Temporary art piece aims to spark public discourse by Molly Davis

Temporary art piece aims to spark public discourse by Molly Davis

An art piece installed in front of Memorial Library invites passersby on Library Mall to interact with it. The piece, created by UW-Madison [Master of Fine Arts] graduate student Matthew Vivirito, was constructed Thursday morning. The project, titled and the people,...
Uncomfortable Conversations by Victoria Davis

Uncomfortable Conversations by Victoria Davis

During her 2003 deployment with the U.S. Army in Iraq, Sgt. Yvette Pino [BFA ’11] was known, as she puts it, as “the soldier running around the desert with a paint bucket.” She was the unofficial “Division Artist,” a title she earned painting blast barriers,...
The M List 2018: Innovation in the Arts by Katie Vaughn

The M List 2018: Innovation in the Arts by Katie Vaughn

Cities often recognize the best and brightest. They promote the most influential, the most successful, the most powerful and the most glamorous. Yawn. Madison is home to a strikingly rich population of innovators, creators, doers and dreamers. They are thinkers and...