Category Society & Culture
Design Gallery director creates the extraordinary from the ordinary
Though she depends on modern technology, Lisa Frank’s work has a decidedly Victorian flair. Like famed Victorian textile designer William Morris, she uses patterns to create order out of the wild natural world, turning elegant snapshots of nature into intricate tapestries.
‘Point of View: The Veteran Print Project’ exhibit lasts through July 4
A collaborative exhibit titled "Point of View: The Veteran Print Project," which runs through July 4, has allowed Wisconsin veterans to share their war experiences and have local artists interpret them.
‘Jazzin’’ raises funds for campus child care
In celebration of the 100 campus child care workers who support the families of University of Wisconsin–Madison students, faculty and staff, the 14th annual Jazzin' Fundraiser will kick off with prizes and music Thursday, June 2, in Tripp Commons at the Memorial Union.
The Post Natyam Collective performs at UW–Madison April 30
The UW–Madison Dance Department will present the Post Natyam Collective on Saturday, April 30 at 8 p.m. in the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall.
Public invited to Campus Arts Homecoming and Open House
ILLUMINATE: University of Wisconsin–Madison Year of the Arts ends the academic year by highlighting the campus arts scene in an extended weekend celebration Wednesday, April 27-Sunday, May 1.
Choral Union presents ‘Elijah’
The Madison Choral Union was established in 1893, and from the beginning its vision was to be more than a group getting together for casual sing-a-longs. The organizers had grander things in mind.
UW-Madison fusion dance team gains national notice in second year
A flurry of women in sequined costumes move across the floor to traditional Indian music, bobbing their heads in synchronized movements and clicking short wooden sticks together in time to the beat.
Artists, scientists collaborate on exhibit focusing on ecological change
In the popular imagination, the thought processes of artists and scientists could hardly be more distinct. And yet a year-long collaboration of lake scientists and artists from northern Wisconsin has engaged both sides of the "divide" in understanding and communicating the changing ecology in one of the world's densest group of lakes - in the northern highlands of Wisconsin.
Beethoven Piano Competition winners perform Saturday
The School of Music's annual Beethoven Piano Competition took place on April 2, and three winners emerged from a field of nine entrants - Hallie Houge, Margaret Runaas and Jeongmin Lee.
Juilliard String Quartet violist to perform with UW–Madison’s Pro Arte Quartet
Samuel Rhodes, who has been the violist in the Juilliard String Quartet since 1969, will perform with the Pro Arte Quartet for the Faculty Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, in Mills Hall.
Slide show: Combat Catharsis
On March 24-26, 2011, the Combat Paper Project visited the Arts Loft on campus to help military veterans turn their combat uniforms into hand-made paper, which they can then use to create cathartic works of art.
Director of Oscar-nominated documentary to appear at Wisconsin Film Festival
Filmmaker Jennifer Redfearn will appear at the Wisconsin premiere of her recent documentary "Sun Come Up," which was nominated for a 2011 Academy Award, on the final day of the Wisconsin Film Festival.
Spoken Word Festival features HBO Def Poet Rafael Casal
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives' (OMAI) fifth annual Line Breaks Festival will be held Friday, April 8-Saturday, April 16, at the Rotunda Studio in the Overture Center for the Arts.
Second annual Digital Salon to be held in April
From April 10-15, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries and the Digital Humanities Initiative will host Digital Salon, an exhibition of new media projects from undergraduate and graduate students from April 10-15.
UW-Madison musicians mentor area high-schoolers
Within the instrument-strewn classrooms of four regional high schools, University of Wisconsin–Madison musicians are inspiring the next generation of classical performers.
Vis-á-Vis: A concert of dance and community
This spring, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Dance Department's "Vis-á-Vis" will premiere three nights of dance works informed and inspired by visual art, artists, postmodern dance choreography and martial arts.
School of Music to initiate process to offer digital recordings
In an effort to provide high-quality professional recordings, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music will begin the process of offering digital delivery to their current compact disc recordings of faculty and eventually student work.
Stage set for visit by chemist, playwright Djerassi
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus Carl Djerassi - an award-winning chemist, novelist, playwright and art collector - will appear on campus Monday-Tuesday, March 28-29, as part of the yearlong celebration ILLUMINATE: UW–Madison Year of the Arts, the Arts Institute announced.
UW Concert Choir heads east during spring break
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Concert Choir leaves Madison on Friday, March 11, for a seven-city, five-state tour that stretches from Oberlin, Ohio, to Cambridge, Mass.
UW-Madison Dance Department, Arts Institute remember ‘60s events with symposium
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Dance Department and Arts Institute announce the Sunlight Project and Symposium, a series of 10 events related to Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss' "They Marched into Sunlight."