes that the book “focuses on federal policy debates that have significant …
Jerlando Jackson has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of 13 scholars from UW–Madison who received fellowship status this year. Jackson is chair of the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and concurrently holds the Rupple-Bascom Professorship of Education and the Vilas Distinguished Professorship …
The UW–Madison Department of Theatre and Drama, housed in the School of Education, has announced University Theatre’s 2022-2023 performance season. First Date Book by Austin WinsbergMusic and Lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner Dates: July 28 – Aug. 7, 2022; Sept. 15-25, 2022Location: Ronald E. Mitchell TheatreDirector: Guest Artist Ross Shenker When blind date newbie Aaron …
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA) has been selected for a significant grant award from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts that will support DARK MATTER, a fall 2022 exhibition of work by UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah. Abdu’Allah, an internationally acclaimed artist and professor with the School of Education’s Art Department, is the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair …
The UW–Madison Dance Department, housed in the School of Education, presents its Faculty Concert 2022, featuring work from Kate Corby, Duane Lee Holland Jr., Li Chiao-Ping, Liz Sexe, and guest artist Natalie Desch. The concert will take place over two weekends, Feb. 3-5 and Feb. 10-12, in the H’Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall. Guest artist Natalie …