Jan 4, 2018 | News
Winifred Godfrey [MFA ’71] became interested in art shortly after moving to Morgan Park and enrolling in nearby Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School. During these formative years, Godfrey, 73, delved into drawing and painting as she struggled to fit in...
Jan 3, 2018 | News
The first exhibition of the new year at the Museum of Craft and Design in San Francisco will be “Tom Loeser: Please Please Please,” honoring the work of the Wisconsin-based artist. The show is organized in partnership with the Houston Center for...
Jan 3, 2018 | News
WEST BEND, Wis. – The Museum of Wisconsin Art selected Chris Maddox, a mixed media artist from Madison, to be part of an emerging artist-in-residence program at Bourglinster Castle in Luxembourg. According to a release, Maddox is the second artist chosen for the...
Dec 30, 2017 | News
Many fairy tales begin on an ordinary day. Then, something extraordinary happens. That’s what occurred in the art studio of ceramicist Gerit Grimm in 2010. Grimm, who had long created ceramics with light colored clay and bedazzling glazes, came across some raw, dark...
Dec 28, 2017 | News
For the fifth year, Cap Times reporters asked several Madisonians to share their “bright ideas” for the new year. We will publish the 2018 edition of Bright Ideas throughout the next week. I want somebody to sponsor a building that has a gallery space for...
Dec 18, 2017 | News
Ben Schachter is in many ways a “kosher cartographer.” As a Jewish artist widely known for his depictions of eruv maps, Schachter’s paper projects depict boundaries stitched in blue thread with the remaining portions painted with acrylic. Functionally, Schachter’s...