Grads helping grads!
A dull bike helmet gets some fine art razzle dazzle from MFA painting candidate Ben Grant. This thing is so awesome and people are coveting it hard already! Keep your mitts off!
Tracks
Volunteer Art Fair on the Square
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is looking for volunteers for Art Fair on the Square 2012 on Saturday July 14 and Sunday July 15. Volunteers can choose to work in Brats and Beverages, Artist Relief, Kids Area, and Silent Auction. More information as well as the application can be found at http://mmoca.org/events/artfair/volunteers_application.php.
Be sure to take a few minutes and read Brian Lindstrom’s interview with the Eephus League Magazine about his Bases Loaded series. He talks about design, typography, and the art department here at UW.
You can read the article by clicking on link and scrolling about halfway down the page. http://eephusleague.com/magazine/
Congratulations Brian!
Graduate student Alice O'Neill has her work up this summer at the Wright
Museum of Art. Stop by and check it out. Congratulations Alice.
"21 Irving" an exhibition by Alice O'Neill Opens Saturday June 9th, 4:30-6:30pm Wright Museum of Art June 9th through July 20th, 2012 Tuesday-Sunday 11-4pm.
Beloit College 700 College Street Beloit, WI 53511 608-363-2702
E-mail: wright@beloit.edu <museum@www.beloit.edu>
2nd year graduate student Nick Stawinski’s work was recently featured in American Craft. Click on the link below to read the article and view more images. Congratulations Nick! We have some truly amazing grad students here!
http://www.craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/industrial-strength
Mural in Ian’s - Helen Hawley
The Wisconsin State Journal has published an article featuring UW Madison’s own graduate student Helen Hawley.
“Right now, I’m really fixated on what it’s been like to be here,” said Hawley, a UW-Madison graduate student in printmaking, who was selected by Ian’s Pizza to create an original work on a 160-square-foot wall in its new Downtown restaurant.
The Sketchbook Project is open for 2013! Register now to receive your sketchbook and info card for $25. Once you’re done, mail the book back in and it will become a part of the Brooklyn Art Library. The book will tour the country in a traveling show which will stop in Austin, TX, Chicago, IL, San Francisco, CA, Portland, OR, and other great stops along the way! You can also have your book digitized for an extra $30. It’s a great way to not only a great and fun way to keep (and complete) a sketchbook, but also have others see your work!
COMMENCEMENT INFO! HERE IT IS!
- Rented academic attire may be picked up at the University Book Store on Wednesday, May 16 or Thursday, May 17 between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
- Commencement will happen at the Kohl Center (Pretty sure we all know where that is!) but just in case, it is located at 601 W. Dayton Street.
- No tickets are required for admission, and the ceremonies are open to the public.
- Each ceremony will last approximately two hours (sure, sure.)
- Candidates are asked to be in their seats 20 minutes prior to the starting time of the ceremony.
These are the highlights but SO much more information can be found at http://www.secfac.wisc.edu/commence/GeneralInformation.htm
Finally, a big congratulations to all the graduates! Have fun!
FREE ART SUPPLIES!!!!!
Free Art Supplies being handed out to defray some costs for students.
More information:
STUDENT LOAN DEBT TOPS 1 TRILLION DOLLARS on April 25th
Are you one of the millions with student loan debt? Then join people all over the U.S. to mark this day…after all, we’ve earned it with enough money in loans to surpass national credit card debt!
SIGN THE WALL OF DEBT!
WHEN: Wednesday, April 25th, 11am-2pm
WHERE: Library Mall, UW-Madison Campus
WHAT: Write your name, message, and amount of debt on the Wall. We’ll be handing out art supplies and information all afternoon during passing time, and in Library Mall. Please encourage your friends, students, and co-workers to pass through Library Mall too.
WHY: The higher education system in the United States is in crisis. College tuition has gone up more than 400% since the 1980′s, an increase that has far outpaced inflation or household income. Corporations and unaccountable administrators are turning colleges and universities from sites of higher education into debt factories for Wall Street speculators. Tuition increases year after year, forcing students to choose between their education and crushing debt. As a college education becomes more important, it becomes less and less affordable.
As the students, teachers, and researchers of higher education, we understand the real reasons we’re on campus. And as workers, we understand the importance of leaving college with skills and knowledge, not with massive debt. We demand an affordable education and a better future! Join us to convey this message to the nation!
Fill out the online petition to forgive student loan debt: view the flyer(http://go.wisc.edu/51d8wh” target=”1”>http://go.wisc.edu/51d8wh
Pay Your Art Lab Fees!
