It’s been almost a year since I took on the role of Director of the Arts Institute. Although I held senior roles in other universities, UW–Madison’s Arts Institute is one of those rare and unique …
Director’s Blog
Film, Naples and Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Film Festival has come and gone. To me this was the first experience of the Festival, both as the Director of the Arts Institute but also as an academic who just moved to …
Maker-Spaces
On December 1, 2016, I was privileged to attend the first Visual & Performing Arts Showcase at The Studio’s Blackbox Theatre in Sellery Hall. For those who are not familiar with the Creative Arts and …
Diversity Through The Arts
Those who resist the arts are most likely keen to see the arts as serving one purpose: to say what they want the arts to say and to be instrumental in terms of what they …
An Arts Gateway
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison the arts converge in quite a unique manner. The beauty of the structure through which this happens is equally compelling, as it requires continuous creative dialogue. In fact, if you …