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Grads helping grads! A dull bike helmet gets some fine art...

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:04:00 -0400

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!

Volunteer Art Fair on the Square

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:05:17 -0400

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...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:04:04 -0400

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...

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:32:00 -0400

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

2nd year graduate student Nick Stawinski’s work was...

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:23:50 -0400

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

http://www.nicholasstawinski.com/Site/Home.html

Mural in Ian's - Helen Hawley

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:31:00 -0400

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...

Thu, 31 May 2012 15:32:28 -0400

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...

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:38:51 -0400

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!!!!!

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:42:12 -0400

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!

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:52:30 -0400

Venerations - MFA Exhibit

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:18:53 -0400

An MFA exhibition by Marcus Benavides.

Reception:
Saturday, April 21
6:00-8:00pm

Location:
Art Lofts Gallery
111 North Frances Street
Madison, WI 53703

Show Runs:
April 21-27

Chad Smith- MA Exhibit

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:18:22 -0400

An MA exhibition by Chad Smith.

Reception:
Wednesday, April 25
6:00-9:00pm

Location:
7th Floor Gallery
Humanities Building
455 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53706

Show Runs:
April 21-26

Mover - MFA Exhibit

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:17:50 -0400

An MFA Exhibition by Niki Johnson.

Reception:
Wednesday, April 25
6:00-9:00pm

Location:
7th Floor Gallery
Humanities Building
455 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53706

Niki Johnson (b. 1977 Green Bay, WI) is an interdisciplinary artist known for her material investigation and attention to craft. Johnson grew up moving. Reflexively her work investigates the tools used to assimilate in various American cultural settings. Rooted in the vernacular of the everyday, Johnson’s work engages notions of both public and private identity through the reconfiguration of media derived imagery and common domestic objects.

Show Runs:
April 23-25

Entrainment - MFA Exhibit

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:17:12 -0400

An MFA exhibition by Marina Y. Kelly.

One night only!
Saturday, April 28
7:00-10:00pm

Location:
Common Wealth Gallery
3rd Floor
100 South Baldwin Street
Madison, WI 53703

A one-night-only occasion, this MFA show will feature new time-based tableaus, intimate performance duets, soft sculpture and video artwork.

MFA Artist Talks at MMoCA

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:16:44 -0400

Please join us for an evening of artist lectures by current MFA candidates in the UW Art Department.

Reception:
Monday, April 23
6:00-8:30pm

Location:
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Lecture Hall
227 State Street
Madison, WI 53703

The nine participating artists work in wide-ranging media, including printmaking, painting, sculpture, collage, wood, installation, photography and digital media. Each will give a short presentation on the current trajectories of their work.

Participating Artists: Luke Ahern, Ben Grant, Niki Johnson, Jonathan Kramka, Greg Luckeroth, Gabe Pionkowski, Randel Plowman, James Ray, and Chad Smith

Presented in conjunction with the graduate seminar ART 908: Career Tools and Strategies for Artists.

Nicholas Mirzoeff Upcoming Events

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:16:11 -0400

Sunday, April 22, 6 PM
Book Signing and Reception hosted by
Rainbow Bookstore
426 West Gilman Street

Monday, April 23, 6 - 8 PM
Workshop on Occupy 2012
hosted by the Aesthetic Relations Mellon Workshop of the Center for Humanities
Registration and Reading Required.
Contact jsalyer@wisc.edu.

Tuesday, April 24, 11 AM - 1 PM
Workshop on The Right to Look: A Counterhistory of Visuality
Hosted by the Center for Visual Culture
Registration and Reading Required. Contact cvc@education.wisc.edu.

Tuesday, April 24, 6 PM
Lecture: The Right to Look: Or, Why We Occupy
L160 Elvehjem Building, Chazen Museum of Art
Funded by the International Institute Seminar Series and the Anonymous Fund

Nicholas Mirzoeff is Professor in the Department of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. He is the author of ten books, including most recently The Right to Look: A Counterhistory of Visuality (Duke, 2011) and An Introduction to Visual Culture (2009).

Ideas May Shift

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:15:18 -0400

Talk:
Wednesday, April 25
4:30-5:45pm

Location:
Chazen Museum of Art
Room L160
800 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706

Mark Todd: Like many kids raised in the 70’s, Mark was influenced at an early age by Star Wars and comic books. Unlike many kids, he grew up just a few miles from the Vegas strip, it’s neon and glitz looming over the city. He graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and currently lives and works in the Los Angeles area with his wife, artist Esther Pearl Watson, their daughter Lili and Mr. Pickles, a lovely French Bulldog.

Esther Pearl Watson: Esther grew up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Her family moved often since her father’s hobby of building huge flying saucers out of scrap metal and car engines didn’t always sit well with the neighbors. Esther’s pieces are often overtly narrative, clear but mysterious, scenes of houses or figures, ornamented with snippets of prose telling just enough to get the viewer’s own imagination engaged and wanting to know more. Some are about family and some about places, but all have a rich interior life. Her works without words are just as suggestive as a story, also exerting a deep emotional pull. Her work has been exhibited nationally and collected by Matt Groening, Cindy Sherman, David Byrne, Megan Mullally and Morgan Spurlock.

Visiting Artists - Mark Todd & Esther Watson

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:14:38 -0400

Talk:
Wednesday, April 25
4:30-5:45pm

Location:
Chazen Museum of Art
Room L160
800 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706

Visiting Artist - Art Shay, Photographer

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:13:47 -0400

Talk:
Wednesday, May 2
4:30-5:45pm

Location:
Chazen Museum of Art
Room L160
800 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706

Born in 1922, Art Shay grew up in the Bronx and then served as a navigator in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, during which he flew 52 bomber missions. Shay joined the staff of Life magazine in 1948. In 1951, Shay became a Chicago-based freelance photographer for Life and many other national publications. He photographed eight US Presidents and many major figures of the twentieth century. Shay also wrote weekly columns for various newspapers, several plays, children’s books, sports instruction books and several photo essay books. Shay has had some 1100 covers on magazines and books and has had some 25,000 pictures published.

"Topologic Biographies" in the 2012 Digital Salon

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:41:00 -0400

Location: College Library (Hellen C White Hall)
Dates/Time: April 15-20

Inspired by Foucault’s concept ofheterotopic spaces, we use formal elements of projection, installation, and sculpture to examine whether autobiographical memory forms a kind of intimate, internal heterotopia.
Our aim is to blur the line between Foucault’s understanding of heterotopias as socially and historically defined counter-sites and a more intimate, alternative space of autobiographical memory as a place of inner refuge and reconstruction. How do internal spaces of memory interact with social and historical counter-sites? How is our autobiographical constitution of self-hood influenced by heterotopic spaces? How can we define autobiographical memory as a counter-site? We aim for this piece to represent the intimate heterotopic spaces we’re exploring. At the same time, the cube becomes its own heterotopic space, to be entered by the viewer at free will and to be experienced as a counter-site to its surrounding.

- Paul Lorenz and Dominique Haller

http://college.library.wisc.edu/digitalsalon/