On Friday, December 6th, Prof. Yuhang Li presented her paper “Teaching about Teaching Embroidery: Rethinking an Embroidery Manuel in Early Modern China” at the Teaching Textiles: Histories of Craft Instruction Symposium organized by Art History …
Alumni News: Prof. Ray Hernández-Durán (M.A., 1994)
Prof. Ray Hernández-Durán (M.A., 1994) was promoted to Full Professor in the Department of Art at the University of New Mexico during the summer of 2019. He completed his M.A. in 1994 with Prof. Henry …
Current Class Spotlight: Prof. Dale’s Byzantine Art Class at the Chazen
The day before Thanksgiving Professor Tom Dale’s AH 310 “Icons, Religion, and Empire: Early Christian and Byzantine Art, ca. 200–1453” class toured the Russian icons in the Chazen Museum of Art in both the galleries …
Encore Screening and Talkback
On Tuesday, December 10 at 5:30 PM, in recognition of the 30th Annual Day (With)Out Art, the Chazen Museum of Art will screen STILL BEGINNING, organized by Visual AIDS. The program of seven newly commissioned videos by Shanti …
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Henry Drewal’s Exhibition “Striking Iron” Opens in Paris!
Professor Henry Drewal’s exhibition “Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths” opened November 19th, 2019 at the Musee du quai Branly Jacques Chirac in Paris, France. The exhibition will close March 20th, 2020. Prof. Drewal …
Student Spotlight: Kendra Greendeer’s “The Land Remembers Native Histories”
PhD Student, Kendra Greendeer (Ho-Chunk), considers what the land remembers and the labor of commemoration in her article “The Land Remembers Native Histories” for Edge Effects. She tackles how land-grant universities must reckon with the …
FLAS Information Sessions: Nov. 19, 2019 and Jan. 27, 2020
Funding for Foreign Language Study! Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) awards http://flas.wisc.edu Students are invited to attend upcoming information sessions to learn more about Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) awards for the study …
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Casid speaking at ICA-Philadelphia
Professor Casid has been witness to and writing alongside the unfolding slow-programmed cycle of exhibitions that began at the Beeler Gallery in Columbus, Ohio and has moved, for its 5th chapter, to the ICA in …
Student Spotlight: Grotjan & Campus Art Exchange
Laura Grotjan (Ph.D. Student) has been working with the UW’s Division of Facilities Planning and Management on the Campus Art Exchange, and was featured in the Winter 2019 edition of “On Wisconsin.” Laura continues work …
Alumni News: Congratulations to Joan Mirviss on her New Book
Art History alumna, Joan Mirviss, has recently published a new bilingual book titled: The Allure of Japanese Contemporary Ceramics. If you would like to learn more about her work on contemporary Japanese ceramics you should …