‘Living, Not Just Surviving,’ an exhibition featuring Cass Downing — a.k.a. Cass Marie Domino — is now open at Memorial Union.
Division of the Arts News
Student Spotlight: From Microscope Slides to Sliding Scales
Six beats with keyboardist Isaiah Dobbins, the double neurobiology and jazz studies major who is improvising life as he goes.
The Exquisite Poetry of Place
Erika Meitner, one of this year’s Creative Arts Award recipients, talks about going analog, changing minds by breaking hearts, and the power of telling our own stories.
Eight band members, two professional dancers, one epic performance
Aruṇ Lūthrā and a curated mix of multigenerational musicians convene to play live music for LaTasha Barnes’ “Swing into Spring” event on April 12.
Acclaimed swing dance artist and scholarly force LaTasha Barnes storms into Wisconsin
Watching LaTasha Barnes perform is difficult to put into words, and that’s OK. The tenured Arizona State University professor and multi-Bessie-award-winner’s work is meant to be experienced in community, her joy breathlessly embodied by everyone who witnesses it.
Three finalists announced for 2025 Arts Business Competition
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arts Business Competition (ABC) is a campus-wide competition created to support and encourage new thinking and innovative ideas in the form of an art exhibition, event, series, commercial venture, or other …
New Staff Appointment at the Division of the Arts
We are delighted to announce a staff appointment: Guy Thorne (he/him) is the new Arts Residency Programs Coordinator. The Arts Residency Programs Coordinator organizes the development and delivery of the Division of the Arts innovative …
Professor Laura Schwendinger Leads The List of Recipients for the 2024 Creative Arts Awards; Wisconsin Film Festival’s Artistic Director Earns Bartell Award
MADISON – February 8, 2024 – The much anticipated 2024 Creative Arts Awardees have been announced by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts. Laura Schwendinger, Professor of Music Composition at University of Wisconsin–Madison, …
Melting Biology with Glass at the UW–Madison Glass Lab
Meet Abby Sunde, an art student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, focusing in glass and drawing. Abby is a returning student, blending her earlier pursuits in biology with her art practice. Driven by her curiosity, …
Final Event Announced for UW–Madison Division of the Arts’ Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence, Sri Vamsi Matta
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts and the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures (presenters) are excited to welcome Sri Vamsi Matta as the inaugural academic year-long Interdisciplinary Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence, Sri Vamsi Matta, …