Tag Arts

Hip-hop filmmaker weighs in on manhood, sexual violence

September 11, 2007

Byron Hurt, a filmmaker who loves hip-hop and is the co-founder and former associate director of the United States Marine Corps gender violence prevention program, will address students and community members about sexual violence on Monday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union Theater.

Exhibits reveal famous patrons of the arts also loved science

September 10, 2007

Medici enthusiasm for science as well as art during the three centuries the family reigned over Florence and Tuscany is now on display at UW–Madison.

Photographer links politics, personal experiences

September 5, 2007

For Michael Kienitz, photography is a portal between the political and the personal. He is interested in the power of an image to create a connection between photographer and subject and then with the viewer, and the possibilities those connections might have to promote change.

Environmental filmmakers Helfand, Siegel are fall guest artists

September 4, 2007

The Arts Institute is pleased to welcome artist in residence Judith Helfand and guest artist Sarita Siegel to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Fall 2007. The Arts Institute Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program brings world-class artists to campus to teach semester-long, interdepartmental courses and to publicly present their work for campus and community audiences.

New digital collection ‘Sixty Books, Sixty Libraries’ goes online

July 19, 2007

Ever dream of having your photos, drawings or stories published online? For a few Wisconsinites, that dream was realized through a collaborative art project digitized by the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, which goes live this week.

‘World-class’ UW violinist Vartan Manoogian dies

July 13, 2007

Vartan Manoogian, professor of violin at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music, died on Thursday, July 12, in Spain. He was 71.

Recent sightings: Hot summer nights

July 6, 2007

Audience members dance as hip-hop musician Baruch "Baba" Israel performs under the band shelter at the Memorial Union Terrace during the Union’s…

Annual camp making music on campus

June 18, 2007

More than 350 middle school students arrived on campus Sunday, June 17, kicking off the University of Wisconsin–Madison's annual Summer Music Clinic. For the next two weeks, the campus will be filled with the sounds of student bands, orchestras and choirs.

Drama Institute offers a way to help students cope

June 15, 2007

Local educators have an opportunity to learn to use theater to help their students deal with difficult issues. This summer's Drama Institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison includes a class that was developed in response to incidents of school violence over the past year.

Campus about to bustle with notable summer activities

June 5, 2007

College Library and Bascom Hill may seem quiet and serene, but the University of Wisconsin–Madison will soon be bustling with summer activities.

Spoken word institute again offered to educators

June 4, 2007

This summer, Urban Word NYC and the Hip-Hop Association team with the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Office of Multicultural Initiatives (OMAI) to offer a weeklong program for teachers, educators, community leaders and education students to learn the best practices in hip-hop and spoken word pedagogy.

Three finalists for Wisconsin Wrights’ new play project announced

May 16, 2007

Bruce Murphy, Greg Lawless and Kurt McGinnis Brown have been selected as the three finalists for the first Wisconsin Wrights New Play Development Project.

Recent sightings: Carillon lesson

May 11, 2007

University carillonneur Lyle Anderson leads a group of 3rd graders visiting from Marquette Elementary School on a tour of the…

Wisconsin’s rural life inspires a classical composition

May 8, 2007

When Martha Glowacki asked rural sociologist Michael Bell to offer commentary about "Wisconsin's People on the Land," the art exhibition she co-curated for the Wisconsin Academy's James Watrous Gallery, she thought he might say something about the state's rural roots or its long history with agriculture.