Calendar briefs

‘Traveler’s Field’ celebrates the prairie
When lightning damaged a tree in rural Nebraska, inspiration also struck artist Wendy Weiss and musician Jay Kremer. Their collaborative installation, “Traveler’s Field,” fuses video, sound and both static and animated woven forms to recall the moment and invoke the prairie. The exhibition will be on display at the School of Human Ecology’s Gallery of Design through Sunday, May 1, which is free and open to the public.

Students enrolled in a SoHE printing and dyeing course will exhibit their work — wallpaper — throughout the SoHE building’s five floors until Saturday, April 30. This, too, is free and open to all.

Student art exhibit on display at Memorial Union
The 77th annual Student Art Show will run through Friday, April 29, in all galleries. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

Library hosts typography exhibition
Significant works in the history of typography are on display in the exhibit “Paragraphs on Typography” at Memorial Library through Friday, June 10. The free event, which is open to the public, draws from Special Collections materials on the history of the book and will include examples of printing types and pressroom tools from the Silver Buckle Press.

Kohler shows ‘Smaller Works’
Sculptor, painter, jeweler, illustrator, writer and builder Mary Nohl has filled her yard in Fox Point, Wis., with her installations. Her “Smaller Works” will be on exhibit at the Kohler Library on campus through Tuesday, May 31.

Knapp House Art exhibits visual ‘riddles’
Milwaukee artist Mark Merrara’s “Attentional Landscapes” draws from nature to show “how people meaningfully interpret the visual world,” he says. Marrara uses research findings in psychology and cognitive development to frame his work, on exhibit Saturdays and Sundays, noon-5 p.m. through Tuesday, April 26.

UW theater groups ‘stage’ fun for spring
The University Theatre will round out its performance schedule for the academic year with “Zastrozzi” by George F. Walker. Based on an early 19th century work by Shelley, the play buckles some swashes in the name of revenge. It will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, April 14-16 and April 21-23 in Vilas Hall’s Mitchell Theatre. Tickets, $16 general/$14 UW–Madison students, are available through the Vilas Hall Box Office, 262-1500.