Nov 9, 2015 | Essay, From the Chair
Over the weekend, four of our graduate students presented their work to a very appreciative group of residents at the Capitol Lakes Retirement Community in Madison. Erica Herrera, Jessica Merchant, Matthew Mauk and Leigh Garcia each explained their process, their...
Nov 2, 2015 | Essay, From the Chair
I have been working on the catalog essay for the upcoming Faculty Exhibition at the Chazen Museum, which opens in January 2016. It is an exhibition that happens every four years and gives the public an opportunity to see the extraordinary work of the UW Art faculty....
Oct 26, 2015 | Essay, From the Chair
The rhizome is altogether different, a map and not a tracing. Make a map, not a tracing. The orchid does not reproduce the tracing of the wasp; it forms a map with the wasp, in a rhizome. Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus Art is rhizomatic. That is a statement...
Oct 19, 2015 | Essay, From the Chair
Since I have been writing these notes to you, a couple things have happened that I want to share here. One unexpected pleasure is that you have been writing back. I have received a number of notes from people who are reading these posts that include words of...
Oct 12, 2015 | Essay, From the Chair
This week we welcome the Art Department Board of Visitors to campus. I look forward to spending time with them and sharing much about our students, faculty and the creative vitality of our department. Please say hello if you see us in the halls. I was driving home...
Sep 28, 2015 | Essay, From the Chair
As a faculty member and Chair of the Art Department, I have the extraordinary privilege to be able to think about art almost all the time. As artists who teach, we often get lost in the responsibilities of our teaching and other aspects of our university life over...
