Sep 12, 2019 | News
When artists Brenda Baker [MFA ’90] and Bird Ross [MFA ’92] stumbled upon the history of Jean Pond Miner, the 27-year-old sculptor who created the iconic “Forward” statue housed in the lobby of the Wisconsin Historical Society (and replicated in front of...
Sep 12, 2019 | News
UW-Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn recently delivered a presentation at TypeCon, an annual typography-focused convention that took place from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1 in Minneapolis. Ahn is an assistant professor of graphic design with the School of Education’s Art Department....
Sep 12, 2019 | News
Leslie Smith III is a contemporary abstract artist and associate professor of art in the UW’s School of Education. His work, which is primarily oil paint on shaped canvasses, is displayed both nationally and internationally, and is currently on display at the Galerie...
Sep 6, 2019 | News
Making art is like a Ouija board for the subconscious, only without the supernatural. So says cartoonist and educator [Professor of Interdisciplinary Creativity] Lynda Barry, whose new book Making Comics, due in November from Drawn & Quarterly, offers readers...
Aug 30, 2019 | News
MICHIGAN CITY — Michigan City artists Laurel Izard [MFA ’81] and Edwin Shelton [MFA ’80] are using the medium of quilts to express their concerns for mass extinction and the duality of life while also raising money for a local children’s charity....
Aug 28, 2019 | News
UW-Madison’s School of Education celebrated the start of the 2019-20 academic year with its annual Welcome Back Bash event on Thursday, Aug. 29. And once again, the School welcomed a large cohort of new faculty members, with 13 talented scholars joining the School of...
