Tag Arts

Retired administrator joins words and art in new exhibits

December 13, 2012

After retiring in 1994 as associate dean in the College of Letters & Science, Blair Mathews has maintained his connection with the university through a variety of channels. Now, as a poet, Mathews brings a different kind of work back to campus.

Explore SoundWaves at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

December 11, 2012

What do genetics, plant infections, West Nile virus, the human brain and Bach have in common?

Film examines fate of prisoners after 1920 war

December 3, 2012

The Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee and the UW Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia present "What Can Dead Prisoners Do?" at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11 at The Marquee in Union South.

Two students to receive groundbreaking hip-hop scholarship

November 28, 2012

The Hip Hop Sisters Network announced Miona Short of Chicago and Hiwot Adilow of Philadelphia as the first recipients of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s First Wave/MC Lyte Scholarship.

Wisconsin Singers stage 45th anniversary show

November 15, 2012

The Wisconsin Singers’ 45th anniversary show will premier on the Overture Capitol Theater stage on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at 8 p.m.

UW experts weigh in on Lincoln as movie opens in theaters

November 13, 2012

President Abraham Lincoln is more monument than man to many Americans, with his image printed on our currency and seated atop Bascom Hill, among other places. On Friday, director Steven Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln,” with Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role, opens in theaters.

New ‘Encounters’ series launches at Discovery with multi-sensory collaboration

November 13, 2012

What if you could see music or hear a sculpture? A new series, Discovery Encounters, kicks off at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery with the debut of a collaborative exhibit created by a musician and local artist exploring that very question.

Hip-hop arts festival Passing the Mic brings words to life

November 5, 2012

The Passing the Mic: 8th Annual Intergenerational Hip-Hop Arts Festival will bring words to life as a program within the Wisconsin Book Festival.

UW Curry mural tells forgotten emancipation story

November 1, 2012

With a sweep of his pen, Abraham Lincoln changed the lives of 4 million black Americans when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation that led to the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery in the U.S. But a striking, often-overlooked campus mural by John Steuart Curry tells a part of the story that's often forgotten.

Father of the birth-control pill talks science, art and the life of the intellectual

October 31, 2012

As he received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Association in Madison last week, Carl Djerassi took time to talk about his many passions.

FACETS contemporary ballet concert set Nov. 15-17

October 19, 2012

Marlene Skog, an assistant professor of dance, will present the first concert of contemporary ballet at the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall, Nov. 15-17 at 8 p.m.

UW prof’s award-winning ‘Slow Violence’ gives voice to global struggle

October 18, 2012

The cover of Rob Nixon's new book features black smoke, drifting across a dreary cityscape.

‘Class-grass’ concerts celebrate the culture of agriculture

October 8, 2012

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) is cosponsoring a pair of concerts celebrating the culture of agriculture.

Getting Real III explores hip-hop pedagogy, performance and culture

September 20, 2012

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) has partnered with several New York-based educational institutions to offer a dual-location hip-hop education lecture series via videoconferencing through Dec. 10.

UW-Madison Dance brings science to the stage with “PULSE” 

September 14, 2012

During this Year of Innovation at UW–Madison, the Dance Department brings science to the stage with "PULSE: Intersections of Dance and Science," a Wisconsin Science Festival event, Friday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space of Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.

UW-Madison celebrates imagination, discovery in the Year of Innovation

September 13, 2012

From dairy science to dance to vitamin D to stem cells, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has pushed the boundaries of what is known and the limits of what is possible for more than 160 years.

Go Big Read marries art and science with “Radioactive”

September 11, 2012

Lauren Redniss was first drawn to Marie and Pierre Curie because of their beautiful love story. But the Pulitzer Prize-winning illustrator found much more as she researched, wrote and illustrated her book “Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout,” this year’s selection for Go Big Read, UW–Madison's common reading program.