Point of view by Lindsay Christians

Point of view by Lindsay Christians

The university may bring artists here, but it’s the community they find that makes them stay. The four artists in this week’s cover story — 4D grad student Anwar Floyd-Pruitt, queer artist and educator Alaura Borealis, new photography professor Tomiko Jones and...
Make a face: Anwar Floyd-Pruitt by Lindsay Christians

Make a face: Anwar Floyd-Pruitt by Lindsay Christians

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt has made thousands of faces. Each one is a single, unbroken line tracing eyes, ears, lips and a nose in pen and ink or silicone caulk. It’s a quickly repeated self-portrait, an evolving, abstract sketch of how he looks to the world at any given...
Back to the water: Tomiko Jones by Lindsay Christians

Back to the water: Tomiko Jones by Lindsay Christians

When photographer Tomiko Jones travels, she likes to make cyanotypes — a simple, alternative photo process that involves chemically treated paper and UV light — using the water from a local reservoir or river. The natural water can make the picture cloudy if it was a...
An artistic appetite: Evan Gruzis by Lindsay Christians

An artistic appetite: Evan Gruzis by Lindsay Christians

Evan Gruzis [BFA ’02] underestimated Madison’s love of tie-dye. Last June, Gruzis and a group of artist friends pitched a few tents and set up big buckets of bold color at a ’60s-themed Madison Night Market. There’d been a little promotion for “We’re Dyeing,”...